HTTP to HTTPS URL Migration Utility

Use the av-update-url migration utility to transform HTTP URLs to HTTPS URLs.

Prerequisites

To run this utility, you need Java5 and ANT in your program path.

  • XPOLICY

You can find the migration utility in this location: C:/Accela/av.install/update-url-utility/. Run the utility from an MS-DOS command window.

To run the migration utility

  1. From the MS-DOS command line, enter
    av-update-url

    The utility reads all possible records that contain http:// and prompts you to choose which ones to update.

  2. Enter Y for each URL you want to convert. Press Enter for any URLs you want to skip.

    You must update any URLs pointing to your Civic Platform web server (s).

  3. Update the URLs in the following database tables:

    • BATCH_JOB

    • BPORTLETLINKS

    • RBIZDOMAIN_VALUE

    Example of URLs you must update:

    http://aa.beta.accela.com

    http://av.beta.accela.com

Sample Utility Output

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av-update-url

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av-update-url : Initializing environment

Usage:

av-update-url [scriptargs]

[-dbtype=*] oracle or mssql

[-host=*] db host

[-port=*] db port

[-db=*] sid or database name on server

[-username=*] db user

[-password=*] db password

[-match=] search pattern. Defaults to "http://"

[-replace=] replacement pattern. Defaults to "https://"

*required

Examples

An example of updating an Oracle database:

av-update-url  -dbtype=oracle -host=10.5.23.26 -port=1521 -db=ASPA -username=aauser -password=mypass

An example of updating an Microsoft SQL database:

av-update-url  -dbtype=mssql -host=SLC-AW-DEMO -port=2433 -db=BRIDGEVIEW -username=accela -password=mypasswd