Upgrade Dradis Pro

When you're ready to upgrade, you'll load the new Docker image and run the upgrade script. Your data is not affected by this process.

  1. Back up your data
    Note: the database will not be impacted by the upgrade. We recommend taking a backup as a best practice.
  2. Sign in to the Dradis User Portal
  3. Navigate to the latest release or click the Download button in the center column of the portal landing page.
  4. Click Download Docker image and download the image. The new image file will be named something like dradis-pro-5.xx.0-assess.tar.gz.
  5. Copy the new image to your host, connect as your user e.g. deployer, and load it:
    scp dradis-pro-5.xx.0-assess.tar.gz deployer@[host]:.
    ssh deployer@[host]
    docker image load < dradis-pro-5.xx.0-assess.tar.gz
  6. Tag your previous image as something else, in case you need to roll back in future. For example,
    docker image tag dradis-pro:5.[old].0 dradis-pro:previous
    Do not remove the previous image yet; you'll need it if you need to roll back.
  7. Tag the new image as latest, replacing 5.xx.0 with the version that was just loaded.
    docker image tag dradis-pro:5.xx.0 dradis-pro:latest
  8. Run the upgrade script:
    chmod +x upgrade.sh
    ./upgrade.sh
  9. Navigate back to /pro in your browser and check the footer to confirm that the update was successful.

Rolling back an upgrade

If something goes wrong, you can roll back to the previous version:

  1. Point the latest tag back at the previous image:
    docker image tag dradis-pro:previous dradis-pro:latest
    where :previous is whatever you tagged the previous image before.
  2. Re-run the upgrade script:
    ./upgrade.sh

Next help article: Migrate your data to a new Dradis Pro container →

Last updated by Christoffer Bjørk Pedersen on 2026-04-16

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