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- Stop your IdP (or stop the servlet container, eg. Tomcat), and stop Apache httpd too, if you're using it.
- Make a back-up copy of your
$IDP_HOME/confdirectory (recent versions of the IdP installer should not overwrite your config unless you answer "yes" in point 7 below). - Download the .zip archive of the most recent Shibboleth IdP 2.x and unzip the archive. Do not use the .msi installer for upgrading an existing IdP 2.x installation.
- If you don't already have one, it's a good idea to create a source directory specifically for storing the IdP unzipped archives. This makes it easier to manage any additional libraries or branding you might have.
- Copy your additional libraries (e.g. JDBC drivers or plugins and/or filters, like uApprove) into the
lib/directory (i.e.lib/inside the source directory where you unzipped the archive; not$IDP_HOME/lib/, which is inside the deployment directory). - If using User Password authentication, reapply any branding you have made: ie. copy your customised
login.jspetc. pages into the/src/main/webappsubdirectory of the unzipped archive. - Open a command window and cd to the top-level directory of the unzipped archive
- Set the JAVA_HOME variable to the location of your jre, eg. export JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_40/jre"
- Run the install script from the command line (
install.shon Unix machines,install.baton Windows).- Provide the location of your
$IDP_HOMEdirectory. - Answer "no" when the installer asks if you wish to overwrite your configuration files.
- Provide the location of your
- If your config files have been overwritten (eg. due to human error) copy the files from your back-up back in to your
$IDP_HOME/confdirectory. - Start your IdP (or the servlet container), and start Apache httpd too, if you're using it.