How do I update Evoko Home? – Evoko Support

We recommend keeping Evoko Home up-to-date with the latest version along with the latest Evoko Liso firmware.
Please find instructions below on how to update Evoko Home to the latest version on your server.

Note! Please always check the release notes for newer versions of Evoko Home than what is currently running on your server prior to updating, as there might be special instructions for updating from specific versions to the current one.

Supported update path
Update Evoko Home on Windows
Update Evoko Home on Linux

Supported update path

These are the required intermediate updates if upgrading Evoko Home from older versions. Please contact us if you need a version of Evoko Home that is not available on the download site.

If you start at v1.32, these are the versions required to get to the newest version. Upgrading from versions older than v1.32 is not recommended.

Evoko Home v1.35
Evoko Home v1.37.3
Evoko Home v2.0
Evoko Home v2.4
Evoko Home v2.6

Example: You are on Evoko Home v1.36 and want to upgrade to the newest version. This requires you to first update to Evoko Home v1.37, v2.0, v2.4 and finally v2.6.

tip! If you don't have a lot of Liso devices, consider the amount of work required to upgrade vs. starting fresh with the newest version.

Update Evoko Home on Windows

To update Evoko Home 2.x to a newer version, please download the new version and run the installer (EvokoHome_v2.x.y.z.exe) as an administrator. The latest version of Evoko Home for Windows can be found on download-liso.evoko.se.

We recommend taking a snapshot of the server before upgrading, if possible.

Update Evoko Home on Linux

Note! These instructions are for both Evoko Home 1.x and 2.x even though the Evoko Home 2.x install process might differ very slightly from the steps below.

Download the latest version of Evoko Home for Linux here and put the installation package on the server.

You can also download the latest Evoko Home version directly to the server by entering wget https://download-liso.evoko.se/latesthome.tar.gz.
Extract the downloaded installation package with sudo tar -xzf installation_v*.tar.gz or sudo tar -xzf latesthome.tar.gz depending on how you downloaded it.
Change directory to the to the newly extracted directory cd vx.yz.
Run the installation script sudo bash install.sh
Accept to remove nodejs by typing y followed by Enter.
To continue and install, select Yes by typing 1 followed by Enter.
Select Yes by typing 1 followed by Enter to update using your existing configuration/database.
Set the maximum amount of memory Evoko Home can use by typing the amount e.g. 2048 and followed by pressing Enter.
Done!
Make sure that MongoDB is running by entering service mongod status, the output should say "active (running)".

If MongoDB is not already running please enter service mongod start and then check the status again.
Next make sure that Evoko Home is running by entering sudo supervisorctl, the output should say "RUNNING".

Please run start evoko_home in the supervisor if Evoko Home is not already running or starting.
Finally make sure that you can access the Evoko Home web interface as usual via a web browser.