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Applying Connect Portal patch AC v3.8

This section lists the prerequisites and steps for applying and verifying this patch.

InformationThough every release of Adeptia comes with seamless upgrades and bug-free patches, for customer's complex use cases, we recommend applying the patch in a non-production environment first followed by testing. After the use cases run successfully without any errors or warnings, you can apply the patch in the production environment.

Prerequisites​

  • You have Readand Writepermissions on all sub-folders and files under .../AdeptiaConnect-<Version>.
  • You have taken the backup of:
    • The launcher.properties file located at ...<ConnectPortalInstallFolder>/ConnectPortal/Conf.
    • The cacertsfile located at ...<ConnectPortalInstallFolder>/ConnectPortal/truststore.
  • Connect Server services are running.
  • Connect Portal service is stopped.
  • At least 2048 MB of free disc space is available on your system.
  • You have the necessary database permissions.

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Applying the patch​

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  1. Extract the Adeptia Connect zip file from the downloaded folder.
  2. Open the Command Prompt.
  3. Go to the folder where you have extracted the zip file.
Run the following command to apply the patch:
Apply-Patch.bat -portal “<Path where Connect Portal is installed till ConnectPortal folder>” 

For example:

Apply-Patch.bat -portal  "C:/Program Files/AdeptiaConnect-x.x/ConnectPortal" 

Once the patch is applied, a confirmation message will be displayed. [+] For Linux [-] Hide

  1. Open the Terminal.
  2. Extract the downloaded zip file in a directory.
  3. Go to the directory where you have extracted the zip file.
  4. Run the following command to apply the patch:
./Apply-Patch.sh -portal <Path where Connect Portal is installed till ConnectPortal folder> 

For example:

./Apply-Patch.sh -portal /mnt/AdeptiaConnect-x.x/ConnectPortal

Once the patch is applied, a confirmation message will be displayed.

After applying this patch, perform the post patch deployment steps discussed in the following section.

Post patch deployment steps​

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After you have applied the Portal patch, update the launcher.properties file and cacerts in Connect Portal.

Updating the launcher.properties file​

  1. Copy the launcher.properties_portal file from patch location, and paste it at ...<ConnectPortalInstallFolder>/ConnectPortal/Conf location.
  2. Rename the copied file to launcher.properties.
  3. Open the file and replicate any changes you had made in your previous launcher.properties file (that you had saved as a backup).
  4. Save the file.

Updating the cacerts in Connect Portal​

Follow the steps given below to update the cacerts in Connect Portal.

  1. Copy the cacerts_portalfile from patch, and paste it at ...<ConnectPortalInstallFolder>/ConnectPortal/truststore location.
  2. Rename the cacerts_portalfile to cacertsreplacing the existing cacerts file.
  3. Restore the certificates that you may have had in the older cacerts file as replacing the existing cacerts file removes the existing certificates.

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SuccessAfter you have followed the post patch deployment steps, start the Connect Portal.

Verifying Connect Portal patch​

To verify if the Connect Portal has been deployed successfully, login to the portal and check the build tag of the Connect Portal.

Follow the steps below to check the build tag:

  1. Click Help > About.
  2. On the About screen, check the Connect Portal tag.  If the build tag matches the tag of the Connect Portal, it indicates that the Connect Portal patch is deployed successfully.

Additionally, to verify if the user interface of the Connect Server is working as expected, follow the steps below:

  • Click Configure > Developer Studio > Proceed. If you are able to interact with the Connect Server interface, it indicates that the Connect Server is updated.

In case you need to recover the patch, refer to this page.