Automatically update the Bot Agent

Using the auto-update capability to update the Bot Agent to a later version reduces the downtime because each user is not required to log into the Control Room to update the Bot Agent version.

Prerequisites

Ensure that you are logged in to the Control Room as the administrator.

The automatic update of the Bot Agent is based on the following:
  • All user devices are connected to the Control Room.
  • The Automation 360 deployment you use.
  • The following update settings:
    • In Automation 360 v.21 and earlier, the Bot Agent update setting was Auto update by default. Therefore, the Bot Agent was updated automatically when Automation 360 was updated. Starting from Automation 360 v.22, the default setting for the Bot Agent update was Auto update for Cloud and Community Edition, but was optional for On-Premises.
    • Starting from Automation 360 v.29, the Bot Agent update was set to manual for On-Premises by default to provide users control on the Bot Agent update. Therefore, if the default setting in the Control Room for updating the Bot Agent is not changed, when updating to Automation 360 v.29 the default value for updating the Bot Agent is set to manual to ensure the Bot Agent version is not updated automatically. To manually update Bot Agent, see Manually update the Bot Agent.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to Administration > Settings > Devices.
  2. Select Bot-agent software settings.
  3. Click the Edit icon. (edit-icon)
  4. For automatic updates of the Bot Agent, you can choose either all updates (required and optional) or only the required updates.
    OptionDescription
    Auto update optional and mandatory Automatically update the Bot Agent for both required and optional updates.

    During the update, new bot deployments on the Bot Runner user devices are queued.

    Note: An alert is displayed in the Notifications section of the Control Room when there is a change in the major, minor or patch version of the latest Bot Agent.

    For example, if you are using the Bot Agent version - 22.61.0, an alert is displayed when the Bot Agent version - 22.61.1 is available for update.
    Auto update mandatory updates only Automatically update the Bot Agent only for required updates.

    During the update, new bot deployments on the Bot Runner user devices are queued.

    Note: When you update Automation 360 to version 30, the mandatory update feature for the Bot Agent is turned off. Therefore, the Bot Agent will not be automatically updated even if you have selected the Auto update mandatory updates only option.
    Note: To set manually update the Bot Agent, choose Disable auto updates option.
  5. Optional: Update the Bot Agent from a local drive.
  6. Click Save changes.

Next steps

Verify the Bot Agent version and device connection in the Devices page of the Control Room.