Alpaca Remote RedHat/CentOS 7/8 Upgrade

General Upgrade Process

These are the general steps for upgrading Alpaca Remote. Please check caveats for specific instructions for the version that you are upgrading to.

• Step: A-1
• Commands:
  1. Turn off the existing Alpaca service.
     • # service alpaca-remote stop
  2. Perform RPM upgrade
     • rpm -U alpaca-remote-ALPACA_VERSION_1.x86_64.rpm
  3. Restart Alpaca service.
     • # service alpaca-remote start

Caveats

Upgrading from 9.1.0 or earlier to Alpaca Remote Version 2 (2.0.0)

• Step: C-1
• Commands:
  1. Turn off the existing Alpaca service.
     • # service alpaca-remote stop
  2. Backup configuration files in /etc/alpaca/remote/config and /opt/alpaca-remote.
  3. Uninstall previous remote installation.
     • yum remove alpaca-remote-<var>REMOTE_VERSION</var>
  4. Install Alpaca Remote 2.0.0
     • yum -y install alpaca-remote-<var>REMOTE_VERSION</var>_1.x86_64.rpm
  5. Restart Alpaca service.
     • # service alpaca-remote start

Upgrading from 7.2.0 or earlier to 8.0.0 or higher

• The configuration for Alpaca Remote has been updated.
• Back up all configurations files before upgrade.
• Once upgraded, follow the Alpaca Remote Configuration Guide to convert your configuration to the new format.