Upgrade to v2.6.0
To upgrade to Balance Bot v2.6.0, please take the following steps:
- Just in case, from the Bot Manager, download a backup of your configuration
- Make sure you’re using NodeJS version 16 or above (see updating NodeJS)
- Go to your console (command prompt or similar)
- Go into the installer (on Windows/Mac: node install – on Linux/Raspberry Pi: bbmenu)
- Update the installer, option u
- Once the installer has been updated, from the installer re-install BB, option 3 (so don’t do option 2)
Upgrade to v2.3.0
The upgrade to Balance Bot v2.3.0 requires a few extra steps to get installed. Please follow this guide carefully.
Manual Installation
If you’ve installed BB manually on your PC, do the following:
- On the command prompt, open the installer with: node install
- Update the installer with option: u
- Once again, open the installer (node install) and make sure the installer is at version v2.3.1 (!) If this is not the case, stop here and ask for help
- Update BB with option: 2
- Start BB with: node bb
Cloud Deployment
If you’ve installed BB on a Linux server using the Linux installer, do the following:
- You need to run a one-time migration script
- Log in to your cloud server
- On the command prompt, paste the following command and press enter:
wget -P /tmp -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hodlerhacks/balance-bot-ubuntu-script/master/bb_migrate.sh bb_migrate.sh;bash /tmp/bb_migrate.sh
- Open bbmenu and make sure the install script is at version 2.3.1 (!)
- BB should have restarted automatically
Upgrade to v2.1.0
The upgrade to Balance Bot v2.1.0 has some breaking changes, and requires a few extra steps to get installed. Please follow this guide carefully.
Manual Installation
If you’ve installed BB manually on your PC, do the following:
- Download the latest installer here
- Open/unpack the zip file and go into its ‘balance-bot’ folder
- Copy all of the folder’s content, files and folder
- Paste those into your BB installation folder, typically
c:\balance-bot
- Open the console and move into your BB installation folder
- Type:
node install
- Select option 3 from the menu – this will reinstall BB, but keep your settings and bot configurations
- Once the installation is done, start BB as usual:
node bb
- Open the Bot Manager at http://localhost:3000
- From the Bot Manager, open your bot dashboard(s) by clicking the ‘dashboard’ button
- NOTE: the URL for the bot dashboard has changed. For instance, bot001 moved from http://localhost:3001 to http://localhost:3000/bot001
Cloud Deployment
If you’ve installed BB on a Linux server using the Linux installer, do the following:
- In the console, at the command prompt, remove the old installer (this may result in an error, but that’s fine, just ignore that):
rm -r /tmp/bb_install.sh; rm -r /var/opt/balance-bot-ubuntu-script
- And install the latest installer:
wget -P /tmp -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hodlerhacks/balance-bot-ubuntu-script/master/bb_install.sh bb_install.sh;bash /tmp/bb_install.sh
- Select option 3 from the menu – this will reinstall BB, but keep your settings and bot configurations
- Once completed, as always, open the Bot Manager at http://[server-ip-address]:3000
- From the Bot Manager, open your bot dashboard(s) by clicking the ‘dashboard’ button
- NOTE: the URL for the bot dashboard has changed. For instance, bot001 moved from http://[server-ip-address]:3001 to http://[server-ip-address]:3000/bot001