Hello GeoServe-Users, Jody, And reporting back with progress on your earlier question regarding Java 11 - finally. Our server has been upgraded and is now using Java 11. One less on the list of laggards.
The process was -in the end- very uneventful. An IT-expert had prepared some steps and a.o. found that Java 11 was already installed. Setting that as the default version (one command) and restarting Tomcat was all that was needed. >> And a slightly Step-by-step guide 1. Java can have multiple versions installed. If the desired new version is not installed yet on the target system. Please do that first. Follow the available instructions from the site where you are downloading your Java installer from. 2. Which Java versions are installed: > sudo yum list installed | grep -i java #Check the default version for Java (as used by the operating system): > java -version #Check which Java version is used by Tomcat (Tomcat is what supplies Java into Apache, e.g. on the SCOMP1396, which is a requirement for GeoServer). Look in / kijk in /etc/tomcat/tomcat.conf: JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/jre" #Follow the symlinks (to find the original source). > ls -l /usr/lib/jvm/jre lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 21 Oct 10 13:42 /usr/lib/jvm/jre -> /etc/alternatives/jre > ls -l /etc/alternatives/jre lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 55 Oct 10 13:42 /etc/alternatives/jre -> /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-11.0.16.0.8-1.el7_9.x86_64 #Adjusting the default Java version (follow the instruction on screen): > sudo alternatives --config java #Check once more which Java version is the default: > java -version #Restart tomcat to activate the changes for a.o. geoserver > sudo systemctl restart tomcat #Check logging: /var/log/tomcat/catalina-xxxx.log << Kind regards, Jan Tjalling van der Wal jan_tjalling.vander...@wur.nl<mailto:jan_tjalling.vander...@wur.nl> Tel. +31 (0)317-4 87147 # GSM +31(0)626120915 (privé) # # Ma+Di 09:00-18:00, Wo XX, Do+Vr 09:00-18:00 From: Wal, Jan Tjalling van der Sent: 05 September 2022 09:55 To: 'Jody Garnett' <jody.garn...@gmail.com> Subject: RE: [Geoserver-users] java 11 minimum being considered, dropping java 8 Hello Jody, I just checked for the Java-version on https://opengeodata.wmr.wur.nl/geoserver . We are still at Java 8. We will have a look in to a.o. the following and try and upgrade to Java 11: https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk/11/ https://linuxconcept.com/install-java-on-red-hat-7-operating-system/ Is there any specific guidance available for RHEL7 + Tomcat when doing this upgrade? Kind regards, Jan Tjalling van der Wal jan_tjalling.vander...@wur.nl<mailto:jan_tjalling.vander...@wur.nl> Tel. +31 (0)317-4 87147 # GSM +31(0)626120915 (privé) # # Ma+Di 09:00-18:00, Wo XX, Do+Vr 09:00-18:00 From: Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com<mailto:jody.garn...@gmail.com>> Sent: 05 September 2022 00:40 To: GeoServer Users <geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net>> Subject: [Geoserver-users] java 11 minimum being considered, dropping java 8 Wanted to check in with the user list also, a proposal is put forward to drop java 8 (https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GSIP-215<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fgeoserver%2Fgeoserver%2Fwiki%2FGSIP-215&data=05%7C01%7CJan_Tjalling.vanderWal%40wur.nl%7C42c53cd851b04df7ef7908da8ec7d94d%7C27d137e5761f4dc1af88d26430abb18f%7C0%7C0%7C637979286248396481%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=cKqUWzciZtVvQkFGrA%2BJgYqf062UjWFpULedtvuqUMk%3D&reserved=0>) so we can update dependencies and plan Jakarta migration. How many folks are still using Java 8 in production? Is there anything specific holding you back from upgrading to Java 11? Indeed this is something the foss4g code sprint worked on (thanks to Euan Mitchell for initial pull request for docs https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/6137<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fgeoserver%2Fgeoserver%2Fpull%2F6137&data=05%7C01%7CJan_Tjalling.vanderWal%40wur.nl%7C42c53cd851b04df7ef7908da8ec7d94d%7C27d137e5761f4dc1af88d26430abb18f%7C0%7C0%7C637979286248396481%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Lf4%2B0tn0ow4KIG3%2FZS4cUZzbD3V8NkViUIi9ozk%2FtdA%3D&reserved=0>). -- Jody Garnett -- -- Jody Garnett
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