Follow **** the below guides to upgrade your Community Edition (CE) to a Business Edition (BE) based on the type of your Appsmith Installation:
{% hint style="warning" %} You'll need your Business Edition License Key to complete the upgrade**.** {% endhint %}
{% content-ref url="docker.md" %} docker.md {% endcontent-ref %}
{% hint style="warning" %} For non-docker Appsmith installations, please get in touch with us via discord or email. We will help you upgrade your Appsmith instance. {% endhint %}
The Appsmith server shuts down if your Business license key is expired. You will see an invalid license key message like below in the logs:
Exiting application. Invalid license key.
{% hint style="warning" %} Please get in touch with our support team either on Discord or by email to renew your license. {% endhint %}
Once you have a new license key, replace the existing license key in the docker-compose.yml file.