PowerFolder Server 18 FINAL

• Release Date: October 2022
• Build Number: 18.0.101
• Type: Service Pack Release

Download Links (Please use higher server versions to update?

• Linux 
• Windows

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)

folders.mount.dynamic=false
server.sync.mandatory=false

New Feature: QR Codes for File-Links

The file links can now be shared through QR codes, in order to obtain one, please call a created file-link URL and copy the code in the browser.

New Feature: Service Migration

PowerFolder provides the opportunity to migrate a complete on-premise setup the PowerFolder Cloud without any downtime using API. This feature can also help a service provide to update the cloud components to new standards or replace the old hardware.

 If you want to use this feature please book an consultancy appointment with PowerFolder-Support team.

Default Server Configurations 

All of the following PowerFolder configuration entries are turned on an active from v18 FINAL and higher: 

file_link.random_ids.enabled=true
server.sync.mandatory=true
storage.stickyness.accounts=true
folder.storage.path.check=true

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

• Service Migration of On-Premise Installations into PowerFolder Cloud
• PF-1820 - Activate all new features of version 17 and 16 by default for new systems 
• PFS-4050 - Set orgs to ACTIVE on target system: Switch accounts to target system
• PFS-4011 - Links: Provide QR-Code for share 
• PFS-4034 - Show invitations on top of the folder 
• PFS-4058 - Fix "download" button in file links 
• PFS-4057 - Fix "download" of top level folders 
• PFS-3873 - Fix quota for SAML accounts after merging from external DB accounts 
• PFS-3988 - Recycle bin: Fix clean up recycle bin in admin settings 
• PFS-4044 - Provide logging when user leave a shared folder 
• PFS-4045 - Provide logging when user changes its password through my account 
• PFS-4056 - Fix scrolling and search in Organization 
• PFS-4046 - Hide "delete" button when the server setting is set to folder owner 
• PFS-4067 - Support retrieval of hosting servers with 2000+ folders in client