PingFederate Server

Preparing to upgrade PingFederate

Prepare to upgrade PingFederate by completing a number of tasks.

Steps

  • Review the PingFederate release notes for enhancements, upgrade considerations, deprecated features, and other known issues and limitations.

  • Review the post-upgrade tasks.

  • Review potential changes in system and port requirements.

  • Obtain a new license key if needed.

  • Update the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) on your PingFederate servers if needed. Refer to Installing Java for supported Java versions.

    Updating your Java version results in an error when PingFederate is already installed and running as a service on Windows. To work around this issue, uninstall and reinstall the PingFederate Windows service by running the UninstallPingFederateService.bat and InstallPingFederateService.bat files located in <pf_install>/pingfederate/sbin/wrapper.

    When you upgrade the JRE, modify the previously defined paths for the system <JAVA_HOME> and <PATH> environment variables.

  • Complete any unfinished connections (Drafts) in the administrative console if you want to include them in the migration.