Upgrading AWI Tomcat Version

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine
• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine

Issue/Introduction

How do you upgrade Automic's Apache Tomcat release

Environment

Release : 12.x

 

Resolution

1. Stop Apache Tomcat service
2. Double check our compatibility matrix for version support (Example: 12.3.x supports Tomcat 9) - (12.2.x supports Tomcat 8)
3. Download and extract the latest version from https://tomcat.apache.org/
4. Make a backup to your old apache tomcat directory
5. Install tomcat files into the same exact directory that you have
6. From backup directory, copy awi.war to ...../apache-tomcat directory/webapps
7. start Apache tomcat service
8. after it is up
9. copy the uc4config.xml from <old apache-tomcat directory>/webapps/awi/config
10. copy configuration.properties from <old apache-tomcat directory>/webapps/awi/config
    • To the new location (same exact location)
11. Recycle Tomcat
12. Any problems you can just revert back to the old copied location.

Additional Information

Note:  used same exact location therefore would not have to update variables (CATALINA_HOME) and or the service that was created.

If you want to use a different location or naming than please follow our Out of the Box installation instructions:

https://docs.automic.com/documentation/webhelp/english/AWA/12.2/DOCU/12.2/AWA%20Guides/help.htm#Installation_Manual/AWI/InstallingAWI.htm%3FTocPath%3DInstalling%7CManual%2520Installation%7CInstalling%2520the%2520Automic%2520Web%2520Interface%7C_____0