Upgrading an existing deployment

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If you're upgrading from a previous version of the Apache Linux Integration Kit, modify your existing configuration files.

Stop Apache.
Download the Apache Linux Integration Kit .zip archive from the Add-ons tab of the PingFederate downloads page.
From the .zip archive, copy apache-agent/lib/<your platform>/libopentoken.so to the Apache modules directory.

Edit your existing mod_pf.conf file:

Add the following if it doesn't already exist.

# Enables or disables the "http only" attribute of the cookie. Http only cookies
# inform the browser that the cookie should not be accessible by client-side scripts.
# The default is set to "yes"

PingFederateCookieHttpOnly              yes

Set the value to yes or no to suit your environment. Save the file.

Edit your existing mod_pf.so file:

Add the following if it doesn't already exist.

# (Required)
# The SameSite cookie attribute is set to this value. Set this to match the value of
# 'cookie-samesite-attribute' in the Agent configuration file (defined in
# PingFederateAgentConfigurationFile), if that is defined.
# The allowed values for this setting are: Strict, Lax, None, and Nothing
# The "Strict", "Lax" and "None" value changes the SameSite cookie attribute setting.
# The "Nothing" value leaves the SameSite cookie attribute unset in the OpenToken Session Cookie.
# For the "None" value, you must use secure attributes because cross-site cookies can only be
# accessed over HTTPS connections.
# If the cookie is not secure and the "None" value is selected, the SameSite cookie attribute
# will not be set.
                  
PingFederateCookieSameSiteAttribute	Nothing

Set the value to Strict, Lax, None, or Nothing to suit your environment. Save the file.

Add the following if it doesn't already exist.

# (Optional)
# Enables or disables fragment preservation in requests.
# When set to "yes", preserves request fragment and redirects user back
# to the URI with fragment. 
# To prevent sensitive data leakage, ensure that no sensitive information 
# is present in a preserved fragment.
# The default is "no".
PingFederateEnableFragmentPreservation   no


# (Optional)
# The HTML template used to generate client side (JavaScript-based) redirects for 
# fragment preservation. If not specified, a prebuilt template is used.
# Path may either be an absolute, or relative to the httpd.conf ServerRoot
# definition.

#PingFederateFragmentPreservationPageTemplateFile conf/fragment_preservation_request_template.html

Start Apache.
Update the OpenToken Adapter in PingFederate as shown in Updating the OpenToken Adapter.
Reinstall the Apache Agent as shown in Apache Agent setup.