1.9.X RELEASE

THE LATEST RELEASE:

1.9.6 was published on 25.04.2017

DOCUMENTATION OF THE RELEASE:

Read documentation of 1.9.6 release:

IMPORTANT NOTE ON OPENJDK:

with introduction of latest Jetty HTTP server (used by Unity) it was observed that Firefox browser have troubles connecting to Unity launched on some of the OpenJDK distributions (e.g. Fedora). This is due to disabling EC TLS ciphers in affected OpenJDK. In case of troubles please use Oracle Java RE.

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE RELEASE:

There are two distribution formats:

tar.gz bundle which can be unpacked and this way installed in a single directory,
rpm which can be installed system-wide in the Linux standard locations.

The rpm is build and tested on Centos 6, noarch. It should work flawlessly also on SL6 and recent Fedora distributions. We may build packages for other distributions in future, however the tar.gz format should be fully portable. Java 8 JRE is the primary installation prerequisite. For more detailed installation information please check the Unity manual.

1.9.X RELEASE SERIES

The 1.9.0 contains probably the largest amount of new features included in a single release so far. The highlights of the release are:

Enquiry forms – this completely new feature allows for asking existing users about additional data. It is very similar (and as powerful) as the registrations forms intended for prospective users. Users are notified about enquiry via email and can fill it by visiting a link or after logging into Unity.
Form layouts – it is possible now to control the order of elements in a registration (and enquiry) form as well as define separators and custom captions.
Invitations – another new big and very useful feature: it is possible to invite users to fill a registration form. Registration forms can be also marked as by invitation only. Invitation can include pre-set settings for the user, which are used to partially prefill the registration form.
Bulk processing of entities – allows for performing batch operations on entities fulfilling a given criteria. So far only two operations are provided (change status and removal) but more can be easily added in future. It is also possible to schedule bulk processing actions to have an automated maintenance of users.
REST enhancements – The REST API is subsequently improved with each release. This time changes are huge: there is support for managing registration forms, invitations, endpoints and groups. It is possible to enable CORS support. Finally the unity-types module was improved so it can be used as a simple library for Java based REST client applications: most of REST-manageable Unity artifacts can be created via code using this library.
Customized i18n – Unity distribution contains now a complete of Unity internal messages. And it is possible to improve translations or change the defaults.

DETAILED LIST OF CHANGES

RELEASE 1.9.6

Bugs fixed:

601 External SAML authN breaks if metadata is reloaded between entering login page and actual login
599 Problems with Facebook authN
598 Missing AssertionConsumerServiceURL in SAML authN requset causes NPE
592 Enum attribute editor should have predictible ordering of allowed values
589 HTML not interpreted for credential descriptions
588 Some attributes created with output translation profile can not be released

New features:

594 Improved attributes presentation on consent screen
595 Control of attributes hiding on the consent screen
593 Default forward/redirect for the server
590 Add UI option to activate confirmation e-mail resend

RELEASE 1.9.5

Bugs fixed:

587 Registration form attribute collected in automaticOrInteractive mode gets widget with remote attribute
584 Copied translation profile name can not be edited
582 Registration form doesn’t wrap text when opened via public url
583 Enquiry without identity can not be accepted
580 Creation of authN UI takes long time with large SAML federation configured
579 nonce value missing from OIDC authentication response/claim

New features:

575 Add support for permanent account deactivation

RELEASE 1.9.4

Bugs fixed:

564 Preferences retrieval may break user import on SAML IdP WS endpoint
577 Attribute statements evaluation assumes that entity is member of extra group
576 Internationalized SAML metadata is not handled correctly
560 Invalid handling of automatic token validity extension
554 Return proper error information after login with identity which is not a member of a required group for OAuth endpoint

New features:

565 Add forceContinue option to OAuth AS endpoint
563 Flexible SAML singature requiremnts configuration
562 Disable user import per-endpoint
561 OAuth AS endpoint should allow for selecting which identity is used as subject
559 Addressing entities over REST with arbitrary identity

RELEASE 1.9.3

Bugs fixed:

541 Viewing of the output translation profile broken
557 Loading of very large SAML metadata fails
546 Stepper style broken
545 Credential definition change shows invalid error message on chenge with pending requests
544 Password credential edit dialog doesn’t load security question state properly
539 Investigate ‘immortal’ session warning from Jetty
579 nonce value missing from OIDC authentication response/claim
535 REST api returns errors in xml format even if json Accept specified

New features:

549 Full support for ORCID Oauth provider
548 Show invalid credential details for all UIs
547 Integrate support for single file pem truststore
543 Option to disable account association globally per authenticator
540 Add support for provider-specific OAuth user retrieval

RELEASE 1.9.2

Bugs fixed:

534 Update of some registration requests fails in case of pre 1.4 JSON dump
531 Editable attributes are not filtered by group in home UI
533 InitDB should check empty DB flag value and report DB corruption
532 After refresh save button never appear in homeUI, even when it should

New features:

513 Support for ORCID OAuth 2.0 provider
536 Expose registration requests over REST interface
530 Simple token refresh for OAuuth in implicit flow
529 Improve LDAP client performance
528 LDAP import feature

RELEASE 1.9.1

Bugs fixed:

523 Edition of certain registration forms fails
526 Sometimes MVEL parsing error causes UI failure
522 Upgrade of system attribute type tries to overwrite custom type settings
527 Engine content initializers should be run in the configuration-defined order

New features:

525 Improve MVEL handling: allow for local variables
524 Allow for invoking bulk operations via REST

RELEASE 1.9.0

Bugs fixed:

497 Crash during startup when loading translation profiles
521 It is not possible to control endpoints & authenticators via REST and config file simultenaously
518 Production mode service should not crash on missing message
508 Email attribute editor is missing required indicator
503 Standalone registration form fails when optionally remote or group parameters are used
498 Template modifications in webContents doesn’t work
494 It is not possible to create a public registration form collecting X.500 identity as automatic data
492 Registration request with missing optional parameter breaks submission
491 OAuth client credentials grant should support also the userinfo token
490 Possible NPE in export to JSON
483 GitHub as OAuth provider doesn’t work
504 Space in standalone form address is encoded as + in form review panel

New features:

517 Return all (incl local) attribtues from the rest endpoint
515 Expose message bundles to administrators
514 Groups management via REST API
512 Add default logos for supported OAuth providers
511 Support single logout via OAuth
502 Allow for richer HTML in registration form
501 Registration postprocessing action: customized post-submit information
500 Provide information on login statistics per entity
499 Configuration option to skip concurrent login error page
496 REST API for registration forms management
493 Add support for CORS
487 Support ofr inviting prospective users to fill registration form
486 Enrich REST admin API with endpoints management
485 Token revocation in the OAuth token endpoint
484 Increase maximum elements number for allowedReturnURI attribute type
382 Collect newly mandated information/attributes from the “already registered” users
383 Bulk processing of entities
482 Users table in Admin UI should preserve its position after delete
385 Allow arrangement/ordering of form fields while creating or editing the registration forms
459 Upgrade to latest CXF 3

OLDER REVISIONS

Here you can download previous versions from the series and read their documentation: