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New Features and Enhancements

New Features and Enhancements

In this section, you can see information about the new features and functionality in this release.

New Features

Authentication and Access

The following new features to support OAuth2, additional IDP setups and increased security have been implemented:

Authorization Server

Ref: XE-11425

The Authorization Server is a service provider that generates an OAuth2 based access token to be used for calling REST APIs hosted on the HTTP/2 Server agent that requires the OAuth2 authorization process.

The Authorization Server uses a platform to run and can be configured to store provisioned scopes and registered clients either in file-based storage or database storage. Currently, only Oracle and PostgreSQL databases are supported for database storage, see https://infozone.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MD92/pages/109478291.

Access Controller - Access Group Name

Ref: XE-12026

To support additional IDP setups, we have now added the possibility to use a dot (.) in the Access Group name. The valid characters are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, '-', '.' and '_', see https://infozone.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MD92/pages/111807285.

HTTP/2 Client Agent Supports Additional Access Token Request

Ref: XE-10640, XE-10736

To comply with 3GPP Release 17, additional properties for OAuth2 access token requests have been added to the HTTP/2 Client Agent. This enhancement is applicable when users select the Nnrf Access Token as the Authentication Type in the Authentication tab.

The available access token properties include Requester PLMN (Public Land Mobile Network), SNPN (Standalone Non-Public Network), and Requester S-NSSAI, see https://infozone.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MD92/pages/111843392.

Support for 2-way Authentication for Web Services Agents and Profiles

Ref: XE-11677

The Web Services agents and profiles now have the option to use mutual TLS for enhanced security, see https://infozone.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MD92/pages/111878320 and https://infozone.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MD92/pages/111813809.

MariaDB Support

Support for using MariaDB has now been added in a couple of areas.

MariaDB in Database Profile

Ref: XE-12098, XE-12206

The MariaDB database type can be used with Reference Data Management. In order to use this database type, a database driver is required to connect to the MariaDB database. This driver must be stored in the platform container see https://infozone.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MD92/pages/177733986.

Reference Data Management Supports MariaDB

Ref: XE-12206

The Reference Data profile allows you to select the tables to be available for querying and editing via the Reference Data Management dashboard or RESTful interface. You can now select MariaDB in the Reference Data profile configuration, see https://infozone.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MD92/pages/112265959.

APL Functions

APL has now been complimented with the following functionality:

New APL function: mailNotifyHtml

Ref: XE-11412

A new APL function among the Log and Notification Functions called mailNotifyHtml is now available.

The mailNotifyHtml function is similar to the existing mailNotify function with the difference that it supports the standard HTML format in the message field, allowing you to send emails in HTML format, see https://infozone.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MD92/pages/112233473.

Database Table to Support tableGetMetaInfo Function

Ref: XE-11719, XE-11756

The database table now supports the tableGetMetaInfo function. This function returns the column name, column type and index status for a given table object in a given table, see https://infozone.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MD92/pages/111849824 for more information.

New Connectors

FTP EWSD Agent

Ref: XE-11680, XE-11682

The FTP EWSD agent is now available. With this agent you can collect cyclic files from the Siemens EWSD switches and forward into a workflow using the FTP protocol, see https://infozone.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MD92/pages/112268204.

Netia FTP Agent

Ref: XE-11802, XE-11277

The Netia FTP agent is now available which is a collection agent for batch workflow configurations. With the Netia FTP agent you can collect files from remote file systems and forward into a workflow using the standard FTP (RFC 959) protocol, see https://infozone.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MD92/pages/114131050.

Integration

Avro Encoding and Decoding

Ref: XE-11767

New built-in decoders and encoders have been added for decoding and encoding messages encoded in Avro using a schema registry, replacing the need to write a static Ultra definition, see Decoder Agent Configuration or Encoder Agent for decoder or encoder-specific information. Additionally, several limitations on supported Avro schema types in the existing Ultra support have been removed, see https://infozone.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MD92/pages/111850352.

Support of Amazon S3 and Git in System Importer and System Exporter

Issue number(s): XE-10996, XE-12129

The system importer and exporter has now been enhanced to support integration with Amazon S3 and Git using Desktop. You can import and export data and configurations from and to Amazon S3 and Git repositories as shown below:

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Importing from Amazon S3
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Exporting to Amazon S3
Git support

See https://infozone.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MD92/pages/111872449, System Exporter, and System Importer for more information.

HTTP/2 Server Agent Supports Proxy During Registration in NRF

Ref: XE-10866

The HTTP/2 Server agent can now use HTTP proxy if required to reach NRF servers, see https://infozone.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MD92/pages/111810685.

REST Client Agent Supports Proxy

Ref: XE-8083

The REST Client agent can now use HTTP proxy if required, see https://infozone.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MD92/pages/111876901.

Amazon S3 Agent Supports Proxy

Ref: XE-10008

The Amazon S3 agents can now use HTTP proxy if required, see https://infozone.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MD92/pages/111872860.

Log Files UI

Ref: XE-11759, XE-12299

You can now view the following log files in Desktop:

  • Pico

  • Debug

  • APL

  • Error