Not so long ago, I had the opportunity to upgrade midPoint from a long unsupported version to the latest LTS version. It was quite an experience, especially because most of the time, I was actually writing the software, but not maintaining or upgrading it. There are many benefits when you upgrade your software, however, the Read more about Why You Should Upgrade Your MidPoint Installation[…]
Recently I have modified multiple resources after the upgrade of a midPoint deployment to 4.4 LTS. I wanted to replace legacy $user and $account variables with $focus and $projection, or even omit the variables where they are the default context. Alas, I got overzealous and I also accidentally removed variables where they are necessary. The Read more about Why Is Open Source Cool?[…]
Last Thursday we organized a webinar dedicated to what’s new in midPoint 4.6. After the marathon of webinars related to the LTS version 4.4 we took a break after 4.5, but now we’re back with our tradition of What’s New webinars. Version 4.6, code-named “Baumgarten”, brings a lot of improvements – and not only under Read more about MidPoint 4.6 Webinar Summary[…]
tl;dr: We’d like to drop JDK 11, preferably in our next feature release (midPoint 4.6). Current LTS (4.4.x) will not be affected. If you think it is not a good idea, let us know why. And now the whole story: It feels just like yesterday when we were stuck with JDK 8, but since then, Read more about Time to Let JDK 11 Go… Eventually[…]
For many versions, it has been possible to deploy midPoint as a standalone application. After all, this is the preferred way how to do it. Simply run the WAR, using one of the provided scripts or as a service. There was another way – the legacy way – how to do it. You could take Read more about Replacing WAR With JAR[…]
By the end of November we have released MidPoint 4.4 “Tesla”. This LTS release brings major performance and scalability improvements as well as significant user experience and reporting improvements. Talking about scalability and performance, the newly developed midPoint repository – called Native repository – is a major component that should help midPoint to scale further. Read more about Native PostgreSQL Repository Webinar Summary[…]