IDERA Dashboard comes with Tomcat 7 incorporated, but Apache Tomcat periodically releases security and bug patches. To update Tomcat 7 perform the steps below:
- Open windows services console and stop Idera Dashboard Web Application Service.
- Go to official Apache Tomcat 7 downloads website (https://tomcat.apache.org/download-70.cgi)
Download and extract the zip files for Core and Embedded located under Binary Distributions. - Replace the Jar libraries of IDERA Dashboard lib folder installed (i.e. "C:\Program Files\Idera\Dashboard\WebApplication\lib") with the jar libraries of of the lib folder from the extracted core zip folder.
- As in the previous step, replace the Jar libraries from the IDERA Dashboard lib folder installed (i.e. "C:\Program Files\Idera\Dashboard\WebApplication\lib") with the Jar libraries of extracted embedded zip folder.
- Open windows services console and start Idera Dashboard Web Application Service.
Steps to validate IDERA Dashboard Tomcat version:
- Open windows command prompt
- Move to IDERA Dashboard Web Application Lib folder of IDERA Dashboard (Example: cd C:\Program Files\Idera\Dashbaord\WebApplication\lib)
Type the following command: java -cp catalina.jar org.apache.catalina.util.ServerInfo
To execute this command, Java needs to be installed and the JAVA HOME path set on the system
Output should be as shown below:
The Server Number indicates the tomcat version IDERA Dashboard is currently using.