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Follow this guide to upgrade your SMACS instance to the latest version. This guide support SMACS version 6.0 and later.

Table of Contents

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

Tools

  • FTP Client (WinSCP, FileZilla, etc)
    This will be used to move the upgrade file(s) onto the SMACS machine.

  • SSH Client (Putty, SecureCRT, etc)
    This will be used to connect to the SMACS machine via the stack8-console and perform the upgrade.

Credentials to your s8admin account

This is the account you will use to connect to the stack8-console via SSH. The default password for the s8admin account is $tacK8, unless your team changed it during the initial deployment of the SMACS OVA.

Upgrade files (links provided by email, get in touch with Stack8 Support or your CSM for more infos)

  • Latest version of stack8-console

  • Latest version of SMACS

DOWNLOAD UPGRADE FILES PROVIDED BY EMAIL

In order to upgrade SMACS, you will use the stack8-console built into the SMACS machine. The stack8-console also receives periodic updates and needs to be kept up to date.

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Get in touch with our Support team to receive the links to the latest versions of both SMACS and the stack8-console upgrade files. Please download them to your local machine before proceeding to step 3.

CONNECT VIA SFTP TO UPLOAD FILES TO THE SMACS MACHINE (VIDEO)

 1. Open your chosen SFTP client and connect to SMACS using your s8admin credentials:

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Warning

The upgrade will not be possible unless the files are uploaded to the correct folder!

CONNECT VIA SSH TO UPGRADE THE STACK8-CONSOLE (VIDEO)

 

  1. Open your chosen SSH client and connect to SMACS using your s8admin credentials:

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Tip

You have successfully upgraded the stack8-console!

CONNECT VIA SSH TO UPGRADE SMACS (VIDEO)

Note

 IMPORTANT NOTE: As of version 6.5.0 of SMACS, upgrading SMACS will not be permitted if the stack8-console is not running the latest available version. (See video for details)

Upgrade the stack8-console before upgrading SMACS to avoir any issues. 

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Tip

You have successfully upgraded SMACS on the inactive side of the machine.

FLIP YOUR PRODUCTION TRAFFIC (VIDEO)

Note

Important Note:

Before pointing your production traffic to the newest version of SMACS, we suggest performing some smoke tests on the new version to make sure it is working well in your environment.

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