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Updating the Elasticsearch Plugins after Applying the WebCenter Portal Bundle Patch fails with Error: Please specify ELASTIC_SEARCH_HOME_DIR_PARENT (Doc ID 2677720.1)

Last updated on JUNE 17, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle WebCenter Portal - Version 12.2.1.4.0 and later
Oracle WebCenter Portal for OCI - Version 12.2.1.4_24.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Updating the Elasticsearch Plugins after applying the WebCenter Portal bundle patch 12.2.1.4.200408 fails with the following error:

ERROR

Error: Please specify ELASTIC_SEARCH_HOME_DIR_PARENT.


STEPS

The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:

  1. Make a backup of this file:
    [MW_HOME]/wcportal/es/installES.properties

    e.g.:
    cp installES.properties installES.properties_pre_patch

  2. Install the latest WebCenter Portal bundle patch.

  3. Replace the installES.properties with the one from the backup.
    e.g.:

    cp installES.properties_pre_patch installES.properties

  4. Run this command: to update the Elasticsearch Plugins:

    $ORACLE_HOME/oracle_common/common/bin/wlst.sh updateESPlugins.py installES.properties

    The error occurs.

Changes

 

Cause

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