MidPoint 3.8 "Watt"
Release 3.8 is a twenty-sixth midPoint release code-named Watt. The 3.8 release brings major performance and scalability improvements. There are also provisioning, security and user interface improvements.
Release date | 13 June 2018 |
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Release type | Production release |
End of support | 13 June 2020 |
James Watt (1736 - 1819) was Scottish inventor best known for his significant improvement of the steam engine. Watt steam engine was more powerful and efficient than early steam engines. Those improvements contributed to economic viability of steam engine, which was a crucial element of industrial revolution. Similarly to Watt's steam engine, midPoint 3.8 brings major improvements to performance, efficiency and scalability. MidPoint 3.8 is designed to handle millions of identities with even higher scaling potential. While fundamental data model of midPoint remains basically the same (and compatible), there were significant improvements to the methods how the data are stored in the database. Handling of the data and especially processing of data changes was also improved. Therefore midPoint 3.8 should be faster. But even more importantly - midPoint 3.8 should be able to work in deployments that were traditionally considered to be beyond the reach of a comprehensive identity management and governance solution. |
Features
midPoint 3.8 provides following features:
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Common identity management data model
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Extensible object types:
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User objects to represent users, physical persons and personas
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Role objects to represent roles, privileges, jobs and so on
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Org objects to represent organizational units, teams, workgroups, etc.
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Service objects to represent servers, network devices, mobile devices, network services, etc.
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Numerous built-in properties
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Extensibility by custom properties
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Completely schema-aware system
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Dynamic schema automatically retrieved from resource
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Support for primitive data types
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Native support of multi-value attributes
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Limited support for complex data types
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Processing and computation fully based on relative changes
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Off-the-shelf support for user password credentials
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Off-the-shelf support for activation (users, roles, orgs, services)
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Enabled/disabled states (extensible in the future)
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Support for user validity time constraints (valid from, valid to)
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Object template to define policies, default values, etc.
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Ability to use conditional mappings (e.g. to create RB-RBAC setup)
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Ability to include other object templates
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Global and resource-specific template setup
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Representation of all configuration and data objects in XML, JSON and YAML
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Annotation support (such as "experimental" and "deprecated" annotation to control data model evolution)
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Identity management
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Support for mapping and expressions to determine account attributes
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Higher-order dependencies (enables partial support for circular provisioning dependencies)
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Provisioning robustness - ability to provision to non-accessible (offline) resources
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Provisioning consistency - ability to handle provisioning errors and compensate for inconsistencies
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Support for tolerant attributes
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Ability to select tolerant and non-tolerant values using a pattern (regexp)
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Support for volatile attributes (attributes changed by the resource)
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Matching rules to support case insensitive attributes, DN and UUID attributes, XML attributes, etc. (extensible)
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Automatic matching rule discovery
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Provisioning scripts
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Ability to execute scripts before/after provisioning operations
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Ad-hoc provisioning script execution
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Object schema validation during import (can be switched off)
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Advanced support for account activation (enabled/disabled states)
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Standardized account activation that matches user activation schema for easy integration
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Ability to simulate activation capability if the connector does not provide it
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Support for account lock-out
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Support for account validity time constrains (valid from, valid to)
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Support easy activation existence mappings (e.g. easy configuration of "disables instead of delete" feature)
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Support for mapping time constraints in activation mappings that allow configuring time-related provisioning features such as deferred account delete or pre-provisioning.
