SignServer Cloud In Place Upgrade Procedure

Overview

This guide will upgrade a single node from Signserver Enterprise version 5.10.0 to Signserver Enterprise 5.11.2. In this example, the Signserver host will have an IP Address of 54.172.199.193. Please change this IP address to be the IP Address that matches the Signserver node being upgraded.

Download the Signserver Cloud or Virtual Appliance Upgrade file from your customer download folder or obtain a copy from support at support@primekey.com. 

1. Copy the upgrade package to the Signserver node using the following method:

   1. Using the CLI:
      If using a Mac or Linux based computer use the following command to copy the file to the host (Note: If using AWS, ensure you specify the user as ec2-user with your SSH key and in Azure, specify the user provisioned with your instance)

      CODE

      scp ~/Downloads/signserver-ee-5.11.2.Final-bin.zip root@54.172.199.193:/tmp

2. SSH to the Signserver VM and login as root

   CODE

   ssh root@54.172.199.193

3. Change directory to the /opt directory

   CODE

   cd /opt

4. Unzip the upgrade file to the /opt/ directory

   CODE

   unzip /tmp/signserver-ee-5.11.2.Final-bin.zip

5. Ensure the file extracted into the /opt/ directory by doing a directory listing

   CODE

   ls -la

6. Copy the existing config files to the new Signserver install folder overwriting the default files with the existing files.

   CODE

   /bin/cp -f signserver/conf/*.properties signserver-ee-5.11.2.Final/conf/

7. Stop WIldFly

   CODE

   systemctl stop wildfly

8. Remove “signserver” symlink

   CODE

   rm signserver

9. Ensure it asks you to remove symbolic link!

   CODE

   rm: remove symbolic link ‘signserver’? 

10. Create new symbolic link

    CODE

    ln -s signserver-ee-5.11.2.Final signserver

11. Ensure the symbolic link points to the new Signserver directory.

12. Change the ownership of the new Signserver files (ensure the trailing "/" in the command below so the permissions of the directory are changed and not the symlink itself).

    CODE

    chown -R wildfly:wildfly /opt/signserver/

13. Change directory to /opt/signerver

    CODE

    cd /opt/signserver

14. Deploy Signserver

    CODE

    ant deploy

15. Restart WildFly

    CODE

    systemctl start wildfly

16. Access the Signserver Admin Web UI and ensure the new version of Signserver is 5.11.2.Final (or the version you are upgrading to.)