Qortal Project

This is a guide for updating the QORTector.

When your device arrives, you can let it sync and auto update the Core and UI if there was an update during shipment of your QORTector. You can also manually update the core and UI to expedite this process (which may be best or international orders that take longer to be delivered). Refer to the Qortal Status Updates (old page) page to check the latest Core and UI version.

To manually update the Core, open Terminal. Copy and paste this, then press the enter key:

cd && cd qortal && ./stop.sh && rm qortal.jar && rm -R db && curl -L -O https://github.com/Qortal/qortal/releases/latest/download/qortal.jar && ./start.sh

To update the UI, open the UI. If there is an update available, you'll see a notification like the screenshot below:

Followed by the screenshot below, where you'll have the option to restart now or update upon closing the UI:

If you have admin access to your router, you should configure port forwarding for the QORTector. Refer to the Port Forwarding page on how to do so.

For those who have low bandwidth internet service, you will want to reduce your peer settings in the json file. Simply change the minBlockchainPeers to 3, and the maxPeers to 16 as seen below (or just copy and paste the code below into your json file - replacing what is there currently):

{
"apiDocumentationEnabled": true,
"apiEnabled": true,
"apiRestricted": false,
"autoUpdateEnabled": true,
"minBlockchainPeers": 3,
"minOutboundPeers": 16,
"maxPeers": 16,
"listenPort": 12392,
"allowConnectionsWithOlderPeerVersions": false
}