Upgrading the Smart Hub using the script

You can upgrade the Smart Hub using the script.

NEW IN 20.02.01 The Smart Hub installer includes an additional optional component called the Smart Hub Gateway. If you want to manage the servers in private networks (in on-premises or cloud environments such as AWS) where inbound connectivity with the RSCD Agents is not available, you must install the Smart Hub Gateway.

To upgrade the Smart Hub

Do the following:

  1. Log in to the system where you want to perform the Smart Hub upgrade procedure.
    • (Windows) Log in as an administrator.
    • (Linux) Log in as a root user.
  2. Extract the downloaded zip files to a temporary directory. 
    • (Windows) Extract SMARTHUB<version>-WIN64.zip
    • (Linux) Extract SMARTHUB<version>-LIN64.zip
  3. Run the installer using this command:
    • (Windows) setup.bat
    • (Linux) ./setup.sh
  2. When prompted, type y to proceed with the upgrade.
  3. Read the license agreement and type y to agree to the terms.
  4. To install the Smart Hub Gateway, do the following:
    1. Type Y and press Enter.
    2. Enter the listening port for the Smart Hub Gateway. The default is 1080.
      A confirmation message about the Smart Hub Gateway installation is displayed, and the Smart Hub Gateway service is started.
  1. Verify that the Smart Hub and Smart Hub Gateway is up and running:
    • (Windows)
      1. On the search bar, enter services.msc.
      2. Verify that the following services are running:
        • TrueSight Server Automation Smart Hub
        • TrueSight Server Automation Smart Hub Gateway
        • TrueSight Server Automation Smart Hub Redis (Displayed only when the Redis Server packaged with the Smart Hub is used)
    • (Linux) Run the following commands to view the status of Smart Hub and Smart Hub Gateway:
      • systemctl status smarthub.service
      • systemctl status smarthub.gateway.service

What's next

  1. Register the Smart Hub with the Application Server. For more information, see Configuring the Smart Hub.
  2. (For targets in the public cloud) Define the network routing rules. For more information, see Creating-rules-for-routing-to-remote-servers.
  3. Configure the Smart Agent to specify the host name of this Smart Hub. For more information, see Configuring-the-installation-parameters-for-the-NSH-or-the-RSCD-agent.
  4. (Mandatory step for Smart Hub Gateway) Configure the NSH proxy server. For details, see Setting-up-a-Network-Shell-proxy-server.
  5. (Optional) Customize values of the Smart Hub parameters. For more information, see Managing-the-Smart-Hub.

 

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