How to upgrade catalog's tomcat version to tomcat 7.0.75 and up
Article ID: 16164
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Issue/Introduction
By default , Service Catalog uses the tomcat version which was shipped with it when Service Catalog was released at that time . Due to the security vulnerability issues with tomcat itself , you may need to upgrade tomcat that catalog is using .
How can I upgrade tomcat that catalog is using to tomcat 7.0.75 and up version ?
Environment
Resolution
Latest tomcat version resolved some security vulnerability issues. It is needed to upgrade tomcat that catalog is using . With catalog 14.1 CP4 ( i.e. 14.1.04 ) version and up , you should be able to have catalog point to the latest tomcat7 version , for example : 7.0.78 , without any problem .
1. download tomcat 7.0.78 from https://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-7/v7.0.78/bin/
Please get apache-tomcat-7.0.78-windows-x64.zip for 64 bit
2. On catalog server , go to catalog installation home folder , double click usm.cmd to invoke Service catalog's command line
(Note , this is important. you need to use catalog's command line instead of simply DOS command line )
3. stop catalog service
4. on Service Catalog's command line , issue the following command :
ant upgrade-tomcat
for example :
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C:\Program Files\CA\Service Catalog>ant upgrade-tomcat
Buildfile: build.xml
_start-maintenance-log:
[mkdir] Created dir: C:\Program Files\CA\Service Catalog\conf-backup\20160817-1533
[echo] Maintenance started: Wednesday August 17, 2016 03:33:34 PM IST by Administrator
_services-warning: [echo] Please shutdown all related services before continuing
[input] Press Return key to continue...
upgrade-tomcat:
[input] Location of new tomcat zip:
C:\temp\apache-tomcat-7.0.78-windows-x64.zip
[input] What is the version of the new Apache Tomcat (e.g. 6.0.38):7.0.78
[input] Are you sure you want to upgrade tomcat to 7.0.61? (y, n)
Y
[unzip] Expanding: C:\temp\apache-tomcat-7.0.78-windows-x64.zip into C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\1\tomcat-7.0.78
[mkdir] Created dir: C:\Program Files\CA\Service Catalog\embedded\tomcat-20160817-1533
[echo] Copying the current tomcat to C:\Program Files\CA\Service Catalog/embedded/tomcat-20160817-1533
copy] Copying 653 files to C:\Program Files\CA\Service Catalog\embedded\tomcat-20160817-1533
[copy] Copied 113 empty directories to 2 empty directories under C:\Program Files\CA\Service Catalog\embedded\tomcat-20160817-1533
[echo] Copied the current tomcat to C:\Program Files\CA\Service Catalog/embedded/tomcat-20160817-1533
[copy] Copying 637 files to C:\Program Files\CA\Service Catalog\embedded\tomcat
[echo] Apache Tomcat 7.0.78 has been successfully installed.
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 42 seconds
C:\Program Files\CA\Service Catalog>
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5. restart catalog service
Additional Information
Regarding how to check the tomcat version that your catalog server is using , please check Article Id: 15999
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