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Chapter 8
In some cases, for example after bug fixes or security patches are released for
the operating system, it might be necessary to update the CentOS operating
system on your Skybox Appliance.
Updates to the operating system do not affect Skybox.
Note: These updates are only possible for CentOS version 7 or higher.
Before you start the update
1
Check whether you need a firmware update on your Appliance. See
(on page 38).
2
Both the Skybox model and important operating system files can be saved as
part of the update procedure or you can save them manually. Changes that
you made in any Skybox settings files are not saved as part of the update;
back them up manually before updating CentOS.
The backed-up files are at
/var/tmp/appliance_update_<installed_version>/backup/appliance_bac
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To update the operating system
Note: The machine reboots as part of the update process.
1
Download the following files to your computer (not to the Appliance server),
where
<patch>
is the patch number:
•
Skybox_<patch>.appliance_update
•
Skybox_<patch>.appliance_update.md5
2
Copy
Skybox_<patch>.appliance_update
to the Appliance server using SCP.
3
Copy
Skybox_<patch>.appliance_update.md5
to the same directory using
SCP.
4
Connect to the Appliance server via SSH using skyboxview credentials.
5
Navigate to the directory where you saved the files.
6
Verify that the update file was copied without any mistakes by running the
md5sum
command:
md5sum -c Skybox_<patch>.appliance_update.md5
The output should be:
Skybox_<patch>.appliance_update: OK
Updating the operating system
on Skybox Appliance
