Upgrade Guide 11.5.2: Appendix B. Set Up External Repo

Copied from the 11.5.0 Upgrade Guide -- I changed 1 occurrence from 11.5.0.0 to 11.5.1.0. Scott 8/19/2020

Complete the following procedure to set up an external repository (Repo).

Note: 1.) You need an unzip utility installed on the host to complete this procedure. 2.) You must know how to create a web server before you complete the following procedure.

1. (Conditional) Complete this step if you have an external repo and you want to override it.

   • Case 1: You bootstrapped the host from an external repo and you want to upgrade using a local repo on the Admin Server.

     1. Create the /etc/netwitness/platform/repobase file.

        vi /etc/netwitness/platform/repobase
        

     2. Edit the repobase file so that the only information in the file is the following URL.

        https://nw-node-zero/nwrpmrepo

     3. Complete the instructions on how to run the upgrade using the upgrade-cli-client tool.
        

   • Case 2: You bootstrapped the host from local repo on the Admin server (NW Server host) and you want to use an external repo for the upgrade.

     1. Create the /etc/netwitness/platform/repobase file.

        vi /etc/netwitness/platform/repobase

     2. Edit the repobase file so that the only information in the file is the following URL.

        https://<webserver-ip>/<alias-for-repo>

     3. Complete the instructions on how to run the upgrade using the upgrade-cli-client tool.
        The instructions are in Appendix A. Offline Method (No Connectivity to Live Services) - Command Line Interface .
        
2. Set up the external repo.
   1. Log in to the web server host.
   2. Create directory to host the NW repository (netwitness-11.5.0.0.zip), for example ziprepo under web-root of the web server. For example, /var/netwitness is the web-root, run the following command string.
      mkdir -p /var/netwitness/<your-zip-file-repo>
   3. Create the 11.5.1.0 directory under /var/netwitness/<your-zip-file-repo>.
      mkdir -p /var/netwitness/<your-zip-file-repo>/11.5.0.0
   4. Create the OS and RSA directories under /var/netwitness/<your-zip-file-repo>/11.5.0.0.
      mkdir -p /var/netwitness/<your-zip-file-repo>/11.5.0.0/OS
      mkdir -p /var/netwitness/<your-zip-file-repo>/11.5.0.0/RSA
   5. Unzip the netwitness-11.5.0.0.zip file into the /var/netwitness/<your-zip-file-repo>/11.5.0.0 directory.
      unzip netwitness-11.5.0.0.zip -d /var/netwitness/<your-zip-file-repo>/11.5.0.0
      Unzipping netwitness-11.5.0.0.zip results in two zip files (OS-11.5.0.0.zip and RSA-11.5.0.0.zip) and some other files.
   6. Unzip the:

      OS-11.5.0.0.zip into the /var/netwitness/<your-zip-file-repo>/11.5.0.0/OS directory.
      unzip /var/netwitness/<your-zip-file-repo>/11.5.0.0/OS-11.5.0.0.zip -d /var/netwitness/<your-zip-file-repo>/11.5.0.0/OS
      

      The external url for the repo is http://<web server IP address>/<your-zip-file-repo>.

   7. Unzip the:
      RSA-11.5.0.0.zip into the /var/netwitness/<your-zip-file-repo>/11.5.0.0/RSA directory.
      unzip /var/netwitness/<your-zip-file-repo>/11.5.0.0/RSA-11.5.0.0.zip -d /var/netwitness/<your-zip-file-repo>/11.5.0.0/RSA
      
   8. (Conditional - For Azure) Follow these steps for Azure update.

   1. mkdir -p /var/netwitness/<your-zip-file-repo>/11.5.0.0/OS/other
   2. unzip nw-azure-11.3-extras.zip -d /var/netwitness/<your-zip-file-repo>/11.5.0.0/OS/other
   3. cd /var/netwitness/<your-zip-file-repo>/11.5.0.0/OS
   4. createrepo

   9. Use the http://<web server IP address>/<your-zip-file-repo> in response to Enter the base URL of the external update repositories prompt from NW 11.5.0.0 Setup program (nwsetup-tui) prompt.