Core Billing

Backup the current version artifacts

• Stop the Billing agent service

• Take a back up of the Billing agent service and API config file

  • API - C:\inetpub\MgmtSvc-CloudAssertBilling\bin\Web.config

  • Agent config file - C:\Program Files\CloudAssertBilling\CloudAssert.WAP.Billing.AgentService\CloudAssert.WAP.Billing.AgentService.exe.config

• Back up the Templates from C:\inetpub\MgmtSvc-CloudAssertBilling\Templates and C:\Program Files\CloudAssertBilling\CloudAssert.WAP.Billing.AgentService\Templates

• Back up the Billing database

Install the new build

• Make sure IIS_USR has access to the “C:\inetpub\MgmtSvc-CloudAssertBilling” folder

• Uninstall the existing version of the Billing agent service and API

• Install the latest Billing API

• Install latest Billing Agent

• Stop the Billing Agent

• Replace the respective backed up templates to C:\inetpub\MgmtSvc-CloudAssertBilling\Templates and C:\Program Files\CloudAssertBilling\CloudAssert.WAP.Billing.AgentService\Templates

• Refer the previous version's of the API and Agent config file and change the current ones

• Update the billing database using Billing Tool

BILLING.EXE UpdateDatabase /ApiEndpoint:fillHere /Username:fillHere /Password:fillHere

• Start the agent service

Post-deployment validation

• Check for the version details in the About Page in Admin Portal, it should have the latest versions installed

• Make sure all the pages loaded properly in Admin and Tenant portal