Appliance Administration:Rollbacks

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The rPath Appliance Platform Agent (rAPA) includes a View and Apply Rollbacks task which is enabled by default. In this task, a rAPA user can roll back one or more appliance updates as performed in the Updates task.

A rollback is a prompt to reverse an update to the appliance software. When each update is made, a corresponding rollback is created. The underlying system places the rollback on top of a stack of previous rollbacks. To roll back the appliance software to a previous state, select how many updates must be reversed, and apply their corresponding rollbacks, starting from the top of the stack.

Access and log in to the rPath Appliance Platform Agent web interface, and click View and Apply Rollbacks from the rAPA menu at the left. The rollbacks displayed are those corresponding to the most recent updates, with the highest number being the most recent. Click the corresponding arrow button for a rollback to see what software packages are affected, and click a package name in that display to see how that package will change if the rollback is applied.

Click the corresponding button in the Roll Back column to apply the rollback, returning the appliance software to its state prior to its corresponding update. Rollbacks must be applied in chronological order starting with the most recent. Click Roll Back in the dialog box to confirm your choice.

For more information about how rollbacks work on Conary-based systems, see Conary:Rollbacks.