Version 4.0.3¶

Released: June 3, 2021

Status: Stable

Changes¶

Dependencies¶

Updated dependency versions:

django-solo from version 1.1.3 to 1.1.5.

python-magic from version 0.4.15 to 0.4.22

Lock manager¶

Renamed the get_instance() method to get_backend(). This change reflects the purpose of the method which is to return a class and not an instance.

Added test for the purgelocks for all backends.

Added an optional _initialization method for backends. This allows removing initialization code in the global scope.

Updated the RedisLock backend to use a connection pool. The connection resides in the class scope and is available to all instances. Profiling showed reduced connection and memory usage.

Makefile¶

Unified Docker tests with staging targets. The staging targets now use the same targets meant for testing.

Replaced underscore in target names with hyphen for uniformity. All target names now use hyphens.

Added a Redis Docker container test targets.

Platform¶

Updated the Docker entrypoint template to support default worker concurrency values. The template now correctly passes the default concurrency value of the D class worker. This lowers the number of workers, in turn lowering the number of concurrent OCR processes for a reduction in CPU and memory usage in default deployments.

REST API¶

Updated the REST API examples for version 4 of the API.

Other¶

Merged updates from version 3.5.9
- Fix user model theme related field error after deleting a theme already assigned to a user. Closes GitLab issue #972. Thanks to Niklas Maurer (@nmaurer) for the report.
- Add duplicate document tool tests.
- Speed up some OCR view tests.
- Add explicit Docker logout repository in CD/CI jobs.
- Fix permission required for the document content error list link to match the permission required for the document parsed content error list view. GitLab issue #954. Thanks to Ilya Pavlov (@spirkaa) for the report.
- Fix permission required for the OCR content delete link to match the permission required for the OCR content delete view. GitLab issue #954. Thanks to Ilya Pavlov (@spirkaa) for the report.

Removals¶

None

Upgrade process¶

Docker Compose¶

Check the Docker upgrading chapter for the complete upgrade process.

Direct deployment¶

Upgrading from Mayan EDMS 3.5.x¶

Important

Supervisord must be upgraded to version 4.2.2. See troubleshooting section: After upgrade to version 4.1

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

Make a backup of your supervisord file:

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

Make a backup of your database:

Use the respective backup command for the database:
- PostgreSQL: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/backup-dump.html
- MySQL: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/mysqldump.html

Upgrade to the latest pip version:

sudo --user=mayan /opt/mayan-edms/bin/pip install --upgrade pip

Remove deprecated requirements:

sudo --user=mayan curl https://gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms/raw/master/removals.txt --output /tmp/removals.txt \
&& sudo --user=mayan /opt/mayan-edms/bin/pip uninstall --requirement /tmp/removals.txt --yes

Update the Mayan EDMS Python package:
```
sudo --user=mayan /opt/mayan-edms/bin/pip install mayan-edms==4.4.5
```
the requirements will also be updated automatically.
Update the Redis configuration to serve at least 3 databases:

Replace:
```
databases ...
```
with:
```
databases 3
```
Restart Redis for the changes to take effect:
```
sudo systemctl restart redis
```

Edit the config file at /opt/mayan-edms/media/config.yml:

Replace:

LOCK_MANAGER_BACKEND: ...
LOCK_MANAGER_BACKEND_ARGUMENTS: ...

with:

LOCK_MANAGER_BACKEND: mayan.apps.lock_manager.backends.redis_lock.RedisLock
LOCK_MANAGER_BACKEND_ARGUMENTS: {'redis_url':'redis://:mayanredispassword@<IP address of Redis server>:6379/2'}

Update the supervisord configuration file. Replace the environment variables values shown here with your respective settings. This step will refresh the supervisord configuration file with the new queues and the latest recommended layout:
```
sudo --user=mayan 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 --user=mayan 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.

Troubleshooting¶

If you observe the errors:

mayan.apps.file_caching.models.CachePartitionFile.DoesNotExist: CachePartitionFile matching query does not exist.

or:

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/lib/mayan/document_file_storage/...

follow the solution outlined in the troubleshooting section: After upgrade to version 4.0

Backward incompatible changes¶

None

Issues closed¶

None