SENTIENT instructions for upgrading from Community Edition

• Ubuntu
• CentOS
• Windows
• Docker
• Docker Compose

Ubuntu

NOTE:
These upgrade steps are applicable for the latest SENTIENT version. In order to upgrade to Professional Edition you need to upgrade to the latest Community Edition version first.

SENTIENT Professional Edition package download

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wget https://dist.sentient.invenia.in/sentient-4.3.1.1pe.deb

SENTIENT Professional Edition service upgrade

• Stop SENTIENT service if it is running.

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sudo service sentient stop

• Install Sentient Web Report component as described here.

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sudo dpkg -i sentient-4.3.1.1pe.deb

NOTE:
Package installer may ask you to merge your sentient configuration. It is preferred to use merge option to make sure that all your previous parameters will not be overwritten.

• Configure Professional Edition license key as described here.

Execute regular upgrade script:

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sudo /usr/share/sentient/bin/install/upgrade.sh --fromVersion=CE

Start the service

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sudo service sentient start

CentOS

NOTE:
These upgrade steps are applicable for the latest SENTIENT version. In order to upgrade to Professional Edition you need to upgrade to the latest Community Edition version first.

SENTIENT Professional Edition package download

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wget https://dist.sentient.invenia.in/sentient-4.3.1.1pe.rpm

SENTIENT Professional Edition service upgrade

• Stop SENTIENT service if it is running.

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sudo service sentient stop

• Install Sentient Web Report component as described here.

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sudo rpm -Uvh sentient-4.3.1.1pe.rpm

NOTE:
Package installer may ask you to merge your sentient configuration. It is preferred to use merge option to make sure that all your previous parameters will not be overwritten.

• Configure Professional Edition license key as described here.

Execute regular upgrade script:

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sudo /usr/share/sentient/bin/install/upgrade.sh --fromVersion=CE

Start the service

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sudo service sentient start

Windows

NOTE:
These upgrade steps are applicable for the latest SENTIENT version. In order to upgrade to Professional Edition you need to upgrade to the latest Community Edition version first.

SENTIENT Professional Edition package download

Download SENTIENT Professional Edition installation package for Windows: sentient-windows-4.3.1.1pe.zip.

SENTIENT Professional Edition service upgrade

• Stop SENTIENT service if it is running.

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net stop sentient

• Make a backup of previous SENTIENT configuration located in <SENTIENT install dir>\conf (for ex. C:\sentient\conf).
• Copy content of the sentient-windows-4.3.1.1pe.zip to the same location.
• Compare and merge your old SENTIENT configuration files (from the backup you made in the first step) with new ones.
• Configure Professional Edition license key as described here.
• Finally, run upgrade.bat script to upgrade SENTIENT to the new version.

NOTE:
Scripts listed above should be executed using Administrator Role.

Execute regular upgrade script:

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C:\sentient>upgrade.bat --fromVersion=CE

Start the service

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net start sentient

Docker

NOTE:
These upgrade steps are applicable for the latest SENTIENT version. In order to upgrade to Professional Edition you need to upgrade to the latest Community Edition version first.

SENTIENT Professional Edition image download

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docker pull sentient/tb-pe-node:4.3.1.1pe
docker pull sentient/tb-pe-web-report:4.3.1.1pe

SENTIENT Professional Edition service upgrade

• Stop and remove the SENTIENT service:

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docker compose stop sentient-ce
docker compose rm -f sentient-ce

• Update your docker-compose.yml according to the default Docker PE manifest. Do not forget to change the image to the PE version, define the required license variables and volumes, and add the Web Report service.

• Run the upgrade and start the services:

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docker compose run --rm -e UPGRADE_TB=true -e FROM_VERSION="CE" sentient-pe
docker compose up -d

Docker Compose

NOTE:
These upgrade steps are applicable for the latest SENTIENT version. In order to upgrade to Professional Edition you need to upgrade to the latest Community Edition version first.

SENTIENT Professional Edition image download

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docker pull sentient/tb-pe-node:4.3.1.1pe
docker pull sentient/tb-pe-web-report:4.3.1.1pe

• Stop the CE services

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./docker-stop-services.sh

• Manually merge your current SENTIENT cluster configuration with the default Docker Compose cluster deployment files. Ensure that you transfer all custom environment variables, volume mappings, and external service configurations to the new files.

• Configure the license key environment variables as described in the PE Docker Compose Cluster Setup Guide.

• Run the upgrade and start the services:

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./docker-upgrade-tb.sh --fromVersion=CE
./docker-start-services.sh