That's how I do it also. :-) Dream * Excel * Explore * Inspire Jon McAlexander Senior Infrastructure Engineer Asst. Vice President He/His
Middleware Product Engineering Enterprise CIO | EAS | Middleware | Infrastructure Solutions 8080 Cobblestone Rd | Urbandale, IA 50322 MAC: F4469-010 Tel 515-988-2508 | Cell 515-988-2508 [email protected] This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2023 3:12 PM > To: 'Tomcat Users List' <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Best Practice to Upgrade Apache Tomcat from 9.0.56 to 9.0.74 > > Not sure if anyone cares or not but this is how I handle... > > Unpack Tomcat to /opt/Apache/tomcat/apache-tomcat-<version> > Create a link for the instance: /opt/Apache/tomcat/current -> > /opt/Apache/tomcat/apache-tomcat-<version> > > This effectively does the same thing as described below except instead of > copying binary content you just need to copy over the relevant configuration > from the old to the new. Works for my purposes anyway. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andr? van der Lugt <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2023 2:49 PM > To: Tomcat Users List <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Best Practice to Upgrade Apache Tomcat from 9.0.56 to 9.0.74 > > Hi Meltron, > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Meltron Kendrick <[email protected]> > > Sent: 11 May, 2023 19:09 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Best Practice to Upgrade Apache Tomcat from 9.0.56 to 9.0.74 > > > > I have NOT been able to locate clear HOW TO steps for this. > > > > I am currently focused on MINOR upgrades. > > > > I will commence a different thread when I raise the question for MAJOR > > upgrades --- say from 9.x to 10.x -- or 9.x to 11.x > > > > IF someone can point me to a great resource... > > That would be tremendously helpful and truly appreciated. > > Apache Tomcat home > Documentation has a Migration Guide > (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://tomcat.apache.org/migration.html__ > ;!!F9svGWnIaVPGSwU!purxrT4PhRPW_Lq5fZdShowqmdNRxSaHC6ZeLjoWK > MuE-YvZn1q6sjrlepczbgub1aIrGWIszV9NfrxXBp2GOdoX$ ), see subsection > "For upgrading between 9.0.x versions, ..." > > Generally speaking, if you prepare your deployment according to > RUNNING.txt (see Tomcat distribution) sub-section "Advanced Configuration > - Multiple Tomcat Instances", the patch update can be fairly painless - all it > takes is replacing CATALINA_HOME/bin and CATALINA_HOME/lib with the > contents of the Tomcat update. And consulting the migration guide for > potential breaking changes. Works for me! > > Good luck, > Andre > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
