2024 Release Notes
Release notes will be used to communicate all production changes in UL technology environments (and the alpha and beta websites).
- 1.1 Release Update- Week of November 18-22, 2024
- 1.2 Release Update- Week of October 7 - October 11, 2024
- 1.3 Release Update- Week of Aug 26 - Aug 30, 2024
- 1.4 Release Update- Week of Aug 19 - Aug 23, 2024
- 1.5 Release Update- Week of Aug 12 - Aug 16, 2024
- 1.6 Release Update- Week of Aug 5 - Aug 9, 2024
- 1.7 Release Update- Week of July 29 - Aug 2, 2024
- 1.8 Release Update- Week of July 8 - July 12, 2024
- 1.9 Release Update- Week of July 1 - July 5, 2024
- 1.10 Release Update- Week of June 24 - June 28, 2024
- 1.11 Release Update- Week of June 17 - June 21, 2024
- 1.12 Release Update- Week of June 10 - June 14, 2024
- 1.13 Release Update- Week of June 3 - June 7, 2024
- 1.14 Release Update- Week of May 27 - May 31, 2024
- 1.15 Release Update- Week of May 13 - May 17, 2024
- 1.16 Release Update- Week of April 15 - April 19, 2024
- 1.17 Release Update- Week of April 01 - April 07, 2024
- 1.18 Release Update - Week of March 25 - March 29, 2024
- 1.19 Release Update - Week of March 18 - March 22, 2024
- 1.20 Release Update - Week of March 11 - March 15, 2024
- 1.21 Release Update - Week of March 4 - March 8, 2024
- 1.22 Release Update - Week of Feb 26 - Mar 1, 2024
- 1.23 Release Update - Week of Feb 19 - Feb 23, 2024
- 1.24 Release Update - Week of Jan 29 - Feb 2, 2024
- 1.25 Release Update - Week of Jan 16 - Jan 19, 2024
- 1.26 Release Update - Week of Jan 8 - Jan 12, 2024
- 1.27 Release Update - Week of Jan 2 - Jan 5, 2024
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Release Update- Week of November 18-22, 2024
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SHAREOK DSpace 7 Upgrade |
| Estimated down time: 2 hours | UCO UL Newsletter |
Release Update- Week of October 7 - October 11, 2024
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EZProxy SSO intregration | Test integration of campus SSO to replace CAS | Up to 5 minutes – Users Authenticated at the time of maintenance will not lose access |
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Release Update- Week of Aug 26 - Aug 30, 2024
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repository.ou.edu Islandora Download Button Module update | Minor Bug Fix - Removes the download button for Islandora items that do not have media such as PDFs, images, audio. | No downtime is expected. |
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Release Update- Week of Aug 19 - Aug 23, 2024
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| Update expiring SSL certificates for AWS-managed database servers | Brief downtime for database reboot, 2-3 minutes |
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Release Update- Week of Aug 12 - Aug 16, 2024
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Updating configuration file to increase each user's public files directory limit to 512MB. Requires restarting PHP. | Very brief downtime expected (~1min). Planned to deploy 8/12 at 11am. | Post to Slack | |
SHAREOK | Updating for email logger at 8:00AM | 10 mins expected to bring back the server |
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SpringSshare | Switching to SSO for authentication | Very brief downtime ~2minutes. |
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Release Update- Week of Aug 5 - Aug 9, 2024
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Custom Module Installation
| No downtime planned. Planned to deploy 8/5 at 11am. |
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Release Update- Week of July 29 - Aug 2, 2024
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digital.libraries.ou.edu | Deprecating service and redirecting to repository.ou.edu | No downtime planned. Will deploy at our around 9:30 am on 7/29. |
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Libraries Site |
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Release Update- Week of July 8 - July 12, 2024
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Primo/Discover Updates | Scheduled maintenance | Estimated Start time: Sunday, 2024-July-14 05:00 UTC Estimated End time: Sunday, 2024-July-14 11:00 UTC |
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Exhibits site | Updates Core 10.3.1 update. Module updates: Blazy, entity reference field format, jquery UI, jquery UI Accordion, jquery UI datepicker, webform | None |
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Libraries site |
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Release Update- Week of July 1 - July 5, 2024
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Product/Service | Description of change; how it impacts users | Estimated downtime / actual downtime (time slots) | Communication checklist |
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Help.libraries page updates |
| No downtime expected | Post in UL Weekly Newsletter |
Alma Updates | Scheduled maintenance | Estimated Start time: Sunday, 2024-July-07 07:00 UTC Estimated End time: Sunday, 2024-July-07 09:00 UTC |
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Release Update- Week of June 24 - June 28, 2024
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Libraries site updates |
| No downtime expected |
Release Update- Week of June 17 - June 21, 2024
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Libraries site updates |
| No downtime expected |
Release Update- Week of June 10 - June 14, 2024
Release Update- Week of June 3 - June 7, 2024
Release Update- Week of May 27 - May 31, 2024
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Libraries site updates |
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Release Update- Week of May 13 - May 17, 2024
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Update Islandora MySQL database configuration. | Apply new config and restart tomcat | Brief downtime for restart at 10am |
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Release Update- Week of April 15 - April 19, 2024
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SHAREOK update including Prod and Test | Remove OSU from About text and hide OSU collection on SHAREOK site | 10am, approx. 90 minutes with no downtime |
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Drupal Database Updates | Update Drupal MySQL RDS instance to 8.0 | 10am, approx. 45 minutes downtime | |
Library Site Updates | Core 10.2.5 update. Module updates: Blazy, bootstrap horizontal tabs, flood control, gutenberg bootstrap blocks, rest api access token, search api, simple xml sitemap, slick carousel, token | NA |
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Exhibits Site updates | Drupal core update 10.2.5. module updates: Blazy, config ignore, config split, slick carousel | NA |
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Release Update- Week of April 01 - April 07, 2024
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OJS Database Updates | Update OJS MySQL RDS instance to 8.0 | 9am, approx. 30 minutes downtime | |
Islandora and Lichfield Database Updates | Update OJS MySQL RDS instance to 8.0 | 10am, approx. 30 minutes downtime |
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Alma February Production Release
Estimated potential downtime: Feb 7, 3:00-5:00 am.
