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Alfresco One, Version 4.2.0 Release Notes

October 29, 2013 The following notes provide detailed information on the Alfresco One, Version 4.2.0 release. Records Management, Version 2.1 is included as part of this release.

4.2.0 Features
Alfresco Enterprise 4.2.0 includes the following new and improved features: New Repository Administration Console: A new repository-based administration console is provided to simplify setup and administration. New administration tools are provided for: Clustering setup, configuration and verification Note: Licence-enabled: clustering will require an enhanced licence key Authentication setup, configuration and verification Database Query Option (as part of the Search Service) o The DB can be used for CMIS query for most query predicates and operators rather than Lucene or Solr. This provides transactional consistency for search results o New database indexes are required to use this feature, please see http://docs.alfresco.com/4.2/topic/com.alfresco.enterprise.doc/concepts/intransmetadata-conf-patch.html for details The following components have been moved from Share Admin Tools to the new Repository Administration Console: o Repository (Activities Feed, Fileservers, License Description, Replication Jobs, Repository Descriptor, Repository Tools, Runtime, Subscriptions, Sysadmin, Workflow) o Search (Lucene, Search Manager, Solr) o Email (IMAP, Inbound, Outbound) o Transformations (OOoJodConverter, OpenOffice System, OpenOffice,Transformer, ImageMagick, Transformer pdf2swf) o Trashcan: Now under the users Profile page The Repository Administration Console is available via: o http://HOSTNAME:PORT/alfresco/s/enterprise/admin Share UI Refresh: o New header design providing better use of available screen space and improved visual appeal o My Files: A personal working area (folder) for user's personal content o Shared Files: Providing a new default location for the repository view to hide 'system' folders such as the Data Dictionary from end users o Quickly navigate to recently accessed sites from the Sites drop-down o Improved document library layout to consolidate toolbars, increase screen space and improve ease-of-use New Document and Media Management Views: o Filmstrip: Shows a large inline preview for the current document, and a list of thumbnails for other documents in the document list o Table View: A column-based, spreadsheet style view Hybrid Workflow

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Initiate a workflow on-premise, automatically sync to cloud and trigger a cloud workflow, return to on-premise workflow when cloud process completes o This requires a license with hybrid synchronization enabled and is turned on via a configuration flag, see http://docs.alfresco.com/4.2/topic/com.alfresco.enterprise.doc/tasks/hybridworkflow-enable.html for details. Rich Media Management: o Video streaming support: Playback a video from any point without waiting for the full video to download o RAW image format support (these are the native formats used by digital cameras) o Improved handling for source and target transformation options User Trashcan o End users can recover or purge deleted items from their own personal trashcan accessed from the users Profile page Site Feed Controls o End users can opt-out of activity feeds on a per-site basis from the list of sites they are a member of via their Profile page o Allows users to control the volume of activities in their activity stream and email notifications Quick Share o Users can easily get a short URL to a document preview page to share with colleagues Download as Zip o Automatically zip and download multiple documents in a single action New Google Docs Integration o Improved user experience with one-click editing and save back actions o Simplified configuration, no requirement for a 'system' Google account Extensibility o Public REST API brings Enterprise 4.2.0 in line with the Cloud Public API o Support for the mandatory features of CMIS 1.1 o Document Library extensible views to allow developers to more easily add custom views to the Document Library o Easier development and customization of Share/Spring Surf applications via widgets & extensibility hooks to avoide code duplication and support easier upgrades Miscellaneous additional enhancements already available in Alfresco Community 4.2/Cloud releases

4.2 API Updates

The following updates have been made to the Alfresco One API. http://docs.alfresco.com/4.2/topic/com.alfresco.enterprise.doc/pra/1/topics/pra-whatsnew.html

4.2 Installation
Please refer to Installing Alfresco for more details. If upgrading from a previous release: Please back up your database and content store (alf_data directory) prior to installation.

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Please note that its important to install the same combination of Alfresco -supplied modules (AMPs) as you had previously. To do so using the Installation Wizard, choose "Advanced" mode. Note that some installation instructions may have changed since the previous release so carefully re-read the instructions for your application server.

