diff --git a/start_misskey.sh b/start_misskey.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Start misskey instance
+# Rotate logs
+#
+
+### You will need to adjust Paths ###
+# Store containers log
+LOG=/var/log/docker
+# Misskey (git) code directory
+CODE=/usr/local/misskey/code
+# Misskey (containers volumes) data directory
+DATA=/usr/local/misskey/data
+# Docker compose file name
+COMPOSE=docker-compose.yml
+###
+
+DT=`date +%s`
+mkdir -p $LOG || exit 1
+
+# Rotate logs if needed on each (re)start, cleanup with tmpreaper or something
+if [ -f $LOG/misskey.log ]; then
+  mv $LOG/misskey.log $LOG/misskey.log.$DT
+  nice gzip $LOG/misskey.log.$DT & 1>/dev/null 2>&1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d $CODE ] || [ ! -d $DATA ]; then
+  echo "Error, you may need to adjust path in this script"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "[start_misskey] by $USER..." 1>$LOG/misskey.log
+nohup docker-compose --project-directory=$DATA --file $DATA/$COMPOSE up 1>>$LOG/misskey.log 2>&1 &
+exit $?
diff --git a/stop_misskey.sh b/stop_misskey.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# stop misskey instance using docker commands
+#
+
+### You will need to adjust Paths ###
+# Store containers log
+LOG=/var/log/docker/misskey.log
+# Misskey (git) code directory
+CODE=/usr/local/misskey/code
+# Misskey (containers volumes) data directory
+DATA=/usr/local/misskey/data
+# Docker compose file name
+COMPOSE=docker-compose.yml
+###
+
+if [ ! -d $CODE ] || [ ! -d $DATA ]; then
+  echo "Error, you may need to adjust path in this script"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "[stop_misskey] by $USER started..." >> $LOG
+docker-compose  --project-directory=$DATA -f $DATA/$COMPOSE stop 1>>$LOG 2>&1
+RV=$?
+echo "[stop_misskey] done ($RV)" >> $LOG
+exit $RV
diff --git a/update_misskey_git.sh b/update_misskey_git.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# semi automatic misskey updates
+# This script may trash your instance, use with caution, make backups...
+#
+
+### You will need to adjust Paths ###
+# Store containers log
+LOG=/var/log/docker/misskey.log
+# Misskey (git) code directory
+CODE=/usr/local/misskey/code
+# Misskey (containers volumes) data directory
+DATA=/usr/local/misskey/data
+# Docker compose file name
+COMPOSE=docker-compose.yml
+# Backup destination directory
+DST=/usr/local/backup
+# Automatically stop, update and start the running instance
+AUTOUPDATE=0
+###
+
+if [ ! -d $CODE ] || [ ! -d $DATA ]; then
+  echo "Error, you may need to adjust path in this script"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Take some care
+echo "Backing up current code... (you really should have done yourself a data backup before upgrading, something like backup_postgres.sh)"
+tar -czf $DST/backup-code.tgz $CODE
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "ERROR: something went wrong during backup..."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Updating codebase with git..."
+#git stash
+#git checkout master
+#git pull
+#git submodule update --init
+#git stash pop
+echo "Building new images... (it will take some time)"
+docker-compose --project-directory=$DATA --file $DATA/$COMPOSE build
+
+#sudo docker-compose stop && sudo docker-compose up -d
+if [ $AUTOUPDATE -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "Stop and restart the instance using:"
+  echo "stop_misskey.sh"
+  echo "start_misskey.sh"
+else
+  echo "Automatically updating the instance, fingers crossed"
+  stop_misskey.sh
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: something went wrong when stopping the instance"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  start_misskey.sh
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: something went wrong when starting the instance"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+exit 0