Apache Tomcat 7 Update

With the update to Gentics Content.Node Version 5.18.0 it is mandatory to update the Apache Tomcat Installation. The update itself is being applied automatically within the changelog. Some configuration files have to be update before the update itself is executed.

1 Configuration Update (Manual change)

Please execute the following steps before you install the Update which contains this change. Otherwise your installation will not be able to restart.


# Create backup
cp -ra /Node/etc/tomcat /Node/tmp/tomcat_backup

# Switch to tomcat configuration directory
cd /Node/etc/tomcat

# Download new configuration files
wget http://www.gentics.com/Content.Node/guides/files/tomcat7-gcn-conf-5.18.0.tgz

# Extract configuration
tar --overwrite -xvzf tomcat7-gcn-conf-5.18.0.tgz

# Remove archive
rm tomcat7-gcn-conf-5.18.0.tgz
  
# You can now continue with executing the update process 
  via the autoupdate feature.