LabKey Server ships with a script for upgrading a LabKey Server running on Linux and OSX, or other UNIX-style operating systems. This script, named manual-upgrade.sh, can be used to upgrade your LabKey Server to the latest version.
How to Use this script
Type "manual-upgrade.sh" with no parameters in a console window for help on the script's parameters.
The script provides a number of command-line options. The command-line options -l, -d, and -c are required.
Usage:
manual-upgrade.sh -l dir [-d dir] [-c dir] [-u tomcatuser] [--service|--systemctl|--catalina]
-l dir: LABKEY_HOME directory to be upgraded. This directory contains the
labkeywebapp, modules, pipeline-lib, etc directories for the existing
LabKey Server instance. (Required)
-d dir: Upgrade distribution directory: contains labkeywebapp, lib, and manual-upgrade.sh.
(default: current working directory)
-c dir: CATALINA_HOME; root of LabKey Apache Tomcat installation.
-u owner: the tomcat user account (default: current user)
--noPrompt: do not require the user to hit enter before proceeding with the install
(Web server startup/shutdown method: select one)
--service: use /etc/init.d/tomcat (default)
--systemctl: use /bin/systemctl
--catalina: use CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh and CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh
Example
For this example, we will assume the following:
- LABKEY_HOME directory: /usr/local/labkey/labkey
- Upgrade distribution directory: /usr/local/labkey/src/labkey/LabKey18.1-58484.70-community-bin
- CATALINA_HOME directory: /usr/local/labkey/apps/apache-tomcat-8.5.34
- Owner: tomcat
Using these assumptions, the upgrade command would be
cd /usr/local/labkey/src/labkey/LabKey18.1-58484.70-community-bin
sudo sh manual-upgrade.sh -l /usr/local/labkey/labkey -d /usr/local/labkey/src/labkey/LabKey18.1-58484.70-community-bin -c /usr/local/labkey/apps/apache-tomcat-8.5.34 -u tomcat --systemctl
Substitute your actual values.
Additional Notes
Rollback to the Previous Version
This script does not keep a backup copy of the LabKey Server java files after the upgrade. In order to install a previous version, you will need to have the LabKey Server distribution files for that previous version available on your file system.
You can then simply execute the script again specifying the previous version's directory containing the uncompressed LabKey Server distribution files
Note: this will not roll back any database upgrades that have occurred and may put your server into a bad state
Backup of LabKey Server Database
This script does
not perform a backup of your LabKey Server database.
LabKey recommends that you perform a backup of your LabKey Server database
before upgrading your LabKey Server using this script. Learn about backup in these topics:
