Upgrade from WCS 5.2.1264 to 5.3.109

[Dani]

What is the best way to upgrade from the 5.2.1264 to the latest 5.3.109 ?

Can I use the latest WebSDK (2.0.259) against the 5.2 and than upgrade to 5.3 ? does 2.0.259 works against both versions ?

is there anything deprecated between 5.2 to 5.3 that might break my site ?

do I need to set anything manually ? or just upgrading the server will keep everything in place ?

 

[Max]

Good day.

What is the best way to upgrade from the 5.2.1264 to the latest 5.3.109 ?

WCS 5.3 may be installed over WCS 5.2: New version installation with previous version update

Can I use the latest WebSDK (2.0.259) against the 5.2 and than upgrade to 5.3 ? does 2.0.259 works against both versions ?

WebSDK build 2.0.259 should work with both WCS major versions.

is there anything deprecated between 5.2 to 5.3 that might break my site ?

Please note that Java 8 is not supported any more in WCS 5.3, you shound install JDK 21 first: JDK installation

do I need to set anything manually ? or just upgrading the server will keep everything in place ?

At lease two steps needed:
1. Install JDK 21
2. Update WCS 5.2 to WCS 5.3

 

[Dani]

If I install the JDK21 while 5.2 is installed - will it keep working ? (I'm running on centos)

 

[Max]

If I install the JDK21 while 5.2 is installed - will it keep working ? (I'm running on centos)

Yes, WCS 5.2 is also tested and working with JDK 21
We recommend you to deploy a staging server, update and test on it, then move it to production use.

 

[Dani]

Thanks, the upgrade instructions seems to work, but the new version didn't get the settings from the old version (server seems to start, but didn't listen on the 433 port) - how can I fix/copy the current settings to the new version ?

 

[Max]

You should start WCS in root mode to bind one of the priileged ports:

systemctl stop webcallserver
/usr/local/FlashphonerWebCallServer/bin/webcallserver set-root-mode enabe
systemctl start webcallserver

Another option is to set up nginx based reverse proxy which listens port 443 and proxying it to WCS port 8080

 

[Dani]

And the actuall settings ? I need to edit conf files ? B/C i think 5.3 didnt take the 5.2 configuration.

 

[Dani]

From stability and reliability is using nginx is better same or worse ?

 

[Max]

And the actuall settings ? I need to edit conf files ? B/C i think 5.3 didnt take the 5.2 configuration.

WCS 5.3 should work with the WCS 5.2 configuration

From stability and reliability is using nginx is better same or worse ?

Using nginx as reverse proxy may be better than direct connection at security point. For example, you can proxy websocker and http connections to WCS with user authentication on nginx.