Upgrade SafeSquid application via Web GUI

Choose the upgrade path

There are two upgrade paths, and they answer different problems. Run the OS upgrade first where both are due — a SafeSquid version that needs newer kernel or library versions will not install cleanly on an end-of-life base.

Path	Use when	Guide
Version upgrade	The OS is current and only the SafeSquid application needs updating	This page
OS upgrade	The base OS is end-of-life, or lacks versions a newer SafeSquid requires	Upgrade Ubuntu

Version upgrade scope and procedure

SafeSquid SWG upgrade is a newer version of the SafeSquid that offers a significant change or major improvement over your current version. Upgrade your SafeSquid to the latest version which may consists of bugfixes and enhancements. When you upload latest tarball of SafeSquid SWG from WebGUI monit service will automatically restart the SafeSquid service.

Prerequisites

Monit service should be running and started on your SafeSquid server, you can check it by using below command from your SafeSquid server

pidof monit

If you did not find pid of monit, run below command to Start the Monit service

/etc/init.d/monit start

The partition size of /tmp/safesquid used must be less than 4%, you can check it by using below command

df -kh

After executing the command last line of the output will be similar as shown below

/dev/ram1 62M 1.3M 58M 3% /tmp/safesquid

Check the highlighted number which shows the actual usage, if it is greater than 4%, then remove the files from the folder /tmp/safesquid You can remove files from /tmp/safesquid by going to that folder location using the command:

cd /tmp/safesquid

Further delete all the files from the folder by using the command:

rm -rf *

Steps

Access the SafeSquid User Interface

your current version of safesquid will be shown in the right hand bottom corner in the safesquid interface

Go to Support Page

Go to upgradation

:::note Download the latest SafeSquid SWG tarball from here and save into your machine. :::

Select new tarball

Select the latest SafeSquid tarball downloaded and saved in your machine before.

you can see the browsed tarball beside browse button

Tarball file selected and ready to upload

Click on upload button to upload new tar file.

Testing Upgradation

You can see upgraded version number of SafeSquid SWG at the bottom right corner of interface.

test if the newer version of the safesquid is showing in the bottom right hand corner

Where should I get the latest version of SafeSquid to upgrade?

You can download SafeSquid SWG for Windows package from - http://downloads.safesquid.net/SWG/windows/setup_safesquid_swg_latest.exe You can download SafeSquid SWG for Linux package from - http://downloads.safesquid.net/appliance/binary/safesquid_latest.tar.gz

Getting started

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