examples

name	examples
description	End-to-end scenario walkthroughs for updating self-hosted Dify. Use when the user asks for "dify update example", "how to update dify", "show me an update walkthrough", "dify upgrade guide", "step-by-step dify update", or needs a complete example of the update process.

Available Scenarios

Scenario	Description	Reference
Routine update	Pull latest main, no conflicts, add new env vars, rebuild	references/scenarios/routine-update.md
Tagged release update	Update to specific version, resolve conflict, custom project name	references/scenarios/tagged-release-update.md

Quick Reference: Happy Path

# From dify/ root directory
git fetch origin --tags
git checkout dev
git merge origin/main

# Move to docker directory
cd docker/

# Sync environment
grep -E '^[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*=' .env.example | cut -d= -f1 | sort > /tmp/example-keys
grep -E '^[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*=' .env | cut -d= -f1 | sort > /tmp/env-keys
NEW=$(comm -23 /tmp/example-keys /tmp/env-keys)
# Append new vars to .env

# Rebuild
docker compose up -d --build

# Verify
docker compose ps

Quick Reference: Specific Version