The Ignition upgrade process is designed to be as painless as possible. Before performing any upgrade, you should back up your gateway (see Backups). The Ignition installer also doubles as an upgrader. Simply download the Windows executable installer from our website, and double-click on it. Be sure to download the 32-bit installer for a 32-bit Windows installation, and the 64-bit installer for a 64-bit Windows installation. If you attempt to upgrade a 32-bit installation with a 64-bit installer, or vice versa, the installer will throw an error. After double-clicking on the executable installer, you will be presented with this screen:
Upgrade confirmation
Click Yes to start the upgrade process. The first stage of this process will be to stop the Ignition Windows service on the machine. If you abort the upgrade process before it completes, the installer will attempt to restart your old Ignition Windows service. After accepting the license agreement, you will be presented with the Upgrade Mode screen.
Choosing the Upgrade Mode
For most scenarios, choosing to just upgrade currently installed modules will be sufficient, as it will upgrade the Ignition base installation and the existing modules. Choosing "Yes" will take you to the module selection screen on the next page, where you can add a module that was not part of the original installation or uninstall a currently installed module. When you have made your selection, click on Next.
Selecting modules to add or remove
If you have chose to select which modules to add or remove on the previous screen, you will be presented with the screen above. To view a brief description of the module, click on the module name. Checking the checkbox next to a module will install the module as part of the upgrade. Clearing the checkbox next to a module will uninstall the module during the upgrade. When you have made your selections, click on Next.
Ready to Install
Ignition is ready to be upgraded. At this point, you may click the Back button to change your selections. Click the Next button to finish the upgrade.
Once the upgrade process starts, it may take a few minutes to finish. At the end of the upgrade process, you will see the screen below.
Upgrade complete
Press the "Finish" button to close the process. If you have chosen to start Ignition now, you will see a splash screen informing you that the Ignition service is starting.
Ignition service starting up...
Once the Ignition Gateway starts up, your web browser will open and bring you to the Gateway Homepage.
Automated upgrade
Ignition can be silently upgraded from a command shell without showing any user prompts. Keep in mind that you should make a Gateway backup before performing any type of upgrade. Also, the installer cannot automatically start the Gateway after a silent upgrade. Use the net start ignition command as shown below.
Command line example:
gwcmd -b C:\backups\mybackup.gwbk
Ignition-7.x.x-windows-x64-installer.exe --mode unattended --unattendedmodeui none --autoupgrade true
net start ignition
Flags:
-- mode unattended (ensures that no prompts appear during installation)
-- unattendedmodeui none | minimal (the 'none' flag will not display any sort of graphic during installation; the 'minimal' flag will display a small progress bar and nothing else)
-- autoupgrade true (runs the installer in upgrade mode)