[opencms-dev] Best way to upgrade production server

[patrick]

I would be very interested by what you guys have to say about that! 
Ideas anybody?

Thanks

patrick

On Thursday 21 April 2005 18:14, Alexis Torreno wrote:
> 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
>
>
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