Manually updating Apache Tomcat 10 for the IBM Sterling Transformation Extender application

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This procedure defines the steps to manually update the installed Apache Tomcat 10 software for the IBM Sterling Transformation Extender application. If the currently installed version of Apache Tomcat 10 has a security issue that is resolved in a later version, you can follow these steps to update it.

Before you begin

Important: Ensure that you back up the <IBM Sterling Transformation Extender installation folder>tomcat-context/install/restapi/ folder.

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To manually update Apache Tomcat 10 for IBM Sterling Transformation Extender application on Linux native platform, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Download the latest Linux binaries of Apache Tomcat 10 in tar.gz format from the official Apache Tomcat website.
  2. Open a Linux terminal window and change the current directory to the IBM Sterling Transformation Extender installation directory <IBM Sterling Transformation Extender installation folder>.
    Important: Ensure that you are logged in as the same user who initially installed the IBM Sterling Transformation Extender application.
  3. Execute the following commands to stop and uninstall the current IBM Sterling Transformation Extender installation: 
    ./ITX stop
./ITX uninstall
  4. Change the current directory to the installation directory <IBM Sterling Transformation Extender installation folder>/tomcat-context, run the following command: 
    cd <IBM Sterling Transformation Extender installation folder>/tomcat-context
  5. Create a temporary folder and extract the contents of IBM Sterling Transformation Extender hip-core.tar.gz to it, run the following command: 
    mkdir tmp
tar -xf hip-core.tar.gz -C tmp
  6. Copy the downloaded tar.gz binaries into <IBM Sterling Transformation Extender installation folder>/tomcat-context/tmp/restapi/tomcat folder.
  7. Open the dtxtomcat.ini configuration file located at <IBM Sterling Transformation Extender installation folder>/tomcat-context/tmp/restapi/tomcat/ location using a Text Editor. Update the string TomcatVersion=10.0.XX to match the version of the downloaded Apache Tomcat 10 from Step 1. Save the changes.
  8. Update the IBM Sterling Transformation Extender hip-core.tar.gz file by running the following command from the <IBM Sterling Transformation Extender installation folder>/tomcat-context/tmp folder: 
    tar -czf ../hip-core.tar.gz .
  9. Change the current directory to the IBM Sterling Transformation Extender installation directory <IBM Sterling Transformation Extender installation folder>, by running the following command: 
    cd <IBM Sterling Transformation Extender installation folder>
  10. Execute the following commands to install and start IBM Sterling Transformation Extender: 
    ./ITX install
./ITX start