What's new in censhare 2021
New features and functionality, release notes, changes and new and updated documentation for censhare releases 2021.x.
Versions
censhare 2021.2.5
Release date: September 01, 2022
Release summary
This is a revision release.
This patch addresses quality issues and findings that we encountered in the previous versions of censhare WP. We always strongly recommend to thoroughly test any new release first on your test and development environments before moving to a production environment. We are continuously working on improving our product and will continuously release additional patch releases with potential additional enhancements and fixes.
Release Notes
For a full list of resolved issues, see the censhare Release Notes.
Changes
Changed behavior in building and deploying customized frontend code for censhare Web
Known issues
Known conceptual and functional issues. The list is not intended and does not serve as a binding and complete bug and missing features list.
A list will be available soon.
censhare 2021.2.4
Release date: April 14, 2022
Release summary
This is a revision release.
This patch addresses quality issues and findings that we encountered in the previous versions of censhare WP. We always strongly recommend to thoroughly test any new release first on your test and development environments before moving to a production environment. We are continuously working on improving our product and will continuously release additional patch releases with potential additional enhancements and fixes.
Release Notes
For a full list of resolved issues, see the censhare Release Notes.
Changes
Changed behavior in building and deploying customized frontend code for censhare Web
Known issues
Known conceptual and functional issues. The list is not intended and does not serve as a binding and complete bug and missing features list.
What's new in documentation 2021.2.4
If you would like to share your feedback on the documentation or find any inconsistencies, please create a support ticket.
- Add new users to Keycloak
Keycloak user authentication requires users to have an account in Keycloak or to be linked to it, for example via LDAP. Learn how to create an account directly in Keycloak.
- Authorization mapper
Learn how to add censhare user roles and domains and how they are synchronized between the censhare Server and Keycloak.
- censhare WP - Initial configuration
Initial configuration of censhare WP, including Webpack and the required Keycloak settings.
- censhare WP - RPM-based installation
censhare WP uses Webpack technology and requires Keycloak for identity management. Follow this tutorial to set up censhare WP.
- censhare WP - Updating
How to carry out RPM-based updates for censhare WP components and tools.
- Mail service - RPM-based installation
Learn how to install the Mail service with RPM.
censhare 2021.2.3
Release date: March 22, 2022
Release summary
This is a revision release.
It delivers fault revisions (bug fixes) and minor improvements to the licensed software and the documentation.
Release Notes
For a full list of resolved issues, see the censhare Release Notes.
Changes
No changes.
Known issues
Known conceptual and functional issues. The list is not intended and does not serve as a binding and complete bug and missing features list.
What's new in documentation 2021.2.3
- censhare server, database and tools requirements
Hardware and software requirements for censhare Server, the database and censhare tools for censhare 2021.x versions.
- censhare WP - Components and architecture
Overview of the components and architecture of censhare WP
- censhare WP - Initial configuration
Initial configuration of censhare WP, including Webpack and the required Keycloak settings.
- censhare WP - RPM-based installation
censhare WP uses Webpack technology and requires Keycloak for identity management. Follow this tutorial to set up censhare WP.
- censhare WP - Updating
How to carry out RPM-based updates for censhare WP components and tools.
- Configure Keycloak for external authentication
censhare requires external authentication using Keycloak as identity broker. Keycloak runs as a service on the host. Learn how to configure Keycloak to use it with censhare.
- Setup in censhare
The CI HUB integration is part of all censhare web-packed installations. This article explains necessary steps to set up the integration.
- What's new in censhare 2021
New features and functionality, release notes, changes and new and updated documentation for censhare releases 2021.x.
censhare 2021.2.2
Release date: March 04, 2022
Release summary
This is a revision release.
It delivers fault revisions (bug fixes) and minor improvements to the licensed software and the documentation.
Release Notes
For a full list of resolved issues, see the censhare Release Notes.
Changes
No changes.
Known issues
Known conceptual and functional issues. The list is not intended and does not serve as a binding and complete bug and missing features list.
What's new in documentation 2021.2.2
- censhare WP - Initial configuration
Initial configuration of censhare WP, including Webpack and the required Keycloak settings.
- Authorization mapper
Learn how to add censhare user roles and domains and how they are synchronized between the censhare Server and Keycloak.
- Install the Adobe plugin
The XMLCommand plugin for Adobe creates a close integration between Adobe InDesign and the Java-based censhare Client. This integration allows you to edit Adobe InDesign documents directly in censhare. A guide through the installation of the XMLCommand plugin.
