Back up and upgrade the server

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Run these in the folder with docker-compose.yml.

Back up the database

The database holds every account’s encrypted vault data, wrapped keys and metadata. Back it up like any production database:

docker compose exec -T postgres sh -c 'pg_dump -U "$POSTGRES_USER" "$POSTGRES_DB"' > sternway-$(date +%F).sql

Restore it

Into an empty database:

docker compose exec -T postgres sh -c 'psql -U "$POSTGRES_USER" "$POSTGRES_DB"' < sternway-2026-10-23.sql

Every account comes back as it was at the dump.

Upgrade

Back up the database.
In .env, set STERNWAY_VERSION to the new version.
Pull and restart:
Terminal window
```
docker compose pull
docker compose up -d
```

The server runs its database migrations when it starts. If the release notes say docker-compose.yml changed, download the new one from https://downloads.sternway.dev/<version>/docker-compose.yml and check it against that version’s SHA256SUMS. Your .env and docker-compose.override.yml stay as they are.