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Cascade CMS 8.13.1

End of Life

Cascade CMS 8.13.1 is a patch release containing fixes for regressions introduced in Cascade CMS 8.13, improved user notification count load times, fixes to PDF file rendering in IE11 among other improvements and fixes.

1 Improvements 8 Fixes

Release Notes

Improvements

  • We've improved load times for screens such as the Dashboard that rely on counting a user's notifications.

Fixed

  • To prevent issues with parts of the interface being hidden when viewing PDFs in Internet Explorer 11 (IE11), users will be prompted to preview the PDF in a separate tab instead.
  • Assets using Data Definitions and Shared Fields outside of the current site will no longer lose Shared Field content when edited with Web Services.
  • We've addressed an issue where, under certain circumstances, Asset Factories would not place assets within their designated placement folder.
  • Oracle clients running 12.2+ will no longer experience database update errors relating to adding constraints to Custom Workflow Email tables during the upgrade process from prior to Cascade CMS 8.13.
  • Oracle clients running 12.2+ metadata values now use the correct data type.
  • We've addressed an issue where sites exported prior to Cascade CMS 8.13 do not import into Cascade CMS 8.13 with a Custom Workflow Email container.
  • The Windows installer has been updated to address an SSL connection error after upgrading to Cascade CMS 8.13.
  • Workflow comments will no longer be repeated for system steps in a Workflow Definition.

Upgrade Guide

First time installation?

Be sure to import our default database schema prior to installing Cascade CMS for the first time. Then follow the appropriate installation instructions for your environment.

Upgrade Steps

  1. Shut down your currently running Cascade CMS environment.
  2. Before you upgrade, we strongly recommend that you back-up your production database as well as set up a test environment and perform a trial run of the upgrade. All customers are entitled to a test license for this purpose.
  3. Read the release notes and upgrade guides for all releases between your version and the latest version.
  4. Check the table below to see which installer type is required.

Which installer should I use?

With certain upgrade paths, a full installation of Cascade CMS is required in order to ensure that the application has the latest required libraries. See the table below for a summary of which installer you should use based on the version from which you are upgrading. For any versions that do not require a full installation, using the ROOT.war upgrade method is allowed.

Upgrade Path
Upgrading From Full Installation Required
7.x Yes
8.0.x Yes
8.1.x Yes
8.2.x Yes
8.3 Yes
8.4.x Yes
8.5 Yes
8.6.x Yes
8.7.x Yes
8.8.x Yes
8.9 Yes
8.9.1 Yes
8.10 Yes
8.11.x Yes
8.12 Yes
8.13 Yes

Requirements & Supported Platforms

Server Requirements (for CMS deployment)

Application server requirements (for the CMS)
  Requirement Notes
CPU
  • 8-core (recommended)
  • Quad core (minimum)
  • Cascade can be run in virtualized environments like VMware and Hyper-V
Memory
  • 8GB RAM (recommended)
  • 6GB RAM (minimum)
  • It is recommended to allocate approximately 1/2 of the server’s total memory to Cascade.
Hard Drive Space
  • 25GB (recommended)
  • 15GB (minimum)
 

Supported Platforms

Supported platforms
  Supported platform(s) Supported version(s) Notes
Java platforms OpenJDK
  • OpenJDK 12.0.1
  • 64-bit is recommended for all platforms
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server
  • 2016
  • 2012 / 2012 R2
 
Mac OS X Server
  • 10.4 or later
 
Linux
  • 64-bit (recommended)
  • 32-bit
 
Databases MySQL
  • 5.7
  • 5.6
  • 5.5
 
Microsoft SQL Server
  • 2016
  • 2014
  • 2012
 
Oracle
  • 12c
  • 11g
 
Web servers Apache    
Microsoft IIS    
Sun Java System Web Server  
  • Formerly Netscape Enterprise Server
Zeus Web Server    
Web browsers Chrome
  • Chrome 50+
 
Microsoft
  • Edge
  • Internet Explorer 11
 
Mozilla Firefox
  • Firefox 45+


Safari
  • Safari 8+