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## Updating from the UI
**Servers → *a server* → Update agent** pushes `UpdateAgentCmd` with a target
**Servers → _a server_ → Update agent** pushes `UpdateAgentCmd` with a target
version. The agent then:
1. Downloads the binary for its platform from the release.
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ irm https://vantage.example.com/update.ps1 | iex
```
It does the same download, checksum and replace, then restarts the service. Use
this when the control plane cannot push — for example, when the machine is
this when the control plane cannot push for example, when the machine is
reachable but its command stream is not.
## Rolling out across a fleet
@@ -57,20 +57,20 @@ Do one, confirm it returns to `active`, then do the rest.
## Version compatibility
The gRPC API is versioned to tolerate an agent older than the control plane. The
reverse — an agent newer than the control plane — is not a case anyone tests.
The agent API is versioned to tolerate an agent older than the control plane. The
reverse an agent newer than the control plane is not a case anyone tests.
Upgrade the control plane first.
Agents report their version on every `SyncKeys`, so a fleet running mixed
Agents report their version on every poll, so a fleet running mixed
versions is visible in the server list rather than something you have to go
looking for.
## If an update fails
| Symptom | Cause |
| --- | --- |
| "Checksum mismatch" | Interrupted download, or a proxy rewriting the body. Retry |
| Downloads nothing | The machine cannot reach `gitea.hostxtra.co.uk` |
| Symptom | Cause |
| --------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| "Checksum mismatch" | Interrupted download, or a proxy rewriting the body. Retry |
| Downloads nothing | The machine cannot reach `gitea.hostxtra.co.uk` |
| Service will not start afterwards | Wrong architecture binary, or the file was replaced while a different service manager held it. Reinstall with the install one-liner |
Reinstalling is always safe: the config file is left alone, so the agent comes