(Archived) Updating Shinydocs Indexer and Visualizer from 6.8.0 to 6.8.23

Indexer

1. From shinydocs-indexer-visualizer-2022-08-25 (6.8.23).zip extract shinydocs-indexer-6.8.23.zip

2. Stop the Shinydocs Indexer service

3. In your currently installed Shinydocs Indexer directory (eg. D:\Shinydocs\Indexer), backup all files and directories EXCEPT for the data and config folder, into a temporary backup folder.

   1. ⚠Under no circumstances should you delete the data or config folder!

   2. The only folders left in the Indexer directory should be:
      - config
      - data

4. Copy the contents of shinydocs-indexer-6.8.23 into the existing directory (eg. D:\Shinydocs\Indexer). When prompted to replace or skip files of the same name, select skip

   1. There should only be 2 files with the same name, elasticsearch.yml and jvm.options

5. Start the Shinydocs Indexer service

6. In a browser, go to http://localhost:9200 (or the port you configured). You should get a JSON response indicating the service is up and running. You will also be able to confirm the version number noted with {"version": { "number" : 6.8.23}}

   {
     "name" : "CnyVsHR",
     "cluster_name" : "elasticsearch",
     "cluster_uuid" : "1bcZcKN-QBG6r0ZuYYcFNA",
     "version" : {
       "number" : "6.8.23",
       "build_flavor" : "default",
       "build_type" : "zip",
       "build_hash" : "4f67856",
       "build_date" : "2022-01-06T21:30:50.087716Z",
       "build_snapshot" : false,
       "lucene_version" : "7.7.3",
       "minimum_wire_compatibility_version" : "5.6.0",
       "minimum_index_compatibility_version" : "5.0.0"
     },
     "tagline" : "You Know, for Search"
   }
   

7. Remove the backup made in step 3

8. Proceed to the next server

Visualizer

1. From shinydocs-indexer-visualizer-2022-08-25 (6.8.23).zip extract shinydocs-visualizer-6.8.23.zip (This can take a few minutes)

2. Stop the Shinydocs Visualizer Service

3. In your currently installed Shinydocs Visualizer directory (eg. D:\Shinydocs\Visualizer), backup all files and directories EXCEPT for ..\config\kibana.yml into a temporary backup folder.

4. Copy the contents of shinydocs-visualizer-6.8.23into the existing directory (eg. D:\Shinydocs\Visualizer). When prompted to replace or skip files of the same name, select skip

5. Start the Shinydocs Visualizer service

6. In a browser, go to http://localhost:5601/status (or the port you configured). You should be presented with the Visualizer status page. Check that the version reported for all plugins are @6.8.23
   

   

After the update is complete, you may notice a message in Kibana stating:

“In order to visualize and explore your data in Kibana, you’ll need to create an index pattern to retrive data from Elasticsearch”

If you encounter this message:

1. Navigate to the Management page in Kibana

2. Click on one of the blue index patterns

   1. The index you select will become the default index pattern for the visualizer. This does not affect your data in any way. It simply is the default index that will be viewed in the Discover page of Kibana. You will be able to switch between all your indices/index patterns as before, Kibana just needs one as the default.

3. With your index pattern selected, click the ★ (star) button in the right-side panel

4. You will now be able to use the visualizer normally