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• The Controller can be installed for Linux systems without use of an installer by extracting a .tar.gz archive.
• The Controller can be installed for Windows systems
  • without use of an installer by extracting a .zip archive. This allows a portable installation that requires no administrative privileges or
  • by running the Controller installer in headless mode .or
  • by running the graphical installer see JS7 - Controller - Use of Windows Graphical Installer.

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• A Java Runtime Environment starting from version 1.8 is required. For details see Which Java versions is JobScheduler available for?
• Technically the Controller can be operated for any Unix environmentenvironments, however, the JS7 - Platforms include support for Controller operation with Linux.

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Directories for installation and configuration of the Controller might differ.

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 sub-directory of the Controller configuration directory.

Update

Preparation

• Stop the JS7 Controller instance.
• Prepare to rollback in case that the update of the JS7 Controller is not successful.
  • Take a backup of the Controller's installation directory and configuration directory, e.g. by creating a .zip archive.
    • Installation Directory:
      • The default installation directory for the Controller instance is
        
        • C:\Program Files
  The default location of the logs directory for the Controller is
  
  • C:\ProgramData
    • • • \sos-berlin.com\js7\controller\<controller-id>
• Installation log files are named according to the pattern Install_V<release>_<date-time>_....log where <release> is the release number and <date-time> refers to the point in time of  installation.
• For further information about logging see JS7 - Logging

Update

Preparation

• • • Configuration Directory
      • The default configuration directory for the Controller instance is
        
        • C:\ProgramData\sos-berlin.com\js7\controller\<controller-id>

Running the Update

The update procedure makes use of the same installer response file as explained for a fresh installation.

Steps to run the installer are the same as explained for a fresh installation.

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 sub-folder of the Controller configuration directory.

• The default location of the logs directory for the Controller is
  
  • C:\ProgramData
• Stop the JS7 Controller instance.
• Prepare to rollback in case that the update of the JS7 Controller is not successful.
  • Take a backup of the Controller's installation directory and configuration directory, e.g. by creating a .zip archive.Installation Directory:The default installation directory for the Controller instance is
    C:\Program Files\sos-berlin.com\js7\controller\<controller-id>
  • Configuration Directory
    • The default configuration directory for the Controller instance is
      
      • C:\ProgramData\sos-berlin.com\js7\controller\<controller-id>

Running the Update

The update procedure makes use of the same installer response file as explained for a fresh installation.

Steps to run the installer are the same as explained for a fresh installation.

Operation

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• Installation log files are named according to the pattern Install_V<release>_<date-time>_....log where <release> is the release number and <date-time> refers to the point in time of  installation.
• For further information about logging see JS7 - Logging

Rollback

Rollback Installation from .tar.gz/.zip Archive

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For Windows systems operation of the Controller by a Windows Service is recommended as such services can be configured to start/stop automatically on server start-up and shutdown.

Initial Operation

• Having completed the installation or update of a JS7 Controller you can start the Controller either manually or from its Unix daemon/Windows Service, see JS7 - Controller Command Line Operation.
• Consider the following information about initial operation:
  • JS7 - Initial Operation for Standalone Controller
  • JS7 - Initial Operation for Controller Cluster

Further References

• JS7 - Controller - Use of Windows Graphical Installer
• JS7 - Controller - Command Line Operation
• JS7 - Controller Configuration

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