Upgrading the Lighthouse system via the local terminal

Lighthouse includes a shell-based tool — sysflash — that allows a user with administrative privileges to upgrade the instance’s system from the local terminal.

Note:Before using sysflash, we recommend that you check available disk space when manually uploading .lh upgrade files. We also suggest you use /mnt/nvram as the path.

To upgrade Lighthouse instance’s system using the Lighthouse local terminal:

  1. Select MANAGE > LIGHTHOUSE > local terminal.

  2. At the [hostname] login: prompt, enter an administrator username and press Return.

  3. At the Password: prompt, enter the administrator’s password and press Return.

  4. To use sysflash with a .lh_upg file available via an HTTP or HTTP server:
    At the local terminal bash shell prompt, enter a URL. It must be URL-encoded:
    sysflash http[s]%3A%2F%2Fdomain.tld%2Fpath%2Fto%2Ffirmware-upgrade- image.lh_upg

  1. Press Return.

To use sysflash with a .lh_upg file available via the local file system:

  1. At the local terminal bash shell prompt enter:
    sysflash /path/to/system-upgrade-image.lh_upg.

  2. Press Return.

Note: sysflash includes several flags that allow for variations in the standard system upgrade process. These flags should not be used unless directed to do so by Opengear Support.

List the flags by running either of the following at a local terminal bash shell prompt:

sysflash -h or

sysflash --help

For more information on sysflashSee the Command line tools chapter.