Upgrade from Release 9 to MC 25-03

Introduction

This documentation is divided into 2 parts:

Part 1 describes the actual update of the containers and comes in two options
- Option 1 in case you use our recommended docker compose setup.
- Option 2 in case you have a custom setup. It describes the relevant changes that come with Simplifier MAKERS CHOICE 25-03 in a generic way.
Part 2 describes steps which have to be done independently of the container orchestration mode.

Make sure you read our Release Notes and Migration Notes for all MAKERS CHOICE releases since Simplifier 9 before you start upgrading your instance. The Release Notes and Migration Notes only mention the changes between the named MAKERS CHOICE release and its direct predecessor. You need to follow them beginning with MAKERS CHOICE 25-01. These are:

Release Notes and Migration Notes for Simplifier MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
Release Notes and Migration Notes for Simplifier MAKERS CHOICE 25-03

Part 1: Upgrading Simplifier

Option 1: Upgrade using default docker compose

Step 1 – Shutdown Simplifier Instance

Go to the directory where you placed the docker-compose file. Switch into that folder:

cd docker-compose

To stop Simplifier, run

docker compose down

Step 2 – Get Simplifier setup files

Hint: If you have changed docker-compose.yml, make a backup of docker-compose.yml and add your changes to the new version.

You could use

git stash

and

git stash pop

for this.

To make a copy and revert your changes:

git stash
git restore docker-compose.yml

Update the content and switch to the new release branch:

git pull
git checkout --track origin/release/MC

Step 3 Update .env

Make a copy of your .env file

cp .env .env.9

Copy the template as new .env

cp .env.template .env

Edit the new .env file

nano .env

You must adjust the first 4 entries to your needs:

# these 4 variables need to be changed
SIMPLIFIER_HOSTNAME=example.simplifier.cloud
INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD=MyAdminSecret12
DB_PASSWORD=MySecret123
DB_ROOT_PASSWORD=MySuperSecret

We recommend setting these values to the ones you used in your previous .env file. DB passwords are not automatically changed if you change them here.

Attention: The initial password of user ‘admin’ is also changed if it is still set to ‘admin’ and was never changed. For more details see the variable list below.

Optional: a list of all env variables with a short description. Change these as needed.

SIMPLIFIER_HOSTNAME	Simplifier Hostname, FQDN, without protocoll. To access Simplifer, https://${SIMPLIFIER_HOSTNAME} needs to be used
INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD	Initial password for user admin. If the admin account exists and its password has never been changed, the environment variable INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD needs to be set, otherwise Simplifier will stop the boot process and log a message mentioning the variable. The variable is ignored, if the password for admin has been changed (even if it has been changed back to the default value)
DB_PASSWORD	MySQL Database Password
DB_ROOT_PASSWORD	Password for the MySQL root user
DB_NAME	Database name for the Simplifier database. Used as prefix for all plugin/module databases.
SIMPLIFIER_VERSION	Version of Simplifier you want to install. You should not change this. If you want to have another Simplifier version, please check out the appropriate branch instead
HOST_DATA_PATH	Path were all data is stored in the host.
INSTANCE_PREFIX	Prefix for all containers. Should resemble the instance type of this environment. Typical values are: dev, qa, prod
PUBLIC_PORT_HTTP	Public port for HTTP route. Default 80.
PUBLIC_PORT_HTTPS	Public port for HTTPS route. Default 443.
PLUGINLIST	List of all plugins which should be started. Technically, the Workflow Engine is not a plugin, so it is not mentioned here
SIMPLIFIER_JVM_HEAP_GB	How much heap space for Simplier App Server in GB
TZ	Timezone. Only used in Workflow Context
WF_RT_JVM_HEAP_GB	How much heap space for Workflow Runtime in GB
WF_ARCHIVE_TIME	At which time should the Workflow Archive Job run? Format: hh:mm
WF_ARCHIVE_INTERVAL	Deprecated. Don’t use this.
WF_ARCHIVE_MAX_AGE_COMPLETED	Deprecated. Don’t use this.
WF_DT_JVM_HEAP_GB	How much heap space for Workflow Designtime in GB
LAUNCHPAD_JVM_HEAP_GB	How much heap space for Launchpad in GB
DEBUG_CHROME_DEV_TOOLS_EXPOSED_PORT	Port used to connect to the debugger. This port needs to be open in your firewall setup. (Read more)
PDFPLUGIN_SECURITY_ALLOW_JAVASCRIPT	Should Javascript execution be allowed in PDF templates? (Read more)
TRACKING_BEHAVIOR	Default: consent – each user is asked for consent. on – tracking is activated without asking for consent. off – tracking is disabled

Step 4

Start Simplifier

docker compose up -d

Option 2: Generic upgrade instructions, if you are not using our default docker compose setup

To upgrade to Simplifier MAKERS CHOICE 24-11, shut down Simplifer and change the container image name from

simplifierag/simplifier:9
simplifierag/launchpad:9
simplifierag/workflow-designtime:9
simplifierag/workflow-runtime:9

simplifierag/simplifier:2503
simplifierag/launchpad:2503
simplifierag/workflow-designtime:2503
simplifierag/workflow-runtime:2503

You need to set the environmental variable ‘INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD’, else the boot process will be stopped, if the admin user still has the old default password

Part 2: Doings after upgrade

Step 1: Update Simplifier Standard Content

Download the latest Standard Content from Marketplace and import it to your Simplifier Instance. Make sure using import scenarios ‘Overwrite all’ or ‘Skip unchanged’ (recommended).