Locator 2.11 SR8 (2.11.903)

Owned by Steinar Skjerven
Last updated: Sept 29, 2021
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Build Number

Official build number: 2.11.903

Release Date

October 1st, 2021

License Compatibility

If you are upgrading from a previous ViaWorks/Locator 2.x release, your 2.x license will continue to work.  If you are installing Locator 2.11 SR7 for the first time, or if you are upgrading from ViaWorks 1.5.x, you will be required to obtain a new license key from Ayfie.  Contact your Ayfie sales representative to obtain your license key.

New Installations

Download the Locator Installation package, and run Locator_2.11.903.exe. 

For hardware and software requirements (including AV configuration information), and for help on how to install Locator, please see the Locator Installation Guide. 

Upgrading from a Prior Installation

This service release fixes vulnerabilities reported in 3rd party components OpenJDK and Postgres. It’s recommended to upgrade to this service release, if running earlier version.

If you are upgrading from a version earlier than Locator 2.11 SR7, see also Locator 2.11 SR7 (2.11.901).

 

You can upgrade to this release from a previous ViaWorks/Locator 2.x release.

You CANNOT upgrade to this release from ViaWorks 1.x or earlier.

If upgrading from a previous major version, it's recommended that you upgrade all installed connectors. If upgrading from 2.7 or below it's required that you upgrade all connectors.

 

Supervisor versions 2.1 and older do not support Locator 2.11 SR8. Customers should not upgrade to Locator 2.11 SR8 until they've upgraded to Supervisor 2.3. 
As Supervisor version 2.3 requires the new Authority Service, that comes with Locator 2.11 SR1 and above, users upgrading to Supervisor 2.3 should first upgrade to Locator 2.11 SR8.

Note: When you upgrade to Locator 2.11 SR8 you need to configure the Active Directory authentication system, as this is a requirement for Supervisor 2.3.

 

Notes if upgrading from ViaWorks 2.7 or Older:

  • The PostgreSQL database format will be upgraded. It is strongly recommended to create a backup of the database prior to running the 2.11 upgrade. Once the database has been upgraded, it is not possible to revert back to a previous version

  • The index will be rebuilt after the upgrade has finished. The index rebuild can potentially take a while, and users may not be able to search or have incomplete search results until the rebuild completes. Documents will not be re-fetched during this process

  • All customers will be moved from the "ViaWorksV2" Solr core to the “ViaWorksCloud” Solr collection during the upgrade process. The “ViaWorksV2” core from versions 2.7 SR5 and older is no longer supported

  • During the upgrade, the solrconfig_overrides.xml and schema_overrides.xml files will be reset. Before upgrading, make note of the customization added to these files so they can be re-applied after the upgrade is complete. Note: the Solr schema has changed and overrides will need to be updated to support the changes.

  • Locator 2.11 SR8 will install .NET Framework version 4.7.2.

New Features & Improvements

Locator 2.11 SR8 is a new service release containing the following new features and improvements:

Component

Description

Component

Description

OpenJDK

Upgraded to OpenJDK version 8u302. This fixes vulnerabilities reported in the previous OpenJDK version.

Postgres

Upgraded to Postgres version 9.6.23. This fixes vulnerabilities reported in the previous Postgres version.

Bug Fixes

Locator 2.11 SR8 is a new service release containing the following bug fixes:

Component

Description

Component

Description

RelevancyController

Fixed an issue with RelevancyController not being able to parse response from index.

Suggest

Fixed an issue with suggest returning 500 error on empty and emoji queries.

 

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