Patching a self-hosted IR
A self-hosted IR is a key component in Azure Data Factory, facilitating data movement between on-premises data sources and Azure. The self-hosted IR is configured by installing the Microsoft Integration Runtime installer on a machine that can connect to an on-premises data source and Azure. Keeping the self-hosted IR updated with the latest version is of the utmost importance to keep it bug-free and secure.
By default, a self-hosted IR has automatic updates enabled, which will apply the patches and keep the self-hosted IR updated. However, many users of Azure Data Factory would prefer to apply the patches themselves, as they would like to test their data transfer tasks and pipelines in a User Acceptance Test (UAT) environment with the latest patches, before running them in a production environment. So, in this recipe we will perform the following:
- Disabling the automatic patch update
- Installing the latest patches for a self-hosted IR