5.5.68 Release (October 2023)

New Features and Enhancements

The following table lists new feature and enhancements for this release.

Description

Product

FLEX-2787

Updated Data Platform/User Console Security Key

Configuration Wizards will prompt you to generate a new security key when run for the first time after updating to version 5.5.68 or later. This security key will replace the default key shipped with the application. (We will continue to ship the default key with the application for the next several releases.)

To update the security key for your instance, run the Data Platform Configuration Wizard first, and then run the User Console Configuration Wizard:

First run the Data Platform Configuration Wizard, generate the security key when prompted (click Yes), and complete the wizard.

Then run the User Console Configuration Wizard.

Note:When Data Platform and User Console are installed on the same machine, only the Data Platform Configuration Wizard will prompt you to generate the new security key.

After running the Configuration Wizard(s), run following command in an Administrator Command Prompt:

"%BMS_HOME%\bin\NormalizeCMD.exe" -UPDATEPASSSECURITY

This command will re-encrypt credentials used for data sources as well as several configuration files.

Data Platform and User Console

FLEX-2787

Encryption and Authentication Enforceable for Operations That Occur Over the Remoting Service

To enforce this encryption and authentication:

Add the new key-value pair, SecurityMode (key), 1 (value), to the Service section of the NBI.Configuration.config file for the User Console application.

Add the key-value pair, BI_CONFIG_SECURITY_MODE (key), 1 (value), to the NormalizeConsole section of the Norm.Configuration.Config file for the Data Platform application.

Restart Data Platform.

When this new encryption and authentication is active, INFO statements in the log files will indicate SecurityMode=1.

Note:Data Platform and User Console will also use HTTP for some operations. Customers are advised to configure IIS with a valid SSL certificate for increased security. Data Platform and User Console will now warn customers when it detects that SSL is not enabled.

Data Platform and User Console

Resolved Issues

The following table lists the resolved issues for this release.

ID	Description	Product
DPFM-426	Fixed an issue where Data Platform was unable to send email notifications for Catalog-related activities.	Data Platform