Introduction

SOS provides JS7 - Patches in a situation of severe bugs or Vulnerabilities.

• Bugs, vulnerabilities and patches are communicated with the SOS Change Management System.
• Find below the information how to apply patches to a JS7 Controller.

Apply Patch On Premises

The Controller expects Java .jar libraries for patches from the following location:

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The <controller-id> part of the above path is specified during installation and defaults to controller, this can point to a different location. The remaining part lib/patches is the same for any installation.

Apply Patch

Apply the following steps to a Controller instance. If a Controller cluster is operated then steps are performed for any Controller instance.

The examples makes use of a patch available from https://download.sos-berlin.com/patches/sos_ldap_for_2.2.2_patch.jar. Do not apply this patch that is used for explanation purposes only.

# navigate to the target directory for patches
cd /opt/sos-berlin.com/js7/controller/lib/patches

# download the patch archive
curl https://download.sos-berlin.com/patches/patch-20220309-JOC-1256-sos_ldap_for_2.2.2_2patch.2.3.jar -O

# navigate to the target directory for patches
cd %ProgramFiles%\sos-berlin.com\js7\controller\<controller-id>\lib\patches

# download from URL https://download.sos-berlin.com/patches/patch-20220309-JOC-1256-sos_ldap_for_2.2.2_2patch.2.3.jar
# copy from download location (could be different from this example)
copy %USERPROFILE%\Downloads\patch-20220309-JOC-1256-sos_ldap_for_2.2.2_2patch.2.3.jar .

Note: A restart of the Controller instance is required to apply the patch.

Remove Patch

Patches are automatically removed when a Controller release is installed using the JS7 - Controller - Installation Using the Windows Graphical Installer.

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Note: A restart of the Controller is required to apply removal of patches.

Apply Patch to Docker® Containers

The Controller container expects Java .jar libraries for patches from the following location:

• Unix
  • /
  • /var/sos-berlin.com/js7/controller/lib/patches

Apply Patch

Remove Patch

Patches have to be manually removed by dropping the files in the patches sub-directory that holds the patch archives.

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