Upgrading RestAPI server to Oracle Java Development Kit (JDK) 17

Products

• CA 7 Workload Automation

Issue/Introduction

Is it possible to upgrade the Java Development Kit (JDK) Standard from 16 to 17 for the RestApi?

Resolution

Here are the steps to upgrade JDK, as we don't support these steps but it works.

1. Stop REST_API services
2. Download the new JDK 17
3. Untar the JDK into a directory of your choice
4. Rename the old jre to something else 
5. Cope the new JDK 17 that was just untared into the install dir /opt/broadcom/7RestServices
6. Rename the copied JDK dir to jre
7. Go to /opt/broadcom/7RestServices/apache-tomcat-9.0.71/bin
8. Edit setenv.sh and copy and paste the following lines:  
 
BASE="$(dirname "$CATALINA_HOME")"
echo "Parent dir: $BASE"
export JRE_HOME=$BASE/jre

export JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Xms128m -Xmx1024m -server --add-exports=java.management/com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.management/com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.invoke=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/sun.security.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/sun.security.action=ALL-UNNAMED"
export CATALINA_PID=/$CATALINA_HOME/bin/pid.txt
echo "JAVA_OPTS:$JAVA_OPTS"
 
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9. Re-start the services