Update Traccar LXC?

[silversegarra]

Hello, there's a new version of Traccar Server 6.2, I tried to update with apt update/apt upgrade but it doesn't update Traccar Server, I'm not sure if it's soon or we have to do it, in different way?

Thanks

[tteck]

An update path hasn't been created yet.

After a backup, you can test this

systemctl disable -q --now traccar
RELEASE=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/traccar/traccar/releases/latest | grep "tag_name" | awk '{print substr($2, 3, length($2)-4) }')
wget -q https://github.com/traccar/traccar/releases/download/v${RELEASE}/traccar-linux-64-${RELEASE}.zip
unzip traccar-linux-64-${RELEASE}.zip
./traccar.run
systemctl enable -q --now traccar
rm -rf README.txt  traccar-linux-64-${RELEASE}.zip  traccar.run

[silversegarra]

Thanks, I'll try

[silversegarra]

Sorry, for the question, all this inside Traccar LXC? or in PVE prompt?

[tteck]

LXC console

[silversegarra]

Ok

[silversegarra]

Perfect... it worked

[di5cord20]

Thanks @tteck . The script worked perfectly. I created a simple bash script to automate these update steps. Sharing in case it helps others.

#!/bin/bash

# Disable Traccar service
echo "Disabling Traccar service..."
systemctl disable -q --now traccar

# Get the latest release version from GitHub
echo "Fetching the latest Traccar version..."
RELEASE=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/traccar/traccar/releases/latest | grep "tag_name" | awk '{print substr($2, 3, length($2)-4) }')

# Download the latest release
echo "Downloading Traccar version $RELEASE..."
wget -q https://github.com/traccar/traccar/releases/download/v${RELEASE}/traccar-linux-64-${RELEASE}.zip

# Unzip the release package
echo "Unzipping Traccar version $RELEASE..."
unzip -q traccar-linux-64-${RELEASE}.zip

# Run the installer
echo "Running Traccar installer..."
./traccar.run

# Enable and start the Traccar service
echo "Enabling and starting Traccar service..."
systemctl enable -q --now traccar

# Clean up downloaded files
echo "Cleaning up..."
rm -rf README.txt traccar-linux-64-${RELEASE}.zip traccar.run

echo "Traccar update completed!"

To use this script:

1. Save the script to a file, e.g., update_traccar.sh.
2. Make it executable: chmod +x update_traccar.sh
3. Run the script: ./update_traccar.sh

[di5cord20]

Updated version which aborts the update if you're already on the latest version.

#!/bin/bash

# Get the current installed version from the log file
CURRENT_VERSION=$(grep -Po '(?<=Version: )[^ ]+' /opt/traccar/logs/traccar.log | tail -1)

# Get the latest release version from GitHub
echo "Fetching the latest Traccar version..."
RELEASE=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/traccar/traccar/releases/latest | grep "tag_name" | awk '{print substr($2, 3, length($2)-4) }')

# Check if the installed version matches the latest release
if [ "$CURRENT_VERSION" == "$RELEASE" ]; then
  echo "You are already running the latest version of Traccar ($CURRENT_VERSION). No update needed."
  exit 0
fi

echo "Current version: $CURRENT_VERSION"
echo "Latest version: $RELEASE"

# Disable Traccar service
echo "Disabling Traccar service..."
systemctl disable -q --now traccar

# Download the latest release
echo "Downloading Traccar version $RELEASE..."
wget -q https://github.com/traccar/traccar/releases/download/v${RELEASE}/traccar-linux-64-${RELEASE}.zip

# Unzip the release package
echo "Unzipping Traccar version $RELEASE..."
unzip -q traccar-linux-64-${RELEASE}.zip

# Run the installer
echo "Running Traccar installer..."
./traccar.run

# Enable and start the Traccar service
echo "Enabling and starting Traccar service..."
systemctl enable -q --now traccar

# Clean up downloaded files
echo "Cleaning up..."
rm -rf README.txt traccar-linux-64-${RELEASE}.zip traccar.run

echo "Traccar update to version $RELEASE completed!"