Hi Michel,

Happy New Year! Yes, exactly, the small white probes.

Best,
-Michael

On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 11:27 AM Michel Stam <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Michael,
>
> Are you running hardware probes (the small white boxes)? 1100 only applies
> to those.
>
> Let me know.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michel
>
> On 9 Jan 2023, at 11:12, Michael J. Oghia <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Michel, all:
>
> I'm a big fan of the Atlas programme, and have hosted probes for years now
> (and I'm an active member of this community). However, I don't have a
> technical or engineering background and while one of my probes is close to
> me, another is not. Both of the probes I host have firmware version 5080
> (1100).
>
> Is there anything I need to do right now to update the software? And if
> not (e.g., it's the latest for now), can the NCC provide detailed
> instructions for how to do so (i.e., in the style of "WikiHow") so we can?
>
> Best,
> -Michael
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 10:19 AM Michel Stam <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> The automatic update for the CentOS package was removed as of 5080. This
>> means that the update to 5080 will still be automatic, but not any more
>> after this (say 5090 onwards).
>> This was a request by several users because Atlas forced the update,
>> which violated their sysadmin policies.
>>
>> As to updating the package, we are looking to see if it is possible to
>> make an RPM that is part of the base RedHat repository, together with a
>> packager. We could do something similar for Debian (possibly others, such
>> as OpenWRT).
>>
>> I’m not sure what you mean with methods:
>> How many probe users are using auto-update is a bit difficult to answer,
>> since right now it is forced, but as of the next software release it will
>> not be.
>> Which operating systems are used is also a bit difficult since we do not
>> provide an official Debian package yet, and the software does not
>> differentiate between different flavours of Linux.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Michel
>>
>> > On 8 Jan 2023, at 01:36, Seth David Schoen <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > Alexander Bochmann writes:
>> >
>> >> When using the CentOS binary repo as recommended, the software should
>> >> auto-update during normal system update procedures.
>> >>
>> >> For source releases (Debian), you're more or less on your own.
>> Updating
>> >> is still easy - just go through the initial installation again, minus
>> >> registration.
>> >
>> > I see, so that's a pretty significant difference in the experiences of
>> > people using different systems.
>> >
>> > Is it clear how many probe users use each of these methods? (which
>> > might indicate whether it could be worth maintaining a more automated
>> > installation method for Debian-based systems)
>> >
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