Update of Password Self Service 3.0





Password Self Service 3.0


Update instructions




Table of contents



1 Overview

Why update?

Since the release of Password Self Service 3.0, the Nordic Edge Product Team keeps working with the product to add new features and/or correct errors. This document describes how to update the Password Self Service 3.0 application.

 

 

2 Before update

Backup files

Standard path for Password Self Service file path is drive:/…/*NordicEdgeRoot*/IM/tomcat7-im/.
Make sure you take a copy of this file and folder structure and save it somewhere safe!

 

 

3 What will be updated?

When you update the NordicEdge web application there are a number of files that will be replaced and added. We will NOT remove or change any files NOT created by Nordic Edge.
However, files shipped with the product where you might have extended an JS-script or JSP-page or replaced an image with your own organizations logo, they will be replaced! Those files needs to be added or updated after the update to not lose functionality.

 

 

4 Update of Password Self Service

Updates of Password Self Service is an replace files update. The update will not replace files like DSEditor.properties where you might have configuration data specific for your installation.
Very important to understand is that any look and feel changes that might done by you will probably be replaced and must be updated again. We do not remove any files created by you such images.

For a greater understanding on look and feel changes and what files that are affected, please read:

http://support.nordicedge.se/password-self-service-30-change-look-and-feel/

Steps to update Password Self Service

  1. Download the NO UPDATE AVAILABLE YET.
  2. Important! Verify that you have made a safe copy of the NordicEdge web application. If the update do not work as expected for you, you need to be able to restore a working copy.
  3. Stop the Apache Tomcat Service
  4. Extract the zip-file and copy the entire content. (css, editor etc)
  5. Paste the content into the nordicedge folder. (drive:/…/*NordicEdge*/IM/tomcat7-im/webapps/nordicedge. Replace all conflicting files.
  6. Delete the nordicedge work folder.
    1. Open drive:/…/*NordicEdge*/IM/tomcat7-im/work/Catalina/localhost
    2. Delete the nordicedge folder
  7. If needed, depending if you changed any of the Password Self Service core files since installation
    1. Merge and/or update information from files from your safe copy of nordicedge into the new replaced files.
    2. Restore images that you might replaced since installation
  8. Start the Apache Tomcat Service again
  9. Login and verify that Password Self Service is running as expected
    1. If not, check logfiles for errors.
  10. Finished!


 

 


About Nordic Edge®

Nordic Edge is a software provider of Trusted Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions enabling organizations to secure and manage their digital identities. With Nordic Edge solutions, organizations can improve business processes and meet regulatory compliance requirements. The offering includes two-factor authentication, role based delegated user administration, synchronization and provisioning. Nordic Edge was founded 2001 in Sweden and has customers in more than 30 countries. All products are available as a service (Saas/IaaS) or deployed as a product. For more information, www.nordicedge.se.

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