Automatically upgrade agents on activation

Upgrade on activation allows you to automatically upgrade agents to a newer version of software based on a check of the agent version during the activation process. This is especially useful if you want to distribute the agent using the baking process (see Install the agent on an AMI or WorkSpace bundle). When agents are baked it can be difficult for you to update your golden images each time a new version of the agent is released. In this case, Upgrade on activation can be used so that each time the older agent from the baked image activates, the Trend Cloud One - Endpoint & Workload Security console instructs the agent to upgrade to the version you specify as part of the activation process keeping the running agents used in your environment up-to-date.

This functionality complies with your agent version control settings.

Upgrade on activation is currently available only on Linux and Windows computers. Support for Unix is planned for a future release.

You can use Upgrade on activation with these operating systems:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu
• CentOS
• Debian
• Amazon Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
• Cloud Linux
• Windows

Enable automatic agent upgrade

1. Go to Administration > System Settings > Agents.
2. Under Agent Upgrade, select any of the following: Automatically upgrade Linux agents on activation, Automatically upgrade Windows agents on activation, Automatically upgrade Unix agents on activation.
3. Click Save.

Check that agents were upgraded successfully

The Version column on the Computers page displays the installed agent version for each computer.

In addition, when an automatic agent upgrade is triggered, System events are generated that you can use to track the status of the upgrade. You can check for the system events listed in the following table.