CKB:Updating Cryptshare manually

Applies to:

Cryptshare Server from version 4.2.x

Purpose:

This is an example of the possibilities for updating Cryptshare manually.

Note that manual updates should only be done if a regular update is not possible!

Please make sure you have a working backup of before proceeding.

Solution:

1. contact our support and tell us which Cryptshare version is currently installed

2. the support team will provide you with the corresponding update package server-VERSION.zip

3.

• download the update package and unpack it into <Cryptshare installation folder>/tmp/update

Cryptshare appliance

On a Cryptshare appliance you can unzip the update package into the required folder using the following command
unzip server-VERSION.zip -d /opt/cryptshare-3/tmp/update

• Create a file <Cryptshare installation folder>/tmp/update.properties with the following content:

type=update
interactionRequired=true

4. create a backup of the current version

5. stop the Cryptshare service

rccryptshare stop

6. open the shell

7. change into the <Cryptshare installation> folder

cd /opt/cryptshare-3

8. change the permissions for java file (for the Linux systems only)

Permissions

chmod 755 tmp/update/jre/linux/bin/java

9. run the following command in order to install the update

Linux

tmp/update/jre/linux/bin/java -jar tmp/update/updater.jar
Windows

tmp\update\jre\windows\bin\java.exe -jar tmp\update\updater.jar

10. start the Cryptshare service again

rccryptshare start