Upgrading the WorldServer software
After you finish upgrading your database, you must upgrade WorldServer on your application server.
Procedure
- Uninstall your previous WorldServer instance (for Windows, use Add or Remove Programs to select SDL WorldServer).
This is particularly important if you are upgrading from a WorldServer 10.0 32-bit installation to a later version on a 64-bit environment.
- Do one of the following:
- For Windows: Run setup_64.exe for 64-bit systems and extract the WS11<build number>_win.zip distribution file.
The installer installs new versions of WorldServer, Tomcat, and Java Runtime Environment. You do not need to download or install the ws.war, ws-legacy.war, and ws-api.war files. These files are included in the distribution kit of the operating system.- For Linux: Extract the WS11<build number>_unix.tar.gz distribution kit.
- Make sure that WorldServer is stopped.
You can stop and start WorldServer via the application server onto which it is deployed.
- Deploy your WorldServer upgrade.
- Optional: Install the WorldServer Report Center.
- Optional: If you implemented additional custom code in an earlier version of WorldServer, recompile the code against the new version of WorldServer and upload it again.
Note: If you need help with this upgrade, please contact SDL Professional Services.
- Optional: If you keep an exchange.properties file with custom properties in the WS_CONFIG folder, do the following:
- Open the file and search for a line called
studioLocaleMapping51 = Norwegian, no. - If the
studioLocaleMapping51 = Norwegian, noline is in the file, comment it out or delete it. - Save and close the exchange.properties file.
- Open the file and search for a line called
- Restart WorldServer.
- Optional: If you are upgrading from a version earlier than 11.1 to WorldServer 11.1 or later and you want to use the Convert PDF to Word 2007-2010 automatic action, upgrade all of your automatic actions by doing the following:
- Extract the contents of the WorldServer SDK archive to a location on your machine.
You can find the SDK archive in the WorldServer distribution kit.
- In WorldServer, go to Management > Administration > Customization.
- In the Custom component type list, select Automatic Actions.
- Click Add.
- In the new window, click Browse, and then select the autoaction_libraries.zip file from the extracted SDK archive.
You can find this file in the libraries\dist folder of the WorldServer SDK.
- Click OK.
- Extract the contents of the WorldServer SDK archive to a location on your machine.