When you update Artica, the agent is included in the package.
As a result, updating Artica on your Meta server may make a newer version of the agent available.
¶ 3 methods
You have three methods to update the administration agent:
- Directly through the agent itself,
- Via SSH,
- Through the Artica update (Service Pack or Hotfix ) mechanism for systems managed by the Artica application.
- When a new version of the agent is available, a yellow label displays the agent version running on the remote server and the version available on the Meta server.
- Click on this label
- Select remote servers you want to update.
- Click on Push Update
This operation aims to send the agent binary to the remote agent so it can perform its own update.
If some agents are unavailable (service stopped), you can carry out the update using the SSH protocol.
¶ SSH Mode
When using SSH mode, the Artica server connects using a username and password.
During an update via SSH, the process must run with root privileges on the target machine in order to update systemd, stop the service, and start it again.
This user account is not stored in the Meta service, so you will need to enter the credentials each time you perform this operation.
