A new platform is compatible with old and new agent versions, ensuring smooth operation both ways.
Each release comes with a minimum required version of the agent to supports the new features.
Download File
Date
Latest available platform version
2025-02-21
2025.02
Download the latest patch of the platform
The file size is approximately 460 MB.
Platform Upgrade
Uncompress the downloaded file
tar xvzf patch-datasentinel.tar.gz
3 files are created
patch_datasentinel.sh
update-datasentinel.tar.gz
dump_grafana.sql
Run the shell script
The script must be run as Datasentinel owner
Your confirmation is needed.
The script does several actions
Stop backend components
Backup old version
Replace necessary files
Update Grafana dashboards
Start backend components
The script runs in a few seconds. At the end, Datasentinel should be UP and RUNNING
A log file update_datasentinel_<<VERSION>>.log is created in the current directory
If you have some “Dashboard not found” errors in the UI after upgrading (which should not happen), It means that new dashboards have not been registered correctly.
Output example
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Updating Datasentinel
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Do you want to continue installing version 2021.02? (Y/[N]) : Y
Logfile created : update_datasentinel_2021.02.log
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Stopping backend and dispatcher services
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./patch_datasentinel.sh: line 61: 5754 Killed sudo systemctl stop datasentinel_dispatcher > $LOG_FILE 2>&1
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Uncompressing patch version 2021.02, please wait...
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Services status
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datasentinel_backend.service loaded active running Datasentinel backend API
datasentinel_dispatcher.service loaded active running Datasentinel Agentless
datasentinel_grafana.service loaded active running Datasentinel grafana daemon
datasentinel_influxdb.service loaded active running InfluxDB service
datasentinel_postgresql.service loaded active running Datasentinel PostgreSQL instance
nginx.service loaded active running nginx - high performance web server
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Updating grafana dashboards, please wait...
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Datasentinel update finished
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{
"status": "OK",
"message": "Datasentinel Backend up and running",
"datasentinel_version": "2023.05",
"services": [
{
"name": "nginx",
"description": "Nginx web server",
"running": true
},
{
"name": "datasentinel_grafana",
"description": "Grafana frontend",
"running": true
},
{
"name": "datasentinel_postgresql",
"description": "PostgreSQL instance",
"running": true
},
{
"name": "datasentinel_backend",
"description": "Backend service and API",
"running": true
},
{
"name": "datasentinel_dispatcher",
"description": "Agentless service",
"running": true
},
{
"name": "datasentinel_influxdb",
"description": "Influxdb database",
"running": true
}
]
}
