This guide gives you some handy hints to upgrade from an archiva 1.0.x instance to a version 1.1.x. It also describes where settings in archiva 1.0.x are stored in archiva 1.1.x, which ones have to be kept, updated or removed.

How to Upgrade

See also: http://archiva.apache.org/docs/1.1.2/adminguide/standalone.html#Upgrading%20Archiva^{Image Removed} (replace 1.1.2 in that link with the version number you are upgrading to)

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