Upload and Apply Updates to SystemController Using Horizon

You can upload and apply updates (patches) to the SystemController in order to update the central update repository, from the Horizon Web interface.

About this task

If you prefer, you can use the CLI. For more information, see Upload and Apply Updates to SystemController Using the CLI.

Procedure

  1. Select the SystemController region.

  2. Select Distributed Cloud Admin > Software Management.

  3. On the Software Management page, select the Releases tab.

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  4. On the Releases tab, click Upload Releases.

    In the Upload Releases dialog box, click Choose Files to select updates (releases) for upload.

  5. In the dialog, click Upload Releases.

    The update is added to the Releases list in the Available state.

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  6. Click Deploy Start.

    The state is updated to Deploying.

Update the RegionOne

To fully deploy the Central Cloud’s RegionOne through Horizon:

  1. Upload and apply updates to SystemController region.

  2. Update the RegionOne region:

    1. Change to the RegionOne region (top left drop-down menu).

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    2. Go to Admin > Platform > Software Management and open the Deploy Orchestration tab.

    3. Select Create Strategy.

    4. Create an update strategy by specifying settings for the parameters in the Create Strategy dialog box.

    5. Click Apply Strategy to apply the update strategy.

Postrequisites

To update the software on the System Controller and subclouds, you must use the Distributed Cloud Update Orchestration. For more information, see Update Orchestration of Subclouds.