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Ability to specify set of protected accounts that will not be affected by IDM system
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Support for base context searches for connectors that support object hierarchies (such as LDAP)
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Passive Attribute Caching (EXPERIMENTAL)
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Partial multi-tenancy support
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Synchronization
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Ability to execute scripts before/after reconciliation
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Correlation and confirmation expressions
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Conditional correlation expressions
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Concept of channel that can be used to adjust synchronization behaviour in some situations
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Generic Synchronization allows synchronization of roles to groups to organizational units to … anything
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Self-healing consistency mechanism
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Advanced RBAC
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Hierarchical roles
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Conditional roles and assignments/inducements
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Parametric roles (including ability to assign the same role several times with different parameters)
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Temporal constraints (validity dates: valid from, valid to)
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Role catalog
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Role request based on shopping cart paradigm
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Several assignment enforcement modes
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Ability to specify global or resource-specific enforcement mode
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Ability to "legalize" assignment that violates the enforcement mode
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Rule-based RBAC (RB-RBAC) ability by using conditional mappings in user template and role autoassignment and entitlement associations
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GUI support for entitlement listing, membership and editing
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Entitlement approval
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User-friendly entitlement association management
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Identity governance
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Powerful organizational structure management
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Workflow support (based on Activiti engine)
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Declarative policy-based multi-level approval process
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Visualization of approval process
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Object lifecycle property
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Object history (time machine)
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Policy Rules as a unified mechanism to define identity management, governance and compliance policies
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Segregation of Duties (SoD)
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Many options to define role exclusions
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SoD approvals
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SoD certification
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Assignment constraints for roles and organizational structure
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Ad-hoc recertificaiton
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Basic role lifecycle management (role approvals)
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Deputy (ad-hoc privilege delegation)
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Escalation in approval and certification processes
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Rich assignment meta-data
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Data protection (experimental)
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Expressions, mappings and other dynamic features
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Sequences for reliable allocation of unique identifiers
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Python
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Built-in libraries with a convenient set of functions
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PolyString support allows automatic conversion of strings in national alphabets
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Mechanism to iteratively determine unique usernames and other identifier
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Web-based administration user interface
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Ability to execute identity management operations on users and accounts
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User-centric views
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Account-centric views (browse and search accounts directly)
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Resource wizard
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Layout automatically adapts to screen size
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Easily customizable look & feel
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Built-in XML editor for identity and configuration objects
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Identity merge
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GUI support for more complex data in object extension (containers), improved GUI customization (experimental)
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Support for custom static web content
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Self-service
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User profile page
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Password management page
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Role selection and request dialog
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Self-registration
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Email-based password reset
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Connectors
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Integration of ConnId identity connector framework
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Support for Evolveum Polygon connectors
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Support for ConnId connectors
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Support for OpenICF connectors (limited)
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Automatic generation and caching of resource schema from the connector
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Support for connector hosts and remote connectors, identity connector and connectors host type
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Remote connector discovery
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Manual Resource and ITSM Integration
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Simple management of cases - internal midPoint tickets (contributed, experimental)
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Unified Connector Framework (UCF) layer to allow more provisioning frameworks in the future
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Flexible identity repository implementations and SQL repository implementation
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Keeping metadata for all objects (creation, modification, approvals)
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Automatic repository cleanup to keep the data store size sustainable
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Security
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Fine-grained authorization model
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Limited power of attorney implementation
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Organizational structure and RBAC integration
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Delegated administration
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Password management
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Password distribution
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Password retention policy
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Password metadata
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Self-service password management
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Password storage options (encryption, hashing)
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Mail-based initialization of passwords for new accounts
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CSRF protection
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Auditing to file (logging)
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Auditing to SQL table
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Interactive audit log viewer
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Extensibility
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Support for overlay projects and deep customization
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Support for programmatic custom GUI forms (Apache Wicket components)
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Basic support for declarative custom forms
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API accessible using a REST, web services (SOAP) and local JAVA calls
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Reporting
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Scheduled reports
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Lightweight reporting (CSV export) built into user interface
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Comprehensive reporting based on Jasper Reports
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Internals
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Operations
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Lightweight deployment structure with two deployment options:
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Deployment to web container (WAR)
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Comprehensive logging designed to aid troubleshooting
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Enterprise class scalability (hundreds of thousands of users)
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Documentation
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Schema documentation automatically generated from the definition (schemadoc)
Changes With Respect to Version 3.7
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User interface improvements
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User-friendly entitlement association management
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GUI support for more complex data in object extension (containers), improved GUI customization (experimental)
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Simple GUI pages for cases (internal midPoint tickets) contributed by Exclamation Labs
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Support for custom static web content in midpoint home directory
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Support for
experimental
annotation -
Ability to override
experimental
anddeprecated
annotations -
Minor user experience improvements
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Data model improvements
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Full implementation of
subtype
property -
Properties
locality
,costCenter
,preferredLanguage
,locale
,timezone
,emailAddress
andtelephoneNumber
moved up fromUserType
toFocusType
.