- System requirements 2021
Read this information carefully before you install or upgrade censhare. If you have any doubts about the compatibility of your environment, please contact our Service desk.
- censhare server, database and tools requirements
Hardware and software requirements for censhare Server, the database and censhare tools for censhare 2021.x versions.
- Communicate on assets
Start or continue a discussion about any asset by publishing your own messages in censhare Web. Assign topics, assets, or mark a preview to further specify your comments.
- About the Adobe plugin
Find relevant enhancements and functionality of the censhare Adobe plugin.
censhare 2021.2.1
Release date: February, 2022
Release summary
This is a revision release.
It delivers fault revisions (bug fixes) and minor improvements to the licensed software and the documentation.
For a full list of resolved issues, see the censhare Release Notes.
Changes
AngularJS was replaced by AngularJS XLTS.
For more changes, see (2021.2) Third-party libraries.
Known issues
Known conceptual and functional issues. The list is not intended and does not serve as a binding and complete bug and missing features list.
Known issues censhare 2021.2.1
What's new in documentation 2021.2.1
- censhare WP - Initial configuration
Initial configuration of censhare WP, including Webpack and the required Keycloak settings.
- Change password (censhare Client)
Learn how to change your censhare user password.
- Upgrade Keycloak
Learn about the steps to upgrade Keycloak to a later version.
- macOS Big Sur & Apple ARM architecture support
With the introduction of macOS 11 (Big Sur) and the transition from an Intel architecture to the Apple ARM architecture, there are important changes regarding the censhare Client, Virtual file system (VFS) and the Adobe plugin (XML command plugin).
- What's new in censhare 2021
New features and functionality, release notes, changes and new and updated documentation for censhare releases 2021.x.
- Setup in censhare
The CI HUB integration is part of all censhare web-packed installations. This article explains necessary steps to set up the integration.
- Add new users to Keycloak
Keycloak user authentication requires users to have an account in Keycloak or to be linked to it, for example via LDAP. Learn how to create an account directly in Keycloak.
- Change your password
Learn how to change your censhare user password.
- censhare WP - RPM-based installation
censhare WP uses Webpack technology and requires Keycloak for identity management. Follow this tutorial to set up censhare WP.
- Enable password change
Learn how to enable password change for censhare Web and censhare Client via Keycloak.
- Configure Keycloak for external authentication
censhare requires external authentication using Keycloak as identity broker. Keycloak runs as a service on the host. Learn how to configure Keycloak to use it with censhare.
- About the Adobe plugin
Find relevant enhancements and functionality of the censhare Adobe plugin.
censhare 2021.2.0
Release date: November, 2021
Release summary
This is a feature release.
It delivers performance improvements, architectural changes and new features and functionalities.
censhare Release Summary 2021.2
Release notes
Release webinar (internal only)
Requirements & compatibility
(2021.2) Third-party libraries
Changes and deprecations
Changed and deprecated features for all censhare releases
Known issues
Known issues censhare 2021.2.1
What's new in documentation 2021.2
censhare WP
If you want to install a new censhare system or update your system to censhare 2021.2 or above, it is mandatory to install or update to censhare WP and Keycloak.
- Upgrade Keycloak
Learn about the steps to upgrade Keycloak to a later version.
- Change password (censhare Client)
Learn how to change your censhare user password.
- About the Adobe plugin
Find relevant enhancements and functionality of the censhare Adobe plugin.
- Enable password change
Learn how to enable password change for censhare Web and censhare Client via Keycloak.
- Setup CI HUB in censhare
The CI HUB integration is part of all censhare web-packed installations. This article explains the necessary steps to set up the integration.
