Ah OK, great! Thank you, and sorry for being such a nooby luddite :-)

Best,
-Michael


On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 11:42 AM Michel Stam <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Michael,
>
> Oh of course, happy new year to you too (keep forgetting).
>
> In that case, you don’t have to do anything to keep your probe up to date,
> this should all happen automatically.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michel
>
> On 9 Jan 2023, at 11:31, Michael J. Oghia <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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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