Log modification steps and backup all manual changes

To modify the ARIS installation or add third party files to your installation, such as JDBC drivers, SAP JCo adapters, SSL certificates, etc., you are recommended to use the ACC reconfigure and enhance commands. However, some modifications cannot yet be performed by ACC, for example, modifications made in configuration files, such as:

ARIS server

<installDir>\server\bin\work\work_abs_<sizing>\base\webapps\abs\downloadClient\config\arisloader.cfg

<installDir>\server\bin\work\work_abs_<sizing>\base\webapps\abs\config\defaultServerSettings.cfg

Warning

Any changes made to these files will be lost after an update. You must repeat your documented changes to those files after each update. Note that some of those changes might also no longer be relevant in the new ARIS version.

Expect any files copied manually into an installation will be gone after an update. Therefore, archive these files and document where they need to be copied back to after the update.

Certificates stored in the JRE of the ARIS agent are overwritten by an update. If you update ARIS server, the latest JRE containing its own cacert keystore are installed. Certificates stored in the JRE of the ARIS agent are used, for example, if you use SSL access and ARIS Aware Dashboards or LDAP.

If you previously had added certificates to your current system to allow SSL connections between ARIS server and external systems, you must make these certificates available again after each update of the ARIS agent.

Any manual changes and physical modifications made on an ARIS installation, such as adding files, are not preserved during an update. Only modifications made using the reconfigure and enhance ACC commands are safe unless stated otherwise.

Make sure to note each manual step done after the initial ARIS installation in an installation protocol.

Of course, all content that you enter into ARIS (models, users, documents, collaboration comments etc.) via the UI or official interfaces is preserved during an update.