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I have a system with two web applications, one web service, one Windows service and a WPF application that works 24 hours a day on the touch screen. All of them are connected to the database.

I want to update all these applications by uploading the update files to the database and setting the date and time of the update.

I have one idea on how to do this.

  • The application has a stream to search for available updates.
  • When an update is detected, the file is downloaded to the application computer.
  • When the download is complete, applications start a reboot.
  • When the application starts, it searches for the update file on the local computer.
  • If an update is available, the application updates itself.

I am not sure how all these steps should be carried out, especially the last one. But I need some comments on this. Is this completely wrong? Am I on the right track? Any tips on how to do this, or another way?

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I think you are going right. This is a database validation application for a new update, followed by the deployment of xcopy script.

This can also be done with a PowerShell script that runs on schedule, say every 10 minutes. It can check the database, shut down the process and service, xcopy application (from a common source) and restart the specified service and application.

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What about Google Omaha ? It is an open source tool that is currently used to distribute updates to Google Chrome and Google Earth. Omaha can also handle applications. An overview of the high-level project can be found here .

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