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Apply software updates to 3.9

Apply software updates to 3.9

Owned by Jeffrey Scott
Last updated: Nov 13, 2019
2 min read

In this article I will describe where to get software update bundles, how to install them on a system, as well as alternative methods to install on a cluster of nodes.

Software updates can be found in the updates directory of the FTP. These are bundles of updates for the OS, and both Stratus and vMX software. These updates are cumulative, so you only need to get the latest update bundle.

Instructions

  1. Download the latest update. Updates are generated monthly, with a filename of <YYMMDD>.bsx
    At this time, the latest update is 191105.bsx

  2. Copy this file to the smaster (main) Stratus server, using a tool such as WinSCP.
    Alternative: If the Stratus server can see the internet, you can use wget <update link> to download the update directly to the server

  3. Log in to the server as the root user

  4. Navigate to the directory containing the update file (likely /home/sos if you copied it with WinSCP).

  5. Execute the update bundle with sh <update>.bsx, e.g. sh 191105.bsx
    This will extract the updates to /tmp and then copy them to /var/www/html/repo, if there is space in both locations.

  6. You will need to create a 'repo' file to tell the system where to download the update from.
    Call this file /etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo with the contents:

    [local] name=local baseurl=file:///var/www/html/repo enabled=0 gpgcheck=0

  7. Now you will need to update the server:
    yum update --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=local

  8. In general, after updating the server you will want to reboot the system

 

Addendum

After the Stratus server has been updated to 3.9.50 or later, instead of running steps 6 and 7 above, you can use the ‘sos’ menu option 7 to update the server:

 

... ============================================================================== Select an option: 1. Show status | 7. System update 2. Network/DNS configuration | 8. Setup NTP Server 3. Change MASTER IP | 9. Collect Support Files 4. Restart application services | 10. Backup 5. Restart server | 11. Restore 6. Reset application admin password | 99. EXIT ? 7

On a multi-node setup (3.9.50+), you will only need to do the steps above on the ‘smaster’ server. For all the nodes, running option 7 from the ‘sos’ menu will cause download the updates from the Master server automatically.

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