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Security improvements
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Negative item enumeration in authorizations (
exceptItem
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Expression code requires just execution-phase authorizations, it does not need request-phase authorizations any more
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Improved password metadata
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Provisioning
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Ad-hoc provisioning script execution
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Improved error handling, especially criticality of ITSM errors
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Provisioning dependencies may use filter in dependency specification
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Performance and scalability improvements
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Optimized database schema for better performance and scalability
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Autoincrement field for audit record storage
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Audit delta and operation result compression
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Miscellaneous improvements
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Improved handling of function library updates
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Minor mapping improvements
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Basic data protection features (experimental)
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Improved SMS gateway support (HTTP POST method)
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Support for
configuration
variable in inbound mappings -
Start scripts for
ninja
tool (ninja.sh, ninja.bat
) -
Improved documentation
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Connectors
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CSV connector supports script execution
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Active Directory connector supports CredSSP version 5 and 6 (see CVE-2018-0886)
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Oracle database 11g is no longer supported.
It is replaced by Oracle 12c database support.
Support for PostgreSQL 9.4 and earlier is deprecated.
PostgreSQL 8.4.x and earlier is no longer supported.
MySQL 5.6 and earlier is no longer supported.
Microsoft SQL 2008 and 2008 R2 are no longer supported.
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 support is deprecated.
Purpose and Quality
Release 3.8 (Watt) is intended for full production use. It belongs to a feature release family, supported only for a reduced time period. Therefore it is intended for users that prefer new features over long-term stability.
All features are stable and well tested - except the features that are explicitly marked as experimental or partially implemented. Those features are supported only with special subscription contract.
Limitations
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MidPoint 3.8 comes with a bundled LDAP-based eDirectory connector. This connector is stable, however it is not included in the normal midPoint support. Support for this connector has to be purchased separately.
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There is an option to modify midPoint to support LDAP and CAS authentication by using Spring Security modules. This method is used in several midPoint deployments. However, such authentication modules are not officially supported as part of usual midPoint subscriptions. Only community-level support is provided for those modules. Commercial-grade support for this authentication method is available, but it has to be explicitly negotiated in a subscription contract.
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MidPoint user interface has flexible (fluid) design and it is able to adapt to various screen sizes, including screen sizes used by some mobile devices. However, midPoint administration interface is also quite complex and it would be very difficult to correctly support all midPoint functionality on very small screens. Therefore midPoint often works well on larger mobile devices (tablets) it is very likely to be problematic on small screens (mobile phones). Even though midPoint may work well on mobile devices, the support for small screens is not included in standard midPoint subscription. Partial support for small screens (e.g. only for self-service purposes) may be provided, but it has to be explicitly negotiated in a subscription contract.
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There are several add-ons and extensions for midPoint that are not explicitly distributed with midPoint. This includes midPoint plug-in for Eclipse IDE, extension of Jasper studio, Java client library, various samples, scripts, connectors and other non-bundled items. Support for these non-bundled items is limited. Generally speaking those non-bundled items are supported only for platform subscribers and those that explicitly negotiated the support in their contract. For other cases there is only community support available. For those that are interested in official support for IDE add-ons there is a possibility to use subscription to help us develop midPoint studio (MID-4701).
MidPoint is known to work well in the following deployment environment. The following list is list of tested platforms, i.e. platforms that midPoint team or reliable partners personally tested with this release. The version numbers in parentheses are the actual version numbers used for the tests.
It is very likely that midPoint will also work in similar environments. But only the versions specified below are supported as part of midPoint subscription and support programs - unless a different version is explicitly agreed in the contract.
Support for some platforms is marked as "deprecated". Support for such deprecated versions can be removed in any midPoint release. Please migrate from deprecated platforms as soon as possible.
