Archivematica 1.12.0 and Storage Service 0.17.0 release notes

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Work in progress!

Environments

Please see the installation instructions.

Archivematica 1.11 and Storage Service 0.16 have been tested in the following environments:

• Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit Server Edition
• CentOS 7 64-bit

For development purposes, most of our developers prefer to use Docker containers. These and all above environments are linked from the installation instructions above.

Note: if you are upgrading from Archivematica 1.10.x or earlier, please be sure to clean up the completed transfers watched directory before upgrading. Instructions can be found on the Upgrading page in the documentation.

Added

Processing configuration selector

This feature allows the user to choose a processing configuration at the time of transfer by way of a drop down in the "Start transfer" button.

• Issue: https://github.com/archivematica/Issues/issues/1166
• Documentation: https://www.archivematica.org/en/docs/archivematica-1.12/user-manual/transfer/transfer.rst

This feature has been sponsored by Simon Fraser University Archives. Thank you!

Column selectors for the Backlog and Archival Storage tab

Users can now choose the columns displayed while browsing the Backlog and Archival Storage tabs so they can see the information most relevant to them.

• Issue (Archival Storage): https://github.com/archivematica/Issues/issues/1168
• Documentation (Archival Storage): https://www.archivematica.org/en/docs/archivematica-1.12/user-manual/archival-storage/archival-storage/#archival-storage

• Issue (Backlog): https://github.com/archivematica/Issues/issues/1167
• Documentation (Backlog): https://www.archivematica.org/en/docs/archivematica-1.12/user-manual/backlog/backlog/#backlog

These features have been sponsored by Simon Fraser University Archives. Thank you!

Downloadable CSV from Archival Storage search

Users can now download a CSV containing all entries in Archival Storage, containing these columns: AIP name, Size, UUID, Number of files, Date stored, Status, Encrypted, and Storage Location

• Issue: https://github.com/archivematica/Issues/issues/1213
• Documentation: https://www.archivematica.org/en/docs/archivematica-1.12/user-manual/archival-storage/archival-storage/#archival-storage

This feature has been sponsored by Picturae. Thank you!

Central Authorization Service (CAS) for Archivematica and Storage Service

• Issue: https://github.com/archivematica/Issues/issues/1211
• Documentation: https://www.archivematica.org/en/docs/archivematica-1.12/admin-manual/security/security/#cas-setup

This feature has been sponsored by Simon Fraser University Archives. Thank you!

OpenID Connect (OIDC) support for Archivematica and Storage Service

Experimental! Please share your feedback.

• Issue: https://github.com/archivematica/Issues/issues/1053
• Instructions: https://www.archivematica.org/en/docs/archivematica-1.12/admin-manual/security/security/#oidc-setup

OIDC support is a community contribution by Wellcome Collection. Thank you!

Changed

Django 1.12 support

• Issue: https://github.com/artefactual/archivematica/issues/1016

Archivematica has been upgraded to Django 1.12 LTS. Our next target is Django 2.2 LTS!

For a seamless experience for your users make sure that all active user sessions are deleted. We explain how here: Maintenance > Clear user sessions.