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Updated on 2024-11-15 GMT+08:00
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Upgrading the Agent

HSS keeps improving its service capabilities, including but not limited to new features and defect fixes. Please upgrade your agent to the latest version in a timely manner to enjoy better service.

About the Upgrade

  • Agent upgrade is free of charge.
  • The upgrade does not affect the workloads on your cloud servers.
  • You are advised to perform the upgrade during off-peak hours.

Manually Upgrading the Agent

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. In the upper left corner of the page, select a region, click , and choose Security & Compliance > HSS.
  3. In the navigation pane, choose Installation & Configuration > Server Install & Config. The Agents page is displayed.

    If your servers are managed by enterprise projects, you can select the target enterprise project to view or operate the asset and detection information.

  4. Click the Servers with Agents tab and filter the servers where the agent needs to be upgraded.

    Figure 1 Filtering servers where the agent needs to be upgraded

  5. In the Operation column of a server, click Upgrade Agent.

    You can also select target servers in batches and click Upgrade Agent in the upper left corner of the server list to upgrade agents for the servers in batches.

  6. In the displayed dialog box, confirm the server whose agent is to be upgraded and click OK to start the automatic upgrade.
  7. After the upgrade completes, check the agent version. If the latest version agent is used, the upgrade is successful.

Automatically Upgrading Agents

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. In the upper left corner of the page, select a region, click , and choose Security & Compliance > HSS.
  3. In the navigation pane, choose Installation & Configuration > Server Install & Config. The agent management page is displayed.

    If your servers are managed by enterprise projects, you can select the target enterprise project to view or operate the asset and detection information.

  4. Click to enable automatic agent upgrade.

    After this function is enabled, HSS checks the agent to be upgraded from 00:00 to 06:00 every day and automatically upgrades the agent to the latest version.

    The automatic upgrade can be performed only when the agent status is Online.

    Figure 2 Enabling auto upgrade

Related Operations

For details about how to install an agent, see Installing the Agent on Servers.

Parent Topic: Agent Management