Quick Upgrade

Please walk through the following steps:

Step #1 - Upload the new release archive into an empty directory.

Step #2 - Unzip the release archive and the fsBootstrap directory:

Please use the password that you received from your Customer Representative. Please adjust the x.y.z version numbers to match the downloaded file.

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Step #3 - Ensure that the embedded installation scripts are executable and have the unix format:

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Step #4 - Configure upgrade.cfg and carefully set all options.

Note: leave settings blank if you want to keep the values from your original installation.

Step #5 - Move the OPSWAT_Filescan_*.zip archive into the current folder (fsBootstrap)

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Step #6 - Run the upgrade shell script

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All components should automatically restart after the upgrade completed, if they were running when the upgrade process started. If this was not the case, please start all services:

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Step #7 - Optional: Add new Activation Key (if you are upgrading from version 1.7.2 or earlier)

If you are upgrading from version 1.7.2 or earlier, you need to deploy a new Activation Key to use Filescan.

Please use the Activation Key that you received from your OPSWAT Sales Representative, and follow the instructions on the License Activation page.

If you used the default installation location, then you can create and copy the license.yml file like this:

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See the "Technical Datasheet" for a complete list of features: https://docs.opswat.com/filescan/datasheet/technical-datasheet

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