Version 3.4.7

Released: April 28 2020

Changes

Checkouts

The checkouts app was updated to capture and display attempts to check in documents that are not checked out and to check out documents that are already checked out. The code to detect and avoid these situations existed but the way they are presented to user were improved.

Docker

The command to change the owner of the volume, is now run if there is a change in the UID or GID of the container’s user.

Documentation

The pip option --no-use-pep517 has been removed from the installation and version 3.4 upgrade documents.

The outdated development version deployment instructions were removed.

A new Mayan EDMS Request for Comment was added. MERC 0007 defines the new repository branch layout.

User interface

The dropdown menu text was darkened to increase contrast and legibility.

Workflows

The field_order of the HTTP workflow action was fixed. This blocked adding or editing new HTTP actions.

Other

Most usage of self.get_object() was changed to a direct reference of self.object for a minor speed and memory optimization.

Removals

None

Upgrading process

Stop supervisord:
```
sudo systemctl stop supervisor
```

Upgrading from Mayan EDMS 3.2.x or earlier

Update the Redis configuration:

Configure Redis to discard data when it runs out of memory, not save its database, and only keep 2 database:

echo "maxmemory-policy allkeys-lru" | sudo tee -a /etc/redis/redis.conf
echo "save \"\"" | sudo tee -a /etc/redis/redis.conf
echo "databases 2" | sudo tee -a /etc/redis/redis.conf
echo "requirepass mayanredispassword" | sudo tee -a /etc/redis/redis.conf
sudo systemctl restart redis

Install the Python 3 development OS package:
```
sudo apt-get install python3-dev
```

Update the virtualenv to use Python 3:

sudo -u mayan virtualenv --clear /opt/mayan-edms -p /usr/bin/python3

Create a home directory for the Mayan EDMS system user:
```
mkdir /home/mayan
```
Grant ownership to the Mayan EDMS system user:
```
chown mayan:mayan /home/mayan
```

Reinstall the Python client for PostgreSQL and Redis:

sudo -u mayan /opt/mayan-edms/bin/pip install psycopg2==3.1.14 redis==5.0.3

Note

Platforms with the ARM CPU might also need additional requirements:

sudo -u mayan /opt/mayan-edms/bin/pip install psutil==5.8.0

Reinstall the Python client for RabbitMQ if you are using RabbitMQ as a broker:
```
sudo -u mayan /opt/mayan-edms/bin/pip install amqp==5.2.0
```

Upgrading from Mayan EDMS 3.3.x

Upgrade to the latest pip version:

sudo -u mayan /opt/mayan-edms/bin/pip install -U pip

Update the Redis configuration to enable password protection:

echo "requirepass mayanredispassword" | sudo tee -a /etc/redis/redis.conf
sudo systemctl restart redis

Remove deprecated requirements:

sudo -u mayan curl https://gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms/raw/master/removals.txt -o /tmp/removals.txt \
&& sudo -u mayan /opt/mayan-edms/bin/pip uninstall -y -r /tmp/removals.txt

Update the Mayan EDMS Python package:
```
sudo -u mayan /opt/mayan-edms/bin/pip install mayan-edms==3.4.7
```
the requirements will also be updated automatically.

Make a backup of your supervisord file:

sudo cp /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan-edms.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan-edms.conf.bck

Update the supervisord configuration file. Replace the environment variables values show here with your respective settings. This step will refresh the supervisord configuration file with the new queues and the latest recommended layout:

sudo -u mayan MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
MAYAN_DATABASE_PASSWORD=mayandbpass MAYAN_DATABASE_USER=mayan \
MAYAN_DATABASE_HOST=127.0.0.1 MAYAN_MEDIA_ROOT=/opt/mayan-edms/media/ \
/opt/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py platformtemplate supervisord | sudo sh -c "cat > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan-edms.conf"

or:

sudo -u mayan MAYAN_DATABASES=\"{'default':{'ENGINE':'django.db.backends.postgresql','NAME':'mayan','PASSWORD':'mayandbpass','USER':'mayan','HOST':'127.0.0.1'}}\" \
MAYAN_MEDIA_ROOT=/opt/mayan-edms/media/ \
/opt/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py platformtemplate supervisord | sudo sh -c "cat > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan-edms.conf"

Edit the supervisord configuration file and update any setting specific to your installation:
```
sudo vi /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan-edms.conf
```

Migrate existing database schema and static media files with:

sudo -u mayan MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
MAYAN_DATABASE_PASSWORD=mayandbpass MAYAN_DATABASE_USER=mayan \
MAYAN_DATABASE_HOST=127.0.0.1 MAYAN_MEDIA_ROOT=/opt/mayan-edms/media/ \
/opt/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py performupgrade

or:

 sudo -u mayan MAYAN_DATABASES="{'default':{'ENGINE':'django.db.backends.postgresql','NAME':'mayan','PASSWORD':'mayandbpass','USER':'mayan','HOST':'127.0.0.1'}}" \
 MAYAN_MEDIA_ROOT=/opt/mayan-edms/media/ \
/opt/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py performupgrade

Start supervisord:
```
sudo systemctl start supervisor
```
Clear the browser cache to avoid loading old web assets.

The upgrade procedure is now complete.

Backward incompatible changes

None

Issues closed

GitLab issue #810 Upgrade issues 3.2.6 -> 3.4.4 no such option: –no-use-pep517
GitLab issue #820 Exception When CheckIng a Document, which has not been checked out
GitLab issue #821 following Documentation “Steps to deploy a development version” with Python 3.7