# Upgrade container - keeping config and data

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-container-keeping-config-and-data/229968>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [June 14, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-container-keeping-config-and-data/229968 "2022-06-14T19:24:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-container-keeping-config-and-data/229968/4 "2022-06-14T20:28:29Z")

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Did you enter the three commands in the black box near the top of the topic linked above? Did something other than upgrading your site happen?

If you did a [standard install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true), then it is the answer to your question. It is the #howto that answers it. Those instructions are also in the document that you should have followed to install Discourse.

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