# upgrade container by api

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/upgrade-container-by-api/20212>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [May 5, 2021, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/upgrade-container-by-api/20212 "2021-05-05T06:24:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![robson.silva](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/robson.silva/32/10938_2.png) [@robson.silva](https://forums.suse.com/u/robson.silva)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/upgrade-container-by-api/20212/1 "2021-05-05T06:24:18Z")

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good afternoon, i am trying to test the rancher2.x api, but for those who are starting the doc it is very poor in detail, i am having difficulties, i would like to know what it would take to update the image of a container through the api.  
I would like examples to better understand

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**Author:** ![vincent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/vincent/32/7156_2.png) [@vincent](https://forums.suse.com/u/vincent)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/upgrade-container-by-api/20212/2 "2021-05-05T06:26:03Z")

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Don’t use our API for this. Use the standard k8s one, which there is lots of tooling for.

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**Author:** ![robson.silva](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/robson.silva/32/10938_2.png) [@robson.silva](https://forums.suse.com/u/robson.silva)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/upgrade-container-by-api/20212/3 "2021-05-05T13:16:59Z")

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there would be something in the doc that would explain better how to do this, I’m new to this world of devops and I’m learning