When a Stable release has been out for a while and seems to be stable enough, it gets promoted into the Long Term branch, replacing an older release, which is then moved to Archive. Long term: Released rarely, and includes only the most important fixes, upgrades within one number branch not add new features.When upgrading RouterOS, you can choose a release chain from which to install the new packages. RouterOS versions are released in several "release chains": Long-term, Stable and Beta. Therefore v5.2 is older than v5.18, which is newer. An identifier of 2.5, for instance, is not "two and a half" or "half way to version three", it is the fifth second-level revision of the second first-level revision. RouterOS versions are numbered sequentially when a period is used to separate sequences, it does not represent a decimal point, and the sequences do not have positional significance. The upgrade procedure on already installed devices is straight forward. New package files being detected will trigger the install when the device boots.MikroTik devices are preinstalled with RouterOS, so installation is usually not needed, except in the case where installing RouterOS on an x86 PC. If a new version is available download it: system package update download With the channel selected run the update check: system package update check-for-updates Install Updates If you prefer to live on the bleeding edge or if you want to test new features in development use the Release Candidate channel: system package update set channel=release-candidate Check for Updates The current branch is always recommended because it's the latest stable release: system package update set channel=current
NavigationĪ few package channels exist and you can select which branch you'd like.
These commands can be used in Ansible playlists as well to programatically update devices. If you don't have graphical access like Winbox or Webfig to a MikroTik router you can easily do software updates via the command line. The MikroTik Security Guide and Networking with MikroTik: MTCNA Study Guide by Tyler Hart are available in paperback and Kindle! Preface
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