Upgrade EVE Community to Pro

Upgrade from EVE-NG Community Edition V6 to EVE-NG PRO V6

Safe Upgrade Recommendations

Before starting, we strongly recommend using one of the following safety options:

Option 1 — Backup Manager

Use the EVE-NG Backup Manager to back up:

  • Database
  • Labs
  • Temporary folders

Option 2 — VM Snapshot

If EVE-NG is running as a virtual machine, take a VM snapshot before starting.

Keep the snapshot until the system has been fully verified after the upgrade. Once everything is confirmed working, remove or consolidate the snapshot.

Upgrade Procedure

Run the following commands as root:

apt update
apt dist-upgrade -y
apt install eve-ng-pro
reboot

After Reboot

After the system reboots:

  • Verify that the EVE-NG web interface is accessible.
  • Confirm that existing labs are still present.
  • Start a test lab and verify that nodes boot correctly.
  • If a VM snapshot was used, remove or consolidate it once validation is complete.

This procedure converts an existing EVE-NG Community Edition V6 installation to EVE-NG PRO V6.

For upgrade to EVE-PRO Freemium V7 please follow steps: How To Upgrade from V6.x to V7.x