&secct;2025-04-27

¶How to upgrade RockChat

• 7.5.1

Node: 22.13.1 MongoDB: 5.0, 6.0, 7.0 Apps-Engine: 1.50.0

• h2Jammy.yushei.net

  $ systemctl cat RocketChatLaiKos.service 
  # /etc/systemd/system/RocketChatLaiKos.service
  [Unit]
  Description=The Rocket.Chat server
  After=network.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target nginx.service mongod.service
  [Service]
  ExecStart=/bin/bash -c 'printenv; /home/alexlai/.local/share/fnm/node-versions/v22.13.1/installation/bin/node /opt/Rocket.Chat-7.5.1/main.js'
  StandardOutput=syslog
  StandardError=syslog
  SyslogIdentifier=rocketchat
  User=rocketchat
  
              Environment="MONGO_URL=mongodb://siteRootAdmin:b23258585@ysmongov801.yushei.com.tw:27017,ysmongov802.yushei.com.tw:27017,ysmongov803.yushei.com.tw:27017/LaiKos?replicaSet=ys20241107&authSource=admin"
  Environment="MONGO_OPLOG_URL=mongodb://siteRootAdmin:b23258585@ysmongov801.yushei.com.tw:27017,ysmongov802.yushei.com.tw:27017,ysmongov803.yushei.com.tw:27017/LaiKos?replicaSet=ys20241107&authSource=admin"
  
  # mongodb://siteRootAdmin:23258585@ysmongov801.yushei.com.tw:27017,ysmongov802.yushei.com.tw:27017,ysmongov803.yushei.com.tw:27017/admin?replicaSet=ys20241107'
  
  Environment="ROOT_URL=https://munetaka.me:43887/"
  Environment="PORT=43887"
  Environment="ADMIN_USERNAME=LaiKosAdmin"
  Environment="ADMIN_PASS=TseiLienLai#1950"
  Environment="ADMIN_EMAIL=rai.sousuke@mac.com"
  Environment="MAIL_URL=smtp://alexlai:alex1765@mail.h2Jammy.yushei.net:25/"
  [Install]
  WantedBy=multi-user.target
  

$para;Download source and upgrade node

$ curl -L https://releases.rocket.chat/latest/download -o /tmp/rocket.chat.tgz
$ tar -xzvf /tmp/rocket.chat.tgz -C /tmp

$ fnm install v22.13.1

alexlai@h2Jammy:~$ node --version
v22.13.1
alexlai@h2Jammy:~$ npm  --version
10.9.2

$ cd /tmp/bundle/programs/server && npm install

alexlai@h2Jammy:/tmp$ sudo mv /tmp/bundle/ /opt/Rocket.Chat-7.1.0
[sudo] password for alexlai: 
alexlai@h2Jammy:/tmp$ sudo chown -R rocketchat:rocketchat /opt/Rocket.Chat-7.1.0/

§2024-10-14

• Updating Rocket.Chat
• release 6.13.0
• release 7.0.0
  • Node: 20.17.0

curl -L https://releases.rocket.chat/latest/download -o /tmp/rocket.chat.tgz

tar -xvzf /tmp/rocket.chat.tgz -C /tmp

cd /tmp/bundle/programs/server && npm install

sudo mv /tmp/bundle /opt/Rocket.Chat-x.y.z

sudo chown -R rocketchat:rocketchat /opt/Rocket.Chat-x.y.z

§Update Notes

• 2024-11-02 you have to use node 20.17.0 and npm 10.8.2 to upgrade to 7.0.0, else will err.