The following steps describe how to update the Camunda artifacts on a Tomcat server in a shared process engine setting.

Throughout the procedure, refer to the update guide. If not already done, download the Camunda 7.17 Tomcat distribution.

The update procedure takes the following steps:

1. Update the Camunda 7 core libraries.
2. Update optional Camunda 7 libraries.
3. Update web applications.

In each of the following steps, the identifier $*_VERSION refers to the current versions and the new versions of the artifacts.

1. Update the Camunda 7 core libraries

Replace the following libraries in the folder $TOMCAT_HOME/lib/ with their new versions from the folder $TOMCAT_DISTRIBUTION/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-engine-feel-scala-$PLATFORM_VERSION.jar
• camunda-commons-logging-$COMMONS_VERSION.jar
• camunda-commons-typed-values-$PLATFORM_VERSION.jar
• camunda-commons-utils-$COMMONS_VERSION.jar
• camunda-connect-connectors-all-$CONNECT_VERSION.jar
• camunda-connect-core-$CONNECT_VERSION.jar
• camunda-template-engines-freemarker-$TEMPLATE_ENGINES_VERSION.jar
• feel-engine-$FEEL_ENGINE_VERSION-scala-shaded.jar
• freemarker-$FREEMARKER_VERSION.jar
• mybatis-$MYBATIS_VERSION.jar

2. Update optional Camunda 7 libraries

In addition to the core libraries, there may be optional artifacts in $TOMCAT_HOME/lib/ for LDAP integration, Camunda Connect, Camunda Spin, and scripting. If you use any of these extensions, the following update steps apply:

LDAP integration

Copy the following library from $TOMCAT_DISTRIBUTION/lib to the folder $TOMCAT_HOME/lib/, if present:

• camunda-identity-ldap-$PLATFORM_VERSION.jar

Camunda Connect plugin

Copy the following libraries from $TOMCAT_DISTRIBUTION/lib to the folder $TOMCAT_HOME/lib/, if present:

• camunda-engine-plugin-connect-$PLATFORM_VERSION.jar

Camunda Spin

Copy the following libraries from $TOMCAT_DISTRIBUTION/lib to the folder $TOMCAT_HOME/lib/, if present:

• camunda-spin-dataformat-all-$SPIN_VERSION.jar
• camunda-spin-core-$SPIN_VERSION.jar
• camunda-engine-plugin-spin-$PLATFORM_VERSION.jar

GraalVM JavaScript

Copy the following libraries from $TOMCAT_DISTRIBUTION/lib to the folder $TOMCAT_HOME/lib/, if present:

• graal-sdk-21.1.0.jar
• icu4j-68.2.jar
• js-21.1.0.jar
• js-scriptengine-21.1.0.jar
• regex-21.1.0.jar
• truffle-api-21.1.0.jar

3. Update web applications

Update REST API

The following steps are required to update the Camunda REST API on a Tomcat instance:

1. Undeploy an existing web application with a name like camunda-engine-rest.
2. Download the REST API web application archive from our Artifact Repository Alternatively, switch to the private repository for the enterprise version (credentials from license required). Choose the correct version named $PLATFORM_VERSION/camunda-engine-rest-$PLATFORM_VERSION-tomcat.war.
3. Deploy the web application archive to your Tomcat instance.

Update Cockpit, Tasklist, and Admin

The following steps are required to update the Camunda web applications Cockpit, Tasklist, and Admin on a Tomcat instance:

1. Undeploy an existing web application with a name like camunda-webapp.
2. Download the Camunda web application archive from our Artifact Repository. Alternatively, switch to the private repository for the enterprise version (credentials from license required). Choose the correct version named $PLATFORM_VERSION/camunda-webapp-tomcat-$PLATFORM_VERSION.war.
3. Deploy the web application archive to your Tomcat instance.