There is a new update, but it seems not possible to update from the homey app? it redirects to KB for instructions, and there i cannot find them. worst case is to backup first (somehow) , download new vm, restore backup, quite some work and restore risks

I understand these images like proxmox and docker get latest version upon reboot/restart of the container.

Example for Synology with Docker: [image] Homey Self-Hosted Server on Synology | Megathread Homey Self-Hosted Server See the link in the first post of this topic: https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/23975209649308-How-to-install-Homey-Self-Hosted-Serv…

i use the vmware shs variant. there is no auto update, no backup. note that there are basically 2 variants -docker, where a device or platform hosts docker an there you update the docker. homey files -vm, run by hypervisor like vmware where you install a complete virtual environment containing …

[image] a2plus: the update and backup process must be clear and easy, But that’s not a matter for Athom, but for you. :wink: It depends on yor VM/Docker environment. You have to care about.

not entirely true, i do backups, snaphots the complete vm , and i can easily restore that. a backup includes os,docker, homey config. if i want to restore a new homey release, then i cannot do it this way, then i have to restore the complete new empty vm with new release (like this update) from t…

Well, you can also just use a Container. Then you can link a local share for your data. This way you can backup/restore the data only and you can update the Homes SHS by pulling the :latest version again. On a QNAP this works without issues. I haven’t tried the VM version. That’s why I assumed the…

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this is the trick!, i just reboot the vm from the hypervisor (shutdown/ start) and now the new release is active. ( before i did reboot homey from inside the app and that did not work.) i make backups snapshots of the vm using the hypervisor. thanks a lot!, now continuing migration from cloud to …

New update 12.10.1

Homey Self-Hosted Server

Joka December 31, 2025, 8:45am 3

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New update 12.10.1

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