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License Statistics version 6.0 .0 includes the enhancements and fixes detailed below. Most of these improvements were made in response to customer feedback. For more information on how we incorporate customer feedback into our development process, see Customer-driven development. For information about activating your License Statistics license, see Activating a License Statistics license on Windows or Activating a License Statistics license online.

Info
titleUser Interface

This release is a result of our hard work to improve License Statistics user interface's performance and usability. We achieved these improvements by replacing outdated ExtJS Ext JS 4 framework with ExtJS Ext JS 6 and by reducing the number of technologies used (including removing PHP, OpenSSL and Apache HTTP Server for easier maintenance).

Details about the changes introduced in this release are given below. For larger installations, we strongly recommend testing the upgrade procedure before running License Statistics v6.0 in production. If you have any questions or problems, please contact X-Formation Support.


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titleUpgradingLicensing

License Statistics v6.0 introduced new licensing model (2019) which simplifies the rules a lot. Nevertheless old licensing model (2013) is still available to customers according to restrictions described in License Transition section.Even if the


Warning
titleDatabase StructureConfiguration file

Due to technological stack changes we This release significantly modified the database structure. Make sure you follow the License Statistics upgrade procedure for embedded or external database, especially:

  • Create a backup of the License Statistics database in case of any issues with the data migration.
  • Use the new configuration file (xflicstat.cfg) delivered with License Statistics, and adjust it to your needs instead of copying your previous configuration file to the new installation.
Warning
titleSQL Console

Due to significant changes in database structure, we are not able to deliver backward compatibility for custom queries saved in SQL Console. Saved queries may stop working after upgrading to License Statistics v5.14, and they will have to be removed or adjusted to accommodate the new structure.

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titleConfiguration file

Renaming of the REPORTSERVER_PORT key to CORE_HTTP_PORT is a breaking change in xflicstat.cfg. License Statistics won't start if this configuration key isn't changed.

Enhancements

structure of xflicstat.cfg configuration file. Number of configuration options where removed, some where created. In addition to this, more strict validation of the file was introduced. You may want to check Configuring License Statistics documentation section for details.

Highlight of the changes:

  • strict validation of the configuration file structure will block xflicstat.cfg file containing no longer supported options and will fail to start License Statistics
  • removed options (related to removed PHP, OpenSSL and Apache HTTP Server):
    • CORE_HTTP_PORT
    • SSL_CERTIFICATE_FILE
    • SSL_CERTIFICATE_KEY_FILE
    • WEBSERVER_USER
    • WEBSERVER_GROUP
    • TIMEZONE
  • introduced options (related to new licensing model and new SSL configuration):
    • LICENSE_TOTAL_USER
    • LICENSE_TOTAL_SERVER
    • SSL_KEYSTORE
    • SSL_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD
    • SSL_KEYSTORE_KEY_ALIAS
    • SSL_PROTOCOLS
    • SSL_CIPHERS
    • LDAP_SSL_KEYSTORE
    • LDAP_SSL_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD
  • options which where available for troubleshooting, but not documented before:
    • CORE_MIN_RAM
    • CORE_MAX_RAM
    • CORE_JAVA_FLAGS


Enhancements

License Statistics v6.0 License Statistics v5.14 includes the following enhancements.

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