Installing/Upgrading the RA Business Objects Agent in an Existing AE System

This topic describes how to install the RA Business Objects Agent in an existing Automation Engine system.

Installing the Agent

To deploy a Rapid Automation agent solution successfully , you have to carry out the following two steps:

Install the RA Core agent in Automic Automation.
Load the RA solution into the AE database.

For more information, see Installing the Agent for Rapid Automation in the Automic Automation documentation at docs.automic.com.

Important! Some RA solutions might have additional Java requirements, might require additional installation steps (such as setting environment variables) or might offer different options for starting the Agent. Since this information is solution-specific, it is documented in the respective RA solution documentation.

Depending on the Automation Engine version that you want to use with your RA solution, you have different options:

Automation Engine v12.3.x

You can install the RA Core agent manually and use it with your Automic Automation system.
You can use the AE.DB Load utility to load the RA solution.

Automation Engine v21.0.x

You can install the RA Core agent manually and use it either in your Automic Automation on-premises system or in an Automic Automation Kubernetes Edition environment.
You can use the AE.DB Load utility or the system/ra-solutions/ endpoint of the AE REST API to load the RA solution.

Automation Engine v21.0.4 and higher

You can install the RA Core agent manually or in a container. In both cases you can use it either in your Automic Automation on-premises system or use is in an Automic Automation Kubernetes Edition environment.
You can use the AE.DB Load utility or the system/ra-solutions/ endpoint of the AE REST API to load the RA solution.

Important! Make sure you access the requirements and instructions for the RA Core agent installation for your Automation Engine version in the Automic Automation documentation at docs.automic.com.