- RPM installation tutorial
Check the database setup as follows, for example: [corpus@censhare-CentOS7 ~]$ CheckJDBC.sh Starting JDBC check using oracle JDBC jar file: 'app/common/lib/ojdbc8-18.3.0.0.jar' using PostgreSQL JDBC jar file: 'app/common/lib/postgresql-42.3.3.jar' java -Djava.security.egd=file:///dev/urandom -cp bin/censhare-launcher.jar:app/common/lib/*:app/common/lib/ojdbc8-18.3.0.0.jar:app/common/lib/postgresql-42.3.3.jar com.censhare.server.client.CheckJDBC master Jul 13, 2022 4:59:28 PM com.censhare.server.config.ConfigResolver init INFO: Using default config dir: /opt/corpus/censhare/censhare-Server/app Jul 13, 2022 4:59:28 PM com.censhare.server.config.ConfigResolver init INFO: Using custom config dir : /opt/corpus/censhare/censhare-Custom/censhare-Server/app Jul 13, 2022 4:59:28 PM com.censhare.server.config.ConfigResolver init INFO: Using runtime config dir: /opt/corpus/work/runtime.master Jul 13, 2022 4:59:28 PM com.censhare.server.config.ConfigResolver refresh INFO: Refreshing last changes Jul 13, 2022 4:59:29 PM com.censhare.server.config.ConfigResolver scanConfig INFO: scanned file:///opt/corpus/censhare/censhare-Server/app/ in 130ms Jul 13, 2022 4:59:29 PM com.censhare.server.config.ConfigResolver scanConfig INFO: scanned file:///opt/corpus/censhare/censhare-Custom/censhare-Server/app/ in 3ms Jul 13, 2022 4:59:29 PM com.censhare.server.config.ConfigResolver scanConfig INFO: scanned file:///opt/corpus/work/runtime.master/ in 23ms Jul 13, 2022 4:59:29 PM com.censhare.server.config.ConfigResolver refresh INFO: Refreshing configuration for url: file:services/database/ Jul 13, 2022 4:59:29 PM com.censhare.server.config.ConfigResolver refreshFromDefaultOrCustomScanner INFO: Found 8 config changes. Connecting to database with user 'corpus' and url: jdbc:postgresql://10.42.74.174:5432/corpus Connecting to database with properties: {oracle.jdbc.FreeMemoryOnEnterImplicitCache=true, oracle.jdbc.TcpNoDelay=true, user=corpus} Connected! SQL test successful. Found 0 parties. database.version: 2022.1.0.0000 successfully done.
- Add new users to Keycloak
Keycloak user authentication requires users to have an account in Keycloak or to be linked to it, for example via LDAP. Learn how to create an account directly in Keycloak.
- Initial configuration for CGW, SRS, and additional services
Initial configuration for censhare tools: Cloud Gateway and Static Resource Server
- Change your password
Learn how to change your censhare user password.
- censhare WP - Initial configuration
Initial configuration of censhare WP, including Webpack and the required Keycloak settings.
censhare 2021.1
Release date: July, 2021
Release summary
Release notes
Known issues
censhare known conceptual and functional issues 2021.1
Changes and deprecations
Changed and deprecated features for all censhare releases
Also note the following important changes:
Support of macOS 11 (Big Sur) & Apple ARM (Silicon) platform
With the introduction of macOS 11 (Big Sur) and the transition from an Intel architecture to the Apple ARM architecture, there are important changes regarding the censhare Client, Virtual file system (VFS) and the Adobe plugin (XML command plugin).
VFS 2.0 on macOS compatibility
New clients, which ship with VFS 2.0, will no longer be compatible with macOS computers that have VFS 1.1.5 (KEXT) installed.
For more information, see our VFS compatibility guidelines!
What's new in documentation 2021.1
- About the Adobe plugin
Find relevant enhancements and functionality of the censhare Adobe plugin.
- censhare Client installation with VFS on Apple ARM architecture
Learn about specifics of VFS on Apple ARM platforms (M1) regarding Kernel extensions (KEXT).
- Configure dynamic download formats
When users share or download asset files, they often need different file formats. For example, different image sizes or resolutions. With dynamic download formats, you can provide different formats on-demand without a physical storage item.
- Configure Single-relation widgets
Display and manage related assets with a certain relation type. The single relation widget allows users to manage assets of one relation type to the current asset. Learn how to configure the widget in censhare Web and how to create widget configurations in XML workspace templates.
- Configure the system asset - censhare Web
- Define password policies
Define password and login rules for the censhare Server. Configure the server actions to send new passwords.
- Delete user passwords
This server action must not be used in production systems.
- Image cropping - transformation variant
With this transformation, you can create arbitrary image crops with a fixed aspect ratio as a variant of the source image.
- macOS Big Sur & Apple ARM architecture support
With the introduction of macOS 11 (Big Sur) and the transition from an Intel architecture to the Apple ARM architecture, there are important changes regarding the censhare Client, Virtual file system (VFS) and the Adobe plugin (XML command plugin).
- Manage user accounts
Create users and manage the account settings.