Upgrading a Standalone Appliance

This section describes the procedure to upgrade a standalone appliance.

For upgrading appliances in high availability setup, see Upgrading in a High Availability Environment.

Before you beginEnsure that you have:

Read Upgrade Considerations
Performed all tasks mentioned in Preparing to Upgrade the Appliance

To upgrade from the GUI

Log in to the appliance GUI. You must log in as a user with administrator privileges.
Click Administration > File Update.
The File Update page is displayed.
From the Select File list, select the appropriate software update, for example, update-<timestamp>-full.tar.bz2.
If you do not see any files in the list, verify that the update files are added to the /loglogic/update directory.
Click Update.
You might need to wait about 30 - 40 minutes for the update to complete. You can watch the progress on the File Update page.
(Optional) To update the SSL signature algorithm to sha2, run the script:
```
/loglogic/tomcat/conf/cert_utils/certgen.sh
```

ResultA message displayed on the webpage informs you that the update is in progress. When the process completes, you are redirected to the login page. The new software release number is displayed at the bottom of the login page and after logging in, on the top right corner of the GUI.

What to do next After upgrading the appliance, perform the following tasks:

(Only for TIBCO LogLogic® LX1025 Appliance) Enable the swap file by performing the following steps:
1. Log in to the appliance through SSH as toor user.
2. Run the following command:
```
$ /loglogic/scripts/enable_12g_swap_file.sh
```
Run the post upgrade script on the appliance. See Running the Postupgrade Script.