# How to tell whether to upgrade via web or console?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-tell-whether-to-upgrade-via-web-or-console/315492
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [July 9, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-tell-whether-to-upgrade-via-web-or-console/315492 "2024-07-09T01:15:37Z")
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### Author: ![Ed\_S](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ed_s/32/134015_2.png) [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-tell-whether-to-upgrade-via-web-or-console/315492/4 "2024-07-09T16:10:26Z")

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It feels like a good idea to be ready for a command line upgrade, even if about to attempt a web one. Personally I check this forum beforehand, to see if anyone has any difficulties at present. It can happen that the codebase is temporarily broken. Also, I always take a backup and download it before starting.

I gather the best practice if minimal downtime is important is the [two container installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-from-standalone-container-to-separate-web-and-data-containers/29413).

I don’t fully understand Docker (an understatement) but I gather that if you find yourself with a half-upgraded forum which isn’t working you can in some sense start up the pre-upgrade version while you wait for help. (I searched for “restart the old container” but didn’t find the exact information for this.)

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