Version 4.1.6¶
Released: February 15, 2022
Status: Stable
Changes¶
Document signatures¶
The text “signed” is now append to the label of a signed document file instead of using the temporary filename used during signing.
The signed document file is now used when the file downloaded is requested and when calculating the signed document file checksum.
Sources¶
Undo context management changes added to the POP3 source in version 4.1.5.
Python added context management support to the imaplib
library but not
to the poplib
library.
The IMAP source store commands
field is now optional.
The SSL
checkbox field of all email sources is now optional.
Other¶
Update requirements to specify Python version 3.5 to 3.9.
Update Django version 2.2.24 to 2.2.27.
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:
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==4.4.7
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¶
Follow the solutions outlined in the troubleshooting section: After upgrade to version 4.1
Backward incompatible changes¶
None
Issues closed¶
GitLab issue #1086 Email source processing broken in version 4.1.5