This guide gives you some handy hints to upgrade from an archiva 1.0.x instance to a new 1.1.x.

Configuration Files

Description	Archiva 1.0.x settings	Archiva 1.1.x settings
Patch for Needed for MRM-227 and the utf8 mysql "bug"	${archiva.base}/apps/archiva/webapp/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/plexus/application.xml	${archiva.base}/apps/archiva/webapp/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/plexus/application.xml
		${archiva.base}/conf/jetty-logging.xml
	${archiva.base}/conf/security.properties	${archiva.base}/conf/security.properties
		${archiva.base}/conf/shared.xml
		${archiva.base}/conf/wrapper.conf

Archiva Settings

archiva.xml has to be kept. It will be automatically updated.

Jetty settings

Description	Archiva 1.0.x settings	Archiva 1.1.x settings
jetty server hostname & http port	${archiva.base}/apps/archiva/conf/application.xml	${archiva.base}/conf/jetty.xml

Databases

Internal databases

Retain data/databases/users directories.

External databases

If your are using some external databases like mysql.

Drivers

Description	Archiva 1.0.x settings	Archiva 1.1.x settings
Put it in	${archiva.base}/core	${archiva.base}/lib

Instances

Archiva 1.0.x	Archiva 1.1.x
Archiva Database	To be truncated
Archiva Users Database	To be kept

Repositories

Keep your repositories content and delete the .index directories of your respective managed repositories, and execute the repository and database scanners after starting Archiva.

Miscellaneous

Description	Archiva 1.0.x settings	Archiva 1.1.x settings
Patch for Needed for MRM-227 and the utf8 mysql "bug"	${archiva.base}/apps/archiva/webapp/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/plexus/application.xml	${archiva.base}/apps/archiva/webapp/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/plexus/application.xml

Child pages

Upgrading from 1.0.x to 1.1.x