How to upgrade to Java 17 for AM and IG Apps in 7.3 in AWS EKS

[sandeepk24]

Please let me know if we need to update the docker file what the supported version as per FRG documentation for AM and IG Pods.

[lee-baines]

Hi @sandeepk24. Yes you will need to follow the steps in the forgeops doc here: https://backstage.forgerock.com/docs/forgeops/7.3/how-to/base-docker-images.html. It explains how to build the java-17 image then you can build the AM/IG images to include that. 7.3 uses java-17 by default so I'm guessing you have upgraded on an older version of the products?

[sandeepk24]

Hey @lee-baines thank you for the response. We have 7.3 currently installed and want to upgrade the Java 17 to 21 on IG and 11 to 21 on AM. We have Java 11 used for the am and 17 for IG pods to build dockers images. And they look like are default configurations.
Below is the docker file:

FROM gcr.io/forgerock-io/ig:2024.3.0

COPY debian-buster-sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list

ARG CONFIG_PROFILE=cdk
RUN echo "*** Building '${CONFIG_PROFILE}' profile ***"
COPY --chown=forgerock:root config-profiles/${CONFIG_PROFILE}/ /var/ig
COPY --chown=forgerock:root . /var/ig

USER root
RUN mkdir /logs && chown -R forgerock:root /logs
RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y curl && apt-get install vim -y && apt-get install less -y && apt-get install zip -y && apt-get install unzip -y
USER 11111

[sandeepk24]

Also how is this install coming for current default deploy? The java versions are different for different apps.

[sandeepk24]

Hi @lee-baines,

I see this has Java 21
https://gcr.io/forgerock-io/ig:2024.6.0.

FROM gcr.io/forgerock-io/ig:2024.6.0

Is there a Release notes where we can refer to see what changes have been made from ig:2024.3.0 to ig:2024.6.0?

Thanks,
Sandeep

[lee-baines]

Hi @sandeepk24, sorry for not getting back sooner. Yes unfortunately the products aren't aligned on the base Java image version yet but they are working towards that. All the product pipelines are built independently so the Java version is set upstream. This page explains the supported Java versions compared to the IG versions:
https://backstage.forgerock.com/docs/ig/latest/release-notes/before-you-install.html