topic Upgrading Apache in Operating System - HP-UX

Upgrading Apache

Richard Briggs — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:42:42 GMT

A new version of Apache is released every few months... what's the proper way to upgrade to the latest version without losing all my conf files and cgi-bin stuff?

Re: Upgrading Apache

Peter Godron — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:49:02 GMT

Richard,
the only way is to read the update guide (for example http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/upgrading.html )
assess whether you need the upgrade and then upgrade , after having made a backup.

I only tend to upgrade if there is a required feature or security problem.

Re: Upgrading Apache

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:53:00 GMT

Shalom,

Upgrading apache using the HP-UX hpws version will not overwrite your cgi-bin files.

It is prudent to back up the httpd.conf and other configuration files you have modified.

swinstall will perform an upgrade in place.

This does not mean new versions are not bug free.

Its still a very good idea to test the isntallation out prior to rolling it out on a production web server.

SEP

Re: Upgrading Apache

Richard Briggs — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:33:10 GMT

thanks