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.
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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