1. Release Notes for Oracle HTTP Server
  2. Lifecycle Management Information

3 Lifecycle Management Information

This section describes the lifecycle management information for Oracle HTTP Server.

Upgrading from Earlier Releases of Oracle HTTP Server

Oracle HTTP Server 14.1.2.0.0 allows direct upgrade from 12.2.1.4.0 release only. An upgrade from other releases are not supported as the Upgrade Assistant does not provide an option for older releases.

To upgrade your Fusion Middleware environment (and Oracle HTTP Server) to 14.1.2.0.0 from an earlier release, follow the instructions in Upgrading with the Upgrade Assistant.

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Other Upgrade Notes

The current release of Oracle HTTP Server is based on Apache Server 2.4. If you are using an earlier release of Oracle HTTP Server, note the following:

FilterProvider

The syntax of the FilterProvider directive under mod_filter has changed in Apache 2.4. This directive must be upgraded manually.

See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_filter.html and http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html.

Authorization and Access Control

There have been significant changes in authorization and access control configuration in Apache 2.4. Oracle HTTP Server Upgrade Assistant does not upgrade the authorization and access control directives to the new configuration style. Instead, Oracle HTTP Server includes the mod_access_compat module to provide compatibility with old configurations.

Oracle recommends that you manually upgrade the authorization and access-control configuration to Apache 2.4 style. See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html#run-time.

umask Settings

From Oracle HTTP Server 12c (12.2.1) onwards, a new property is introduced in ohs.plugins.nodemanager.properties file to specify the umask setting.

Note:

The file name is ohs.plugins.nodemanager.properties not ohs.nodemanager.properties.

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