Upgrading Anyware Connector in a Darksite Environment

In cases where the Connector needs to be upgraded in a Darksite (i.e. an environment without internet access, also known as airgap or offline environment) you can download the installation files, transfer them to the target Darksite machine, and then run the installation script.

Prerequisite Steps

Before you begin, see Connector System Requirements to prepare your target machine.

1. Download and Transfer the Installation Files

To access the scripts and to configure and add the RHEL and Rocky Linux repository, select the Downloads and scripts option from the support site.

If you see a login button as such:

Click it to log into the site and then proceed. Once logged in, read and accept the End User License Agreement and download the .tar.gz file.

2. Transferring the File

Once you have downloaded the .tar.gz file, transfer it to the target darksite machine. For system requirements of the target virtual machine.

To transfer the file you can copy it onto a media device, such as a USB drive or a DVD, and then connect that device to the target darksite machine. You can also connect the target darksite machine to another machine via SSH or FTP, and complete a network file transfer. This method may not be viable for some darksite networks.

3. Extract the Installation File

Once the .tar.gz file has been transferred to the target darksite machine, extract the downloaded file by running the following command:

sudo tar xzvf anyware-connector-offline_Linux.tar.gz

When you extract the file, a new folder called anyware-connector-offline-_linux is available and it contains the following two files:

• anyware-connector-offline-deps.tar.gz
• install.sh

The install.sh file contains the installation bash script and the anyware-connector-offline-deps.tar.gz file contains the RPM dependencies and Anyware Connector images.

4. Upgrade the Anyware Connector

To upgrade the Anyware Connector offline, run the installation script:

cd /PATH_OF_EXTRACTED_INSTALLATION_FILES
sudo ./install.sh 
sudo /usr/local/bin/anyware-connector upgrade

Anyware Connector RPM is now installed.

Installation Errors

The Darksite installation could fail due to a package conflicting or checksum error if there is an existing package already present on the target machine. To resolve this, you need to delete the conflicting package and re-run the installation script.

5. Configure Anyware Connector

To install the remaining components and configure Anyware Connector, see Configuring the Anyware Connector.