You can perform an in-place upgrade directly to App Launchpad 2.1.2 from versions 2.x.

Procedure

  1. Download the App Launchpad RPM or DEB package file to a location that is accessible from the App Launchpad machine.
  2. Open an SSH connection to the App Launchpad machine and log in as root or user with sudo.
  3. Upgrade the package.
    1. For CentOS Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Photon OS replace the RPM package. 
      rpm -U /path-to-new-RPM/vmware-alp-verson_number-build_number.x86_64.rpm
    2. For Ubuntu and Debian, uninstall the current version and install the new package. 
      sudo cp /etc/ALPEnvironments /etc/ALPEnvironments.bak
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/info/vmware-alp.postrm
sudo apt-get remove vmware-alp
sudo unlink /usr/bin/alp
sudo apt-get install ./vmware-alp_$v.v.v-$nnnnnnnn_amd64.deb
sudo cp /etc/ALPEnvironments.bak /etc/ALPEnvironments
  4. (Optional) If you upgrade from version 2.0 or 2.1, run the following command: 
    alp upgrade --admin-user=Cloud-Director-system-administrator@system --admin-pass='Cloud-Director-system-administrator-pass'
  5. Restart the App Launchpad service. 
    systemctl restart alp