Java
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OpenJDK 8 (1.8.0_91, 1.8.0_111, 1.8.0_151)
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Sun/Oracle Java SE Runtime Environment 8 (1.8.0_45, 1.8.0_65, 1.8.0_74, 1.8.0_131)
Web Containers
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Apache Tomcat 8 (8.0.14, 8.0.20, 8.0.28, 8.0.30, 8.0.33, 8.5.4)
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BEA/Oracle WebLogic 12c (12.2.1.3.0) - special subscription required
Web container (application server) support
MidPoint 3.7 introduced Stand-alone deployment form that does not need an application server. This is the primary deployment model for midPoint. The deployment to web container is still supported. However the only supported web container is Apache Tomcat. Other web containers (application servers) may be supported if the support is explicitly negotiated in midPoint subscription. Except for those cases midPoint development team will not provide any support for other web containers. Currently there are no plans to remove support for deployed midPoint installation using a WAR file. However, it is possible that this deployment form will get phased out eventually unless there are active subscribers preferring this deployment method. MidPoint subscription is strongly recommended if you plan to use this method in the future. See also Is Tomcat deployment still supported? in the Frequently Asked Questions section. |
Databases
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H2 (embedded). Supported only in embedded mode. Not supported for production deployments. Only the version specifically bundled with midPoint is supported.
H2 is intended only for development, demo and similar use cases. It is not supported for any production use. Also, upgrade of deployments based on H2 database are not supported. -
PostgreSQL 9 (9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.4.5, 9.5, 9.5.1). Support for PostgreSQL 9.4 and earlier is deprecated.
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MariaDB (10.0.28)
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MySQL 5.7 (5.7)
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Oracle 12c
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Microsoft SQL Server 2012, 2014. Microsoft SQL Server 2012 support is deprecated.
Supported Browsers
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Firefox (any recent version)
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Safari (any recent version)
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Chrome (any recent version)
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Opera (any recent version)
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Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 9 or later)
Recent version of browser as mentioned above means any stable stock version of the browser released in the last two years. We formally support only stock, non-customized versions of the browsers without any extensions or other add-ons. According to the experience most extensions should work fine with midPoint. However, it is not possible to test midPoint with all of them and support all of them. Therefore, if you chose to use extensions or customize the browser in any non-standard way you are doing that on your own risk. We reserve the right not to support customized web browsers.
Microsoft Internet Explorer compatibility mode is not supported.
Important Bundled Components
Component | Version | Description |
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ConnId |
1.4.3.11 |
ConnId Connector Framework |
LDAP connector bundle |
1.6 |
LDAP, Active Directory and eDirectory connector |
CSV connector |
2.2 |
Connector for CSV files |
DatabaseTable connector |
1.4.2.0 |
Connector for simple database tables |
Download and Install
Release Form | Download | Install Instructions |
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Binary |
https://evolveum.com/downloads/midpoint/3.8/midpoint-3.8-dist.zip |
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Source |
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Java API JavaDoc |
https://evolveum.com/downloads/midpoint/3.8/midpoint-api-3.8-javadoc/ |
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SchemaDoc |
https://evolveum.com/downloads/midpoint/3.8/midpoint-3.8-schemadoc/ |
Stand-alone deployment model
MidPoint deployment method has changed in midPoint release 3.7. Stand-alone deployment is now the default deployment method. MidPoint default configuration, scripts and almost everything else was adapted for this method.
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Upgrade
MidPoint is software that is designed for easy upgradeability. We do our best to maintain strong backward compatibility of midPoint data model, configuration and system behavior. However, midPoint is also very flexible and comprehensive software system with a very rich data model. It is not humanly possible to test all the potential upgrade paths and scenarios. Also some changes in midPoint behavior are inevitable to maintain midPoint development pace. Therefore we can assure reliable midPoint upgrades only for midPoint subscribers. This section provides overall overview of the changes and upgrade procedures. Although we try to our best it is not possible to foresee all possible uses of midPoint. Therefore the information provided in this section are for information purposes only without any guarantees of completeness. In case of any doubts about upgrade or behavior changes please use services associated with midPoint subscription or purchase professional services.
