Updating outdated software versions

(fr) Pour procéder à une mise à jour, Nous recommandons de désinstaller la version installée, puis de procéder à l’installation de Geoconcept Web en suivant la méthode automatique. Au préalable, il est préférable de faire les sauvegardes nécessaires (Cf. ci-après dans le § Sauvegarde).

Compatibility

JAVA
  • Versions 6.1, 7.0, 7.5 and 2021 of Geoconcept Web are only compatible with version 1.8 of the JVM.
Apache Tomcat
  • We recommend using Apache Tomcat version 8.5.
  • Certain incompatibilities have been flagged up with versions 7.0 of Apached Tomcat.

Creating back-ups

Proceed as follows using 'PROJECT' as the name of the current project:

  • Stop Tomcat
  • Archive the current WAR
  • Save the database

  • Configuration files, in the event that these have been modified. For version 2021 SP1 and later versions, configuration files can be saved via the de-install assistant in “<DATA_HOME>”\backup.

    • “<TOMCAT_HOME>”\conf\Catalina\localhost\geoconcept-web.xml
    • “<TOMCAT_HOME>”\conf\\server.xml
    • “<TOMCAT_HOME>”\lib\geoweb-credentials.properties
[Warning] Warning

You will need to restore the back-up if the PostgreSQL database supplied with the installer is used.

In the event that you want to keep the Tomcat version already present on the server (and avoid its being replaced by the one installed by the installer), you should also:

  • Delete the “<TOMCAT_HOME>”\webapps\PROJET folder
  • Delete the “<TOMCAT_HOME>”\work\Catalina\localhost\PROJET

Finally

  • Empty the browser cache

Updating the War only

Users who wish to update their project (the .War file) exclusively should proceed as follows:

Follow the installation procedure described under here.

  • Choose Custom installation as the installation type.
  • In the Select the components to install step, uncheck all components except for Web App in Geoconcept Web.
  • Next, follow all of the steps in the installer EXCEPT the database configuration step, that you can ignore.

The geoconcept.war file is deployed in the “<GEOCONCEPT_WEB_HOME>”\tomcat\webapps folder. It can be renamed and copied in the “<TOMCAT_HOME>”\webapps\ folder

Change in behaviour

The new versions behave slightly differently.

Widgets

Earlier versions of Widgets are not necessarily updated in the new Portals. In the event of any malfunction or anomaly, from the Composer:

  • Delete the widget;
  • And then recreate it.
CSS

Portals using personalised CSS may be impacted when you change versions. In this instance, you will need to modify the CSS concerned with the editor Cf. Annotation Section, using the style sheet in the appendix as example: cf. house style for a personalised portal.

Changes linked to versions

Geoconcept Web 2021
[Important] Important

(fr) Un changement de comportement au niveau des styles des couches vectorielles oblige lors de la migration depuis n’importe quelle version antérieure à faire les opérations suivantes :

  • (fr) depuis le menu @menu(Administration / Paramètres / Paramètres avancés) passer la valeur du paramètre @menu(geographics / vectorLayer / legacyStyles) à true. Si le paramètre n’existe pas l’ajouter : geographics.vectorLayer.legacyStyles.
  • (fr) depuis le menu @menu(Couches / Couches vectorielles / Styles par défaut), ouvrir le style à associer, dans la liste déroulante Affecter un style aux couches choisir la ou les couches à modifier puis client sur le boutton @button(Affecter).
Geoconcept Web 2021

From Geoconcept Web 2021 onwards, the Starter, Standard and Enterprise versions will disappear and are replaced by a single version featuring the full functionality set.

The old Object manager mechanism is no longer supported from Geoconcept Web 2021, but the documentation is still available in the Appendix.

Selection in the map widgets (Map selection, Map selection using points, and Map selection in a rectangle) have been discontinued and are no longer supported, however they can be reactivated if you contact Geoconcept technical support. We recommend using instead the vector selection tools Selection, Selection by rectangle, circle or polygon.

New geocoding file format. The old *.UGC files are no longer compatible with this version of Geoconcept Web. Files in the new format can be obtained from the download page myGeoconcept or can be built using the 2021 (or later) version of the Geoconcept GIS Generating goecoding files.

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