Upgrade from Axpert 10.X
This chapter provides information on the tasks involved in upgrading Axpert:
Sections of this chapter:
This section describes the task that has to be followed before upgrading Axpert.
• Run nodeAppstop.bat batch file from AXPERT_HOME/AxpertWeb/node folder to stop the server.
In the above syntax,
AXPERT_HOME is the location where your Axpert files are installed in your local drive.
This section provides information about the tasks involved in the Axpert upgrade process.
1. Navigate to AXPERT_HOME/AxpertWeb/node folder.
In the above syntax,
AXPERT_HOME is the location where your Axpert files are installed in your local drive.
2. Double click npmInstall.bat file from AXPERT_HOME/AxpertWeb/node folder to download the necessary node packages from internet.
3. Open the AXPERT_HOME/AxpertWeb/web.config file using a text editor( for example, notepad) and check whether the nodeAPI URL is pointing to the node server.
4. Navigate to the AxpertWeb/node/config/dbConfig.js file and perform the following:
a)For Oracle database, tnsnamenode key must be the tnsNode(Service Name) entry referring to the Oracle database. For example,
orcl
b)For MySQL / MariaDB database, host key must have the database IP. For example,
192.168.2.25
Save the changes and close the text editor.
5. Run nodeAppstart.bat batch file from AXPERT_HOME/AxpertWeb/node folder to start the server.
This section provides information on the tasks after post-upgrade tasks.
Make sure that you have installed Redis in your system.
1. Navigate to the AXPERT_HOME/AxpertWeb\Config folder and delete the existing files if any.
In the above syntax,
AXPERT_HOME is the location where your Axpert files are installed in your local drive.
2. Remove the Redis keys. You can remove the Redis keys in two ways:
• Axpert application
• Command prompt
1.2.1.1 Removing Redis keys from Axpert application:
2.1. Login to an Axpert web application.
2.2. Navigate to the Utilities menu and click In-Memory DB. The In-Memory DB page appears.
2.3. Select all checkbox against SI.NO column and click the Delete Selected Key icon.
Establishing connections using Command prompt:
To establish a connection in local server, follow the steps mentioned below:
– Open Run command, enter cmd and click OK.
– Type redis-cli and press Enter.
– Type auth password and press Enter.
To establish a connection in remote server, follow the steps mentioned below:
– Open Run command, enter cmd and click OK.
– Type redis-cli -h “remote redis IP address” -p “remote redis port” -a “redis password” and press Enter.
For example, redis-cli -h 192.168.2.25 -p 6379 -a mysecretpassword
1.2.1.2 Removing Redis Keys from Command prompt:
To delete a specific project in Axpert, type EVAL “for i, name in ipairs(redis.call(‘KEYS’, ‘(project name)-*’)) do redis.call(‘DEL’, name); end” 0 and press Enter.
or
To delete all projects in Axpert, type flushall and press Enter.
