Upgrade your cloud extensibility proxy

The cloud extensibility proxy (ABX cloud proxy) is a virtual appliance that you can use to configure the on-premises extensibility action integrations with the
VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
integrations in
VMware Aria Automation Assembler
. The following procedure shows how to upgrade an installed cloud extensibility proxy, using
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
.
  1. Log in to
    VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
    .
  2. On the
    My Services
    dashboard, click
    VMware Aria Cloud
    .
  3. In the navigation list at the left, select
    Cloud Proxies
    .
  4. On the
    Cloud Environments
    page, select the cloud extensiblity proxy that you want to upgrade.
  5. The
    Cloud Extensibility Proxy
    page appears.
    1. Click
      Upgrade
      .
    2. Click
      Trigger Inventory Sync
      .
    3. When the prompt for
      Proceed to Upgrade
      appears, click
      Proceed
      .
  6. The
    Upgrade Cloud Extensibility Proxy
    page appears.
    Prepare for the upgrade.
    1. The URL of the repository where the upgrade is located is populated by default. Click
      Next
      A version check ensures that the version in the upgrade repository is newer than the currently installed version. If the version check fails, a message reports that the upgrade is not available and the upgrade process ends.
    2. For snapshot type,
      Take product snapshot
      is selected by default. Click
      Next
      .
    3. Click
      Run Precheck
      .
      The precheck verifies:
      • SSH connectivity status
      • Password compliance
      • vCenter properties availability
      • vCenter managed object reference ID presence
      • VMware Aria Automation cloud extensibility proxy health
      • Hostname resolvability
      • Unique IP address resolvability
      If any checks fail, click
      Download Report
      to see the recommended actions. Then after taking corrective action, click
      Re-run Precheck
      . If all checks pass, click
      Next
      .
    4. When the upgrade summary appears, verify that the upgrade details are correct, then click
      Submit
      .
The
Request Details
page appears and shows how each upgrade stage is progressing. The upgrade requires approximately one hour to complete.