Preparing an Upgrade

Manual Software Upgrade

First, stop your instance of crossfid. Next, upgrade the software:

cd gaia
git fetch --all && git checkout <new_version>
make install

:::tip NOTE: If you have issues at this step, please check that you have the latest stable version of GO installed. :::

Your full node has been cleanly upgraded! If there are no breaking changes then you can simply restart the node by running:

Upgrade Genesis File

:::warning If the new version you are upgrading to has breaking changes, you will have to restart your chain. If it is not breaking, you can skip to Restart :::

To upgrade the genesis file, you can either fetch it from a trusted source or export it locally.