Upgrade

Note

If you want to update your client, you can keep the existing chain data intact and update only the binary file

Stop the service

sudo systemctl stop moonriver.service

Remove the old binary file

rm  /var/lib/moonriver-data/moonbeam

Download the latest version of the binary file

Get the latest version of Moonbeam from the Moonbeam GitHub Release page

wget https://github.com/PureStake/moonbeam/releases/download/<NEW VERSION TAG HERE>/moonbeam

Move the binary to the data directory

mv ./moonbeam /var/lib/moonriver-data

Navigate to the directory where the binary file is located and grant permissions

cd /var/lib/moonriver-data
chmod +x moonbeam
chown moonriver_service moonbeam
cd $HOME

Register and start the service

sudo systemctl enable moonriver.service
sudo systemctl start moonriver.service
sudo systemctl status moonriver.service

Check the logs

sudo journalctl -u moonriver.service -f -o cat