# Update Automatically on Linux

On Linux, you can set up `rippled` to automatically upgrade to the latest version with a one-time `cron` configuration. Ripple recommends enabling automatic updates if possible.

These instructions assume you have already installed `rippled` [from the `yum` repository (CentOS/RedHat)](install-rippled-on-centos-rhel-with-yum.html) or [using `apt` (Ubuntu/Debian)](install-rippled-on-ubuntu.html).

**Warning:** As of version 1.3.0, the install and upgrade process has changed. Automatic updates **will not** upgrade from `rippled` 1.2.4 or lower to `rippled` 1.3.0 or higher. If you have `rippled` v1.2.4 or lower installed, follow the [rippled 1.3.0 migration instructions](rippled-1-3-0-migration-instructions.html) first. After performing the migration, automatic updates should work again.

To set up automatic updates, complete the following steps:

1. Check that `/opt/ripple/etc/update-rippled-cron` exists. If it does not, update manually ([CentOS/Red Hat](update-rippled-manually-on-centos-rhel.html) or [Ubuntu/Debian](update-rippled-manually-on-ubuntu.html)).

2. Create a symlink in your `cron.d` folder to the `/opt/ripple/etc/update-rippled-cron` config file:

        $ sudo ln -s /opt/ripple/etc/update-rippled-cron /etc/cron.d/

    This cron configuration runs a script to update installed `rippled` package within an hour of each new release. To reduce the chance of outages from all servers updating simultaneously, the script delays the update for a random number of minutes, up to 59.