4.2 Upgrade
Please refer to Upgrading Alfresco for more details. When upgrading, keep the following in mind:

Solr
The connector settings for Solr have changed from 4.1. For the SSL connector the changes are as follows: Removed: maxSavePostSize Added/changed: clientAuth="want" maxHttpHeaderSize="32768" For example: OLD (4.1): <Connector port="8443" protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol" SSLEnabled="true" maxThreads="150" scheme="https" keystoreFile="C:/alf_installs/enterprise-4.1/solr/solr_data/keystore/ssl.keystore" keystorePass="kT9X6oe68t" keystoreType="JCEKS" secure="true" connectionTimeout="240000" truststoreFile="C:/alf_installs/enterprise4.1/solr/solr_data/keystore/ssl.truststore" truststorePass="kT9X6oe68t" truststoreType="JCEKS" clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS" maxSavePostSize="-1" /> NEW (4.2): <Connector port="8443" protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol" SSLEnabled="true" maxThreads="150" scheme="https" keystoreFile="C:/alf_installs/alfresco42/alf_data/keystore/ssl.keystore" keystorePass="kT9X6oe68t" keystoreType="JCEKS" secure="true" connectionTimeout="240000" truststoreFile="C:/alf_installs/alfresco42/eadqa/alf_data/keystore/ssl.truststore" truststorePass="kT9X6oe68t" truststoreType="JCEKS" clientAuth="want" maxHttpHeaderSize="32768" sslProtocol="TLS" /> Deployment location changes: Solr is not deployed to Tomcat/webapps folder if installed by the installer due to the different behavior of Tomcat 7. It is now deployed to Tomcat/work/Catalina/localhost/solr

Database (Transactional) Query

New database indexes are required to use the database for transactional queries. This patch will not be applied automatically on upgrade. Refer to http://docs.alfresco.com/4.2/topic/com.alfresco.enterprise.doc/concepts/intrans-metadataconf-patch.html for details on how to apply the patch to create the indexes. Please note, for large databases this patch can take some time to complete.

Tips
Clustering
vmware workstation (may also be true for other virtualization products) installs virtual network drivers that can appear on the cluster management as "Connected Non-Clustered Server(s)".
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For example, the IP address from the "Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1" is displayed as a non-clustered server. One simple solution is to disable the vmware network adapters.

Quickshare
Quickshare allows links to be generated to a 'document preview' page. The preview can be accessed without logging in. This feature may be disabled by adding the following to shareconfig-custom.xml: <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Social" replace="true"> <quickshare/> </config> It's also possible to remove the social sharing links (Facebook, Twitter etc) whist keeping the link generation feature. This can be done using the following config in share-configcustom.xml: <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Social" replace="true"> <linkshare/> </config>

Download AS ZIP
The default maximum size for the source files is 2GB. This can be changed by setting the following property in alfresco-global.properties: download.maxContentSize=2152852358

4.2 Known Issues

SEVERITY Critical KEY
ALF-20430

SUMMARY When in a clustered environment, a new "Passthru" element created in the authentication chain using the Administration Console on one node of the cluster does not appear automatically on other nodes of the cluster. When this occurs, it can be resolved by connecting the JMX Console to the other cluster nodes in turn and restarting the authentication subsystem on each one.

COMPONENT Administration Console

Major

When upgrading to Alfresco Enterprise 4.2 the embedded Google Docs v1 integration is not supported. Before upgrading, customers should ensure that any documents checked out to Google Docs for editing are checked back in, and that data relating to the Google Docs v1 integration is removed from all repository content.

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Issues Fixed in 4.2

Please visit https://issues.alfresco.com for details on bugs fixed in this release.

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4.2 Issues reported by customers

Customers have reported the following issues in 4.2.

Other Reported Issues in 4.2

The following issues have also been reported for 4.2.

Records Management 2.1 Features

The following new features have been added to Records Management, Version 2.1 (RM 2.1): In-place Records Management o Low click - Easy - Blended Records Management Automation - Record declaration, filling, completion o Dynamic file plan - Exception handling

Issues Fixed in RM 2.1

Please visit https://issues.alfresco.com for details on bugs fixed in this release.

RM 2.1 Issues reported by customers

Customers have reported the issues in this link.

Other Reported Issues in RM 2.1

The issues in this link are the other issues reported for 4.2.

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