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Upgrading the on-prem server.​

For the upgrade of on-prem server on any platfrom, the general steps are:

  1. Stopping the currently running server
  2. Downloading and the setting the new AOP Server.
  3. Reactivate the new AOP Server.

1. Stopping the currently running server.​

  • In Windows,

    • When APEXOfficePrint is setup as a service manually, If AOP is running as a service, you can use Windows Services to stop the APEXOfficePrint Service.

      (To start Services: Press the ⊞ Win + R keys simultaneously. Type services. msc . Press OK or hit ↵ Enter . )Also, you need to remove the Service by running the following commands in the CMD(run as Administrator)
    Terminal (run as Administrator)
    # Provide the Service Name eg: APAPEXOfficePrint
    # SC REMOVE <AOP_Service_Name>
    SC REMOVE APEXOfficePrint

    • If you have used the bat file provided in the APEXOfficePrint.zip (downloaded from AOP Portal) for running AOP as a service, you can run 3_StopService.bat and 4_RemoveService.bat in order to stop and remove the AOP Service.

    • If AOP is running in the terminal, you can click on Ctrl+C to stop the AOP or use Task Manager to kill APEXOfficePrintWin64.exe.

  • In Linux,

    • If AOP is running as service, you can use systemctl stop aop to stop the service.
    • If AOP is running in the terminal, you can click on Ctrl+C to stop the AOP.

2. Downloading and setting up the new AOP Server.​

You can download the new AOP version after logging in from the AOP Portal Login from the Downloads section. The zip of the selected AOP Version is downloaded which you can extract to the designated AOP directory.

3. Reactivate the new AOP Server​

Choose the appropriate reactivation method based on your license status and installation scenario:

Option 1: Activate with available license slot​

For the detailed instruction on the reactivation of the AOP. Refer to Activate and manual start APEX Office Print

Option 2: Copy license from previous installation​

If upgrading on the same machine, copy the aop.license file from your old installation directory to the new version directory, then reactivate:

Terminal (run as Administrator)
# Windows
APEXOfficePrintWin64.exe -r

# Linux
./APEXOfficePrintLinux64 -r

Option 3: Free license slot (If no slots are available)​

If installing on a new machine with no available slot :

  • Generate deactivation request from the old server:
Terminal (run as Administrator)
# Windows
APEXOfficePrintWin64.exe --deactivate

# Linux
./APEXOfficePrintLinux64 --deactivate
  • Send the generated aop_license_deactivate.request file to AOP Support on our Support Portal or by email at support@apexofficeprint.com.
  • After receiving the deactivation confirmation, you can activate the new server using the -a as shown in Option 1 above.

After the reactivation, based on your previous runing mode you can again setup AOP as a service, or use terminal for running AOP.

Upgrading the plugins and PL/SQL packages.​

For the detailed info about the upgrade of Plugins and PL/SQL packages, refer to Quick Upgrade Guide.