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Updating the software.

This project does not monitor client versions. It is up to you to decide that you are going to update a component. When you are ready to do so, the below instructions show you how to.

You can find the current version of your client by running ./ethd version, assuming the node is up and running

Automated update​

Inside the project directory, run:
./ethd update

This will update Eth Docker, all Ethereum clients, and migrate your .env settings over to a fresh copy from default.env.

If you want to reset your client version targets, run ./ethd update --refresh-targets instead.

Restart changed containers with ./ethd up.

Optional: Manually update Eth Docker​

Inside the project directory, run:
git pull

Then cp .env .env.bak and cp default.env .env, and set variables inside .env the way you need them, with .env.bak as a guide.

Updating the tool itself is not always necessary. Please refer to the Changelog to see whether changes have been made that you may want to use.

Optional: Manually update the client "stack"​

If you are using binary build files - the default - you can update everything in the client "stack" with ./ethd cmd build --pull. If you run shared components in a different directory, such as the execution client, you'd cd into those directories and run the command there.

And restart changed containers: ./ethd up

Then verify that the components are coming up okay again by looking at logs:

  • ./ethd logs -f consensus for the consensus client
  • ./ethd logs -f validator for the validator, if using Lighthouse or Prysm
  • ./ethd logs -f execution for the execution client, if you are running one locally

Optional: Update just the execution client, instead of the entire "stack"​

Run:
./ethd cmd build --pull execution

Then stop, remove and start the execution client:
./ethd cmd stop execution && ./ethd cmd rm execution
./ethd up