Perform the following to procedure to upgrade a standalone Carbon Black EDR server.

Prerequisites

  • See Upgrading a Server.
  • You must have SSH or console access to the server with root privileges.
  • Verify that your Linux OS is compatible with the latest version of Carbon Black EDR.
  • We recommend that you backup your Carbon Black EDR Server before you upgrade.
  • When upgrading Carbon Black EDR Server 7.7.0 with an Event Forwarder, you must upgrade to 7.7.6 or 8.8.4 EF to properly connect to RabbitMQ.

Procedure

  1. On the server, stop the Carbon Black EDR services: 
    # service cb-enterprise stop
  2. Modify etc/yum.repos.d/CarbonBlack.repo; set: 
    baseurl=https://yum.distro.carbonblack.io/enterprise/stable/$releasever/$basearch/
    Note: For specific version upgrades, see the Release Notes for baseurl.
  3. Get the latest yum repository: 
    # yum clean all
  4. Update the Carbon Black EDR services: 
    # yum update cb-enterprise
  5. Run the upgrade script (see Using cbupgrade): 
    # /usr/share/cb/cbupgrade
  6. Follow on-screen instructions to complete the upgrade.
  7. Start the Carbon Black EDR services: 
    # service cb-enterprise start

What to do next

Migrate the database schema or Carbon Black Threat Intel feed data.