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How to upgrade from 2.8.8.3/2.8.8.4 to 2.8.8.5.

Prerequisites

Audience: IT Professional and/or End User
Difficulty: Advanced
Time needed: Approximately 60 minutes
Tools required: Tomcat, MySQL or MS SQL Server

If you have any questions or concerns or if you wish to upgrade from an older version of ThreadFix, please reach out to our support team here: support@threadfix.it

ThreadFix Deployment Update

Follow these steps to deploy the updated version of ThreadFix:

1. Stop the Tomcat instance on which ThreadFix is running.
   
   

2. Move your current ThreadFix deployment directory from your Tomcat webapps folder into a backup directory.

   1. webapps directory location: //TOMCAT_HOME/webapps
      
      

3. Copy the updated ThreadFix folder from your new artifact into your webapps directory.

   1. webapps directory location: //TOMCAT_HOME/webapps
      
      

4. Copy the following files from your backed up ThreadFix directory to the newly updated ThreadFix directory:
   (FROM: <previous-threadfix-deploy>/WEB-INF/classes/, TO: <new-threadfix-deploy>/WEB-INF/classes/, except as noted below)

   1. custom.properties

   2. ESAPI.properties

   3. jdbc.properties

   4. jms.properties

   5. threadfix.license

   6. If you've updated any of these in your previous deployment, copy them as well:

      1. <threadfix-deploy>/WEB-INF/security.xml

      2. <threadfix-deploy>/WEB-INF/classes/security/samlKeystore.jks (and/or any other Java keystore that you've saved in this directory)
         
         

5. Copy the velocityTemplates directory from your backed up ThreadFix directory to the newly-updated ThreadFix directory.
   (FROM: <previous-threadfix-deploy> TO:<new-threadfix-deploy>)

    

6. In Linux environments, you may need to grant your tomcat user/group ownership and permissions to the newly-deployed artifact.
   Examples:

   sudo chown -R tomcat:tomcat /opt/tomcat sudo chmod -R 775 /opt/tomcat

    

7. Cleanup - Delete the following:

   1. The contents of the <tomcat-deploy>/work directory

   2. Your web browser's cache/history

Start Tomcat/ThreadFix

1. Restart Tomcat/ThreadFix.
   
   

2. Navigate to the login page to ensure that it loads as expected. If so, you may now log in and verify that the new version is installed; the version is included in the page footer after logging in.

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