PowerFolder Server 11 SP2

PowerFolder Server 11 SP2 Release Notes

• Release date: Dec 2016
• Build number: 11.2.312

Upgrade information

• Please follow the regular upgrade documentation for Windows or Linux.
• No extra steps or configurations are required during this upgrade. Upgrading any previous version is possible.
• Cluster: Running different versions on the servers in the cluster in supported.
• Skins and E-Mail templates: No update required.
• Translations: Several new translations were added.

• Database: Migration will be automatically performed (new schema version 153).

• Windows:  Please check/adopt file wrapper.conf regarding your memory configuration.

• In case of WARN  or SEVERE  log messages regarding database:

  • Please check if the indexes mentioned in the migration SQL script exist in your database.

  • If not: Manually execute the attached migration SQL script on your database: For PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS_SQL and ForeignKeys.

Downgrade information (optional)

• In case a downgrade to a previous version is necessary:
• Version 11.2 is forward and backward compatible to older and newer versions.
• Simply replace the PowerFolder.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.

New documentation

• Threadpool configuration

• Added new API Endpoints:

  • https://wiki.powerfolder.com/display/PFS/Organizations+API#OrganizationsAPI-Action:setJSON

  • https://wiki.powerfolder.com/display/PFS/Organizations+API#OrganizationsAPI-Action:removeJSON

  • Accounts API#Action:merge

• Added new configuration entry: database.connections.max

  • Default value: database.connections.max=500

  • Purpose: Configures the maximum number of SQL connections of this application server to the database server.

Improvements

• PFS-1994 - Embedded encryption of files at rest at backend went from beta to stable
• PFS-2151 - Integration with Malware protection by Securepoint
• PFS-1147 - List entries in admin, organizations are now limited, sortable and search
• PFS-1280 - Do not create desktop shortcut on Server
• PFS-1957 -  Automatic cleanup of duplicate folders
• PFS-1959 - Reduce logging when cleaning up timed out ONLYOFFICE sessions
• PFS-1978 -  Register Dockerfile client/server to DOCKER HUB
• PFS-1998 - ONLYOFFICE Licensing - Count Users
• PFS-2033 - Throw runtime exception if database transaction fails
• PFS-2150 -  Write current skin colors into Default.config in skin directory
• PFS-2154 - Option to switch ONLYOFFICE language
• PFS-2158 - Improve displayed information when creating documents or sub-folders
• PFS-2164 - Reduce WARN to INFO of message "Unable to authenticate user"
• PFS-2166 - Configurable max connections to database 
• PFS-2167 - Accounts API: Add acction "merge" to merge two or more accounts
• PFS-2183 - Mark users as organization administrators on the user account list tab
• PFS-2188 - New custom (json) properties for organizations
• PFS-2192 - Create Testcase for OrganizationDAO#findByDomain
• PFS-2193 - Accounts API: Do not remove organizatzion if no organizationID parameter was passed
• PFS-2194 - Add organization name to deletion dialogue
• PFS-2195 - Select best server for recipient of invite when using dynamic folder mounting
• PFS-2199 - Proper creation of index of MySQL for long fields and FK index for PostgreSQL and MSSQL
• PFS-2200 - Reduce log warning regarding ReadWriteCache 
• PFS-2211 - Avoid duplicate entries of computers/devices at My Account
• PFS-2220 - Optimize/Stabilize Folder Move
• PFS-2244 - Not execute login script when calling API
• PFS-2248 - New API actions for Account: setJSON and removeJSON
• PFS-2249 - Create Testcases for PathUtils#*Visitor methods
• PFS-2250 - New cluster distribution policy: by fewest folders
• PFS-2251 - Write server keep-alive information in meta-folder of maintenance folder

Bugfixes

• PFS-1657 - Hardcoded exclude of .snapshot directories
• PFS-1719 - SSL Wizard now contains a checkbox to use existing key or upload a new one
• PFS-1847 - ONLYOFFICE can now open *.odt and *.odf files
• PFS-1922 - 0 byte files when operating in cluster
• PFS-1977 - Stickyness with load balancers not working for admin user
• PFS-2008 - Folder-invitations are not properly synchronized in cluster environment. Store invitations in database 
• PFS-2045 - Avoid duplicate folders when setting up multiple folders at once from client
• PFS-2159 - Newly created documents will display wrong creation date
• PFS-2169 - Translation error when recovering the password
• PFS-2174 - Settings to open files in web revert back to default settings
• PFS-2191 - Group editor: Don't restrict search for accounts to group's organization if configured otherwise
• PFS-2196 - Server node online detection via storage is now more reliable
• PFS-2201 - Download link SSLWizard is not working
• PFS-2203 - New ONLYOFFICE documents have a date from September
• PFS-2206 - Invitations from the client don't arrive
• PFS-2207 - Unable to clear file history
• PFS-2210 - Fixed problem while comitting to database: Deadlock found when trying to get lock; try restarting transaction
• PFS-2216 - Unable to delete folder invitations to LDAP- or Shibboleth- Users
• PFS-2217 - Preference to open documents is changed after an update from 10.6 to 11.0
• PFS-2226 - Passwort protected links re-direct to internal hostname when accessing them in Chrome
• PFS-2237 - Download Links are no longer opening in Browser
• PFS-2242 - Unable to save preferences
• PFS-2243 - Server shutting down with error while migrating invitations
• PFS-2245 - Owner-invitation is not automatically deleted after accepting it
• PFS-2246 - Unable to upload files into encrypted-folders in web interface