Airlock Gateway can be updated with digitally signed update files that are provided by Airlock product support.
- The Gateway offers two interfaces to manage updates:
- ●The interactive Update Menu.
- ●The non-interactive airlock-update tool.
Update Menu
The Update Menu is a submenu of the Airlock Gateway admin menu.
- 1.Log in via ssh as user menu to access the Airlock Gateway admin menu.
- 2.Choose 2) Updates in the Airlock Gateway admin menu to enter the Update Menu.
Update Menu =========== 1) Apply update "airlock_update_x.y.zip" a) Display list of all installed updates u) Uninstall update c) Clear list of uploaded updates b) Back to Main Menu q) Quit Your choice?
Apply update "..." | Select an updated file and start the update process. |
Display list of all installed updates |
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Uninstall update | Can be used to select and uninstall updates. |
Clear list of uploaded updates | This will empty the list of uploaded updates and delete all update files in the /var/tmp/update_in folder. |
Back to Main Menu | Brings you back to the Airlock Gateway admin menu |
Quit | Closes the session to the Gateway. |
Update tool
The airlock-update program is a command line tool for basic update related tasks.
The airlock-update tool can be used for scripted automatization and update tasks i.e. to roll-out updates for multiple Airlock Gateway installations.
- 1.Log in as root on the Gateway.
- 2.Start the airlock-update program without any options to show a list of available functions.
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root@gateway:~ # airlock-update Description: Install Airlock Gateway update/hotfix without interaction Usage: airlock-update [OPTION] Options: -i, --install <filename> install update/hotfix -u, --uninstall <version> uninstall update/hotfix -l, --list list all installed updates/hotfixes --list-uninstallable list uninstallable update/hotfix -h, --help print help Examples: scp airlock_update_7.x.zip root@airlock:/var/tmp/update_in/ ssh root@airlock airlock-update --install airlock_update_7.x.zip ssh root@airlock airlock-update --uninstall 7.x