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RheinInsights is expanding and upgrade the Retrieval Suite continuously. There are multiple new releases per month which address customer remarks or bring new features.

This page briefly describes the upgrade process.

On-Premises Deployments

Windows

1. Download the latest version

2. Extract the contents in a new folder on your hard disk, e.g.,

   c:/RheinInsightsRetrievalSuite/<version>

3. Copy the following folders from your existing installation (e.g.

   c:/RheinInsightsRetrievalSuite/<previousVersion>

   ) to the new folder from Step 2:

   1. config

   2. store

4. If you changed the following files, you can also copy these changes to the new folder:

   1. application.properties

   2. log4j2.xml

5. Stop the Windows service of your current installation (if it is still running)

6. Open a powershell and

   1. cd c:/RheinInsightsRetrievalSuite/<version>/service

   2. Run  .\rheininsights-retrieval-suite.exe uninstall

   3. Run  .\rheininsights-retrieval-suite.exe install

7. Start the Windows service

Linux

1. Download the latest version

2. Place it in a new folder on your hard disk, e.g.,

   /opt/RheinInsightsRetrievalSuite/<version>

3. Copy the following folders from your existing installation (e.g.

   /opt/RheinInsightsRetrievalSuite/<previousVersion>/

   ) to the new folder from Step 2:

   1. config

   2. store

4. If you changed the following files, you can also copy these changes to the new folder:

   1. application.properties

   2. log4j2.xml

5. Stop the Linux service of your current installation (if you set it up and if it is still running)

6. Update the service description so that it points at the new folder

7. Start the service

Kubernetes Deployments

Kubernetes deployments, such as in Azure Kubernetes Clusters, can be updated by executing

kubectl rollout restart statefulset --namespace default <name of the RheinInsights Retrieval Suite Pod>