2. Upgrade The App

Now that your dependencies are up-to-date, it's time to update the application itself.

Using command lineUsing Tomcat Manager

1. SSH into your server

ssh app.openboxes.com

2. Download WAR file from latest release page on GitHub

wget `curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/openboxes/openboxes/releases/latest | grep browser_download_url | cut -d '"' -f 4`

3. Remove existing deployment

sudo rm -rf /opt/tomcat/webapps/openboxes*

4. Copy WAR file to Tomcat webapps directory (NOTE: we need to change the name of the WAR file)

sudo cp openboxes.war /opt/tomcat/webapps/openboxes.war

1. Install Tomcat manager

sudo apt-get install tomcat9-admin

2. Add a new Tomcat user

Edit TOMCAT_HOME/conf/tomcat-users.xml

<user username="<username>" password="<password>" roles="manager-gui"/>

For example:

<user username="myname" password="mypassword" roles="manager-gui"/>

3. Restart Tomcat

sudo service tomcat9 restart

4. Download WAR file from latest release page on GitHub

wget `curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/openboxes/openboxes/releases/latest | grep browser_download_url | cut -d '"' -f 4`

5. Log into Tomcat Manager

6. Undeploy all existing OpenBoxes applications

7. Upload WAR file to Tomcat Manager (under WAR file to deploy)