The update procedure takes the following steps:

  • Uninstall the Camunda Applications and Archives
  • Replace Camunda Core Libraries
  • Replace Optional Camunda Dependencies
  • Maintain the BPM Platform Configuration
  • Install the Camunda Archive
  • Install the Web Applications
    In each of the following steps, the identifier refers to the current versions and the new versions of the artifacts.

1. Uninstall the Camunda Applications and Archives

First, uninstall the Camunda web applications, namely the Camunda REST API (artifact name like camunda-engine-rest) and the Camunda applications Cockpit, Tasklist and Admin (artifact name like camunda-webapp).

Uninstall the Camunda EAR. Its name should be camunda-oracle-weblogic-ear-$PLATFORM_VERSION.ear.

2. Replace Camunda Core Libraries

After shutting down the server, replace the following libraries in $WLS_DOMAIN_HOME/lib with their equivalents from $WLS_DISTRIBUTION/modules/lib:

  • camunda-engine-$PLATFORM_VERSION.jar
  • camunda-bpmn-model-$PLATFORM_VERSION.jar
  • camunda-cmmn-model-$PLATFORM_VERSION.jar
  • camunda-dmn-model-$PLATFORM_VERSION.jar
  • camunda-engine-dmn-$PLATFORM_VERSION.jar
  • camunda-engine-feel-api-$PLATFORM_VERSION.jar
  • camunda-engine-feel-juel-$PLATFORM_VERSION.jar
  • camunda-commons-logging-$COMMONS_VERSION.jar
  • camunda-commons-typed-values-$COMMONS_VERSION.jar
  • camunda-commons-utils-$COMMONS_VERSION.jar

    3. Replace Optional Camunda Dependencies

Copy the following library from $WLS_DISTRIBUTION/modules/lib to the folder $WLS_DOMAIN_HOME/lib, if present:

  • camunda-identity-ldap-$PLATFORM_VERSION.jar

    Camunda Connect

Copy the following library from $WLS_DISTRIBUTION/modules/lib to the folder $WLS_DOMAIN_HOME/lib, if present:

  • camunda-connect-core-$CONNECT_VERSION.jar

Copy the following library from $WLS_DISTRIBUTION/modules/lib to the folder , if present:

  • camunda-spin-core-$SPIN_VERSION.jar

    Groovy Scripting

Copy the following library from $WLS_DISTRIBUTION/modules/lib to the folder $WLS_DOMAIN_HOME/lib, if present:

  • groovy-all-$GROOVY_VERSION.jar

    4. Maintain the BPM Platform Configuration

5. Install the Camunda Archive

Install the Camunda EAR, i.e., the file $WLS_DISTRIBUTION/modules/camunda-oracle-weblogic-ear-$PLATFORM_VERSION.ear.

6. Install the Web Applications

Deploy the web application $WLS_DISTRIBUTION/webapps/camunda-engine-rest-$PLATFORM_VERSION-wls.war to your Oracle WebLogic instance.

Cockpit, Tasklist, and Admin

Deploy the web application $WLS_DISTRIBUTION/webapps/camunda-webapp-ee-wls-$PLATFORM_VERSION.war to your Oracle WebLogic instance.