EAP Patching
External
- Patching a ZIP/Installer Installation https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/JBoss_Enterprise_Application_Platform/6.4/html/Installation_Guide/sect-Patching_JBoss_EAP_6.html#sect-Patching_a_ZipInstaller_Installation
Internal
Relevance
- EAP 6.4
Overview
Patches are distributed as zip files or RPMs (for a subset of products).
Patching with zip files and patching with RPMs is incompatible, the same method should be used for subsequent patches.
After a patch is applied, the patched JARs are picked up at runtime from:
$JBOSS_HOME/modules/system/layers/base/.overlays/$PATCH_ID/$MODULE
while the original files are left in
$JBOSS_HOME/modules/system/layers/base/$MODULE
The patching mechanism renders the original JAR files unusable, for security reasons. If the patch is rolled back, the original files will be reverted to an usable state.
Patching in Domain Mode
The patch management system cannot be used to automatically patch server instances across a managed domain: individual server instances in the managed domain must be patched independently.
Procedure
From CLI:
patch apply /path/to/patch.zip shutdown --restart=true
Applying Bundled Patches (Updates)
CSP publishes periodically "updates" (example: "Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 Update 06"), which are collections of cumulative patches ZIPs. For example, "Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 Update 06" contains the following:
NOMBP2:archive ovidiu$ unzip -l jboss-eap-6.4.6-patch.zip
Archive: jboss-eap-6.4.6-patch.zip
Length Date Time Name
-------- ---- ---- ----
81612821 01-12-16 15:59 jboss-eap-6.4.5.CP.zip
89218386 01-12-16 15:59 jboss-eap-6.4.2.CP.zip
53889569 01-12-16 15:59 jboss-eap-6.4.6.CP.zip
35954575 01-12-16 15:59 jboss-eap-6.4.1.CP.zip
470 01-12-16 15:59 patches.xml
79994187 01-12-16 15:59 jboss-eap-6.4.4.CP.zip
79766732 01-12-16 15:59 jboss-eap-6.4.3.CP.zip
-------- -------
420436740 7 files
Those updates can be applied using the "patch" CLI command, as well:
[standalone@localhost:9999 /] patch apply /Users/ovidiu/archive/jboss-eap-6.4.6-patch.zip
{
"outcome" : "success",
"response-headers" : {
"operation-requires-restart" : true,
"process-state" : "restart-required"
}
}
[standalone@localhost:9999 /] reload
What if a Previous Update Has Been Applied?
TODO Procedure if an older update has been applied (06) and I want to patch to 08?
Verifying that Patches Have Been Applied
Check $JBOSS_HOME/modules/system/layers/base/.overlays. All cumulative patches should be listed there:
NOMBP2:.overlays ovidiu$ pwd /Users/ovidiu/runtime/jboss-eap-6.4/modules/system/layers/base/.overlays NOMBP2:.overlays ovidiu$ ls -l total 0 drwxr-xr-x 3 ovidiu staff 102 Jun 1 09:10 layer-base-jboss-eap-6.4.1.CP drwxr-xr-x 4 ovidiu staff 136 Jun 1 09:10 layer-base-jboss-eap-6.4.2.CP drwxr-xr-x 4 ovidiu staff 136 Jun 1 09:10 layer-base-jboss-eap-6.4.3.CP drwxr-xr-x 5 ovidiu staff 170 Jun 1 09:10 layer-base-jboss-eap-6.4.4.CP drwxr-xr-x 5 ovidiu staff 170 Jun 1 09:10 layer-base-jboss-eap-6.4.5.CP drwxr-xr-x 5 ovidiu staff 170 Jun 1 09:10 layer-base-jboss-eap-6.4.6.CP
Also, the patching mechanism seems to be reliably updating $JBOSS_HOME/version.txt file, so the file can be used for a quick test.
Clearing Patch History
From CLI:
/core-service=patching:ageout-history