Upgrade NetQ Agents

After upgrading your NetQ VM, upgrade the NetQ Agent:

Log in to your switch or host.
Update and install the new NetQ Debian package.
Cumulus Linux Switches or Ubuntu Hosts
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y netq-agent
```
RHEL or CentOS Hosts
```
sudo yum update
sudo yum install netq-agent
```
Restart the NetQ Agent with the following command. The NetQ CLI must be installed for the command to run successfully.
```
netq config restart agent
```

Refer to Install NetQ Agents to complete the upgrade.

Verify NetQ Agent Version

You can verify the version of the agent software you have deployed as described in the following sections.

Run the following command to view the NetQ Agent version.

Cumulus Linux

cumulus@switch:~$ dpkg-query -W -f '${Package}\t${Version}\n' netq-agent

You should see version 4.10.1 and update 47 in the results.

Cumulus Linux 5.9.0 or later: netq-agent_4.10.1-cld12u47~1717136481.f08a4a95b_amd64.deb
Cumulus Linux 5.8.0 or earlier, ARM platforms: netq-agent_4.10.1-cl4u47~1716853415.f08a4a95b_armel.deb
Cumulus Linux 5.8.0 or earlier, amd64 platforms: netq-agent_4.10.1-cl4u47~1717132738.f08a4a95b_amd64.deb

Ubuntu

root@ubuntu:~# dpkg-query -W -f '${Package}\t${Version}\n' netq-agent

You should see version 4.10.1 and update 47 in the results.

RHEL7 or CentOS

root@rhel7:~# rpm -q -netq-agent

You should see version 4.10.1 and update 47 in the results.

If you see an older version, upgrade the NetQ Agent, as described above.