[opencms-dev] Best way to upgrade production server

[Alexis Torreno]

Hello,

>From everything I've read, and the process we currently have in place for
our development server, the only way to upgrade OpenCms is:
- export database/user names and groups/modules from your existing instance
of OpenCms
- delete your /opencms folder
- install the new version of OpenCms using your new .war file
- re-import the modules/database

This process is problematic within a production environment, as this creates
a large amount of downtime. Can anyone suggest any other methods (in
particular, from 6b1 to 6b2)? Some theories (let me know if they are
possible):
A. Overwrite the opencms.jar file in /opencms/WEB-INF/lib/
OR
B Install OpenCms within a dev environment, and overwrite folders
{MYSQL}\data\opencms and {TOMCAT}\webapps\opencms on production when dev is
stabilized.

Any other working methods would be welcome!

Thanks,

Al


Alexis Torreno 
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