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This section describes how to upgrade from Abiquo 5.2.0 or above to an Abiquo 5.4.x version. Please contact Abiquo Support for further information.

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This is a non-official upgrade document from which you can easily cut and paste the commands for each to prepare your own upgrade document.

The official upgrade document, that you must read and refer to for your upgrade is still

Abiquo YUM repositories are no longer open, please contact Abiquo Support to obtain your credentials

This upgrade process starts from Abiquo 5.4.0 or above. To upgrade from earlier versions, please see

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The upgrade will overwrite lang_en_US.json. If you have customized labels or translations, back them up before the upgrade and restore them afterwards accordingly.
The upgrade will overwrite the SAML login configuration for multiple IdPs. If you use SAML with multiple IdPs, back up the configuration files before the upgrade and add the multiple IdPs afterwards accordingly. See

The upgrade to Abiquo 5.3 includes a migration to provider ID as the identifier of a deployed VM.

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Prepare the provider ID migration before your upgrade. See

Prevent cloud users from performing VM operations

In the UI in the Infrastructure view, select each physical machine and click Disable
Using the API, set the state of each physical machine to DISABLED

On each API Server do these steps. If you have a separate DB server, do the DB upgrade steps on that server.

API Server upgrade procedure

Additional API and UI upgrade steps

Add translations for new to lang_xx_XX_custom.json. See
Optionally add new configuration to client-config-custom.json. See Configure Abiquo UI
In your UI configuration, check that the API endpoint is pointing to your Abiquo API server:
{
"config.endpoint": "http://<API_IP_ADDRESS>/api"
}
Add new API properties to the abiquo.properties file found in the /opt/abiquo/config/ folder. See Changes to Abiquo Configuration Properties
If you are using SAML with multiple IDPs, restore the configuration as described at Restore SAML security beans after upgrade.

On each Remote Services Server do these steps

Remote Services Server upgrade procedure

Additional RS upgrade steps

Add new RS properties to the abiquo.properties file found in the /opt/abiquo/config/ folder. See Changes to Abiquo Configuration Properties

On each Watchtower Moniitoring Server do these steps

Monitoring Server upgrade procedure

Start all servers in the correct order.

Start Abiquo servers procedure

To upgrade the Abiquo Reports Server for the upgrade to Abiquo 5.3.x, contact Abiquo Support for more information.

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