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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