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How to Update Repstance

Repstance is updated with yum, from Repstance's own package repository. Updating replaces the installed files and restarts the Repstance and Web UI services; it does not touch your configuration, your trail files or your Capture and Apply Processes, which continue from where they stopped. Back up first (see Backup Repstance Files).

Find your edition

The package differs by edition. Check which one is installed:

rpm -qi repstance

The Release line reads AWS_AL2023, Azure_CentOS10 or OnPrem, matching where you launched Repstance from (see the three editions in GETTING STARTED WITH REPSTANCE).

The Repstance repository

On an AWS_AL2023 or Azure_CentOS10 instance launched from the Marketplace, the repository is already configured. Check it is there:

ls /etc/yum.repos.d/repstance*.repo

On an OnPrem installation, add it yourself: create /etc/yum.repos.d/repstance.repo with:

[repstance] name=Repstance baseurl=https://repstance.com/yum/onprem/repstance/x86_64/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://repstance.com/yum/RPM-GPG-KEY-repstance

(For an AWS_AL2023 or Azure_CentOS10 instance that is missing the file, create it the same way, with https://repstance.com/yum/aws_al2023/repstance/x86_64/ or https://repstance.com/yum/azure_centos10/repstance/x86_64/ as the baseurl.)

Check for a new version

This only looks, it changes nothing:

yum check-update repstance

Update

Run:

sudo yum update repstance -y

This installs the new version, then stops and restarts the Repstance and Web UI services for you: no separate How to Stop Repstance Services or How to Start Repstance Services step is needed.

Verify

Check the installed version and that the service is running again (see How to Check Repstance Service Status):

rpm -qi repstance systemctl status repstance repcli status

Housekeeping

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