Software Updates

InterWorx updates via the standard CentOS/RHEL yum utility which makes updating from both interface and command line very simple. You can update both the InterWorx product itself and also the operating system.

1. Enable/Disable Automatic Updates
   1. Procedure - Enable Automatic OS Updates
   2. Procedure - Disable Automatic OS Updates
2. Refresh the List of Available Updates
3. Install Unapplied Updates
4. View Previous Updates
5. Updating via Command-Line

The following procedure explains how to enable and disable automatic OS updates for the InterWorx-CP server.

1. Click the Server menu item if it is not already open.
2. Click the Software Updates menu item.
3. Locate the Automatic Update Options section.
4. Select Enable from the drop-down list labeled OS Updates.
5. Click the Update button.

1. Click the Server menu item if it is not already open.
2. Click the Software Updates menu item.
3. Locate the Automatic Update Options section.
4. Select Disable from the drop-down list labeled OS Updates.
5. Click the Update button.

1. Click the Server menu item if it is not already open.
2. Click the Software Updates menu item.
3. Locate the Update Management section.
4. Click the Refresh button.
5. You will see the following message at the top of the screen: List updated successfully.

1. Click the Server menu item if it is not already open.
2. Click the Software Updates menu item.
3. Locate the Update Management section.
4. Click the Install button.
5. The updates will be applied.

1. Click the Server menu item if it is not already open.
2. Click the Software Updates menu item.
3. Locate the Update Management section.
4. Select the date of the update you wish to view in the Installed Updates drop-down list.
5. You will see list of updates installed and information on that date in the table below.

Sometimes it may become necessary to update the system manually from the command line. This how-to will explain the process of running the yum command. Note that while the yum command is the same across different distributions of Linux, the output of yum will vary slightly between distributions.

1. SSH in to the server.
2. su to the root user
3. Run:

[root@test-box ~]# yum update

1. You will see output similar to the following:
   1. If there are updates to be made, you will be given a list of packages that will be updated or installed and a prompt:

Is this ok [y/N]:

Enter y to continue with the update. Otherwise, enter n to abort the update. <

1. If there are no updates to be made, you will see a message similar to:

No Packages Available for Update
No actions to take

or

No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion