Updating IBM software in the HCL Commerce Web server Docker images (9.0.1.16+)
To ensure that your site remains up-to-date with any
important fixes that are delivered subsequent to the latest HCL Commerce release,
or to continue to use older HCL Commerce release images, this group of tasks can
be used to manually rebuild custom images to include important IBM stack
updates. Web server Docker
images include the Transaction web Docker container (
ts-web), Tooling Web Docker container (tooling-web), and the Store web Docker container (store-web).
Before you begin
Procedure
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Download
and extract the sample Dockerfile scripts and Installation Manager response
files into the directory where you build your images.
These sample archives place template Installation Manager response files in the correct directories. The archive also contains unique sample Dockerfiles for each stack item to illustrate how to integrate response files for each type of upgrade into the Dockerfile.
For the Transaction Web server, a Dockerfile is constructed from these samples.
The Dockerfile additions can be used to install:- An IBM HTTP Server and Web Server Plug-ins fix pack.
- One or more IBM HTTP Server and/or Web Server Plug-ins interim fixes.
- An update to the IBM HTTP Server and Web Server Plug-ins IBM Java SDK.
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For each WebSphere Application Server fix pack, interim fix, or Java SDK update, edit the
associated Installation Manager response file.
These files contain a
<repository>section that describes the location of the specific installation file, and an<install>section, which includes the specific instructions to Installation Manager on what to install within the container. Each product requires this section to correctly reference its version or ID, and its features.Once created, the name and locations of these files will be referenced within your Dockerfile.
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Create or modify your Transaction Web server image Dockerfile.
Using the following as a template, create or modify your Dockerfile and include values to conform to your prerequisite software update requirements.
For each update within the image, ensure that you duplicate and modify the download, extraction, and installation steps.
For example, if you are including a fix pack, two interim fixes, and an SDK update, there will be a total of four separate wget, unzip, and installation commands.
# Switch to root user USER root # Using current image FROM commerce/image-name:9.0.1.x # Copy the tmp directory COPY SETUP/ /SETUP/ # Create and enter temporary directory RUN mkdir -p /SETUP/tmp/packages/ && \ cd /SETUP/tmp/packages/ && \ # Download update package wget --user=username --password=password ftp://FTP-Server-URL/location-to-file/filename.zip && \ # Extract update package to temporary directory unzip /SETUP/tmp/packages/filename.zip -d /SETUP/tmp/packages/filename && \ # Install update package /opt/WebSphere/IM/eclipse/tools/imcl input /SETUP/ihspluginsResponseFile/install-file.xml -log /SETUP/ihspluginsResponseFile/install-file-log.log -acceptLicense && \ # Delete temporary directory rm -rf /SETUP/tmp/ && \ -