Manually Updating the Instance Security Agent

If you are running a custom image which doesn't have Oracle Cloud Agent (OCA) enabled, you must manually manage updates to the Instance Security agent.

Update Instance Security agent using the appropriate commands for your OS.

Operating system Latest version Upgrading steps
Linux

Get the latest version from:

https://objectstorage.us-ashburn-1.oraclecloud.com/n/idaork8onzto/b/wlp-agent/o/wlp-agent-${latest_version}.x86_64.rpm

sudo yum update <your-installer-full-path>

or

sudo rpm -Uvh <your-installer-full-path>

Debian

Get the latest version from:

https://objectstorage.us-ashburn-1.oraclecloud.com/n/idaork8onzto/b/wlp-agent/o/wlp-agent-${latest_version}.amd64.deb

sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y update <your-installer-full-path>

or

sudo dpkg -i <your-installer-full-path>

Also, run the command apt-get install -f to resolve and install any missing dependencies.

Windows
  1. Copy the installer to a convenient location, for example C:\Users\opc.
  2. Open a cmd terminal (not powershell) in Administrator mode.
  3. Inside the terminal run

    cmd /c start <installer-full-path> /quiet

    Wait for around 5 seconds.

  4. Logs will be available at C:\Program Files\wlpagent\logs\wlpagent.log.