Upgrading Lighthouse

Upgrading a Primary Lighthouse

To upgrade a primary Lighthouse:

  1. Select > SYSTEM > System Upgrade.

  2. Select the Upgrade Method, either Fetch image from HTTP/HTTPS Server or Upload Image.

    • To upgrade via Fetch image from HTTP/HTTPS Server, enter the URL for the system image in the Image URL text-entry field.

    • To upgrade via Upload Image, navigate to the directory containing the appropriate upgrade image file and drag and drop the image onto the target page section or click select file to open a dialog.

    Note: To upgrade to a version that is several releases newer than your current release, you will need to install all the major releases in between before the latest one.

  3. Click Perform Upgrade.

Once the upgrade has started, the System Upgrade page displays feedback as to the state of the process.

Caution: The Advanced Options section should only be used as part of an Opengear Support call.

Upgrading Multi Instance Lighthouse

Note: The upgrade must be performed through the Primary Lighthouse instance.

When the primary Lighthouse is updated, any secondary instance Lighthouses will be updated after the primary has successfully booted. Secondary Lighthouse upgrades are performed in parallel (not in a queue) to speed up the overall process.

Note: If any Lighthouse fails to successfully upgrade along the way, the upgrade will stop.

Before a multiple instance upgrade is attempted, compatibility and status checks are performed on primary/secondary instances to pre-empt possible failure points.

Where there are multiple instances of Lighthouse, when a system upgrade is being performed the status of secondary instances is flagged in the > SYSTEM > System Upgrade page.

During a system upgrade, notification/status elements are flagged in the following scenarios:

  • When an upgrade is attempted, a pass/fail notification on the instance.

  • When an upgrade is attempted on a secondary instance, a pass/fail notification on the associated primary instance.

Note: Information about the upgrade progress and status is visible by navigating to the Jobs page.