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Generally, follow the standard update procedure.

magnolia.properties file

Check your magnolia.properties file for the presence of the following lines which configure a directory for loading file system resources and the file types Magnolia should observe in the classpath and reload on-change:

magnolia.resources.dir=${magnolia.home}
magnolia.resources.classpath.observation.pattern=.*\\.(ftl|yaml)$

The Vaadin widgetset in EE Pro

If you had EE Pro 5.4.x or previous and are installing EE Pro 5.6: Due to component personalization bringing in new features to the page editor, you must replace the widgetset in the magnolia.properties file. Either replace or add (depending on the update path):

magnolia.ui.vaadin.widgetset=info.magnolia.widgetset.MagnoliaProWidgetSet

Apache Derby vs

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H2

If you used a version of Magnolia with an the Apache Derby database, make sure you keep your magnolia.repositories.jackrabbit.config setting in your magnolia.properties file. Magnolia 5.6 bundles now ship with the following default setting:

magnolia.repositories.jackrabbit.config=WEB-INF/config/repo-conf/jackrabbit-bundle-h2-search.xml

This setting may not be compatible with your setup.

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Did you use STK?

Standard Templating Kit (STK) was deprecated on September 15, 2017 and will reach end of life on December 31, 2018. The replacement for STK is Magnolia Templating Kit (MTK), first released with Magnolia 5.4 on July 3, 2015. MTK is quicker to learn than STK and requires fewer skills. MTK is aimed at the increasing number of front-end developers who looked for something leaner and less time-consuming. MTE is front-end framework agnostic, which means you can integrate it with any modern framework such as Bootstrap or Foundation.

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