Corrin, Simon P wrote: > As this was my first post thanks for your quick reply! > > I would love to go with the latest version but the software manufacture > only certifies 5.5.20 and if there are issues with another version you > are on your own.
Given a) how old 5.5.20 is and b) the number of known security vulnerabilities I'd be asking that manufacturer when they were planning on certifying a recent version. Mark > The current installation has been in production for a while now and is > working well, so hoping your advice to copy the config files, etc... > over will work well. I will give it a try and see how it goes. > > Thanks! > > Simon. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pid [mailto:p...@pidster.com] > Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 4:30 PM > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > Subject: Re: Upgrade from 5.5.9 to 5.5.20 Help > > On 28/09/2009 20:34, Corrin, Simon P wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have never upgraded Tomcat before and need to upgrade it from > version >> 5.5.9 to 5.5.20 for application compatibility. I had a search through >> the documentation and didn't come across a section on how to do this >> type of thing (maybe I missed it). Can someone point me in the right >> direction here? >> >> From version: 5.5.9 >> To version: 5.5.20 >> OS: Windows Server 2000 >> IIS: IIS 5 using IIS Redirect for SSO purposes (application >> requirements) >> >> Other than that it is a pretty vanilla installation. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Simon. > > There's no patch or upgrade methodology. > > You simply grab the latest version and install it in parallel, then > reconfigure as needed. > > May I suggest that you just upgrade to the latest version (5.5.28)? > 5.5.20 seems have been released very late 2007 - there's been > substantial work/bugfixes done since then. > > > The config (assuming your original is correct) will be identical, so you > > should be able to install a new copy from tomcat.apache.org, and pretty > much copy & paste the contents of your various config files. > > It is worth noting, however, that writing a fresh config is often a good > > idea - especially if you've repeatedly carried old configs over from > ancient versions. > > The list will assist if you get stuck with config. > > > p > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
