V16 Upgrade Instructions for Linux

version 16 of the zixi broadcaster includes some changes that require special attention when upgrading from previous versions of the zixi broadcaster to v16 or downgrading from v16 back to previous versions there are two options for upgrading to v16 https //zixidocumentation atlassian net/wiki/spaces/117/pages/4887937670/v16+upgrade+instructions+for+linux#upgrading to v16 using the ui upgrade mechanism https //zixidocumentation atlassian net/wiki/spaces/117/pages/4887937670/v16+upgrade+instructions+for+linux#upgrading to v16 manually license server changes with v16 of the zixi broadcaster, an additional license server is being used by the broadcaster and needs to be whitelisted in firewalls on networks hosting the zixi broadcaster the new fqdn to whitelist is http //license2 zixi com/ the existing fqdn, http //license zixi com/ , is also still in use and needs to be whitelisted the ip addresses for the following license servers are static should be whitelisted when whitelisting, the fqdn will not be supported 52 72 218 41 34 195 97 223 3 140 62 221 3 137 16 26 upgrading to v16 using the ui upgrade mechanism with the addition of arm builds on linux, the installation directory for zixi broadcaster/zec has been updated in v16 previously, the linux x86 64 bit broadcaster was extracted to a directory named zixi broadcaster centos7 transcoder the new directory for the linux x86 64 bit broadcaster is zixi broadcaster linux64 the directory for the arm graviton2 build is zixi broadcaster graviton2 the directory for the arm raspberry pi build is zixi broadcaster raspberry the graviton2 build uses the neoverse n1 compile flag and can be used on any arm v8 64 bit processor compatible with this compile flag the raspberry pi build can be used on any arm v8 64 bit processor when you upgrade a broadcaster from linux x86 64 bit v15 or prior versions to v16 using the web ui, the new installation directory will be created and the following config files will be copied over to the new directory broadcaster config xml broadcaster info xml profiles xml broadcaster lic the /files directory in the original installation directory, zixi broadcaster centos7 transcoder, is not copied over to the new installation directory, zixi broadcaster linux64, but instead a symlink is created from the old directory to the new directory this directory can be very large with transport stream recordings and copying it to the new installation directory risks filling the hard drive, so the symlink is the safer option for an automated upgrade currently the /cache directory inside the broadcaster installation directory is not copied nor is a symlink is created in the new installation directory this is an oversight in the upgrade mechanism and until resolved, you will need to do this manually as shown below the cache directory is only used for time shifting if you are not using time shifting, nothing needs to be done to copy the broadcaster installation directory and to create the symlink in the new directory run the following commands service zixibc stop cd zixi broadcaster linux64 rm r cache ln s /zixi broadcaster centos7 transcoder/cache service zixibc start after moving the config files, the zixibc service , which runs the broadcaster as a service, will be restarted to point to the v16 broadcaster in the new “zixi broadcaster linux64” directory because of the symlink to the /files folder in the “zixi broadcaster centos7 transcoder” installation directory, that original installation directory cannot be deleted without user intervention if you would like to delete the previous installation directory, you can remove the symlink and move the /files/ directory to the “zixi broadcaster linux64” directory however, once you remove the previous installation directory you will not be able to quickly switch back to the previous broadcaster release upgrading to v16 manually if you would like to manually upgrade from a previous broadcaster release to v16, follow the steps below as root user to upgrade manually verify the previous broadcaster has been installed in zixi broadcaster centos7 transcoder the typical parent directory will be /zixi but it may be different in the parent directory, extract the v16 broadcaster installation file it will create a directory called zixi broadcaster linux64 tar xvf zixi broadcaster 16 4 44543 linux64 tar xz run the broadcaster installation script cd zixi broadcaster linux64 installme sh stop the broadcaster service service zixibc stop copy the config and licensing files to the new installation directory cp /zixi broadcaster centos7 transcoder/broadcaster config xml cp /zixi broadcaster centos7 transcoder/broadcaster info xml cp /zixi broadcaster centos7 transcoder/profiles xml cp /zixi broadcaster centos7 transcoder/broadcaster lic update broadcaster “root” folder in broadcaster info xml if necessary the default for the files root folder is /files which is relative to the installation folder if the files root folder was /files in the previous installation directory then you can simply move the contents over cd /files mv / /zixi broadcaster centos7 transcoder/files/ cd if the files root folder in the previous installation was changed to an absolute path , then copying broadcaster info xml is sufficient if time shifting is being used the time shift data files need to be moved over cd /cache mv / /zixi broadcaster centos7 transcoder/cache/ cd restart the broadcaster service service zixibc restart