We added a new ldap-diff command-line tool that can be used to compare the contents of two LDAPv3 servers. Any differences identified will be written to a specified file as LDIF change records that may be used to update the source server to match the target server. The tool attempts to minimize the memory required to perform the comparison, and it can use multiple passes to avoid potential false positives that result from delays in replication or changes made while the tool is running.
We updated the ldifsearch tool to provide support for presenting the results in alternative output formats. It now supports the same formats as ldapsearch, including LDIF, JSON, CSV (single-valued and multi-valued), tab-delimited text (single-valued and multi-valued), DNs only, and values only.
We updated the LDIF reader to make it possible to customize the size limit that it imposes for values read from a file referenced by URL. This limit is a safety feature that prevents consuming too much memory when encountering a reference to a very large file, but the size limit was previously hard-coded to be 10 megabytes. That is still the default, but it’s now possible to use the com.unboundid.ldif.LDIFReader.maxURLFileSizeBytes system property to set an alternative limit.
We augmented the LDAP SDK’s debugging support to make it possible to automatically have debug messages written to a file specified by the com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.debug.file system property. This is intended to be used in conjunction with other debugging-related system properties to enable support for debugging in existing applications without the need for a code change.
We lowered the debug level for exception messages that may be logged as a result of a SocketTimeoutException that is caught internally in the course of trying to determine whether a connection in a connection pool is still valid. This is a completely normal condition that was previously inadvertently logged at a WARNING level. This could potentially mislead people into thinking that it’s a problem, or at the very least make it harder to find debug messages that are actually important. It is now logged at the FINEST level, so it will only be visible at the highest level of verbosity.
We updated support for the Ping Identity Directory Server’s matching entry count control to make it possible to request extended response data, including whether the search is fully indexed, whether identified candidate entries are known to be included in the scope of the search, and any remaining portion of the filter that was not used in the course of building the set of candidate entries.
We updated support for the Ping Identity Directory Server’s generate profile administrative task to clarify that all included paths must be relative rather than absolute. Those paths will be treated as relative to the server root, and relative paths that reference portions of the filesystem outside the server root will not be allowed.
We updated the documentation to include the latest revision of draft-coretta-x660-ldap in the set of LDAP-related specifications.
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We have just released version 6.0.1 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, and it is available in the Maven Central Repository. You can find the release notes at https://docs.ldap.com/ldap-sdk/docs/release-notes.html, but here’s a summary of the changes included in this version:
We added a new
ldap-diff
command-line tool that can be used to compare the contents of two LDAPv3 servers. Any differences identified will be written to a specified file as LDIF change records that may be used to update the source server to match the target server. The tool attempts to minimize the memory required to perform the comparison, and it can use multiple passes to avoid potential false positives that result from delays in replication or changes made while the tool is running.We updated the
ldifsearch
tool to provide support for presenting the results in alternative output formats. It now supports the same formats as ldapsearch, including LDIF, JSON, CSV (single-valued and multi-valued), tab-delimited text (single-valued and multi-valued), DNs only, and values only.We updated the LDIF reader to make it possible to customize the size limit that it imposes for values read from a file referenced by URL. This limit is a safety feature that prevents consuming too much memory when encountering a reference to a very large file, but the size limit was previously hard-coded to be 10 megabytes. That is still the default, but it’s now possible to use the
com.unboundid.ldif.LDIFReader.maxURLFileSizeBytes
system property to set an alternative limit.We augmented the LDAP SDK’s debugging support to make it possible to automatically have debug messages written to a file specified by the
com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.debug.file system property
. This is intended to be used in conjunction with other debugging-related system properties to enable support for debugging in existing applications without the need for a code change.We lowered the debug level for exception messages that may be logged as a result of a
SocketTimeoutException
that is caught internally in the course of trying to determine whether a connection in a connection pool is still valid. This is a completely normal condition that was previously inadvertently logged at aWARNING
level. This could potentially mislead people into thinking that it’s a problem, or at the very least make it harder to find debug messages that are actually important. It is now logged at theFINEST
level, so it will only be visible at the highest level of verbosity.We updated support for the Ping Identity Directory Server’s matching entry count control to make it possible to request extended response data, including whether the search is fully indexed, whether identified candidate entries are known to be included in the scope of the search, and any remaining portion of the filter that was not used in the course of building the set of candidate entries.
We updated support for the Ping Identity Directory Server’s generate profile administrative task to clarify that all included paths must be relative rather than absolute. Those paths will be treated as relative to the server root, and relative paths that reference portions of the filesystem outside the server root will not be allowed.
We updated the documentation to include the latest revision of draft-coretta-x660-ldap in the set of LDAP-related specifications.