Stronghold Web Server 3 upgrading

How to upgrade between builds of Stronghold Web Server 3.0

Stronghold Web Server 3.0 cannot automatically upgrade an existing Stronghold Web Server installation. Instead, you must install 3.0 into a new directory then copy across the configuration and other information from your previous installation.

A typical procedure is to install Stronghold Web Server into a new directory and, when asked for ports, use temporary (unused) port numbers. This means that your existing Stronghold Web Server can continue running during the changeover. Stronghold Web Server 3.0 is able to exit the installation without going through the final stages of configuration for this purpose. When you reach the message during installation, asking if you have an existing Stronghold Web Server installation, select "Yes", where another message will appear giving further information. Selecting "Continue" at this point will complete the standard installation, otherwise "Exit" will leave the installation in a state ready for upgrading.

Next copy across all the localised information from your previous Stronghold Web Server directory. The main things you will want to copy are:

• Copy the Stronghold Web Server 3.0 license block, sh3license, into the new installation directory.
• Merge any local changes to conf/httpd.conf in with the new httpd.conf.
• Copy the whole htdocs directory.
• Copy the whole cgi-bin directory.
• Copy any other changed files (for example, any icons you have modified).
• Copy the key and certificate files from ssl/certs and ssl/private.
• Copy any other local modifications. For example, if you have added any extra MIME types to conf/mime.types.

Now check that your server is working by starting it with bin/start-server. If it is, stop it with bin/stop-server. Now update the port numbers in conf/httpd.conf to the live port numbers (e.g. 80 and 443).

• Stop the old server. Start the new one.