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Confused about upgrading Apache Struts

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I have been tasked with upgrading Apache Struts, running on CentOS 7, to the latest version. I have no idea where to begin. I am not a web developer, I am only a system administrator, so I have no idea where I should even look to figure out how to upgrade this thing. Any and all help will be greatly appreciated!

posted Apr 11, 2018 by anonymous

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Struts is a MVC framework for a web application. That application needs to be modified to use different version of the Struts2 library and depending on what version you're currently running, you may have many changes to make on the application's end.

If that application is owned by your company, hire a Java dev to do this work for you. Save yourself the headache.

If that application is owned by another company and your company bought/contracted/etc that application, contact the vendor and ask them about when they'll patch their software appropriately.

Documents may help:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/Migration+Guide

answer Apr 11, 2018 by Ahmed Patel
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