Upgrade the Omada Controller
Recently few people contacted for instructions on upgrading omada controller from v4.x to v5.x. This can be straight forward but there is a slight chance that you might loose all the data/config of the controller.
Upgrading to latest version on hardware controller is straight forward, you go to the settings >> Controller Settings >> Maintenance >> Firmware and check for upgrade and controllers takes care of everything.
But for self-hosted controller, upgrade can be different based on the method you’ve installed the controller like either with .deb package on debian or tarball.
Back from Controller
Please download the backup from controller setting if anything goes wrong
To download the backup, go to settings >> Controller Settings >> Maintenance >> Backup & Restore >> backup and select the duration data you want to backup and click Download Backup Files.
Upgrade path for .deb package
Stop the controller with sudo tpeap stop
You should see about like below.
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$ sudo tpeap stop
Stopping Omada Controller
Stop successfully.
Uninstall the controller with sudo apt remove omadac
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$ sudo apt remove omadac
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
omadac
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 110 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Select Y and hit Enter to continue
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(Reading database ... 95806 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing omadac (4.4.4) ...
Omada Controller will be uninstalled from [/opt/tplink/EAPController] (y/n):
Select y and hit Enter to continue and prompts the following
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Do you want to backup controller settings (y/n):
Select Y and hit Enter to start the backup.
You should see similar output as below
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Backup controller settings to /opt/tplink/EAPController/../omada_db_backup success.
Processing triggers for systemd (245.4-4ubuntu3.15) ...
Backup will be stored at /opt/tplink/omada_db_backup in omada.db.tar.gz.
Make a copy of the backup for safe keeping with following to the users home directory.
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cp /opt/tplink/omada_db_backup/omada.db.tar.gz ~/omada.db.tar.gz
Now Download the latest version from TP-Link website. As of this writing v5.0.30 is the latest version.
wget https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2022/202201/20220120/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.0.30_linux_x64.deb
Install the Controller with sudo dpkg -i Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.0.30_linux_x64.deb
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$ sudo dpkg -i Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.0.30_linux_x64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package omadac.
(Reading database ... 95541 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.0.30_linux_x64.deb ...
Unpacking omadac (5.0.30) ...
Setting up omadac (5.0.30) ...
Install Omada Controller succeeded!
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Omada Controller detects that you have backup previous setting before, will you import it (y/n):
Select Y and hit Enter to import the backup. You should see output similar to here below
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Import previous setting success.
Omada Controller will start up with system boot. You can also control it by [/usr/bin/tpeap].
check omada
Starting Omada Controller. Please wait..................
Started successfully.
You can visit http://localhost:8088 on this host to manage the wireless network.
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Processing triggers for systemd (245.4-4ubuntu3.15) ...
Visit http://controller_ip:8088 to check the controller is running or not.
Upgrade the Install from tarball
First, Stop the controller with sudo tpeap stop
You should see about like below.
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$ sudo tpeap stop
Stopping Omada Controller
Stop successfully.
you need tarball of the current version you’ve installed. To download visit Omada Controller Download
untar with archive with following. Change the version based on your install.
tar -xvzf Omada_SDN_Controller_v4.4.4_linux_x64.tar.gz
Open the directory and ruin following to uninstall the controller.
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$ sudo ./uninstall.sh
Omada Controller will be uninstalled from [/opt/tplink/EAPController] (y/n):
Select Y and hit Enter uninstall the controller.
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Do you want to backup database [/opt/tplink/EAPController/data/db] (y/n):
Select Y and hit Enter to backup the controller.
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Uninstall Omada Controller successfully.
Download the latest version tarball
wget https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2022/202201/20220120/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.0.30_linux_x64.tar.gz
untar with archive with following. Change the version based on your install.
tar -xvzf Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.0.30_linux_x64.tar.gz
change directory to the untar and Install the latest version with the following.
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$ sudo ./install.sh
Omada Controller will be installed in [/opt/tplink/EAPController] (y/n):
Select Y and hit Enter install the controller.
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Installation start ...
Install Omada Controller succeeded!
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Omada Controller detects that you have backup previous setting before, will you import it (y/n):
Select Y and hit Enter import the backup.
you should see something similor to the following
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Import previous setting success.
Omada Controller will start up with system boot. You can also control it by [/usr/bin/tpeap].
Starting Omada Controller. Please wait.......................
Started successfully.
You can visit http://localhost:8088 on this host to manage the wireless network.
Visit http://controller_ip:8088 to check the controller is running or not.
Conclusion
Upgrading can be nerve wracking as you loose all the data and config of the controller and you need start from scratch. This may cause internet outage to your network based the network setup you’ve.
If something went wrong and you lost the backup, you still have a backup from controller setup. Install the controller again and just import the back from controller settings.
I Hope this was helpful. If you need more help, feel free to comment below.Au revoir.