Windows
Install new Java version
Follow instructions to install Java: Install Java
Update JAVA_HOME
If you have set the environment variable JAVA_HOME, check whether this needs updating in the system environment variables. Commonly this will be automatically updated by the installation process.
Update service wrapper
Find the file jvm.dll
in the Java installation.
Java 8: this will be in
JAVA_HOME\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll
Java 11: this will be at
JAVA_HOME\bin\server\jvm.dll
Open Tomcat Properties window. If you need further details on how to open this, see: Tomcat start/ stop, open properties
Go to the Java tab. Update the Java Virtual Machine setting to the new location of jvm.dll
.
If you have moved between major versions of Java (e.g. you are moving from Java 8 to Java 11), update the Java arguments as instructed here: Install Tomcat on Windows
Remove old version
Installation of a new patch of Java should replace the previous version.
If you are migrating to a new major version of Java (e.g. you are moving from Java 8 to Java 11), you will need to remove the previous version from the list of installed programs.
Linux
Install new Java version
Follow instructions to install Java: Install Java
Update JAVA_HOME
If you have followed the standard installation instructions, you have already done this. If you have decide to take a different approach, remember to update JAVA_HOME in whichever way you have decided to set this.
Update service script
The following instructions assume that you have followed the recommended installation instructions for installing Tomcat for PhixFlow: Install Tomcat on Linux. If you have taken a different approach, ensure that you update JAVA_HOME in your startup process for Tomcat.
Open the tomcat service script at /etc/systemd/system/tomcat.service
Update JAVA_HOME
in the script to the value of $JAVA_HOME
in your environment. You must make this the full path for the Java installation, you cannot refer to the environment variable in the script. The resulting file will look similar to this:
[Unit] Description=Apache Tomcat Web Application Container After=network.target [Service] Type=forking Environment=JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk/jdk-11.0.13+8 Environment=CATALINA_PID=/opt/tomcat/temp/tomcat.pid Environment=CATALINA_HOME=/opt/tomcat Environment=CATALINA_BASE=/opt/tomcat
If you have moved between major versions of Java (e.g. you are moving from Java 8 to Java 11), update the Java arguments as instructed here: Install Tomcat on Linux
Remove old version
The following instructions assume that you have followed the recommended instructions for installing Java for PhixFlow: Install Java. If you have taken a different approach, ensure that any old packages have been removed if you no longer need them (e.g. for a different program that runs on the same server that requires the previous version of Java).
If you have patched Java with a package manager, it will replace the previous version. However, if you are moving between major versions (e.g. from Java 8 to Java 11), you will need to remove the previous version using the package manager.
Delete the previous installation:
cd /opt/jdk sudo rm -r [PREVIOUS VERSION]
For example:
sudo rm -r /opt/jdk/jdk-11.0.13+8