5.3. Upgrading JBoss EAP 6

Procedure 5.7. 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.

   Note

   New features in the new release, such as new subsystems, may not be activated if configuration files are copied from an older JBoss EAP 6 installation. To use these new features, it is necessary to compare and update the old configuration files with the ones from the new version.
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.
6. Optional: If JBoss EAP 6 was previously configured to run as a service, remove the existing service and configure a new service for the upgraded installation.