AmpCon Upgrade Guide


NOTE:

If you want to upgrade AmpCon to 1.5.0 from a lower version, please do not upgrade yourself, contact Pica8 technical support engineers for assistance with the upgrade.

Since AmpCon version 1.5.0, the new pool license APIs have been applied which requires the license conversion must be done on the license portal side before upgrade.

This guide describes how to upgrade the AmpCon system and verify the version after upgrade.

Before upgrade, use the command df -h to check the available flash space, make sure the total disk space is more than 10G.

Upgrade Procedure

Follow the steps below to complete AmpCon upgrade.

Step 1          Copy the upgrade package to AmpCon server. The upgrade package is in the form of .tar.gz, i.e. ampcon-update-release-1.5.0- 747cead9de.tar.gz.

Step 2          Untar the upgrade package.

[root@automation~]# tar -zxvf ampcon-update-release-1.5.0-747cead9de.tar.gz

You will find a new directory named ampcon-release-1.5.0-747cead9de.

Step 3          Run the following commands to change the directory to ampcon-release-1.5.0-747cead9de/automation/, and run the upgrade script to start the upgrade process.

[root@automation~]# cd ampcon-release-1.5.0-747cead9de/automation/
[root@automation~ automation]# sudo ./upgrade_offline.py

Notice

For the AmpCon upgrade package which version >= 1.9.0, the upgrade file name will be "upgrade_offline.sh".

[root@Ampcon ~]# cd ampcon-1.10.0-release-e22dcaee17/automation/
[root@Ampcon automation]# sudo ./upgrade_offline.sh

For example,

During the upgrade process, the system will first shut down the AmpCon server, then perform data backup. After data backup is finished, the system starts system upgrade.

After the upgrade is finished, the AmpCon server will be rebooted automatically, and the system will come up running the new version.

NOTE:

The upgrade process will take several minutes (the time varies depending on the size of the backup data). During the upgrade process, please be patient and do not perform any operation until the upgrade is complete.

Verifying Version after Upgrade

After the upgrade is finished, you can log in to the AmpCon server again to check the system version.

Click the icon  in the upper right corner of the UI interface, and click version to get the system version.


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