Tomcat Upgrade Steps on Windows.

 Tomcat Upgrade Steps on Windows.

1, Stop the older version of Tomcat service

2, Disable the service

3. Install the new tomcat version

4, backup the root webapps index file

5, copy the applications folder to webapps

6, compare the server.xml from older to new and then update the server.xml file in tomcat lates version

7, Add factory setting for password encryption in tomcat server.xml

8, copy the lib jar files to new tomcat lib

9, Edit the tomcat properties, JVM, JAVA Class path, JAVA Options, Initial memory pool, Maximum memory pool and local system account

10, Make it automatic and start the new tomcat service

11, Make sure application is woking after application team validation

12, uninstall the older version of tomcat and make sure you don't delete the folders.

Note: These are the steps to be coordinated with application team, and make sure application compatible with the upgraded version during the planning phase.