This is wise to upgrade Higson applications (the Studio and Runtime) for a newer version as we are repairing bugs and adding new features, so let’s check how to do it in a few short steps.

IMPORTANT:

• As far higson-studio and higson-runtime are separate applications we truly recommend running them the same version.
• Higson Studio MUST BE STARTED FIRST! Higson Studio is managing the Database Schema!
• If your current version starts with 1.x and you want to bump version do 2.x line later go to this article.

Bump the Studio application first#

Download Studio#

Firstly, download application from here. After filling the form, you will get mail with a link to your download page. Depending on your needs, download the file/files (probably you use a war file with your tomcat).

Shut down old Studio.#

Turn off the Studio App. You probably want to stop all running applications which are using higson-runtime, because we need to modify its database schema.

Remember to create a database backup!#

Due to the fact, there might occur database updates, it would be very helpful if you prepare a Higson’s database backup.

Switch .war files at your tomcat /webapps directory#

Start the Studio Application#

You should be able to see a standard login page (by default: https://{serverUrl}/higson/app)

Bump the Runtime in your applications#

Since Runtime is available at Maven Central repositories, you should only bump its version at your building script, ie: build.gradle, pom.xml etc.