How do you update Open WebUI when using via this extension?

[epicwhale]

When I'm using Open WebUI via this extension, I get a pop up inside open web ui "A new version (v0.5.12) is now available. Update for the latest features and improvements."

How does one go about applying this update?

[jandubois]

You cannot update it directly from inside the extension; you need to wait for a new extension to be published. Then you can update manually from a shell window, e.g.

rdctl extension uninstall ghcr.io/rancher-sandbox/rancher-desktop-rdx-open-webui:v0.0.3
rdctl extension install ghcr.io/rancher-sandbox/rancher-desktop-rdx-open-webui:v0.0.4

Or you have to wait for the next version of Rancher Desktop to be released; then you can uninstall/reinstall from the UI.

[jandubois]

@gunamata It would be good to find a way to disable the update notifications inside the web app because when invoked via the extension, there is nothing a user can do to act on them.

[epicwhale]

Oh I see. I believe that would make it inconvenient to use openwebui via this extension, as getting new features and bug fixes would mean waiting for this extension to being updated frequently. Is there a world where this extension can always pull the latest version of open webui when some cli is run? Or periodically? Just a wishlist. Thanks

[gunamata]

@jandubois , At present OI provides ways to disable/enable the notifications via GUI and via app configuration file. There might be a way to do the first time loading of the app with a default config file where we can disable the notifications.

@epicwhale , Thanks for the feedback, OI docs provides some ways to upgrade the container using watchtower. I need to see if this works, and if yes, then I will explore and see if we can use this method in the extension.