Continuous Delivery Director (CDD) Upgrade Path: 8.5 to 8.7

Products

• Continuous Delivery Director

Issue/Introduction

Users or administrators seeking to upgrade their Continuous Delivery Director (CDD) environment from version 8.5 to 8.7 may require confirmation on the supported upgrade path, potential manual interventions, and known limitations to ensure a successful production transition.

Environment

Product: Continuous Delivery Director (CDD)
Versions: 8.5 upgrading to 8.7

Resolution

The upgrade from Continuous Delivery Director (CDD) version 8.5 to 8.7 is a supported direct upgrade path.

Upgrade process is detailed in this documentation : Upgrade Continuous Delivery Director

There is no pre or post-upgrade tasks or manual interventions necessary.

Additional Information

• Java Support: CDD 8.7 supports Java JRE 8.x (64-bit) or Java JRE 11.0 (64-bit). Java 17 will only be supported starting version 8.8 and is not supported in version 8.7
  
  
• Tomcat Version: Since Apache Tomcat 8 has reached end-of-life, we recommend using Tomcat 9 for CDD 8.7.
  
  This version is supported in 8.7.
  See: 8.7 New Features, Enhancements, and Updates