# Updating Etho Protocol Nodes

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If your node is up-to-date, you will not see the "Update" button
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## Updating Nodes

Log in to the node dashboard ( <https://nodes.ethoprotocol.com/> ) and click on the "Update" button for the node.

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Copy the install script for your server type.

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Login/SSH to your VPS server using the **ether1node** account.

Paste it into the terminal, and the script will do the rest.

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You might be asked to input the password for ether1node before some of the commands run
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You can monitor if it runs as expected, and also see the progress if it's syncing with the command \ <mark style="color:purple;">`sudo journalctl -f -u ether1node`</mark>

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The command will leave a status window running to show you the output of the Etho Protocol Node status. You can stop the output by pressing **CTRL+C**
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