From acd8dce595c872c2b19e6f9304db7a2438529a13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aanand Prasad Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 10:46:01 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add upgrading instructions to install docs Signed-off-by: Aanand Prasad --- docs/install.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md index ec0e6e4d..c1abd4fd 100644 --- a/docs/install.md +++ b/docs/install.md @@ -43,6 +43,18 @@ Compose can also be installed as a Python package: No further steps are required; Compose should now be successfully installed. You can test the installation by running `docker-compose --version`. +### Upgrading + +If you're coming from Compose 1.2 or earlier, you'll need to remove or migrate your existing containers after upgrading Compose. This is because, as of version 1.3, Compose uses Docker labels to keep track of containers, and so they need to be recreated with labels added. + +If Compose detects containers that were created without labels, it will refuse to run so that you don't end up with two sets of them. If you want to keep using your existing containers (for example, because they have data volumes you want to preserve) you can migrate them with the following command: + + docker-compose migrate-to-labels + +Alternatively, if you're not worried about keeping them, you can remove them - Compose will just create new ones. + + docker rm -f myapp_web_1 myapp_db_1 ... + ## Compose documentation - [User guide](compose-overview.md)