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Chapter 6. Upgrading Enterprise Web Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Follow the upgrade procedure for your installation type to upgrade a previous version of JBoss Enterprise Web Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (refer to Section 6.1, “Upgrading ZIP Installation” or Section 6.2, “Upgrading RPM Installation”).

6.1. Upgrading ZIP Installation

Follow this procedure to upgrade JBoss Enterprise Web Server installed from a ZIP file:
  1. Back up your applications and custom settings.
  2. Install the new JBoss Enterprise Web Server version (refer to Section 3.2, “Installing Enterprise Web Server from a ZIP File”).
  3. Copy the applications and custom settings to the directory with the new JBoss Enterprise Web Server installation.
  4. Make sure all applications work correctly before removing their backups.