Updating the Project

A step-by-step guide for migrating to a new TG Support Bot release.

Updating the code

Go to the project root directory and run the following commands:

# Fetch the latest branch information
git fetch origin

# Switch to the main branch
git checkout main

# Pull the latest changes
git pull origin main

Checking the configuration

Compare the .env.example file with your .env — a new release may introduce new environment variables that need to be added.

Updating the Docker environment

# Stop the containers
docker compose down

# Pull the updated images
docker compose pull

# Rebuild the local images
docker compose build

# Start the containers in the background
docker compose up -d

Updating the Laravel application

# Connect to the application container
docker compose exec app bash

# Install Composer dependencies
composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader

# Apply new database migrations
php artisan migrate

Verifying that everything works

After updating, make sure everything works correctly:

• The bot replies to messages in Telegram
• Messages are forwarded to the support group
• Sending media files works
• Migrations were applied without errors