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2024 Release Notes

2024 Release Notes

Release notes will be used to communicate all production changes in UL technology environments (and the alpha and beta websites).



 

Release Update- Week of November 18-22, 2024

New + Improved

SHAREOK DSpace 7 Upgrade

 

Estimated down time: 2 hours

UCO
UL Newsletter

Release Update- Week of October 7 - October 11, 2024

New + Improved

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

 

 

 

Communication checklist

Fixes & Updates

 

 

 

 


Release Update- Week of Aug 26 - Aug 30, 2024

New + Improved

 

 

 

 

Fixes & Updates

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.

 

Release Update- Week of Aug 19 - Aug 23, 2024

New + Improved

 

 

 

 

Fixes & Updates

  • intranet, files.libraries (legacy d7)

  • OJS sites

  • SHAREOK

Update expiring SSL certificates for AWS-managed database servers

Brief downtime for database reboot, 2-3 minutes

 

 

Release Update- Week of Aug 12 - Aug 16, 2024

New + Improved

 

 

 

 

Fixes & Updates

https://journals.shareok.org/jheai

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

 

SpringSshare

Switching to SSO for authentication

Very brief downtime ~2minutes.

 

Release Update- Week of Aug 5 - Aug 9, 2024

New + Improved

 

 

 

 

Fixes & Updates

repository.ou.edu

Custom Module Installation

  • This custom module removes the “Open File” button on the Islandora PDF Viewer. The “Open File” button lets users view files from their desktop on the repository’s PDF viewer. This functionality may be confusing and is unnecessary. This update will streamline the interface and reduce confusion.

No downtime planned. Planned to deploy 8/5 at 11am.

 

Release Update- Week of July 29 - Aug 2, 2024

New + Improved

 

 

 

 

Fixes & Updates

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.

 

Libraries Site

None

 

Release Update- Week of July 8 - July 12, 2024

New + Improved

 

 

 

 

Fixes & Updates

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

 

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

 

Libraries site

  • Config files cleanup

  • Core: 10.3.1

  • Split of error message visibility on prod (hidden on prod, shown on dev)

  • Modules updates

    • Added Author bulk assignment

    • Address

    • Calendar

    • ECA cm

    • External auth

    • Gutenberg

    • Miniorange saml

    • Dashboard total control

    • User protect

    • Webform

None

 

Release Update- Week of July 1 - July 5, 2024

New + Improved

Product/Service

Description of change; how it impacts users

Estimated downtime / actual downtime (time slots)

Communication checklist

Fixes & Updates

Help.libraries page updates

  • The Library Tech Help button will be redirected to the UL IT TDX form.

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

 

Release Update- Week of June 24 - June 28, 2024

New + Improved

Product/Service

Description of change; how it impacts users

Estimated downtime / actual downtime (time slots)

Fixes & Updates

Libraries site updates

  • Drupal Core 10.3.0 update

    • Large update that is virtually the last step before Drupal 11. The third and final feature release of Drupal 10 ships with a new experimental Navigation user interface, stable Workspaces functionality, stable Single-Directory Components support, simplified menu editing, taxonomy moderation support, new recipe and access policy APIs and more.

    • Note: new admin navigation is not activated yet, will test internally along with other new features before making live for all.

  • Remove gutenberg cloud and example blocks modules

  • Added miniorange SAML/SSO module

  • Fix to events error handling on homepage and events page

  • Module updates:

    • CAS

    • Ctools

    • feeds

    • entity reference field formatters

    • gutenberg 3.0

    • Jquery UI Autocomplete

    • Jquery UI Datepicker

    • Jquery UI Draggable

    • Jquery UI Menu

    • Jquery UI Slider

    • Jquery UI TouchPunch

    • Panels

    • Search API

    • Stle Options

    • Views Bootstrap

    • VBO

    • Views Dependent Filters

No downtime expected

Release Update- Week of June 17 - June 21, 2024

New + Improved

Product/Service

Description of change; how it impacts users

Estimated downtime / actual downtime (time slots)

Fixes & Updates

Libraries site updates

  • On 6/17, the following was completed

  • "Research guides" link on homepage under "quick links" has been changed to guides.ou.edu

  • "Research guides" link on resources page under "tools for finding resources" has been changed to guides.ou.edu

  • "Research guides" link on all services pages have been changed to guides.ou.edu

  • Research guides favorites have been removed from home page section "My favorites (recent)". Only eresources shown here now.

