Upgrade installation

In ESET Secure Authentication On-Prem version 2.5.X and later, you can upgrade ESA by launching the installer. There is no need to uninstall the previous version manually.

1.Review the license agreement and privacy policy and click I accept to continue.

2.Type the desired username and password to be used to access ESA Web Console if prompted.

3.When all prerequisites are satisfied, click Next.

4.Follow the instructions in the installer to complete the upgrade. Close the installer when you are finished.

When the upgrade is complete, a shortcut labeled ESA Web Console will be automatically created on your Windows OS desktop. Double-click the shortcut to open the Web Console.

Type the login credentials you configured during the upgrade in the Web Console. If you upgraded from version 2.7, where ESA Web Console was already in use, the login credentials would be the same as they were.

In the Dashboard, the Components tile shows the number of outdated components. Outdated components include components on computers using an earlier version than the installed version of the Authentication Server. Click the number in the Out of date column to see the affected computers. Use the installer of the same version as your Authentication Server to upgrade the ESA Components (Windows Login, Remote Desktop Protection, IIS, AD FS, RADIUS) on the affected computers.

.EXE installer versus .MSI installer

You can combine the .EXE installer (also known as bootstrapper) and .MSI installer in some cases.