IFS-Remote Upgrade Process

Prerequisites

• Download IFS-Remote Infrastructure artifacts from a “IFS Support as of Middle Tier version“ or later, described in the Supported Platforms documentation for Middle-Tier server.

  1. Download ifs-remote-x.y.z.zip of the desired IFS Cloud version by clicking the “Remote Bootstrap Zip” button in the LE portal.
  2. Download ifs-remote-bin-x.y.z.zip of the desired IFS Cloud version by clicking the “Remote Bootstrap Binaries Zip” button in the LE portal.

• Prepare Middle-Tier server

  • Deploy a New Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS with latest Security Patches from IT replacing the existing Middle-Tier Server VM. Install Middle Tier Server - Technical Documentation For IFS Cloud.

    or;

  • Upgrade the Existing Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS Middle-Tier Server VM to Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS with latest Security Patches as mentioned in Ubuntu release upgrade documentation.

Steps to Upgrade IFS-Remote

1. Create a new folder.

   1. Create a new folder.
   2. Copy the downloaded ifs-remote-x.y.z.zip from into the new folder.
   3. Copy the downloaded ifs-remote-bin-x.y.z.zip into the new folder.
   4. Unblock the ifs-remote-x.y.z.zip and ifs-remote-bin-x.y.z.zip.
   5. Extract both zip files into the current directory.
   6. You would find the new ifsroot folder.
   7. Copy ifsroot/config/main_config.json.template file into ifsroot/config/main_config.json.
   8. The next step is to update the ifsroot/config/main_config.json file with environment specific values, reviewing the old ifsroot/config/main_config.json. Refer the Main Configuration Parameters File.
   9. The kubernetes cluster has to be recreated by running the scripts described in quick installation or custom installation guide.

2. Install IFS Cloud. Refer to the documentation here.

3. Install Monitoring. Refer to the documentation here.