Upgrading On-Premise Installation to 3.28.0

Owned by Apostolos Karakaxas
Last updated: Sept 18, 2020
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Release 3.28.0 is a major release of interworks.cloud Platform enhancing the security level that sensitive data stored in interworks.cloud Platform Database.

SQL Server 2016 or Newer is Required

Current release enforces SQL Server 2016 or newer as requirement for SQL Server that hosts interworks.cloud Platform Database. The installer will display the following message in case an old version of SQL Server is found and upgrade process will be stopped.

New security Keys and Encryption of Data

AES-256 encryption algorithm (Symmetric key encryption algorithm) is enforced for storage of all sensitive info, including customer personal data, providing the maximum protection for your data. During upgrade of interworks.cloud Platform Administration component the following actions are performed:

  • Generate of new security keys for encryption of data

  • Migration of existing data in interworks.cloud Platform Database to be encrypted with AES 256 algorithm

Backup your Database before Upgrading to 3.28.0!

The migration process of existing data is a very sensitive process and should not be stopped/broken for any reason. Any issue during migration process could cause loss of data and completely destroy your database. For that reason it is very important to carefully collect a database backup from your installation prior executing upgrading process.

Generation of security keys is performed during upgrade of Administration component. After Administration component upgrade is completed, the new generated keys are stored encrypted in Security.config file available at C:\Program Files (x86)\Interworks Cloud Platform Installer path. In order to update BSS server(s) and Storefront server(s) with the new security keys it is necessary to update the file C:\Program Files (x86)\Interworks Cloud Platform Installer\Security.config to them with a copy of the file from the Administration server.

The installer will display the following message during BSS / Storefront components upgrade to 3.28.0 in case Security.config file is not updated and upgrade process will be stopped.