[ZendTo] Re: [Updating/Upgrading virtual appliance + documentation hint]

[Jules]

On 20/12/2013 13:47, Der PCFreak wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I setup ZendTo based on the downloadable virtual appliance based on CentOS
>
> ZendTo-CentOS6-x64-4.11-6.ova
>
> My installation is now fully configured and online.
>
> My question is, can I upgrade the entire system with yum so that I have
> everything up-to-date
> without breaking functionality.
Yes, you can. Nothing in
     /opt/zendto/config/*
     /opt/zendto/templates/*.tpl
     /opt/zendto/www/css/local.css
will be overwritten when you do a "yum upgrade". So you can customise 
the user interface as much as you like, without causing any issues when 
you apply updates.

Jules.

>
> I want to do a
>
> yum check-update
> yum update
>
> and if possible
>
> yum upgrade
>
> Any help with my approach.
>
> Also I have some information, that might be useful for other users of
> the appliance and should in my opinion be added to the online documentation.
>
> When deploying the ova template to an ESX server, you have to delete the
> file
>
>     /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
>
> and reboot to make the system detect the (new) network cards.
>
> Nice and powerful product. - Thanks!
>
> Kind regards
>
> PCFreak
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