Upgrading the Portal Software

You can upgrade the portal software in the CTERA Portal user interface, To upgrade the CTERA Portal software via the portal user interface:, or via the command line, To upgrade the CTERA Portal software via the command line:.

To upgrade the CTERA Portal software via the portal user interface:

1. In the global administration view, select Main > Servers in the navigation pane.
   The SERVERS page is displayed, listing all the servers for the CTERA Portal.
   
2. Click Install new version.
   The Update Software window is displayed.
   
3. Upload the CTERA Portal version provided by CTERA.
   All servers in your CTERA Portal installation are upgraded.

To upgrade the CTERA Portal software via the command line:

1. Stop the portal servers.
   First stop all application and preview servers. Next stop the main database server and finally stop the replication database server, if available.
   1. Using SSH, log in as root to your CTERA Portal server.
   2. Run the following command: portal-manage.sh stop
      Once services are stopped, the Done message is displayed on the screen.
2. When all servers are in a stop state, upgrade the primary database portal software.
   1. Using SSH, log in as root to your CTERA Portal server.
   2. Upgrade the portal software: portal-manage.sh upgrade upgrade_file
      where upgrade_file is the software file provided by CTERA.
3. Restart the primary server: portal-manage.sh start
4. After the primary database server is running, using SSH, log in as root to the secondary CTERA Portal servers.
5. Upgrade the portal software on each secondary CTERA Portal server: portal-manage.sh upgrade upgrade_file
   where upgrade_file is the software file provided by CTERA.
6. Restart the secondary portal servers: portal-manage.sh start
   First start the replication database server, if available. Next, start the application and preview servers.
   1. Using SSH, log in as root to your CTERA Portal server.
   2. Start the CTERA Portal: portal-manage.sh start