How to upgrade the Software Vulnerability Manager On-Premises (RHEL) to the Latest Version

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Summary 

This article will help you upgrade from a previous version of Software Vulnerability Manager On-Premises Edition running at RHEL to the latest version. 

Steps:

• Download the latest rpm from the RPM download portal and copy to your SVM RHEL 7 server via WinSCP.
  
  https://ca.secunia.com/download/
  
  
• Run the SVM Linux command line and Install the below dependency

            yum install php-xml

            Please note: This dependency is only needed if the customer is on a very old version of SVM on-premise.

• Go to the folder where you have copied the latest rpm and run the below command.
  
  rpm -Uvh csi-X.x.x.x-x.x86_64.rpm
  
  
• After upgrading the Software Vulnerability Manager RPM, Go to the below location.
  
  cd /usr/local/Secunia/csi/install
  
  
• You can then execute the installer by running the below command.    
  
   ./installationProcess.sh
  
  ( Would you like to go through the configuration process where you can review/edit the settings? (Y/N) > choose N and proceed with the wizard)
  
  This installation will be automatically configured with your previous Software Vulnerability Manager installation settings.