Updating an existing installation

This information applies to the Windows version of Fleet Manager only. Updating a Docker-based installation can be done simply by referencing the right tag in your Docker Compose file (or whatever you use to orchestrate your containers).

To update an existing installation, open up your preferred console in the location where you've extracted the installer CLI (e.g. C:\apps\fminstaller, if you've followed the instructions on the Installation page).

You should be able to type

C:\apps\fminstaller> fm-installer

and have something like

   __ _         _
  / _| |___ ___| |_ _ __  __ _ _ _  __ _ __ _ ___ _ _
 |  _| / -_) -_)  _| '  \/ _` | ' \/ _` / _` / -_) '_|
 |_| |_\___\___|\__|_|_|_\__,_|_||_\__,_\__, \___|_|
   INSTALLER                            |___/

Please invoke with a command - the following commands are available:

    Service:

      install - Registers Fleet Manager with Windows Service Control
      uninstall - Unregisters Fleet Manager from Windows Service Control

    Installation:

      extract - Extracts Fleet Manager binaries into the specified path
      list - Lists available Fleet Manager binaries
      update - Updates an already-existing Fleet Manager installation

    Configuration:

      wizard - Starts the configuration wizard

Invoke with -help <command> to get help for each command.

Exit code: -1

printed as output.

Now, figure out the path to the Fleet Manager installation you wish to upgrade, and then save it to the fmpath environment variable – e.g. like

> set fmpath=C:\apps\fleetmanager

if you installed Fleet Manager in C:\apps\fleetmanager. Setting the fmpath environment variable works as a "context" for further commands to the installer CLI that require that particular setting.

To update Fleet Manager, simply issue the update command, which should produce output similar to this:

> fm-installer update
   __ _         _
  / _| |___ ___| |_ _ __  __ _ _ _  __ _ __ _ ___ _ _
 |  _| / -_) -_)  _| '  \/ _` | ' \/ _` / _` / -_) '_|
 |_| |_\___\___|\__|_|_|_\__,_|_||_\__,_\__, \___|_|
   INSTALLER                            |___/

Loading list of remote binaries...
Working on Fleet Manager installation here:

    C:\apps\fleetmanager

This will UPDATE your current Fleet Manager installation from 4.2.0 to version 4.2.4 - would you like to continue? (y/n)


Creating backup of current installation   100 %
Current installation successfully backed up as C:\ProgramData\RebusFM\FMInstaller\backups\fm-backup-20201117-111132-1.zip

Stopping Windows Service FleetManager... OK
Unzipping fm-4.2.4.zip into C:\apps\fleetmanager...   100 %
Starting Windows Service FleetManager... OK

Fleet Manager was successfully updated.