PowerFolder Server 17 SP2

  • Release Date: June 2022
  • Build Number: 17.2.101
  • Type: Hot Fix Release


All production builds are starting from X.Y.100* and development builds (not for productive use) are starting from X.Y.1 - 99

* (Where X=Major software version and Y=Service pack number)

ONLYOFFICE EE v7.X

PowerFolder server now supports the OO v7.X in docker or as stand alone installations, for update your installation please visit: ONLYOFFICE Setup Guide

(warning) MS Office 2003 formats e.g.  DOC / XLS / PPT are not supported anymore, a new installation of PF server is installed with the new config. For the existing installation, after update please change the PowerFolder.config as follows:

web.inline_view.onlyoffice.extensions=xlsx|rtf|csv|docx|pptx|txt|pdf|epub|xps|odp|odt|ods 

New Feature: Video Streaming (File Links)

User are now able to create file links from videos and use them as streaming medium, the links are downloadable till the MaxDownload is set to 0, in this case the streaming medium is only read-only and can be accessed as much as possible without downloading.

Upgrade Information

  • Please read this complete Release Notes and instructions before upgrading.
  • Please follow the regular upgrade documentation for Windows or Linux
  • Upgrading any previous version higher or equal to version 11.8
  • Cluster: Running different versions on the servers in the cluster is supported but limited to version >= 14.3.5
  • Java Runtime (JDK) Upgrade (Windows Only, Linux still uses JDK 15)


OpenJDK 17.0.2 GA

Windows

Update the file wrapper.conf in installation path to include the new required additional runtime parameters (changes in bold):

  1. Java Additional Parameters

wrapper.java.additional.1=-Dsystemservice=true
wrapper.java.additional.2=-XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=5
wrapper.java.additional.3=-XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=10
wrapper.java.additional.4=-XX:NewRatio=8
wrapper.java.additional.5=-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
wrapper.java.additional.6=--add-exports=java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED
wrapper.java.additional.7=--add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
wrapper.java.additional.8=--add-opens=java.base/java.lang.reflect=ALL-UNNAMED
wrapper.java.additional.9=--add-opens=java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED
wrapper.java.additional.10=--add-exports=jdk.unsupported/sun.misc=ALL-UNNAMED*

In case you have customized your wrapper.conf please make sure the last five lines are included and all lines have correct running numbers.



Troubleshooting

In case you did not or wrongly apply the changes to wrapper.conf (Windows) your might see the following errors in your logs:

 (error) BasicLazyInitializer Javassist Enhancement failed

or while starting the service on Windows:

In this case please check again and/or contact our support including the files:

  • wrapper.conf

  • Logs

and we will assist you adopting your installation.

Downgrade Information (optional)

  • In case a downgrade to a previous version is necessary:
    • For a downgrade you have to review our downgrade documentation.
    • Simply replace the PowerFolder-Server.jar file with that from the previous version you would like to run.
  • Log messages due to the higher schema version of database can be ignored:
    • [DatabaseMigrator]: Database layout version is newer than expected.

Changes

  • PFS-4015 - Set accounts to active after quota upgrade




  • Release Date: May 2022
  • Build Number: 17.2.100
  • Type: Service Pack Release

Download Links

Changes

  • PFS-4002 - Adopt changes in Onlyoffice ("URL not found in json" error) 
  • PFS-3933 - Folder links: Fix inline view for .txt files 
  • PFS-4014 - Drop support for legacy MS file formats: doc, xls, ppt 
  • PFS-3989 - Security: Protect file links and upload form from brute-force attacks and provide logging 
  • PFS-3813 - File links: Data should be uploaded in exact location indeed of top level folder and refresh the link after upload 
  • PFS-3994 - File links: Provide video streaming option without downloading 
  • PFS-4001 - Android login: Show login screen on expired token 
  • PFS-4004 - Retry Account Discovery immediately after connection timeout 
  • PFIOS-173 - Network: Fix login issue using SAML