To upgrade Coverity Analysis:
- Install Coverity Analysis 2026.9.0 into a new directory. Do not upgrade over an existing installation directory.
- Recreate a configuration for each compiler and programming language of the source
code you intend to analyze. Important: Coverity recommends that you run the following command for Java:
> cov-configure --java - Move your manual configuration changes (if any) from the configuration files in your
previous version of Coverity Analysis to the configuration files for 2026.9.0. Additionally, for C/C++, move your customization changes (if
any) in the install_dir/config/user_nodefs.h
file for a previous version, to the user_nodefs.h file for
2026.9.0. Note: Do not move .xmldb files (located in install_dir/config) that were generated by the previous version of Coverity Analysis. You will instead regenerate them for the latest version of Coverity Analysis in the next step.
- Compile your custom models (if any) from the previous version with the
cov-make-librarycommand for the latest version. - Delete all old intermediate directories.
- Update your existing scripts and paths to point to the new Coverity Analysis location.