Steps for version update
Pre-Uninstall Steps
Take a backup of Cloud Assert billing database.
Take a backup of the following files from their respective locations.
File Name
File Path
Web.config
C:\inetpub\MgmtSvc-CloudAssertBilling
License.cal
C:\inetpub\MgmtSvc-CloudAssertBilling\bin
CloudAssert.WAP.Billing.AgentService.exe.config
C:\ProgramFiles\CloudAssertBilling\CloudAssert.WAP.Billing.AgentService
web.config
C:\inetpub\AzureStack-BillingAdminExtension
web.config
C:\inetpub\AzureStack-BillingTenantExtension
Web.config
C:\inetpub\AzureStack-BillingRP
Uninstallation Steps
Uninstall existing Usage and Billing installers from Add or Remove Programs on the resource provider machine.
Delete ‘CloudAssertBilling’ from ‘C:\Program Files’ if present after uninstalling Billing Agent Service setup.
Installation Steps
Extract the billing installers to a desired location
To install the Billing API and Agent service components via command line, download the ‘setup.bat’ file here
Copy the initialize.ini file from the following location ‘C:\Packages\Plugins\Microsoft.Powershell.DSC\2.19.0.0\DSCWork\setupBillingConfiguration.0\AzureStack.Billing.Setup.1.0.0\content\Setup\Packages’
Place ‘setup.bat’ and ‘initialize.ini’ (which are acquired from the above steps) files in the folder where the billing installers have been extracted.
Install Billing API Service
Open a command prompt as administrator.
Navigate to the billing installers folder.
Run ‘setup.bat install-api’.
Install Billing Admin Extension
In the command prompt, change the directory to the AdminExtension folder
Run the command “CloudAssert.AzureStack.Billing.AdminExtension.deploy.cmd /y”
Install Billing Tenant Extension
In the command prompt, change the directory to the TenantExtension folde
Run the command “CloudAssert.AzureStack.Billing.TenantExtension.deploy.cmd /y”
Install Billing RP
In the command prompt, change the directory to the RP folder
Run the command “CloudAssert.MAS.Billing.ResourceProvider.deploy.cmd /y”
Install Billing Agent Service
Refresh the admin/tenant portal and verify that Billing extension is working fine
Open a command prompt as administrator
Navigate to the billing installers folder
Run ‘setup.bat install-agent’.
Post Installation Steps
Download the Billing Tool here and extract it
Open a command prompt as administrator
Navigate to the billing tool folder
Run the ‘UpdateDatabase’ command in BillingTool.exe as below,
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