After Linux Version Upgrade /opt/attunity/replicate/bin/areplicate status Command Not Working

[EE_]

Dear Qlik Support,

We recently upgraded our Linux environment from the 2024 May version to the 2025 May version. After the upgrade, we noticed that the following command no longer works as expected:

/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/areplicate status

Before the upgrade, this command functioned correctly and returned the Replicate service status. After the system upgrade, it either returns no output or fails to execute properly.

Could you please advise:

• Has this command been deprecated or modified in the new version?

• Are there any known changes in behavior or compatibility issues after upgrading the Linux version?

We look forward to your response. Thank you for your support.

[john_wang · Accepted solution]

Hello @EE_ ,

In Qlik Replicate 2025.5 and above versions, the command should be:

Usage: systemctl start|stop|restart|status areplicate

Regards,

John.

[dayakar2kb]

Hi John,

I tried to execute systemctl status areplicate , throwing below error

Loaded: not-found (Reason: Unit areplicate.service not found.)
Active: active (exited) since Fri 2025-10-10 14:39:13 UTC; 1h 2min ago
Main PID: 17694 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Tasks: 0 (limit: 408653)
Memory: 0B
CGroup: /system.slice/areplicate.service

 systemd[1]: Starting areplicate...
 systemd[1]: Started areplicate.

Can you advise.

Thanks

Dayakar

[john_wang]

Hello Dayakar, @dayakar2kb 

Not sure if you are running the systemctl command by root , qlik or another account, however that message means systemd couldn’t find a service definition file for areplicate.service. In short: the service doesn’t exist (yet) in  /etc/systemd/system/ or /usr/lib/systemd/system/.

Are you able to confirm if it exists? Eg:

ls /etc/systemd/system/ | grep replicate
ls /usr/lib/systemd/system/ | grep replicate

The expected result is:

If nothing shows up, the service file hasn’t been installed or created.

Regards,

John.

[dayakar2kb]

Hi John,

I am trying to upgrade it with below command, why its creating new folder and using it

user=attunity group=attunity verbose=true debug=true nocredentials=true data=/<xxxx>/atty/data rpm -Uvh areplicate-2025.5.0-247.x86_64.rpm

Its creating new folder /opt/Attunity/replicate/data and using it.

+ '[' '!' -e /opt/Attunity/replicate/data/areplicate_arep_login.sh ']'
+ mkdir -p /opt/Attunity/replicate/data
+ '[' 0 '!=' 0 ']'
+ touch /opt/Attunity/replicate/data/new_instance
+ echo '# enter instance specific settings here'
+ chown -R attunity:attunity /opt/Attunity/replicate/data
+ verbose 'created empty instance specific settings file /opt/Attunity/replicate/data/areplicate_arep_login.sh'
+ '[' true ']'
++ basename /opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh
+ echo 'arep.sh: created empty instance specific settings file /opt/Attunity/replicate/data/areplicate_arep_login.sh'
arep.sh: created empty instance specific settings file /opt/Attunity/replicate/data/areplicate_arep_login.sh
+ true
+ sed 's:^configured=.*$:configured=1; areproot=/opt/attunity/replicate; arepiport=3550; areprport=3552; pass=; data=/opt/Attunity/replicate/data:' /opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh
+ sed -i 's/^\(# Provides: \)INSTANCE_NAME/\1areplicate/' /opt/attunity/replicate/bin/areplicate
+ chmod +x /opt/attunity/replicate/bin/areplicate
+ verbose 'created /opt/attunity/replicate/bin/areplicate'
+ '[' true ']'

[SushilKumar]

Hello @dayakar2kb 

Request you to please correct the upgrade statement again as [--prefix dirname] is required when Qlik Replicate is installed in a non-default directory.

Correct Command name:- 

user=attunity group=attunity verbose=true debug=true nocredentials=true data=/<xxxx>/atty/data rpm -Uvh areplicate-2025.5.0-247.x86_64.rpm

as data is not a correct option for installation. 

Should be used as below format.

[user=username] [group=groupname] [nocredentials=true] [verbose=true|debug=true] [nologin=true] rpm -U[vh] [--prefix dirname] areplicate-<version-build>.x86_64.rpm

refer below link for installation/upgrade instructions.

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/replicate/May2025/Content/Replicate/Main/Installation/Upgrading.htm#ar_i...

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