Upgrading from 7.0 to 8.0

Owned by Rashmi Likhite
Last updated: Sept 16, 2014

From v8.0, Celoxis required Java 8. Please install Java 8 and set your JAVA_HOME to use this before you proceed with the upgrade.

To upgrade

  1. Download Celoxis 8.0.0 from the link provided in a separate mail sent by support
  2. Backup your existing database and data directory. If the upgrade fails for any reason, the backed up database and data directory will have to be restored.
    • To know your database, go to license.properties file into <Celoxis-install-dir>\psa_7.0.0\webapps\psa\WEB-INF\conf
    • To know your data directory, from the main tool bar go to Setup > Site and then click on the link Edit Site Settings and look at 
      Data Directory Path.
  3. Upgrading
    1. Unzip the downloaded psa_8.0.0.zip file into <Celoxis-install-dir>
    2. You should now have: <Celoxis-install-dir>\psa_8.0.0 directory.
    3. Open a command prompt (terminal on Linux)
    4. Stop Celoxis 7.0.0: Go to <Celoxis-install-dir>\psa_7.0.0 directory and type : bin\shutdown.bat (bin/shutdown.sh on Linux)
    5. If you have installed Celoxis as a Windows Service, remove it. Type : bin\service.bat remove
    6. Type: cd <Celoxis-install-dir>\psa_8.0.0 (cd <Celoxis-install-dir>/psa_8.0.0 on Linux)
    7. Type: bin\startup.bat (bin/startup.sh on Linux)
    8. http://<your-server-name>:8888/psa/site.Upgrade.do
    9. Follow the instructions there to complete the upgrade.
  4. After successful upgrade, you need to install the Celoxis as a service again.

 

If the Upgrade fails, refer here.