Upgrade
Read these instructions carefully before upgrading. You find version upgrades for Ingate Firewall at http://www.ingate.com/upgrades/. The upgrade is signed with GNU Privacy Guard. When Ingate Firewall is upgraded, it automatically checks the signing before accepting the upgrade. At http://www.ingate.com/upgrades.php you also find a new User Manual for Ingate Firewall.
At http://www.ingate.com/upgrades/, you also find upgrade instructions for this particular upgrade. These instructions tell you exactly how to upgrade your Ingate Firewall. They can also contain information about special things to do before upgrading. Read it carefully.
You should always upgrade your firewall to the latest version. The firewall can check for new versions automatically. See Basic Configuration.
Here, you also upgrade with extension modules (e.g. QoS) and SIP licenses. Upgrading with modules and licenses is exactly the same procedure as upgrading to a new version.
You save the upgrade to a file on your workstation or network file system. When upgrading, select Upgrade.
Upgrade
This is the procedure to follow when upgrading an Ingate Firewall.
Step 1
First save the upgrade to a file on your workstation. Enter the file name and path in the box or press Browse to search the disk. When you have selected a file, press Upgrade from network. The firewall will read the upgrade file and check that it was correctly signed and is compatible with the current firewall version.
Step 2
If the upgrade file is correct, a text will appear at the top of the web page, informing about what version the upgrade is. Two new buttons will also be shown; Apply upgrade and Remove upgrade. You can still load new upgrades replacing the old one, which is useful if you for example have selected an upgrade which is too old.
Apply upgrade
Pressing Apply upgrade will make the firewall install the new upgrade.
Remove upgrade
Remove upgrade removes the loaded upgrade from the firewall. The upgrade will not be installed.
Step 3
If Apply upgrade was pressed, the buttons Try the upgrade and Remove upgrade will appear.
Try the upgrade
Try the upgrade will reboot the firewall and test the loaded upgrade. When the reboot is done, log on to continue upgrading the firewall.
Remove upgrade
Remove upgrade removes the loaded upgrade from the firewall. The upgrade will not be installed.
Step 4
When you have pressed Try the upgrade and the firewall has rebooted, you will see two buttons on top of every web page: Accept upgrade and Abort upgrade.
Now, you can choose to make the upgrade permanent or to revert to the old version. You can check the configuration, but no changes can be done before the upgrade is permanent. If the firewall is rebooted before the upgrade is made permanent, it will revert to the old version.
Accept upgrade
Accept upgrade will complete the upgrade. When you have accepted the upgrade, you must also go to Save/Load Configuration and Apply configuration, i. e. the new upgrade.
Abort upgrade
Abort upgrade aborts the upgrade. The firewall will revert to the old version.