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Installing the Service Pack on the Contenta Web server

Follow these instructions to install a Contenta service pack on a Contenta Web server running Microsoft Windows.

Before you begin

Stop the Tomcat web service.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the Contenta Web server as the Administrator user or a user with administrator privileges.
  2. Back up the existing SDL Contenta installation.
  3. Mount the installation ISO file.
    To mount an ISO file, you can use Windows to extract the ISO to the file system or use a third‐party tool to mount the ISO as a disk.
  4. In the Windows folder, double-click install.exe.
    A pre-installation screen appears.
  5. Complete each screen of the installation program.
    The installation program displays a message when the installation is complete.
  6. If prompted to do so, reboot the computer after installing. Otherwise, rebooting the system is recommended, but not required.
  7. Clear the Web server cache:
    1. Stop the Web server.
    2. Clear the Web server cache.
    3. Restart the Web server.
  8. Restart the Tomcat service.