vqServer: Upgrading
This page tells you how to upgrade from vqServer version 1.01 to version
1.03.
There are a number of fundamental differences between these two versions
which means that:
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The organisation of the default website directory and some file names have
changed.
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The internal format of the configuration files have changed. Unfortunately,
version 1.01 configuration files cannot be read by version 1.03.
vqSoft undertakes to ensure that future versions will be able to read
version 1.03 configuration files.
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The servlet interface supported has changed from version 1.0 to version 1.01.
The following steps are recommended:
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Obtain updated versions of or modify any important servlets you use. Version
1.0 servlets will not work with vqServer version 1.03. The most important
change here is that the servlet interface is now defined in the
javax.servlet packages instead of the java.servlet package.
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Obtain and install current versions of the Java Runtime Interpreter
(JRE) and any Java performance-enhancing measures such as just-in-time
compilers available for your hardware and operating system, following their
suppliers' instructions. This will make a big difference to vqServer's
speed of operation.
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Stop vqServer.
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Back up your vqServer configuration and log files.
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Extract the vqServer distribution archive vqserver.zip to a
temporary directory, making sure that the directory structure and long file
names in the archive are preserved. If this step is successful, the temporary
directory will include a number of subdirectories and a file named
readme.html.
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Delete the vqserver subdirectory of your existing website
directory.
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Copy the vq subdirectory and the servlets subdirectory from
the temporary directory to your website directory.
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Copy the classes.zip file from the classes subdirectory in
the temporary directory to website/classes, overwriting the old
classes.zip.
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Follow the instructions on the Startup page of
this documentation to start vqServer (there are some important but
subtle differences in startup procedures between versions 1.01 and 1.03).
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Start the vqServer control centre using the URL
http://localhost:9090. Use user ID admin and password
admin.
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Change the administrator password and use the control centre to make any
other necessary configuration changes.
vqServer version 1.03. Copyright © 1997-98
vqSoft and
Steve Shering. Last updated 13
May 1998. |
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