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• Java Runtime Environment 1.8 or newer is required.
• For details see Which Java versions is JobScheduler available for?

Preparation

• Choose the Controller archive for the target system from the JobScheduler Download page.
  
  • For Windows systems a .zip archive is available.

Installation

• Extract the downloaded archive js7_controller_windows_installer.x.x.x.zip to an arbitrary directory, e.g. C:\Temp.

• The installer can run with or without a GUI.

• The installer asks for elevated administrator privileges, therefore it is not necessary to change the permissions in the .\service directory and the installer sets read/write permissions for the log directory.
• After the installation you will find ...
  
  • a Windows service "SOS JS7 Controller -id=<Controller ID>"
  • an executable .\service\js7_controller_<Controller ID>.exe that is started by the Windows service

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• js7_controller_windows.x.x.x.zip for windows
• js7_agent_unix.x.x.x.tar.gz for Linux

Preparation

• Stop the JS7 Controller instance
• Prepare a rollback in case the updating the JS7 Controller is not successful then a backup is necessary.
  • Create a .zip archive for the:
    • Installation Directory:
      • The default installation path for the Controller is C:\Program Files\sos-berlin.com\js7\controller\<controller-ID> on Windows.
    • Configuration Directory
      • The default configuration path for the Controller is C:\ProgramData\sos-berlin.com\js7\controller\<controller-ID> on Windows.
• Take a Backup of the above archives created.

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• To perform JS7 Controller instance rollback run the uninstaller.
  • The default location of the uninstall.cmd file is:
    
    • C:\Program Files\sos-berlin.com\js7\controller\<controller-ID>\Uninstaller on Windows.
• Restore the folders from the backup by unzipping the .tar.gz/.zip archive for the installation directory and configuration directory to the respective location.
• Re-Install the windows service from the command line:
  • Switch to the ./bin directory for the Controller from the command line
    • The default location of the ./bin directory is:
      

      • C:\Program Files\sos-berlin.com\js7\controller\<controller-ID>\bin on Windows.

  • Run the below command. This command installs the Controller's Windows Service. 

    controller.cmd install-service [-http-port=<number>] [-ip-address=<hostname or ip address>]

Installation Log

The installer creates a log file in the directory that is pointed to by the environment variable JS7_CONTROLLER_LOGS or in the logs subdirectory of the Controller configuration directory.

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