Helper scripts to upgrade routeros to the latest version

simple-routeros-update.rsc

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+#!rsc by Guillen
+#
+# Script: simple-routeros-update.rsc
+#
+# Copied and adaptated from RouterOS script: packages-update
+# Copyright (c) 2019-2025 Christian Hesse <mail@eworm.de>
+# https://rsc.eworm.de/COPYING.md
+#
+# download packages and reboot for installation
+# https://rsc.eworm.de/doc/packages-update.md
+#
+# RouterOS upgrade for a new or repurposed Mikrotik.
+# Works even with very old RouterOS versions
+# WARNING: reboots router after each upgrade
+#
+{:put "START script simple-routeros-update"};
+
+{
+  :local ScriptName "simple-routeros-update";
+  :local LogPrint;
+
+  # Simplified LogPrint
+  :set LogPrint do={
+    :local Name     [ :tostr $1 ];
+    :local Message  [ :tostr $2 ];
+
+    :log info ( $Name . ": " . $Message);
+    :put ( $Name . ": " . $Message);
+  }
+
+  #
+  # Main block:
+  #
+
+  $LogPrint $ScriptName "Checking for updates...";
+  /system/package/update/check-for-updates without-paging;
+  $LogPrint $ScriptName "Installing updates (if any) ...";
+  /system/package/update/install without-paging;
+
+  $LogPrint $ScriptName "Checking firmware upgrade ...";
+
+  :local RouterBoard [ /system/routerboard/get ];
+  :if ($RouterBoard->"current-firmware" = $RouterBoard->"upgrade-firmware") do={
+    $LogPrint $ScriptName ("Firmware already updated:" . $RouterBoard->"current-firmware" . ".");
+  } else={
+    :if ([ /system/routerboard/settings/get auto-upgrade ] = false) do={
+      $LogPrint $ScriptName ("Firmware " . $RouterBoard->"upgrade-firmware" . " available, upgrading.");
+      :delay 5s;
+      /system/routerboard/upgrade;
+      $LogPrint $ScriptName ("Rebooting...");
+      :delay 5s;
+      /system/reboot;
+     }
+  }
+};
+
+{:put "END script simple-routeros-update"};
+

simple-routeros-update.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# File: simple-routeros-update.sh
+# Description: Upgrade to the last routeros stable version
+# Author: Miquel Bonastre
+# Date: 2025-03-11
+#
+# Inputs:
+#   $1 - ssh user to use to connect to Mikrotik (usualy "admin")
+#   $2 - Mikrotik address
+#
+# The address can be:
+#  - Previously configured IP address
+#  - Default address: 192.168.88.1
+#  - Local link IPv6 address
+#
+
+if [ -z "$2" ]; then
+  echo Missing parameters
+  echo $0 user addr
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+SSH="ssh -nq"
+SCP="scp -q"
+
+if ! $SSH -l "$1" "$2" ":put" \"Hello World\" \; ; then
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Copy simple-routeros-update.rsc via scp:"
+$SCP simple-routeros-update.rsc "$1@[$2]":
+
+echo "Exec simple-routeros-update via ssh:"
+$SSH -l "$1" "$2" "/import simple-routeros-update.rsc;"
+
+echo "Force exit if router has restarted (execute again until last version installed)"
+$SSH -l "$1" "$2" "/system/clock/print" || exit 1
+
+echo "If you see the output of /system/clock/print means there are no more upgrades"
+
+echo "End of simple-routeros-update"
+
+
+# How to find router's local link IPv6 address:
+#   ping -6 fe80::%n
+#
+# Where n is the number of the interface where the router can be found as reported by "ip link":
+#
+# Example:
+# $ ip link
+# 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
+#     link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
+# 3: enx207bd2dc0ebe: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
+#     link/ether 20:7b:d2:dc:0e:be brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
+#
+# ping -6 'fe80::%9' -c 4
+# PING fe80::%9(fe80::%enx00b56d00e148) 56 data bytes
+# 64 bytes from fe80::ba69:f4ff:fe77:beef%enx00b56d00e148: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.405 ms
+# 64 bytes from fe80::ba69:f4ff:fe77:beef%enx00b56d00e148: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.479 ms
+# 64 bytes from fe80::ba69:f4ff:fe77:beef%enx00b56d00e148: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.461 ms
+# 64 bytes from fe80::ba69:f4ff:fe77:beef%enx00b56d00e148: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.374 ms
+# --- fe80::%9 ping statistics ---
+# 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3053ms
+# rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.374/0.429/0.479/0.042 ms
+#
+# Temporal connection to Mikrotik via ssh:
+#   ssh -l admin 'fe80::<found values>'
+#   example: ssh -l admin 'fe80::ba69:f4ff:fe77:beef%enx00b56d00e148'
+#
+# Temporal connection via Winbox:
+#   [fe80:....%n]
+#   example: [fe80::ba69:f4ff:fe77:beef%9]
+#