Upgrade from midPoint 3.0, 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.3.1, 3.4, 3.4.1, 3.5, 3.5.1, 3.6 and 3.6.1
Upgrade path from MidPoint 3.0 goes through midPoint 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4.1, 3.5.1 and 3.6.1. Upgrade to midPoint 3.1 first. Then upgrade from midPoint 3.1 to 3.1.1, from 3.1.1 to 3.2 then to 3.3, then to 3.4.1, 3.5.1, 3.6.1, 3.7.1 and finally to 3.8.
Upgrade from midPoint 3.7 and 3.7.1
MidPoint 3.8 data model is essentially backwards compatible with previous midPoint versions. However, there were changes that may affect some deployments:
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Object subtype was fully implemented. Subtype is now the recommended way how to sort object such as users into smaller categories and types. Subtype is a direct replacement for
employeeType
,roleType
andserviceType
. Introduction of subtype as step towards schema unification. Existing deprecated properties (employeeType
,roleType
andserviceType
) still work in the same way as they have worked in previous midPoint versions (with one exception, see below). However,subtype
property should be used as a replacement whenever possible. The only difference in functionality is that personas construction will now setsubtype
property in new personas instead ofemployeeType
property as it was in previous midPoint versions. -
Properties
locality
,costCenter
,preferredLanguage
,locale
,timezone
,emailAddress
andtelephoneNumber
moved up fromUserType
toFocusType
. This should be a transparent change for existing objects. Moving those properties up in a type hierarchy allows to use those properties in other focal types (roles, orgs, services).
Even though the basic database model is compatible with the previous versions, the underlying database schema was significantly modified due to performance and scalability improvements. Therefore the usual database-only upgrade procedure is not applicable for upgrades to midPoint 3.8. Export and import of the data is necessary in this case. Therefore following procedure has be followed for this upgrade:
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Upgrade instructions from 3.7.1: Upgrade 3.7.1 to 3.8
MidPoint 3.8 is a release that fixes some issues of previous versions and there were also improvements to existing functionality. Therefore there are some changes that may not be strictly backward compatible with previous versions:
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Version numbers of some bundled connectors have changed. Therefore connector references from the resource definitions that are using the bundled connectors need to be updated.
Changes in initial objects since 3.7 and 3.7.1
MidPoint has a built-in set of "initial objects" that it will automatically create in the database if they are not present.
This includes vital objects for the system to be configured (e.g. role superuser
and user administrator
). These objects may change in some midPoint releases.
But to be conservative and to avoid configuration overwrite midPoint does not overwrite existing objects when they are already in the database.
This may result in upgrade problems if the existing object contains configuration that is no longer supported in a new version.
Therefore the following list contains a summary of changes to the initial objects in this midPoint release.
The complete new set of initial objects is in the config/initial-objects
directory in both the source and binary distributions.
Although any problems caused by the change in initial objects is unlikely to occur, the implementors are advised to review the following list and assess the impact on case-by-case basis:
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000-system-configuration.xml: renamed file to "000" to allow polystring normalizer configuration on initial import, updated logging setting (hibernate)
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030-role-superuser.xml: changed roleType to subtype
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040-role-enduser.xml: changed roleType to subtype, authorizations for function library
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041-role-approver.xml: changed roleType to subtype, authorizations for function library
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042-role-reviewer.xml: changed roleType to subtype, authorizations for function library
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043-role-delegator.xml: changed roleType to subtype, authorizations for function library
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200-lookup-languages.xml: new supported languages: Italian, French
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210-lookup-locales.xml: new supported locales: Italian, French
Bundled connector changes since 3.7 and 3.7.1
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The LDAP connector and AD Connector were upgraded to the latest available version. The reason is a vulnerability in CredSSP protocol version 4 and earlier (CVE-2018-0886). Microsoft implemented CredSSP versions 5 and 6 to mitigate the issue. However those versions are incompatible with previous versions, therefore new implementation has to be done in the connector.
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CSV connector now supports script execution (executing operating system commands).
Behavior changes since 3.7 and 3.7.1
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Parsing of search filters was made a bit more strict: certain classes of errors related to type and exists filter clauses are now checked during filter parsing instead of previous approach that checked them when the filter was to be applied. This means that roles or other objects containing such malformed filters are only partially usable: they can be read from the repository (to be used during midPoint execution, displayed via standard GUI or on Repository objects page); however, such objects cannot be modified in any way. The only way how to modify them is to fix malformed filters first using Repository objects page.
