Chapter 6. Updating RHEL AI

You can update RHEL AI to the latest version.

Prerequisites

You have installed and deployed a Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI instance on one of the supported platforms.
You have created a Red Hat registry account.
You have root user access on the host.

Procedure

Log in to your Red Hat registry account with podman or skopeo, for example:

sudo podman login registry.redhat.io --username <USER_NAME> --password <PASSWORD> --authfile /etc/ostree/auth.json

$ sudo podman login registry.redhat.io --username <USER_NAME> --password <PASSWORD> --authfile /etc/ostree/auth.json

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sudo skopeo login registry.redhat.io --username <USER_NAME> --password <PASSWORD> --authfile /etc/ostree/auth.json

$ sudo skopeo login registry.redhat.io --username <USER_NAME> --password <PASSWORD> --authfile /etc/ostree/auth.json

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Update to the latest minor version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI by using the relevant bootc image for your machine, for example:
```
sudo bootc switch registry.redhat.io/rhelai1/bootc-cuda-rhel9:{product-version}
```
```
$ sudo bootc switch registry.redhat.io/rhelai1/bootc-cuda-rhel9:{product-version}
```
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1. Copy the /etc/skel/.config/containers/storage.conf storage configuration to your <USER_HOME>/.config/containers/storage.conf home directory before re-initializing. Run the following command:
  $ cp /etc/skel/.config/containers/storage.conf <USER_HOME>/.config/containers/storage.con
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Alternatively, update to the latest z-stream version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI by running the following command:
```
sudo bootc update --apply
```
```
$ sudo bootc update --apply
```
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Restart the system:
```
sudo reboot -n
```
```
$ sudo reboot -n
```
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