Installing an update

Procedure

  1. Back up your WorldServer installation and configuration files, including the WS_CONFIG folder.
    Make sure that all the custom properties you have set are in the WS_CONFIG folder.
  2. Obtain the ws.war, ws-api.war, and the ws-legacy.war files for the Service Pack from SDL Technical Support.
  3. Stop the application server (Tomcat).
    You stop and start WorldServer via the application server on which it is deployed. See WorldServer troubleshooting for more information.
  4. Move your ws, ws-api, and ws-legacy folders to a place from which you can recover them if the Service Pack installation fails.
  5. Put the new ws.war, ws-api.war, and ws-legacy.war files in the folders where the old ones were.
  6. Restart the application server (Tomcat) to unpack the WAR files.
  7. Stop the application server again.
  8. Run the testschema.sh (Linux) or testschema.bat (Windows) test script to verify the database schema upgrade.
  9. Start the application server again.

Results

The update is now installed. To test it, start WorldServer and verify that the program works as expected.