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, 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 more information, see Installing a License Key.