VDG Sense 2.7.1

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Last updated: May 10, 2023 by Martijn Friggen
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Release Notes Article | RNA-20221128-MH-01

VDG Sense | Release Notes | VDG Sense 2.7.1 |

Release date

08 May 2023

IMPORTANT

2.7.1 is a security update release with improved cyber security techniques.

Compatibility

  • VDG Sense is NOT compatible with any previous VDG Sense version.

  • Settings backups of older VDG Sense versions can NOT be imported in VDG Sense 2.7.

  • All user passwords will have to be reset to a 12 digit password.

  • VDG Sense 2.7 as a clean installs will install Postgres database version 14.6, but is compatible with earlier used version 13.3 (VDG Sense 2.6) and 9.2 (VDG Sense 2.5 and older).

With the release of VDG Sense 2.7.1 architectural changes are made which break backward compatibility with previous versions of VDG Sense. This also means any SenseClient or SenseServer prior to 2.7.1 is not able to connect to a 2.7.1 server.

Minimum Software Requirements

  • Windows 10, minimum build number 17063.

  • Windows Server 2016 RS4, minimum build number 17063

  • Windows 7 is NOT supported.

For Windows, minimum build number 17063 is required, because support of Unix sockets is required to run VDG Sense 2.7.

 

Upgrade Instructions

Before updating the servers to version 2.7.1, it is required that VDG Sense 2.6.19 or newer is installed. All settings from 2.6.19 will be migrated automatically during the setup procedures in VDG Sense 2.7.1.
Installation instructions can be found here.

For older versions, the upgrade procedure to 2.7 is as follows:

Sense version

Upgrade steps

Sense version

Upgrade steps

2.6.7 >

latest 2.6 →2.7.1

2.6.1 - 2.6.6

2.6.7 → latest 2.6 → 2.7.1

2.5.x

2.5.19 → latest 2.6

2.4.x

2.4.28 → 2.4.35 →2.5.19

 

Changes

  • Administrator password is reset and a new password needs to be set when trying to login as administrator for the first time. The password is bound to complexity rules [read more].

  • All user passwords are reset and need to be reconfigured to ensure safe(r) passwords.

  • Several plugins are rendered obsolete, non-secure and are removed from plugin list:

    • SMTP plugin

    • RAID_3Ware plugin

    • Export plugin

    • HardwareStatus plugin

    • Zenitel plugin

  • Videochannels are counted per IP address and not per channel

  • Failover functionality has been made more resilient for larger and more complex installations. Due to the nature of the new Failover structure, it was not possible to migrate settings from older versions to the new structure. This means existing Failover settings need to be re-configured [read more]

  • Additional user credentials are required when creating a cluster [read more]

  • Additional user credentials for the following plugins

    • parkassist plugin [read more]

Security Improvements

  • Enforce new administrator password on the first login [read more]

  • Enforce password complexity rules [read more]

  • Optional password history [read more]

  • All SenseServer and SenseClient data-traffic is encrypted

Functional Improvements