Web Server Compatibility Issues

Java ES Release 5 Web Server does not introduce any changes in public interfaces and is backwardly compatible with earlier versions. However, the new administrative interfaces for deploying web applications impact the upgrade and redeployment of web applications including, for example, Java ES components.

In particular, Release 5 Web Server uses different defaults for instance directories and virtual server names, as shown in the following table.

Table 4–3 Web Server Instance Directories and Virtual Server Names

Item	Java ES 4 Web Server 6.x Default	Java ES 5 Web Server 7.0 Default
Configuration name		hostName.domainName
Instance directory path	WebServer6-base\https-hostName.domainName	WebServer7Config-base https-hostName.domainName
Virtual server name	https-hostName.domainName	hostName.domainName