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--- 261:upgrade_from_712 [2026/04/08 17:48] – Meier, Erich
+++ 261:upgrade_from_712 [2026/04/22 12:35] (current) – [How to upgrade to version 26.1] Weinlein, Thomas
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 Please [[stages-support@ul.com|contact our customer care team]] to request an upgrade of your Stages Managed Service instance.
+If you use a customized metamodel on your Stages Managed Service instance, it needs to be adapted to v26 by your Stages product consultant first.
 //Note: all process release automations have to be finished before an upgrade can be performed.//
+(see Report [[reports:start#running-process-release-automations|Running Process Release Automations]])
+//Note: An existing SAML connection needs to be reestablished, by registering new URLs at the IDP server.//
+===== Upgrade your system to at least Stages 7.12.5.0 =====
+**Only** Stages databases of Stages **7.12.5.0 or newer** can be upgraded to Stages 26.1. Therefore upgrade to this version first if not yet done.
+===== Ensure consistent data =====
+To minimize the chance for issues during the upgrade it is recommended to execute ''ensureDatabaseIntegrity.bat|sh'' before upgrading to Stages 26.1.
+To minimize the runtime of ''ensureDatabaseIntegrity'' add the following config properties to config.xml to skip those steps:
+<code xml config.xml>
+<property name="database.cleanup.targets" value="false"/>
+<property name="database.cleanup.associationAttributes" value="false"/>
+</code>
+Note: Stages should be stopped while ensureDatabaseIntegrity is running.
+===== Create Backups Before Upgrading =====
+To be safe in case of any problems during the update, **back up your database and the stages folder **before the upgrade.\\ If the backup is running automated - please check whether the backup was created successfully.
+===== Install Java 25 =====
+===== Install Stages 26.1 =====
+===== Execute Manual Actions =====
+=== server.xml migration ===
+Remove the following lines from ''$STAGES_CONF/server.xml''
+<code xml>
+<Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.CombinedRealm" >
+    <Realm className="de.methodpark.stages.containerauth.SSLAuthenticatorRealm" roles="pki_user"/>
+    <Realm className="de.methodpark.stages.containerauth.SimpleAuthenticationRealm" roles="StagesUser" />
+</Realm>
+</code>
+and
+<code xml>
+<Valve className="org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn" />
+</code>
+remove the Context elements with path="/stages" and path="/reporting":
+<code xml>
+<Context path="/stages" docBase="stages" cookies="true">
+[...]
+</Context>
+<Context path="/reporting" docBase="reporting" cookies="true" >
+[...]
+</Context>
+</code>
+In case one of the Connectors are configured to use protocol "org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Nio**2**Protocol" replace that by "org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol"
+<code xml>
+<Connector port="[...]"
+protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol"
+[...]
+/>
+</code>
+=== Authentication method configuration migration ===
+>//In case SAML SSO is enabled please ensure the idp-metadata.xml file is available in ''$CONF_STAGES''.//
+The ACS URLs changed and because of that the information about Stages in the IDP must be updated. Best case is to take the sp-metadata.xml file and import it on the IDP. Certificates should stay the same.
+The authentication section in the ''config.xml ''file needs to be migrated to a new format. The basic conversion can be done by the following script call. Please review the results in detail and add missing information as the ''idp-metadata.xml'' file from the SAML IDP.
+The original ''config.xml'' will be backed up as ''config.before-26.1.xml''.
+<code bash>
+$STAGES_ROOT/bin/upgradeConfigXml.sh|bat
+</code>
+=== Database access configuration migration ===
+The ''conf/database.properties'' file used in Stages 7.12 and earlier is no longer in use. Database connection settings are now configured in ''conf/config.properties'' and ''conf/secret.properties'' with the following property keys:
+<code properties config.properties>
+database.driver.class.name=
+database.jdbc.url=
+</code>
+They are similar to these properties from conf/database.properties: torque.database.default.driver, torque.database.default.url
+<code properties secret.properties>
+database.username=
+database.password=
+</code>
+and those are the like torque.database.default.username, and torque.database.default.password.
+>Add rewriteBatchedStatements=true as parameter to database.jdbc.url if you are using MySQL.