Installing the Patching Tool
Subscribers
The Patching Tool is easy to install and update.
Installation
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Download the Patching Tool from the Customer Portal.
- For DXP 7.3+, download the latest Patching Tool.
- For DXP 7.2, download the latest version of Patching Tool 2.x.
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Unzip the Patching Tool to your Liferay Home folder (recommended) or to another folder.
The Patching Tool folder patching-tool
includes the patching-tool.sh
script.
To print the Patching Tool help message, execute this command in the patching-tool
folder:
cd patching-tool
./patching-tool.sh help
Updating the Patching Tool
The Patching Tool reports when a patch you’re installing requires a newer Patching Tool version. Here’s how to update the Patching Tool:
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Download the Patching Tool from the Customer Portal.
- For DXP 7.3+, download the latest Patching Tool.
- For DXP 7.2, download the latest 2.x version of the Patching Tool.
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Back up your existing Patching Tool
.properties
files. -
Overwrite the existing Patching Tool by unzipping the new one to the
patching-tool
folder’s parent folder (typically Liferay Home).
The Patching Tool is ready to configure with your DXP installation.