Updating from Intrexx Silent Track 21.03 to Intrexx Steady Track

Below you will find a description for updating from Intrexx Silent Track 21.03 to Intrexx SteadyTrack. It is assumed that you are installing Intrexx SteadyTrack in the directory in which you also installed the version Intrexx Silent Track 21.03 ("over installation").

This update is the last time you need to download a setup file from Intrexx Support Center and then run setup.exe or setup.sh.

Future updates for the Intrexx Steady Track will be performed via a new process. If updates are available, you will be informed about them in the Portal Manager via a message window. You can download the update while continuing to work. You can install the update afterwards. During installation, your portal will not be available to portal users. Intrexx Steady Track checks at startup whether an update is available on the Intrexx Download Manager.

Test system
Perform the update on a test system first. Also note that production systems and test and development systems should be implemented on separate Intrexx Portal Servers.

Download Setup for Intrexx Steady Track

Download the installation package for Intrexx Steady Track from Intrexx Support Center under "Intrexx Downloads > Intrexx Releases > Steady Track". Unzip the installation package.

Update the existing installation 21.03 to Intrexx Steady Track

Step-by-step guide

  1. Execute the "setup.exe" file as the administrator (right-click > "Run as administrator").
    The welcome dialog for the Intrexx setup will be shown.

  2. Click on "Next".

    The dialog with the license conditions is displayed.

  3. Agree to the terms of the License Agreement.

  4. Click on "Next".

    The "Installation path" dialog appears.

  5. Select as the installation directory, the one in which you already installed Intrexx.

  6. Click on "Next".

    The "Installation" dialog appears.

    The "Installation" dialog contains several changes.

    Up until now, you could change the installation path in this dialog. This is no longer possible.

    In the packages to be installed, you also have Intrexx Steady Track the option of installing the Intrexx Administration API.

    The settings for configuring the portal server are omitted, since Intrexx Steady Track no longer contains the Supervisor.

    In Intrexx Steady Track, the Intrexx Portal Server uses the user and password for authentication to the Solr search server. This was not the case by default in the previous versions.

    The software update is performed in Intrexx Steady Track via a new procedure. This is configured in the Portal Manager.

    Administration API

    During installation of Intrexx Steady Track, you can also install the "Intrexx Administration API".

    Detailed information on the Intrexx Administration API can be found in the section Intrexx Administration API.

    a. Click "Packages to install" if you want to install the Administration API.

    The "Component selection" dialog appears.

    b. Activate "Intrexx Administration API".

    c. Click on "Finish".

    Apache Solr Search Server

    In Intrexx Steady Track, the Intrexx Portal Server uses the user and password for authentication to the Solr search server.

    For detailed information on configuring the "Apache Solr Search Server", see the Solr Search Server, for example.

    a. Click on "apache Solr search server".

    The Solr Configuration dialog box appears.

    c. Change the password.

    c. Click on "OK".

  7. Click on "Start".

    The dialog "Notes on update" appears

    Read and confirm the update notes.
    Be sure to create a backup before performing the update.

  8. Click on "OK".

    The "Installation" dialog appears.

    During the installation, the "Patch the portals" dialog is displayed.

    Existing portals will be updated or patched to the new Intrexx version.

  9. Click "OK" once the button is active.

    You return to the "Installation" dialog.

  10. Click "Finish" once the button is active.

    The "Finish installation" dialog appears.

    In the lower area of the dialog, the existing portals are displayed with the corresponding ports.
    Remember the ports.

    Or

    Load the portal information to the clipboard using the icon. Then paste the information from the clipboard into an editor. For example, the information may look like this:

    2B5E259016011BE0C9KK1065295EDCD912291E25   exampleportal     8107

    340C7AD0C35738E6E60KK86C8E2C1826B2D8AF43   demoportal        8108

    E63608C696F0114900EBKKFF81F314DD1A88C678   developmentportal 8109

    In Intrexx Steady Track, you must know the port to connect to the portal via the Portal Manager.

    Detailed information on this can be found in the section Intrexx without Supervisor.

  11. Click on "Finish".

    If you have activated the checkbox "Start Intrexx Portal Manager", Intrexx will be restarted.