Upgrading Shares

Note: Aspera recommends that you backup your system before performing an upgrade. For details on how to back up your system, see Backing Up Shares and the Database.

Note: You can only upgrade to this release of Shares from an installation of 1.5 or higher. To upgrade from an earlier release, contact Aspera Technical Support.

Download IBM Aspera Shares from http://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/34. You need your Aspera credentials to download the software.
Stop Shares services from the Computer Management window, accessible from Manage > Services and Applications > Services. Stop the following services:
- Aspera Nginx Services
- Aspera Delayed Job Service
- Aspera Web Services
- Aspera Stats Collector
Install the new version of Shares by running the executable file and follow the onscreen instructions.

If you have the system configured to serve Aspera Connect locally, make the following modifications to ensure the system continues to serve Connect locally after upgrade. For more information on serving Connect locally, see Serving Connect from a Local Location.

Point Shares to the new Connect SDK location by editing the file at C:\Shares\www\app\views\node\shared\_aspera_web_plugin_install.html.haml.
Change the following line to one of two options:
```
- connect_autoinstall_location = '//d3gcli72yxqn2z.cloudfront.net/connect/v4'
```
- Programmatically set the domain name of the server.
```
- connect_autoinstall_location = "//#{ request.host_with_port }/connect/v4"
```
- Manually set the domain name of the server. Replace shares.example.com with the Shares server domain.
```
- connect_autoinstall_location = '//shares.example.com/connect/v4'
```
Find the following line under function loadConnectScript:
```
var url = window.location.protocol + CONNECT_AUTOINSTALL_LOCATION + '/' + script + '.min.js';
```
Replace it with the line below:
```
var url = window.location.protocol + CONNECT_AUTOINSTALL_LOCATION + '/' + script + '.js';
```
Restart all Shares services.
To start or stop any service, first go to Start Menu > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services to view the list of the Shares services. From this window, you can start and stop any of the following services:
- Aspera Nginx Service
- Aspera Delayed Job Service
- Aspera Web Services
- Aspera Stats Collector