Release notes for Magnolia CMS 6.2.8
LTS release • Delivered on April 26, 2021 • Changelog: 11641
Magnolia CMS 6.2.8 is a bug-fixing and security release that comes earlier than planned to fix a compatibility issue related to the Connector Packs, the Digital Asset Management module and the External DAM module. The issue was identified in specific configurations of some of our customers who intended to upgrade to Magnolia CMS 6.2.7.
Improvements
New SSO module released
Shortly before Magnolia CMS 6.2.8, we introduced the SSO module.
This module delegates authentication from a Magnolia instance to an OpenID Connect identity and access
management application. In the recently released version 1.1, we have decoupled the module from Keycloak
and improved the parsing of the groups property.
JCR Browser and Pages apps added to App launcher via decoration
The JCR Browser and Pages apps have been removed from the JCR App launcher configuration and added via decoration instead. In case of a custom App launcher configuration, you might need to update this resource file or provide your own decoration to move it from the default location. For example:
appLauncherLayout:
groups:
edit: #Remove from the default location
apps:
pages-app:
enabled: false
manage: #You can still use the old JCR configuration here instead
apps:
pages-app:
enabled: trueAssets app can check whether asset providers are enabled
In the DAM API, the new info.magnolia.dam.api.AssetProvider#enabled
property allows you to disable a particular asset provider if, for instance, it does not
have the necessary credentials to access the assets. The default value for the property is true.
Setting the property to false hides the related DAM subapp in the UI and prevents it from starting.
You can also use definition decoration to configure the property. For example:
providers:
bynderProvider:
identifier: bynder
enabled: false
class: info.magnolia.external.dam.bynder.BynderAssetProvider
renderers:
bynder:
class: info.magnolia.external.dam.bynder.BynderAssetRenderer
proxyMode: true
mediaTypes:
audio: 'audio/*'
video: 'video/*'Specific metadata stripped when nodes are duplicated or copied
With this release, the following publishing-related node type properties and their values are excluded when you duplicate a node:
-
mgnl:activationStatus -
mgnl:lastActivated -
mgnl:lastActivatedBy -
mgnl:lastActivatedVersion -
mgnl:lastActivatedVersionCreated
The mgnl:lastModified and mgnl:lastModifiedBy properties are also excluded when you copy a node.
Third-party library updates
This release comes with third-party library updates to fix some security and compatibility issues as well as improve performance. The following are the most notable updates:
We keep the details of security fixes private in line with our security policy. Contact our Support team if you need more information.
Others
Known issues
If you are upgrading from an earlier version, read the Upgrading to Magnolia page first and check the Known issues page.