Chapter 4. Upgrade to the Latest Release

4.1. Upgrade the JBoss EAP 6 ZIP Installation

Summary

Upgrading to the latest release of JBoss EAP 6 requires some initial work to back up the existing installation. This topic covers upgrading the ZIP installation.

Prerequisites

Warning

For managed domains, the master Host Controller (or Domain Controller) instance should be upgraded first, before each Host Controller is upgraded.

Procedure 4.1. Upgrade to the latest JBoss EAP 6 version

  1. Move the downloaded ZIP archive to the desired location. It is recommended that this is a different location to the existing JBoss EAP 6 installation.

    Important

    If you wish to install the latest version of JBoss EAP 6 to the same directory location as the existing installation, you will need to move the existing installation to a different location before proceeding. This is to prevent modified configuration files, deployments, and upgrades from being lost.
  2. Unzip the archive. This step installs a clean instance of the latest JBoss EAP 6 release.
  3. Copy the EAP_HOME/domain/ and EAP_HOME/standalone/ directories from the previous installation over the new installation directories.
  4. Review the changes made to the bin directory of the previous installation, and make the equivalent modifications to the new directory.

    Warning

    Files in the bin directory should not be overwritten by the files from previous versions. Changes should be made manually.
  5. Review the remaining modified files from the previous installation, and move these changes into the new installation. These files may include:
    • The welcome-content directory.
    • Custom modules in the modules directory.
    • Custom bundles in the bundles directory.
Result

The JBoss EAP 6 ZIP installation has been successfully upgraded to the latest release.

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