  • Research guides favorites have been removed from my favorites page (https://libraries.ou.edu/my-favorites ). Only eresources shown here now. Text also reflects the removal of guides and only mentions databases.

  • If user navigates to the old guides index page (https://libraries.ou.edu/guides-index ) the site will automatically redirect to guides.ou.edu

  • Internal setting - The content type research guides has been removed from the ability to save as a favorite via the Drupal flag module.

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

New + Improved

Product/Service

Description of change; how it impacts users

Estimated downtime / actual downtime (time slots)

Fixes & Updates

Libraries site updates

  • Core 10.2.6 update.

  • Module updates: Better exposed filters, blazy, BPMN.io , CAS, ECA, field formatters, REST API access token, token filter, jQuery ui.

  • Added CKE5 plugin pack for more editing features. New features for WYSIWYG editors: Spell check, word count, full screen, indentation, find/replace.

  • Added webform anonymous submission module.

  • Removed some patches now that they are covered via module update (gutenberg_bs_blocks and res_api_token).

  • Added report a problem dpsace webform since it was only added on prod.

  • Edits to request to film or photograph webform (ticket WSSD-1103).

NA

 


 

Release Update- Week of May 13 - May 17, 2024

New + Improved

Product/Service

Description of change; how it impacts users

Estimated downtime / actual downtime (time slots)

Fixes & Updates

Update Islandora MySQL database configuration.

 Apply new config and restart tomcat

 Brief downtime for restart at 10am

 


 

Release Update- Week of April 15 - April 19, 2024

New + Improved

Product/Service

Description of change; how it impacts users

Estimated downtime / actual downtime (time slots)

Fixes & Updates

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

 

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

 

Exhibits Site updates

Drupal core update 10.2.5. module updates: Blazy, config ignore, config split, slick carousel

NA

 


Release Update- Week of April 01 - April 07, 2024

New + Improved

 

 

 

 

Fixes & Updates

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

 

Alma February Production Release

Estimated potential downtime: Feb 7, 3:00-5:00 am.


Release Update - Week of March 25 - March 29, 2024

New + Improved

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:

Fixes & Updates

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:

Explore

A site meant to display information about OU libraries for investors.

  • The information is out of date due to the new strategic plan.

  •  We will redirect to libraries.ou.edu

  • The site has been captured in the Wayback Machine.

9am

Vision

Older site for promotional materials.

  • "Replaced" by Explore but never decommissioned.

  •  Redirect to libraries.ou.edu.

  • The site has been captured in the Wayback Machine.

9am

Libraries- Legacy

The UL website prior to 7/31/23. Kept alive via password in case we need to reference anything.

  • The Web team has not received any recent requests for access

  •  The site has been scanned and archived in the Wayback Machine and UL ArchiveIt.

9am

Intranet Community

Old section of the intranet that requires separate maintenance from the intranet. Contents include awards, photo contest, games, etc.

  • ‘Community’ has already been removed from the intranet’s navigation menu, therefore, no one was navigating to it or knew it existed.

  •  Budget and Finance Office has an inventory of past UL Award recipients.

9am

Intranet Stats

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.).

  • The information is archived in those individual systems.

  •  Stats are tracked by Brianna Narr. Will work with her to rebuild a stats page if desired.

9am

Intranet Directory

Intranet employee directory.

  • We have a public libraries.ou.edu employee directory, so maintaining the intranet directory requires duplicate work.

9am

Release Update - Week of March 18 - March 22, 2024

New + Improved

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.

CID maintenance planning doc and internal checklist

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

New + Improved

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

Fixes & Updates

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

New + Improved

Product/Service

Description of change; how it impacts users

Estimated downtime / actual downtime (time slots)

Fixes & Updates

 

 

 

 


 

 

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