[Unity-idm-discuss] Release 1.9.0 is available

[Krzysztof B. <go...@ic...>]

Dear Subscribers,

Finally, after 4 months of development, the 9th feature-release of Unity 
is ready. This probably the largest (in terms of new features) release 
so far.

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



The highlights of the release are:

* Enquiry forms - this completely new feature allows for asking existing 
users about additional information: updated terms of use, additional 
attribute, different credential or... anything else. 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.


As usual see http://www.unity-idm.eu/site/downloads for more details.

Best regards,
Krzysztof