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These utility commands help you keep Pylon up to date, check what version you’re running, and improve your terminal workflow with tab completion.

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pylon upgrade

Downloads and replaces the current Pylon binary with the latest release from GitHub. 
pylon upgrade
What it does:
  1. Detects your OS and architecture (linux/amd64 or linux/arm64)
  2. Downloads the latest binary from https://github.com/pylonto/pylon/releases/latest/
  3. Verifies the new binary runs (pylon version)
  4. Replaces the current binary in-place
  5. Rebuilds agent Docker images from the embedded files in the new binary
  6. If the Pylon systemd service is running, restarts it automatically
Current: pylon v0.3.1
Downloading latest from https://github.com/pylonto/pylon/releases/latest/download/pylon-linux-amd64...
Upgraded: pylon v0.3.2
Restarting daemon...
Daemon restarted.
If the binary is installed in a system path (e.g. /usr/local/bin), you may need to run sudo pylon upgrade.

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pylon version

Prints the current installed version. 
pylon version
# pylon v0.3.2

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pylon completion

Generates a tab-completion script for your shell. Add it to your shell profile for command and pylon-name completion. 
pylon completion bash    # Bash
pylon completion zsh     # Zsh
pylon completion fish    # Fish
Add to your shell profile: 
# Add to ~/.bashrc
eval "$(pylon completion bash)"
Once enabled, press Tab after pylon to complete command names, and after commands like pylon start, pylon edit, or pylon test to complete pylon names.

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pylon service

Manages a systemd unit that runs Pylon as a background service. 
pylon service install    # install and enable the systemd unit
pylon service uninstall  # disable and remove the unit
pylon service status     # check whether the service is active
See Daemon for full details.