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Warning

To be Released at the end of Octoberin November


Info

For all existing installations of 2.0.X and 2.1.X, important upgrade instructions exist in the previous 2.12.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5.1 and 2.5.2  Release notes. 

  • To upgrade from 2.0.X follow the upgrade instructions for 2.12.22.3, 2.4, 2.5.1 and 2.5.2 Release Notes before deploying the 2.5.2 code
  • To upgrade from 2.1.X follow the upgrade instructions for the 2.22.3, 2.4, 2.5.1 and 2.5.2 Release Notes before deploying the 2.5.2 code
  • To upgrade from 2.2.X follow the upgrade instructions for the  2.3, 2.4, 2.5.1 and 2.5.2 Release Notes before deploying the 2.5.2 code
  • To upgrade from 2.3.X follow the 2.4, 2.5.1 and 2.5.2 Release Notes before deploying the 2.5.2 code
  • To upgrade from 2.4.X following the 2.5.1 and 2.5.2 Release Notes before deploying the 2.5.2 code
  • New installations of 2.6.0 are not required to make any additional change

If you are running a SSP version prior to 1.1.1, you are strongly encouraged to upgrade or otherwise apply the reporting subsystem security patches described by SSP-701.

If you are running SSP version 2.0.0 or 2.0.0-b3, you are strongly encouraged to upgrade to 2.0.1 or 2.1.0 or 2.2.0 or later or otherwise apply the Confidentiality Level-related patches for the Student Documents tool as described by SSP-1917.

Also please take a few minutes to review additional security-related announcements detailed at the top of the SSP space here in Confluence.

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    • ssp-platform-config.properties
      • The ssp-platform-config.properties file must be modifed for database connectivity and email settings
        • Original File Location: ./uportal-war/src/main/resources/properties/ssp-platform-config.default.properties
        • Edit the file and save in the SSP_CONFIGDIR
      • Run-Time File Location: <SSP_CONFIGDIR>/ssp-platform-config.properties
      • Configuration Values:

      ValueDescription
      environment.build.hibernate.connection.driver_class

      jdbc driver file

      For best results with SQL Server, the JTDS driver included with the Platform installation is recommended.

      environment.build.hibernate.connection.url

      jdbc connection syntax

      For best results with SQL Server, the JTDS driver included with the Platform installation is recommended.

      environment.build.hibernate.connection.usernamejdbc connection database username
      environment.build.hibernate.connection.passwordjdbc connection database password
      environment.build.hibernate.dialect

      jdbc connection dialect

      For best results with SQL Server, the JTDS driver included with the Platform installation is recommended.

      environment.build.uportal.serverHostname and port for your SSP deployment. (Default: localhost:8080)
      environment.build.uportal.protocolHTTP/S protocol at which end users access your SSP deployment. (Default: http)
      environment.build.uportal.email.fromAddressAddress from which Platform email will originate. Rarely used. (Default: ssp@university.edu)
      environment.build.sso.*Several properties which configure inbound LTI and legacy SSO. See documentation specific to those features: SSP LTI Provider and SSP Signed URL SSO. Note that to enable these features environment.build.sso.local.sharedSecret must be set to the same non-empty value as ssp_platform_sso_ticket_service_shared_secret in $SSP_CONFIGDIR/ssp-config.properties
      (database specific attributes)(default values)
      environment.build.raweventsdb.connection.driver_class${environment.build.hibernate.connection.driver_class}
      environment.build.raweventsdb.connection.url${environment.build.hibernate.connection.url}
      environment.build.raweventsdb.connection.username${environment.build.hibernate.connection.username}
      environment.build.raweventsdb.connection.password${environment.build.hibernate.connection.password}
      environment.build.aggreventsdb.connection.driver_class${environment.build.hibernate.connection.driver_class}
      environment.build.aggreventsdb.connection.url${environment.build.hibernate.connection.url}
      environment.build.aggreventsdb.connection.username${environment.build.hibernate.connection.username}
      environment.build.aggreventsdb.connection.password${environment.build.hibernate.connection.password}
      environment.build.portaldb.initial.size1
      environment.build.portaldb.min.idle1
      environment.build.portaldb.max.active50
      environment.build.portaldb.max.idle50
      environment.build.portaldb.max.wait2000
      environment.build.portaldb.abandon.when.percentage.full70
      environment.build.portaldb.remove.abandonedTRUE
      environment.build.portaldb.remove.abandoned.timeout300
      environment.build.portaldb.jdbc.interceptorsConnectionState(useEquals=true);ResetAbandonedTimer
      environment.build.portaldb.test.while.idleTRUE
      environment.build.portaldb.test.on.borrowTRUE
      environment.build.raweventsdb.initial.size1
      environment.build.raweventsdb.min.idle1
      environment.build.raweventsdb.max.active50
      environment.build.raweventsdb.max.idle50
      environment.build.raweventsdb.max.wait2000
      environment.build.raweventsdb.abandon.when.percentage.full70
      environment.build.raweventsdb.remove.abandonedTRUE
      environment.build.raweventsdb.remove.abandoned.timeout300
      environment.build.raweventsdb.jdbc.interceptorsConnectionState(useEquals=true);ResetAbandonedTimer
      environment.build.raweventsdb.test.while.idleTRUE
      environment.build.raweventsdb.test.on.borrowTRUE
      environment.build.aggreventsdb.initial.size1
      environment.build.aggreventsdb.min.idle1
      environment.build.aggreventsdb.max.active50
      environment.build.aggreventsdb.max.idle50
      environment.build.aggreventsdb.max.wait2000
      environment.build.aggreventsdb.abandon.when.percentage.full70
      environment.build.aggreventsdb.remove.abandonedTRUE
      environment.build.aggreventsdb.remove.abandoned.timeout300
      environment.build.aggreventsdb.jdbc.interceptorsConnectionState(useEquals=true);ResetAbandonedTimer
      environment.build.aggreventsdb.test.while.idleTRUE
      environment.build.aggreventsdb.test.on.borrowTRUE

4. Build SSP-Platform

  • Use the following command to build, deploy, and initialize the SSP-Platform project:

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