Upgrading deegree webservices

From 3.5.x to 3.6.0

NOTE: Before upgrading to version 3.6 install the latest version of 3.5 (at least 3.5.7)!

Changes in prerequisites and runtime environment

• Requires Java 17
• Requires Java Servlet API 6.0 compliant container (e.g Apache Tomcat 10.1+)
• Requires PostgreSQL 16.0+
• Requires PostGIS 3.4+

Changes in configuration files

• Issue #1616/PR #1708: Requires change of the password format stored in console.pw file used by the deegree admin console.

Changes in behavior

• TBD

From 3.4.x to 3.5.0

NOTE: Before upgrading to version 3.5 install the latest version of 3.4 (at least 3.4.31)!

Changes in prerequisites and runtime environment

• Requires Java 11

Changes in configuration files

• Issue #1495/PR #1496: The XML schema location has been changed. To enable code completion for the last available feature set within your IDE while editing the deegree configuration files you have to change the schema location to https://schemas.deegree.org/core/3.5/.
• Issue #1017/PR #1337: Requires changes to all JDBC database connection files using Apache DBCP:
  • the driverClassName changed from org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource to org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource (Notice the 2 in the package name dbcp2!)
  • the maxActive configuration option has been renamed to maxTotal
  • the maxWait configuration option has been renamed to maxWaitMillis
  • the removeAbandoned configuration option has been replaced by removeAbandonedOnBorrow and removeAbandonedOnMaintenance
• Issue #1157/PR #1441: Syntax of ehcache configuration changed
  • ehcache Migration Guide
  • XML configuration

Changes in behavior

• Issue #1102/PR #1442: deegree no longer sends a version header by default in HTTP response.
• Issue #1494/PR #1489: for protecting deegree's REST API against un-authorized access use the HTTP header or parameter instead of BASIC HTTP Authentication.

Changes in data and storage

• ensure that the PostgreSQL database used for SQLFeatureStore with BLOB mode have the SRID set.