Upgrading Avaya Outlook Meetings Add-In

Last Updated : Jul 23, 2025 |

About this task

Use this procedure to upgrade Avaya Outlook Meetings Add-In.

Before you begin

  • Avaya Outlook Meetings Add-In is already installed in a Linux environment.

  • The existing setup includes the following:

    • ~/AOMP/aomp-server/ directory

    • Configured aomp-cert/ with valid certificate files.

  • You have the latest aomp-server.zip file (new version) and are ready to replace the old code.

Procedure

  1. To take a backup of the current server node (excluding node_modules), enter the following command: 
    cd ~/AOMP
mkdir -p aomp-server-backup
rsync -av --progress aomp-server/ aomp-server-backup/ --exclude node_modules

    Alternatively, copy and paste the server code to another folder.

  2. Before modifying the application file, run the following command to stop Avaya Outlook Meetings Add-In service:

    sudo systemctl stop aomp-server

  3. To install the new version of Avaya Outlook Meetings Add-In, do the following:
    1. Extract the new version of the application from aomp-server.zip.
    2. After extracting, copy the avaya-outlook-meeting-plugin-x.x.x.tgz file and paste it in the AOMP/aomp-server-package/ folder.

      The directory structure is as follows:

      ~/AOMP/
├── aomp-server-package     ← (existing package folder)
  ├── config/
  ├── migration/
  ├── ...           ← (other files and folders)
  ├── ...
  ├── avaya-outlook-meeting-plugin-x.x.x.tgz ← (After copied you would able to see this file the newer version)
  
├── aomp-server-backup/ ← (Backup of old code)
    3. After you unzip, copy the name of avaya-outlook-meeting-plugin-x.x.x.tgz file and run the following command: 
      cd ~/aomp-server-package

# Replace x.x.x with the actul newer version.
npm install avaya-outlook-meeting-plugin-x.x.x.tgz
# This will install specified version of the AOMP service
  4. To start the service using Systemd, do the following:
    1. After the update is completed, restart the application using Systemd. To restart the application, enter the following sudo systemctl start aomp-server
    2. To check the service status and logs, enter the following sudo systemctl status aomp-server
    3. To view real-time logs, enter the following sudo journalctl -u aomp-server -f