Upgrading the SDL Web 8 Monitoring Agent
The Monitoring Agent takes care of monitoring the other microservices and Content Delivery software components.
Procedure
- On the server on which this microservice is installed, navigate to the configuration location of the microservice.
- Back up the contents of this folder to a safe location.
- Back up any custom microservice extensions you have created to a safe location.
- On your SDL Web 8.5 installation media, navigate to the folder Content Delivery\roles\.
- Navigate to the agent\standalone\ subfolder.
- Back up any custom files in the microservice location to a safe location.
- Delete all files and subfolders from the microservice or Web application location.
- Copy the contents of the installation media folder, including subfolders, to your installed microservice location.
- Restore your backed-up configuration files to the configuration location of the microservice.
- Restore any backed-up custom microservice extensions to your microservice.
- Restart your microservice.