Upgrading

Back up SearchBlox

Windows

• Export the config file from Menu -> Admin -> Configuration.
• Copy C:/SearchbloxServer/webapps/searchblox/WEB-INF/license.xml
• Back up C:/SearchbloxServer, and rename the folder C:/SearchbloxServerOld

Linux

• Export the config file from Menu -> Admin -> Configuration.
• Copy /opt/searchblox/webapps/searchblox/WEB-INF/license.xml
• Back up /opt/searchblox, and rename the folder /opt/searchbloxold

Upgrade

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Very Important Note:

You can upgrade to next greater version using the following mentioned steps, however, we would not recommend upgrading 8.6.9 directly to 9.x as the version of Elasticsearch is different and there may be issues when upgrading directly. If you want to upgrade from 8.6.9 to 9.x we would recommend clean installation.

Windows Upgrade

To upgrade an existing SearchBlox installation on Windows, follow these steps:

1. Stop the SearchBlox Windows service.
2. Please ensure to backup the current installation folder as specified in the previous section by copying C:\SearchBloxServer to C:\SearchBloxServerOld
3. Uninstall the Windows service by going to the folder and running C:\SearchBloxServer\services\bat\uninstallService.bat as an administrator.
4. Delete the contents of C:\SearchBloxServer\
5. Download the installer from https://www.searchblox.com/downloads and run the wizard.
6. Prerequisites for upgrade
   Upgrading from 8.x version:
   If you are upgrading from 8.x version, please make sure that
   - You remove the environment variables related to Java 8
   - If there are other java versions installed in the system, please remove the references from the path variable.
   ref: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19509-01/820-3208/inst_cli_jdk_javahome_t/
   - Remove possible references to Java 8
   Upgrading from 9.x version:
   - Change the JAVA_HOME to SearchBlox jre as in the Windows Installation Guide
7. Install SearchBlox as in the Windows Installation Guide
8. Start Elasticsearch service and SearchBlox service using the steps provided in the guide Windows Installation Guide.
9. Once the new server service starts up upload the license key and configuration file. Start indexing all the collections.
10. If you have created any XSL stylesheets or custom pages or using custom plugins, copy them over from the old installation to the new one into the respective locations.
11. To start Analytics please read: Steps to Start Analytics Server in Windows

Linux Upgrade

To upgrade an existing SearchBlox installation on Linux, follow these steps:

1. Stop the SearchBlox service and back up the folder before performing the upgrade.
2. Change the current installation folder name from /opt/searchblox to /opt/searchbloxold
   Upgrading from 8.x version:
   For clean install remove the following files (This is required for the changes made in new changes to reflect in the build)
   rm -rf /etc/init.d/searchblox
rm -rf /opt/searchblox_unix64.tar.gz
   Upgrading from 9.x to 9.2:
   Uninstall the previous version using the command:
   yum remove searchblox
3. Install the 9.2 version using the instructions
   Installing on Linux - Centos, RHEL
   Installing on Linux - Ubuntu
4. After installing run the following commands to run the SearchBlox service successfully
   sudo systemctl daemon-reexec
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
5. Stop and Start SearchBlox
   Stop SearchBlox
   systemctl stop sbelastic
systemctl stop searchblox
   Start SearchBlox
   systemctl start sbelastic
systemctl start searchblox
6. Once the new server service starts up upload the license key and configuration file. Start indexing all the collections.
7. If you have created any XSL stylesheets or custom pages or using custom plugins, copy them over from the old installation to the new one into the respective locations.
8. To start Analytics please read:
   Steps to Start Analytics Server in Centos
   Steps to Start Analytics Server in Ubuntu

Upgrade Cluster

A clean installation is required for a cluster setup similar to standalone servers.
Cluster Setup in SearchBlox

Recovery

Recovery or redeployment of SearchBlox may be required if the Elasticsearch index gets corrupted or SearchBlox is shut down incorrectly.
It is always recommended to run SearchBlox as a service. If a shutdown is planned, make sure to stop the SearchBlox service and then shut down the system.

To redeploy SearchBlox, follow the same procedure for an upgrade:

• Export the config file from Admin -> Menu -> Configuration.
• Make a copy of the license file.
• Make a back-up copy of the installed SearchBlox folder.
• Install SearchBlox and update the license and config file.

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Important Information:

If you need the data indexed from the previous build, the content can be found in the ../elasticsearch/data folder. You can copy this folder into the new build after updating the license and config file. Make sure to use the same config file so that the indexed data is mapped correctly.
Note: This is applicable only for 9.x versions.