Chapter 11. Updating an RPM installation
Before updating your current JBoss EAP instance by using the RPM installation method, check that your system meets certain setup prerequisites.
Prerequisites
- You installed JBoss EAP server using RPM installation method.
- The base operating system is up to date, and you get updates from the standard Red Hat Enterprise Linux repositories.
You are subscribed to the relevant JBoss EAP repository for the update.
- If you are subscribed to a previous minor JBoss EAP repository, you have changed to the latest minor repository to get the update.
Important
For a managed domain, update the JBoss EAP domain controller before you update to a newer release of JBoss EAP.
An updated JBoss EAP 8.0 domain controller can still manage other JBoss EAP 8.0 hosts in a managed domain, as long as the domain controller is running the same or more recent version than the rest of the domain.
Procedure
Update your current JBoss EAP version to the newer JBoss EAP version by issuing the following command in your terminal:
# dnf update
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Enable new features in the updated release, such as new subsystems, by manually merging each
.rpmnewfile into your existing configuration files. The RPM update process does not replace any of your modified JBoss EAP configuration files, but it creates.rpmnewfiles based on the default configuration of your updated JBoss EAP instance.
Additional resources
- For more information, see Installing JBoss EAP 8.0 using the RPM Installation installation method.
