Upgrade Information

Please read the complete Release Notes before upgrading.
The following steps have to be done before upgrading to this version:
- Linux: Please exchange the old PowerFolder-Server.sh file against the new one and add your customized settings into this new script.
- Windows: Please add the following settings in your wrapper.conf file located in %programdata%/PowerFolder
  - wrapper.app.parameter.2=-c
  - wrapper.app.parameter.3=PowerFolder
The webserver can now get controlled manually. Please look at the new configuration entry. (web.threadpool.min, web.threadpool.max, web.acceptors)
Please follow the regular upgrade documentation for Windows or Linux
Upgrading any previous version is possible.
Cluster: Running different versions on the servers in the cluster is supported but limited to version >= 11.5 when using LDAP.
Federation API is incompatible to versions below 11.6. Please review our documentation before upgrading.
For upgrading from a version < 11.4 please read the Upgrade information for the 11.4.565 release.

Mandatory checks before upgrading

If using the federation new settings are in Preferences to activate the federation or the federated login.
- For the best user experience the update should be done on all federated services at the same time if possible.
Check if your service is running on an URI. With version 11.7 this is not possible any longer. Only base DNS names are working.

Downgrade information (optional)

In case a downgrade to a previous version is necessary:
- Version 11.6 is forward and backward compatible to older and newer versions.
- Simply replace the PowerFolder-Server.jar file with that from the previous version you would like to run.
- Downgrading to version 11.6 deactivates the federation functionality. To activate it you have to enable the setting server.federation.login_enabled in configuration file.
When you are using LDAP authentication and downgrading below version 11.5:
- Enter your PowerFolder.config file before starting the server.
- Delete the entries LDAP.<index>.
- Delete the x in front of the old LDAP configuration entries.
Log messages due to the higher schema version of database can be ignored:
- [DatabaseMigrator]: Database layout version is newer than expected.

Bugfix

PFS-3347 - Inivitations are not functioning in combination of PFC v14.5 and PFS v11.8

Task

[PFS-3288] - Files API: Restore time frame should match deleted date not last modified date of file
[PFS-3284] - Analyze and speed up LDAP login

[PFS-3197] - File restore API: Add parameter overwrite=false to skip existing files from bulk restore

[PFS-2579] - "Default profile requires a server" error message when saving a profile
[PFS-2836] - Federation invite not possible to Shibboleth accounts
[PFS-2933] - Federated invitations not possible for accounts only existing on LDAP server but not in database yet