Release Update - Week of March 25 - March 29, 2024
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Tech Lending moving to LibCal Equipment - Updated web page to go live and individual equipment web pages to be deleted. | On Monday, March 25, the UL's new Technology on Reserve Program will go live! Using the LibCal Equipment Module in our LibApps Platform, library users will be able to reserve technology in advance. LibCal Equipment will streamline the check-out process for UL's front-line employees and give library users more self-sufficiency and options during the reservation process. | 1:00pm -1:30pm | Communication checklist: |
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The CID Web team will be deleting the following deprecated sites on Monday, 3/25. They are all internally-hosted, out-of-date sites that require more maintenance than we have the bandwidth to provide: | |||
A site meant to display information about OU libraries for investors.
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Older site for promotional materials.
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The UL website prior to 7/31/23. Kept alive via password in case we need to reference anything.
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Old section of the intranet that requires separate maintenance from the intranet. Contents include awards, photo contest, games, etc.
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Old section of the intranet that requires separate maintenance from the intranet. It displayed various stats, pulling info from other systems (Google Analytics, LabStats, Traf-sys, etc.).
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Intranet employee directory.
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Release Update - Week of March 18 - March 22, 2024
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ILLiad | We will be migrating the ILLiad server on 3/19/24 to an OCLC hosting solution. Interlibrary Loan and Sooner Xpress service will be unavailable during the first half of the day. | Approximately 8am-12pm |
Libraries Site Updates
Blazy module update.
ILL link updates on forms and in content
Release Update - Week of March 11 - March 15, 2024
Libraries Site Updates
Drupal core 10.2.4 update
Module updates: colorbox, ECA classic modeller, views templates
Added “Storage and Delivery” unit to locations page and converted existing basic page over to a unit page.
Exhibits Site Updates
Drupal core 10.2.4 update
Module updates: Anitbot, phpmailer smtp, and twig tweak
Release Update - Week of March 4 - March 8, 2024
Primo February Production Release
Estimated potential downtime: Sunday, March 10th 12:00-4:00 AM
Release Update - Week of Feb 26 - Mar 1, 2024
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SHAREOK Prod SHAREOK Test | Remove the trademark from title in the header section and add trademark to trail Users can see trademark in breadcrumb trails | 8:00-8:30AM | |
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Reverse Proxy (quick restart affects all AWs-hosted web services) | Update and config cleanup | 9:30- 10:00am | Postponed |
Database Security Groups (no expected impact for users) | Update and config cleanup | 10-10:30am | Postponed |
Release Update - Week of Feb 19 - Feb 23, 2024
Libraries Site Updates
Drupal core 10.2.2 security update.
Module updates: Entity Reference Revisions, Module Filter, Paragraphs. Export of locations display config for hiding hours pdf.
Drupal core 10.2.3 update.
Module updates: Bootstrap horizontal tabs, dynamic entity reference, external authentication, module filter, Gutenberg, and views bootstrap.
Uninstalled deprecated video embed wysiwyg module.
Fixed backend twig template php error with e-resources (was shown on dev env only).
Possible fix to favorites being cached and loading incorrectly in some cases once a user has been logged out of the site or CAS/SSO.
Release Update - Week of Jan 29 - Feb 2, 2024
Alma February Production Release
Estimated potential downtime: Feb 4, 3:00-5:00 am.
Release Update - Week of Jan 16 - Jan 19, 2024
Libraries Site Updates
Drupal core 10.2.2 security update.
Module updates: Entity Reference Revisions, Module Filter, Paragraphs.
Exhibits Site Updates
Drupal core 10.2.2 security update.
Module updates: Config Ignore, entity reference revisions, paragraphs.
Release Update - Week of Jan 8 - Jan 12, 2024
Libraries Site Updates
Removed hours pdf from form and display for location pages.
Admin module filter update.
Added NWS library to ask us page phone list and alphabetized the list.
Release Update - Week of Jan 2 - Jan 5, 2024
Libraries Site Updates
Drupal 10.2.1 core update
Module updates for increased compatibility with Drupal 10
Address, Config split, config filter, date popup
General module updates
Layout builder iframe modal added
Bootstrap horizontal tabs, field permissions, mercury editor, migrate source csv, simple sitemap, VBO.
Exhibits Site Updates
Drupal 10.2.1 core update
Module updates for increased compatibility with Drupal 10
Address, Config split, config filter, date popup
Behind the scenes update of configuration files.
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Release Update- Week of Month Day - Month Day, Year
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