How to make sure Sealights agent is up to date
- Oved Morad (Unlicensed)
- Marc Amouyal
Using an old agent version is a potential source for a range of unexpected issues on your apps that otherwise might have already been fixed in newer versions.
The benefits of using an up-to-date agent include, apart from the obvious numerous bug fixes, performance improvements, and updated dependencies with security patches.
Therefore, it is required that you update your apps periodically to use our latest agents version.
This article describes how to make it happen.
Instructions
Go to Settings->agent versions and make sure you choose the latest version from the drop-down list for the relevant agent types
If you download the agents/plugin from an internal repo, you must make sure the updated version does exist there before changing the version number
2a. For Java agents -
If you are running with the parameter -Dsl.enableupgrade=false change it to 'true' or drop it completely.
Alternatively, if you wish to avoid automatic updates to the agent you can manually download and replace the local agent’s files from https://agents.sealights.co/sealights-java/sealights-java-latest.zip
You can consult a sample on our dedicated page Java - How to ensure I am running the latest/recommended agent version
2b. For Nodejs agent -
Update your package.json file to use the latest slnodejs version OR
run via NPM install - npm install slnodejs - will use the latest version
2c. For .NET agents -
If you are using VSTS/ADO your agents will update according to the version in the Agent Versions Settings page in the drop-down list (see #1)
Otherwise, you will need to manually install the latest version
Pls follow Downloading the Legacy .NET agent files