LAC Upgrade 5.3 to 5.4 ( developer upgrade) - tomcat

Article Id: 195208
Status: Published
Updated On: 24-07-2020 06:35
Products:
CA Live API Creator
Issue/Introduction:

LAC 5.4 upgrade package we have doesn't have CALiveAPICreator.war ..  so to upgrade from 5.3 to 5.4 ..
So, we can not  take that file and rename it to root.war ..like mentioned here in documentation. 
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/layer7-api-management/live-api-creator/5-4/installing-and-upgrading/upgrade-live-api-creator.html

Environment:

Release : 5.4

Component : LIVE API CREATOR

Tomcat 8.5

Resolution:

lets say we just have LAC 5.3 installed under Tomcat webapps folder.

1. we will stop tomcat service 

2. we will remove current root.war file and root folder 

3. now we will move over all 4 files from GEN0000000002361\production folder ( 5.4 package - GEN0000000002361 ) 
    - APICreator.war

    - APIServer.war

    - DataExplorer.war

   - SwaggerUI.war

4. Rename APIServer.war to ROOT.war

restart Tomcat service .. 

start C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.5\bin\startup.bat

this was you can see console how it loads files .. 

5. you may have to re-install license 

now when you log in to localhost:8080/APICreator .. LCA should we upgraded version