Update the version of your Aurora Engine on a Linux distribution

  1. To update an older version of the Aurora Engine to a newer version, download the newer installation package for your Linux distribution from the Arctic Wolf Unified Portal.
    1. Sign in to the Arctic Wolf Unified Portal.
    2. In the navigation menu, click Resources > Downloads.
    3. In the Aurora Endpoint Software Downloads section, in the Product field, select Aurora Engine.
    4. Search for the latest version of the Aurora Engine for your Linux distribution and download it.
    • The installation package for CentOS, Fedora, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distributions is an RPM package.
    • The installation package for Debian and Ubuntu distributions is a DEB package.
    • If you want to install the Aurora Engine without a distribution package manager, the installation package is a ZIP file.
  2. Do one of the following:
    Note: You can also update the Aurora Engine by first uninstalling the older version (see Remove the Aurora Engine from a Linux distribution) and then installing the newer version (see Install the Aurora Engine on a Linux distribution).

    Task

    Steps

    Update the Aurora Engine on a CentOS, Fedora, or Red Hat distribution.

    In the command prompt, run the following command, where new-package is the complete name of the rpm package.

    CODE 
    rpm -U <new-package>

    Update the Aurora Engine on a Debian or Ubuntu distribution.

    In the command prompt, run the following command, where new-package is the complete name of the deb package.

    CODE 
    dpkg -i <new-package>

    Update the Aurora Engine without a distribution package manager.

    The only requirement for the location of the files from the package is that the log file path must point to a writable location.