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How to upgrade On-Premise IdP to the latest version?

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Following the steps below to upgrade On-Premise IdP to the latest version:

  1. Windows Installer
  2. Windows Zip Distribution
  3. Linux

 

  1. Download the latest version of the Windows Installer from the downloadables section.
  2. Run the installer, it will automatically detect and install the latest version.
  3. Navigate to C:\Program Files\miniOrange Identity Provider\bin and open file: miniOrangew.exe
  4. Click on Java tab. Inside Java options, add the following line if it is not present: -Dspring.profiles.active=redis
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  5. Click on Ok.
  6. Navigate to C:\Program Files\miniOrange Identity Provider\moas\WEB-INF\classes\ and open db.properties
    Copy DB Properties
  7. Take a note of the URL, username and the password as we will need these values for the step below.
    Copy DB Properties
  8. Navigate to C:\Program Files\miniOrange Identity Provider\services\config and edit the application.properties.
    Edit Application Properties
  9. Update the MO_DB_DRIVER and MO_DB_DIALECT with the proper values. Update the Driver and Dialect database values as shown in the table below.
    Update application Properties values

    Database Example values
    Driver Postgres org.postgresql.Driver
    MySQL com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
    SQLServer com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver
    ORACLE oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver
    Dialect Postgres org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
    MySQL org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
    SQLServer org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect
    ORACLE org.hibernate.dialect.OracleDialect
  10. Replace the Primary and Secondary property values with the db.properties values copied from the above step.
    Update application Properties values

    Properties Values
    MO_DB_PRIMARY_URL & MO_DB_REPLICA_URL jdbc.url
    MO_DB_PRIMARY_USER & MO_DB_REPLICA_USER jdbc.username
    MO_DB_PRIMARY_PASS & MO_DB_REPLICA_PASS jdbc.password
  11. Save the file.
  12. Now, open Services.msc and check if the following services are present.
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Click here for further steps if the above services are not present:

  1. Navigate to your downloaded package from miniOrange Directory.
  2. Navigate to <miniOrange Identity Provider Folder>/services/windows/
  3. Open command prompt with admin rights on this location.
  4. Run the command: windows-service.bat start (Wait 10-15 seconds for the services to start.)
    Start services
  5. The installation will set some of the system variables for you. We will be using system defaults for the StandAlone installation. These Include
    • MO_CONFIG_PATH – This is the path where the configurations for the microservices will be saved. By default, the path is <miniOrange Directory\services\config>. This path should be considered for standalone installation.
    • ROOT_LOG_LEVEL – DEBUG by default.
    • MINIORANGE_LOG_LEVEL – DEBUG by default.
    • MO_LOG_PATH – Path where all the log files will live. By default, the path is <miniOrange Directory\services\logs>
    • MO_SERVICES_UTIL_TOKEN – (Optional) A manually set authorisation token for critical internal service communication
  6. Now, you can start all the miniOrange services by navigating to services.msc
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  1. The newer version of minOrange requires Redis and RabbitMQ to be installed on your system.
    • Follow this link to setup Redis for Windows.
    • Follow this link to setup RabbitMQ for Windows.
  2. Stop the IDP Server.
  3. Navigate to your current Tomcat Installation Directory and take backup of your current moas directory present in <tomcat-root>.
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  4. Take a backup of your database. In case you are using the internal integrated database,then you can take a backup of the data folder present in the <tomcat-root>. In the case of an external database, you can take a snapshot of the DB.
  5. Now replace the moas folder in the Tomcat Root Directory with the moas folder present in the downloaded package.
  6. Now copy over the following files from backup moas to the newly deployed moas.
    • \moas\WEB-INF\classes\db.properties
    • \moas\WEB-INF\classes\license.
    • \moas\images\logo.png
    • \moas\images\favicon.ico
  7. Start the Tomcat Server.
    Follow the below steps to start the microservices:

    • Navigate to Tomcat Root of older miniOrange version: /moas/WEB-INF/classes/db.properties.
      Copy DB Properties
    • Take a note of the URL, username and the password as we will need these values for the step below.
      Copy DB Properties
    • Navigate to Tomcat Root folder of downloaded package /services/config and edit the application.properties.
      Edit Application Properties
    • Update the MO_DB_DRIVER and MO_DB_DIALECT with the proper values. Update the Driver and Dialect database values as shown in the table below.
      Update application Properties values

      Database Example values
      Driver Postgres org.postgresql.Driver
      MySQL com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
      SQLServer com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver
      ORACLE oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver
      Dialect Postgres org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
      MySQL org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
      SQLServer org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect
      ORACLE org.hibernate.dialect.OracleDialect
    • Replace the Primary and Secondary property values with the db.properties values copied from the above step.
      Update application Properties values

      Properties Values
      MO_DB_PRIMARY_URL & MO_DB_REPLICA_URL jdbc.url
      MO_DB_PRIMARY_USER & MO_DB_REPLICA_USER jdbc.username
      MO_DB_PRIMARY_PASS & MO_DB_REPLICA_PASS jdbc.password
  8. Save the file.
  9. Navigate to your downloaded package from miniOrange Directory.
  10. Navigate to <miniOrange Identity Provider Folder>/services/windows/
  11. Open command prompt with admin rights on this location.
  12. Run the command: windows-service.bat start (Wait 10-15 seconds for the services to start.)
    Start services
  13. The installation will set some of the system variables for you. We will be using system defaults for the StandAlone installation. These Include
    • MO_CONFIG_PATH – This is the path where the configurations for the microservices will be saved. By default, the path is <miniOrange Directory\services\config>. This path should be considered for standalone installation.
    • ROOT_LOG_LEVEL – DEBUG by default.
    • MINIORANGE_LOG_LEVEL – DEBUG by default.
    • MO_LOG_PATH – Path where all the log files will live. By default, the path is <miniOrange Directory\services\logs>
    • MO_SERVICES_UTIL_TOKEN – (Optional) A manually set authorisation token for critical internal service communication
  14. Now, you can start all the miniOrange services by navigating to services.msc.
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  1. Prerequisites:
    • Login to your admin account and go to Settings>>Product Settings. Copy your Server Base URL.
    • Take a backup of the miniorange db in your db instance.
    • Take a backup of the following files in the server.
      • mo-idp-server-*/moas/WEB-INF/classes/db.properties
      • mo-idp-server-*/moas/WEB-INF/classes/license
    • Go to mo-idp-server-*/bin and Shut down the running tomcat instance. (you can use sh shutdown.sh)
  2. Steps to upgrade:
    • Download the latest version to your linux server and unzip it.
    • You will find moas folder inside the uncompressed folder. Replace the mo-idp-server-3.3.*/moas with the new moas folder
    • Replace the backups of db.properties and license file on the same path as mentioned above.
    • Go to mo-idp-server-*/bin and Shut down the running tomcat instance. (you can use sh shutdown.sh)
    • Restart the tomcat instance using sh startup.sh
    • Open a browser and go to < Your-Server-Base-URL >/initialize

To know more about the installation process, click here

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