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<topic id="upgrade-license-servlet">
  <title>Upgrading Your HTTP License Server</title>
  <prolog>
    <metadata>
      <keywords>
        <indexterm>HTTP floating license server<indexterm>Upgrading</indexterm></indexterm>
      </keywords>
    </metadata>
  </prolog>
  <body>
    <p>The goal of the following procedure is to help you minimize the downtime when you upgrade the
      HTTP License Server to its latest version.</p>
    <p>Follow this procedure:<ol id="ol_pck_fmk_vs">
        <li>Access the license server by following the link provided by the Tomcat Web Application
          Manager page. If prompted for authentication, use the <b>admin</b> credentials.</li>
        <li>Click the <uicontrol>View license key</uicontrol> link and copy the displayed license
          key to a file for later use.</li>
        <li>Go to the Tomcat Web Application Manager page, log in with the user you configured with
          the <b>admin</b> role, and <i>Undeploy</i> the license server.</li>
        <li><xref href="https://www.oxygenxml.com/license_server.html#floating_license_servlet"
            format="html" scope="external">Download the Web Archive (WAR) distribution of HTTP
            license server</xref>.</li>
        <li>Deploy the downloaded license server.</li>
        <li>Access the license server by following the link provided by the Tomcat Web Application
          Manager page. If prompted for authentication, use the credentials configured for the
            <b>admin</b> user.</li>
        <li>Paste the license key into the form and register it.</li>
      </ol></p>
  </body>
</topic>
