Update an IBM Websphere Installation from 7.5 to 7.6
The following steps describe how to update the Camunda artifacts on an IBM WebSphere application server in a shared process engine setting. For the entire procedure, refer to the update guide. If not already done, make sure to download the Camunda Platform 7.6 IBM WebSphere distribution.
The update procedure takes the following steps:
- Uninstall the Camunda Libraries and Archives
- Replace Camunda Core Libraries
- Replace Optional Camunda Dependencies
- Maintain the Camunda Platform Configuration
- Install the Camunda Archive
- Install the Web Applications
In each of the following steps, the identifier $*_VERSION
refers to the current versions and the new versions of the artifacts.
1. Uninstall the Camunda Libraries and Archives
First, uninstall the Camunda web applications, namely the Camunda REST API (artifact name like camunda-engine-rest
) and the Camunda applications Cockpit, Tasklist and Admin (artifact name like camunda-webapp
).
Uninstall the Camunda EAR. Its name should be camunda-ibm-websphere-ear-$PLATFORM_VERSION.ear
.
2. Replace Camunda Core Libraries
With your first Camunda installation or update to 7.2, you have created a shared library named Camunda
. We identify the folder to this shared library as $SHARED_LIBRARY_PATH
.
After shutting down the server, replace the following libraries in $SHARED_LIBRARY_PATH
with their equivalents from $WAS_DISTRIBUTION/modules/lib
:
camunda-engine-$PLATFORM_VERSION.jar
camunda-bpmn-model-$PLATFORM_VERSION.jar
camunda-cmmn-model-$PLATFORM_VERSION.jar
camunda-dmn-model-$PLATFORM_VERSION.jar
camunda-xml-model-$PLATFORM_VERSION.jar
camunda-engine-dmn-$PLATFORM_VERSION.jar
camunda-engine-feel-api-$PLATFORM_VERSION.jar
camunda-engine-feel-juel-$PLATFORM_VERSION.jar
camunda-commons-logging-$COMMONS_VERSION.jar
camunda-commons-typed-values-$COMMONS_VERSION.jar
camunda-commons-utils-$COMMONS_VERSION.jar
3. Replace Optional Camunda Dependencies
In addition to the core libraries, there may be optional artifacts in $SHARED_LIBRARY_PATH
for LDAP integration, Camunda Spin, and Groovy scripting. If you use any of these extensions, the following update steps apply:
LDAP integration
Copy the following library from $WAS_DISTRIBUTION/modules/lib
to the folder $SHARED_LIBRARY_PATH
, if present:
camunda-identity-ldap-$PLATFORM_VERSION.jar
Camunda Connect
Copy the following library from $WAS_DISTRIBUTION/modules/lib
to the folder $SHARED_LIBRARY_PATH
, if present:
camunda-connect-core-$CONNECT_VERSION.jar
Camunda Spin
Copy the following library from $WAS_DISTRIBUTION/modules/lib
to the folder $SHARED_LIBRARY_PATH
, if present:
camunda-spin-core-$SPIN_VERSION.jar
Groovy Scripting
Copy the following library from $WAS_DISTRIBUTION/modules/lib
to the folder $SHARED_LIBRARY_PATH
, if present:
groovy-all-$GROOVY_VERSION.jar
4. Maintain the Camunda Platform Configuration
If you have previously replaced the default Camunda Platform configuration with a custom configuration following any of the ways outlined in the deployment descriptor reference, it may be necessary to restore this configuration. This can be done by repeating the configuration replacement steps for the updated platform.
5. Install the Camunda Archive
Install the Camunda EAR, i.e., the file $WAS_DISTRIBUTION/modules/camunda-ibm-websphere-ear-$PLATFORM_VERSION.ear
. During the installation, the EAR will try to reference the Camunda
shared library.
6. Install the Web Applications
REST API
The following steps are required to update the Camunda REST API on an IBM WebSphere instance:
- Deploy the web application
$WAS_DISTRIBUTION/webapps/camunda-engine-rest-$PLATFORM_VERSION-was.war
to your IBM WebSphere instance. - Associate the web application with the
Camunda
shared library.
Cockpit, Tasklist, and Admin
The following steps are required to update the Camunda web applications Cockpit, Tasklist, and Admin on an IBM WebSphere instance:
- Deploy the web application
$WAS_DISTRIBUTION/webapps/camunda-webapp-ee-was-$PLATFORM_VERSION.war
to your IBM WebSphere instance. - Associate the web application with the
Camunda
shared library.