AstRecipes » Installing QueueMetrics beta through RPM

The official QueueMetrics repository contains only production-quelity versions of QueueMetrics. Still, sometimes a beta version is released in RPM format, so we need to install it manually.

Make sure QueueMetrics is installed through yum
We want everything to be working before installing a beta, so we do the following steps to install the latest working version:

And follow the on-screen database installation instructions.

Download and install the beta
As the beta will be installed locally and is not a signed package, we need to modify /etc/yum.conf and set gpgcheck=0 in the main section.

When this is done, you can download and install the package through:

After it's done, it's a good idea to start the automatic datbase check and upgrade utility located at http://myserver:8080/queuemetrics/dbtest

Reverting to the last stable version
If you want to get back to the latest stable version, you can simply type the following commands:

The beta will be removed and the last stable version will be pulled from the public repository.

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