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- 2.0.0-funcrel
- 2.0.0-beta1

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2.0.0-funcrel

Support for SAML authentication mode in 2.x WAR and ZIP files
Microsoft Windows Service installer
Shutdown script for ZIP file deployment on Linux

Can be used with:

≥ 8.3.3

2.0.0-beta1

Dashboard 2.0 comes with ZIP files (along with WAR files), which allows you to install Dashboard without Tomcat.
Dashboard 2.0 comes with support for SSL connection
Contains customer bug fixes

2.0.0-funcrel

Feature Improvements

Summary	Details
Authentication - SAML	SAML authentication mode is now supported in 2.x WAR and ZIP files. See: https://doc.castsoftware.com/display/DASHBOARDS/User+authentication
Logging - SQL traces	In the 2.0.0-beta1 release, DEBUG and SQL traces were enabled by default, inflating the log file size. DEBUG and SQL traces are now disabled by default, however, they can be enabled if required. See: https://doc.castsoftware.com/display/DASHBOARDS/Configuring+the+Log+and+Audit+Trail#ConfiguringtheLogandAuditTrail-EnablingDEBUGandSQLtracelogs
Deployment - Microsoft Windows Service installer	A batch script is now available to install a Windows Service specifically to handle the startup and shutdown of the deployed ZIP files. Instructions are provided in the installation guide - for example for the Security Dashboard See: https://doc.castsoftware.com/display/SECURITY/Deploy+CAST+Security+Dashboard+using+ZIP+file#DeployCASTSecurityDashboardusingZIPfile-step4Step4-InstalltheMicrosoftWindowsServicetostart/stoptheapplicationserver-optional
Shutdown script for ZIP file deployment on Linux	A shutdown.sh script has been added for those deploying the ZIP files on Linux. For Microsoft Windows deployments not using a Microsoft Windows Service, use the CTRL+C keyboard option to gracefully stop the web application. See: https://doc.castsoftware.com/display/DASHBOARDS/Start+and+stop+2.x+ZIP+deployments

Other Updates

Internal Id

Details

DASHBOARDS-3419

The file hierarchy in the deployed ZIP files has been updated. All configuration files are now located in a folder called "configurations" at the root of the unpacked ZIP. All documentation has been updated to reflect this change.

DASHBOARDS-00000

The custom HTTP status code "470" returned by the RestAPI in v. 1.x when a request is attempted and the user is not authenticated has been changed to a standard "401" status code in v. ≥ 2.x. If you are relying on the RestAPI to return a 470 status when unauthenticated requests are attempted, you should update your custom application to use the 401 status instead. See also https://doc.castsoftware.com/display/DASHBOARDS/User+Session+Services+-+2.0#UserSessionServices2.0-Login.

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
27297	When attempting to use the following AppMarq related RestAPI URL "AAD/datamart/app-health-evolution" an error is displayed "ERROR: duplicate key value violates unique constraint".

2.0.0-beta1

New Features

Summary

Details

Dashboard architecture change in 2.x

Release 2.0.0-funcrel is the first release of the CAST Dashboards that will use Spring Boot technology. In the most basic terms, this means that it is now possible to deploy the CAST Dashboards without the need for a standalone web application server such as Apache Tomcat - the web application server is instead embedded within the delivered dashboard. This will simplify and speed up the deployment of the CAST Dashboards. See https://doc.castsoftware.com/display/DASHBOARDS/2.0#id-2.0-Dashboardarchitecturechangein2.x.

SSL connection to CAST Storage Service / PostgreSQL instance

It is now possible to configure the dashboards to connect to use an SSL encrypted connection to a CAST Storage Service / PostgreSQL instance that is configured to accept incoming SSL connections. See https://doc.castsoftware.com/display/DOCCOM/SSL+encrypted+mode+configuration+for+CAST+Storage+Service+and+PostgreSQL.

Other Updates

Internal Id	Details
DASHBOARDS-3217	Console error on changing assessment model selector
DASHBOARDS-3216	Console error on drill down to exclusion
DASHBOARDS-3264	Background blur when Dialog is open in Action Plan and Exclusion views
DASHBOARDS-3214	Download button hover CSS need to fix for all Violation Tables
DASHBOARDS-3209	Console error with Architecture model view
DASHBOARDS-3293	Architecture models dependency arrows are not correctly oriented
DASHBOARDS-2220	Support of SSL connection
DASHBOARDS-3263	Same tooltip "Download AEP data to a file" is displaying in functional and enhancement size views

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
28144	Mismatch in removed violations count between dashboard (Dashboard open through CMS and WAR)

Known Issues

Internal Id	Details
DASHBOARDS-3326	Dashboard version number is not displaying in Apache Tomcat Manager page.
DASHBOARDS-3325	SQL traces are activated by default in the log file.
DASHBOARDS-3324	Stop or shutdown batch file is not present in Spring Boot ZIP files.
DASHBOARDS-3170	SAML authentication not supported in this release.