Upgrading a RheinInsights Deployment

Upgrading from one version of the RheinInsights Retrieval to a new one is easy. If data structures change, the Suite takes care of upgrading internal structures for you. This also holds true for upgrades where you skip multiple releases.

On-Premises Deployments

Windows

  1. Place the new version in a new folder on your virtual machine, called <new version> below

  2. Copy the following folders from your previous installation to the new folder

    1. config

    2. store

  3. Stop the Windows service of your current installation if it is still running

  4. Open a PowerShell (with admin privileges)

    1. Open <new version>/service

    2. Run  .\rheininsights-retrieval-suite.exe uninstall

    3. Run  .\rheininsights-retrieval-suite.exe install

  5. Start the service

Linux

  1. Place the new version in a new folder on your virtual machine, called <new version> below

  2. Copy the following folders from your previous installation to the new folder

    1. config

    2. store

  3. Stop the update your service of your current installation if it is still running

  4. Update the service definition to point to <new version>

  5. Start the service