Updating the FOS Mobile Host

Updating the FOS Mobile Host

Please note: The following are general instructions used to install the FOS Mobile Host. Please tailor your specific installation accordingly.

FOS Mobile Host
1. Stop the existing FOS mobile host service.
2. Right click on the old back up config file, open in wordpad and copy to the desktop, (fosmobilehostservice.ext.config)
3. Make a back up of the old installed service directory
4. Go to add/remove programs – uninstall the old host
5. When you run the FOS Installer you will see the options to install the FOS Mobile Host Service.
6. After the install, navigate to the FOSMobileHost folder on your server. Right click on the config file, open in wordpad. Compare the new and old config files and make appropriate changes to the point to your server and database. (fosmobilehostservice.ext.config)
7. Restart the FOS Mobile Service

*The below screenshot is an example of the config file. The config file may look different based on the version of FOS.

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