Adding Modules

Spectrum™ Technology Platform is designed so that modules can be added as you grow your system over time. For example, you may have one Spectrum™ Technology Platform module and then license another module a few months later. The second product may be built on a newer version of Spectrum™ Technology Platform. This will require you to upgrade your version of Spectrum™ Technology Platform. In another case, the second product is compatible with the installed version. In both cases, the install program recognizes if it needs to upgrade Spectrum™ Technology Platform and will do so without prompting. If an upgrade is not required, the installer will skip the Spectrum™ Technology Platform install steps and install the new module.

The process for adding a module is similar to that of a new installation. In both cases you start the installation process by running the Spectrum™ Technology Platform installer. Note that Spectrum™ Technology Platform modules do not have their own installer. Instead, you use the Spectrum™ Technology Platform installer to add modules.

  1. If the Spectrum™ Technology Platform server is running, stop it by typing the following command in the Spectrum™ Technology Platform bin directory:

    ./server.stop

  2. Change the directory to the location of install.sh in the Spectrum™ Technology Platform installer.
  3. Run install.sh.
  4. Load any necessary databases for the new product. See the instructions in Spectrum Databases.
  5. Start the server:
    1. Go to the Spectrum™ Technology Platform bin directory.
    2. Source the setup file. For example,

      . ./setup

    3. Type the following command:

      ./server.start

  6. Install the license key for the module. For instructions, see Installing a License Key.