Upgrading the agent

You are strongly encouraged to keep your redirection.io install up-to-date. We regularly push new versions of the agent, which include new features, improvements and fixes. Using the latest version of the agent is always a good idea.

The update can always be run safely, as we do not introduce breaking changes in minor versions of the agent or proxy modules. When breaking changes are required, they are added in a new major version, that can only be used after changing the packages repository URL.

• for the legacy version 1.x, use the repository URLs https://packages.redirection.io/deb or https://packages.redirection.io/rpm
• for the current version 2.x, use the repository URLs https://packages.redirection.io/deb/stable/2 or https://packages.redirection.io/rpm/stable/2

Upgrading to a new major version of the agent and proxy¶

Upgrading from a legacy version to the current version of the agent and the proxy requires to change the APT or RPM packages repositories.

Debian and APT-based distributions¶

1. Locate the apt redirection.io configuration files - the should live somewhere under /etc/apt/sources.list.d - usually in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/packages_redirection_io_deb.list

2. change the repository URL. For example, for the current version (2.x) of the agent or the proxies, use:

   deb https://packages.redirection.io/deb/stable/2 any main
   deb https://packages.redirection.io/deb/stable/2 buster main
   

   Of course, please only change the repository URL, not the distribution name.

3. Run the other usual upgrade steps, as described below.

4. Once the packages have been updated, please make sur to restart both the agent and the web server module services. For example:

   sudo systemctl restart redirectionio-agent
   sudo systemctl restart nginx
   

Red Hat and RPM-based distributions¶

1. Locate the rpm redirection.io configuration files - the should live somewhere under /etc/yum.repos.d/

2. change the repository URL. For example, for the current version (2.x) of the agent or the proxies, use:

   baseurl=https://packages.redirection.io/rpm/any/stable/2
   
   deb https://packages.redirection.io/rpm/stable/2 any main
   deb https://packages.redirection.io/rpm/stable/2/centos_8 main
   

   Of course, use your distribution name in the repository URL.

3. Run the other usual upgrade steps, as described below.

APT-based distributions¶

1. Update the apt cache

   sudo apt update
   

2. Update only the agent:

   sudo apt install --only-upgrade redirectionio-agent
   

3. Restart the agent service. Depending on your service manager, it can be one of:

   sudo systemctl restart redirectionio-agent
   sudo service redirectionio-agent restart
   sudo /etc/init.d/redirectionio-agent restart
   

RPM-based distributions¶

1. Update the agent:

   sudo yum update redirectionio-agent
   

2. Restart the agent service. Depending on your service manager, it can be one of:

   sudo systemctl restart redirectionio-agent
   sudo service redirectionio-agent restart
   sudo /etc/init.d/redirectionio-agent restart
   
   

Binary / manual upgrade¶

Upgrading the manual way is the same as the manual installation. However, we strongly advise, if possible, to use a package manager to streamline the upgrade process.