Apply Patch in Liferay

Following are the steps for install patch in Liferay, Please go through it step by steps.

Here PATCHING_TOOL_HOME = Path to the “patching-tool” directory in your tomcat.

How to do it?

• Stop Tomcat.
• Place the patch(.zip file) in the PATCHING_TOOL_HOME/patches/ directory.
• Open command prompt.
• Go to PATCHING_TOOL_HOME directory.
• Give command “patching-tool auto-discovery” for Windows and “./patching-tool.sh auto-discovery” for Linux.
• Check that default.properties file will be created in PATCHING_TOOL_HOME
  directory.
• Give command “patching-tool install” for Windows and “./patching-tool.sh install” for Linux.
• Patches will be installed successfully and you will get appropriate message for that.
• Give command “patching-tool info” for Windows and “./patching-tool info” for Linux to know installed patches.
• Start Tomcat.
   
   
  Note:-
  For each patch you should have proper patching-tool version otherwise you might face error like

  "The 'hotfix-440' patch's patching tool version number is higher than the patching tool version number: 2 > 1"

   

   From where we can get the patch:-

  • Login with authorized person credential in lifreray.com
  • Go to Places(right corner) > Customer portal > Downloads > Liferay Portal > All Downloads(Patches) > Select version + All patches in Filter type and download appropriate patching-tool zip.

  Hope this help.