Installing hotfixes or fixes on a non standad LifeRay installation

LifeRay 6.1 uses a tool called "Patching tool" for hotfixes installation, this tools works ok for a standard LifeRay installation, in case of using a non stanrdad installation directory you must customize the default.properties file  in order to execute the LifeRay's Patching tool.

If you execute patching-tool.sh auto-discovery it doesn't discover correctly the LifeRay installation, in that case you must confugre manually the default.properties fiel, let's see an example:

patching.mode=binary

jdk.version=jdk6

patches.folder=/opt/liferay/patching-tool/patches

war.path=/opt/WebSphere7/AppServer/profiles/Node01/installedApps/Real_LifeRayCell/LifeRay6_1_2.

ear/LifeRay6.1.2.war/

global.lib.path=/opt/liferay/lib

$ ./patching-tool.sh info

Loading product and patch information...

Product information:

 * installation type: binary

 * build number: 6120

 * patching-tool version: 7

 * plugins: no plugins detected

Currently installed patches: -

Available patches:

  [ D] security-hotfix-1-6120 :: Currently not installed; Won't be installed: the same issues were fixed in the following patches(s): core-4-6120

  [ I] plugin-deployment-1-6120 :: Currently not installed; Will be installed.

  [ I] service-builder-1-6120 :: Currently not installed; Will be installed.

  [ I] documents-and-media-2-6120 :: Currently not installed; Will be installed.

  [ D] security-hotfix-2-6120 :: Currently not installed; Won't be installed: the same issues were fixed in the following patches(s): core-4-6120

  [ I] security-hotfix-3-6120 :: Currently not installed; Will be installed.

  [ I] upgrade-2-6120 :: Currently not installed; Will be installed.

  [ I] message-boards-1-6120 :: Currently not installed; Will be installed.

  [ I] dynamic-data-lists-1-6120 :: Currently not installed; Will be installed.

  [ I] tags-and-categories-1-6120 :: Currently not installed; Will be installed.

  [ I] announcements-1-6120 :: Currently not installed; Will be installed.

  [ I] core-4-6120 :: Currently not installed; Will be installed.

State description:

 *: The patch is installed

 I: The patch can be installed on the system

 -: The patch won't be installed because there is a newer version of this patch.

 !: The patch is not compatible with this portal version.

 D: The patch won't be installed as there's a newer patch which fixes the same problem.

 x: The patch won't be installed unless the dependency requirements are met.

 p: patch won't be installed as it contains fixes for a plugin which was not found.

 t: the patch would change the tunnel-web application which couldn't be found.

Now we are going to install all the fixes

$ ./patching-tool.sh install

The installation was successful. 10 patches are installed on the system.

Check fixes status:

$ ./patching-tool.sh info

Loading product and patch information...

Product information:

 * installation type: binary

 * build number: 6120

 * patching-tool version: 7

 * plugins: no plugins detected

Currently installed patches: announcements-1-6120, core-4-6120, documents-and-media-2-6120, dynamic-data-lists-1-6120, message-boards-1-6120, plugin-deployment-1-6120, security-hotfix-3-6120, service-builder-1-6120, tags-and-categories-1-6120, upgrade-2-6120

Available patches:

  [ D] security-hotfix-1-6120 :: Currently not installed; Won't be installed: the same issues were fixed in the following patches(s): core-4-6120

  [*I] plugin-deployment-1-6120 :: Installed; Will be installed.

  [*I] service-builder-1-6120 :: Installed; Will be installed.

  [*I] documents-and-media-2-6120 :: Installed; Will be installed.

  [ D] security-hotfix-2-6120 :: Currently not installed; Won't be installed: the same issues were fixed in the following patches(s): core-4-6120

  [*I] security-hotfix-3-6120 :: Installed; Will be installed.

  [*I] upgrade-2-6120 :: Installed; Will be installed.

  [*I] message-boards-1-6120 :: Installed; Will be installed.

  [*I] dynamic-data-lists-1-6120 :: Installed; Will be installed.

  [*I] tags-and-categories-1-6120 :: Installed; Will be installed.

  [*I] announcements-1-6120 :: Installed; Will be installed.

  [*I] core-4-6120 :: Installed; Will be installed.

State description:

 *: The patch is installed

 I: The patch can be installed on the system

 -: The patch won't be installed because there is a newer version of this patch.

 !: The patch is not compatible with this portal version.

 D: The patch won't be installed as there's a newer patch which fixes the same problem.

 x: The patch won't be installed unless the dependency requirements are met.

 p: patch won't be installed as it contains fixes for a plugin which was not found.

 t: the patch would change the tunnel-web application which couldn't be found.