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Binaries - Upgrading Your Node

f(x)Core Network Upgrades
For more information on past upgrades and instructions, refer to Upgrade Versions.
You may refer to this Countdown Timer which will countdown the time till the upgrade height.
Upgrade steps
1.Ensure you have stopped the node❗
With Daemon
With PID
sudo systemctl stop fxcored
ps -ef | grep fxcored
kill -9 <PID>
2. Get the latest fxcored binary
Pulling the latest fx-core code base (ensure that you are in the fx-core folder):
git pull
Checkout the branch of the upgrade version:
git checkout <upgradeable version branch>
for example:
git checkout release/v5.0.x
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or
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git checkout tags/v5.0.0
Update fxcored (ensure that you are in the fx-core folder):
make install
Cross reference the latest commit hash to the commit in our official github page:
fxcored version
3. Update config files
fxcored config update
4. Restart the node:
sudo systemctl restart fxcored
5. Check whether the node is participating in consensus:
cat $HOME/.fxcore/data/priv_validator_state.json
It should return something similar to the following:
You can cross reference the block "height" field with that of the FunctionX Explorer​
{
  "height": "347450",
  "round": 0,
  "step": 3,
  "signature": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
  "signbytes": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
}

Upgrade Instructions - Previous

Manual Upgrade Guide V5.0.x

Docker - Upgrading Your Node

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