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Result of a task object is not returned by default. It has to be explicitly requested.
Public interface changes since 3.7 and 3.7.1
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REST interface was extended with experimental password reset method.
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Audit table was extended and modified
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id
column inm_audit_event
table is now generated by default (auto increment) -
Columns
delta
andfullResult
inm_audit_delta
table are compressed using GZIP
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Important internal changes since 3.7 and 3.7.1
These changes should not influence people that use midPoint "as is". These changes should also not influence the XML/JSON/YAML-based customizations or scripting expressions that rely just on the provided library classes. These changes will influence midPoint forks and deployments that are heavily customized using the Java components.
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Definition of Unified Connector Framework (UCF) interface was changed to improve error handling. As this is experimental interface, please see source code history for description of changes.
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Definition of Java manual connector interface (abstract classes) was changed. As this is experimental interface, please see source code history for description of changes.
Known Issues and Limitations
As all real-world software midPoint 3.8 has some known issues. Full list of the issues is maintained in bug tracking system. As far as we know at the time of the release there was no known critical or security issue.
There is currently no plan to fix the known issues of midPoint 3.8 en masse. These issues will be fixed in future maintenance versions of midPoint only if the fix is covered by a support agreement or subscription. No other issues will be fixed - except for severe security issues that may be found in the future.
The known issues of midPoint 3.8 may or may not be fixed in following releases. This depends on the available time, issue severity and many variables that are currently difficult to predict. The only reliable way how to make sure that an issue is fixed is to purchase midPoint support. Or you can fix the bug yourself. MidPoint is always open to contributions.
This may seem a little bit harsh at a first sight. But there are very good reasons for this policy. And in fact it is no worse than what you get with most commercial software. We are just saying that with plain language instead of scrambling it into a legal mumbo-jumbo.
There is a support to set up storage of credentials in either encrypted or hashed form. There is also unsupported and undocumented option to turn off credential storage. This option partially works, but there may be side effects and interactions. This option is not fully supported yet. Do not use it or use it only at your own risk. It is not included in any midPoint support agreement.
Native attribute with the name of 'id' cannot be currently used in midPoint (MID-3872). If the attribute name in the resource cannot be changed then the workaround is to force the use of legacy schema. In that case midPoint will use the legacy ConnId attribute names (icfs:name and icfs:uid).
JavaDoc is temporarily not available due to the issue in Java platform. This issue is fixed in Java 9 platform, but backport of this fix to Java 8 is (quite surprisingly) not planned.
Credits
Majority of the work on the Watt release was done by the Evolveum team. However, this release would not be possible without the help of our partners, customers, contributors, friends and families. We would like to express our thanks to all the people that contributed to the midPoint project both by providing financial support, their own time or those that maintain a pleasant and creative environment for midPoint team. However, midPoint project would not exist without proper funding. Therefore we would like to express our deepest gratitude to all midPoint subscribers that made midPoint project possible.
Disclaimer
Planned release dates are just that: they are planned. We do not promise or guarantee release dates. Software development is a creative activity that includes a lot of inherent risk. We are trying really hard to provide the best estimates. We are not able to provide precise dates for releases or deliveries. Do not rely on midPoint release dates. Plan your project properly to address the risk of delayed midPoint releases.
Planned scope of midPoint releases is also an estimate. MidPoint development process always includes the balancing of the iron triangle. Therefore planned release scope may change at any time. There is a method to make sure that midPoint releases will work well for your project and that method is platform subscription.
We do not make any claims that midPoint is perfect. Quite the contrary. MidPoint is a practical software, developed by living and breathing developers and deployed in a real world. There are both known and unknown issues in midPoint. Also, midPoint is not feature-complete. New features are introduced in midPoint all the time. But not all of them are completed. There are always some limitations. As the license states, midPoint is provided "AS IS". Please do not rely on midPoint functionality that you have not tested to make sure that it works. MidPoint support and subscription programs are a way how to handle those issues. But even with support service, do not rely on functionality that is not documented. If you plan to use undocumented or non-existing functionality, platform subscription is the right service for you.