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IBM API Connect V5.0.8.2 is available, which addresses several APARs and includes product performance enhancements.
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IBM API Connect V5.0.8.2 is now available, which provides important development and APAR fixes.
We advise all users of IBM API Connect V5.0 to install this update to take advantage of the fixes.
Note: The Linux distribution for the Developer Portal OVA has moved from a Debian V7 base to an Ubuntu V16.04 base. Support for the Debian V7 OVA is being withdrawn in May 2018. You are strongly encouraged to migrate your Developer Portal to the Ubuntu V16.04 base now, as support for Debian V7 upgrades will be removed by May 2018.
Support lifecycle policy for IBM API Connect Version 5.0.8.2:
IBM API Connect Version 5.0.8.x is a Long Term Supported (LTS) release and is a recommended product level for which support, including defect and security updates, will be provided through cumulative, in-place Fix Packs until the effective end of support (EOS) date for IBM API Connect Version 5.0. An LTS release is intended for customers that may need a longer-term deployment for their environment.
APAR fixes
The following APARs were addressed by IBM API Connect V5.0.8.2, along with other internally raised quality fixes:
| APAR | Summary |
| LI79697 | SENDING EMAIL FROM SUPPORT CONTACT US FORM IN PORTAL RETURNS ERROR UNABLE TO SEND E-MAIL. CONTACT THE SITE ADMINISTRATOR |
| LI79732 | CLONING OF LARGE NUMBER OF PRODUCTS FAILS WITH APIC TOOL KIT COMMAND "ERROR: 503 - SERVICE TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE" |
| LI79745 | API CONNECT 5.0.7.2 PUBLISH A WSDL PRODUCT TWICE TO A DEVELOPMENT-MODE CATALOG, CREATES 2 WSDL ATTACHMENTS |
| LI79791 | CUSTOMER ISSUED HA MAKE PRIMARY TO PROMOTE RSS TO PRIMARY, BUT THE COMMAND DID NOT HAVE THE DESIRED EFFECT |
| LI79803 | CLOUD CONSOLE MANAGER SAVE BUTTON GREYED OUT |
| LI79815 | ANALYTICS DASHBOARD NOT POPULATING AFTER MIGRATION |
| LI79822 | MULTIPLE OAUTH APIS CREATED DURING MIGRATION TO V5 |
| LI79830 | MESSAGE 'API HAS UNSAVED CHANGES' NOT CLEARED AFTER SAVING |
| LI79840 | VARIOUS COMMANDS REPORT ERROR "NO SPACE LEFT ON DEVICE" FOR /TMP FILE SYSTEM |
| LI79848 | UNABLE TO DELETE A TLS PROFILE FROM A PROVIDER ORGANIZATION USING THE API MANAGEMENT ADMIN>SECURITY>TLS PROFILES PAGE. |
| LI79850 | LOGS ARE MISSING IN API TOOLKIT DESIGNER USER INTERFACE |
| LI79859 | THE USE OF REGULAR EXPRESSIONS IN GATEWAYSCRIPT WITH BACKSLASHES MAY NOT WORK AS EXPECTED |
| LI79878 | WHEN BROWSER LANGUAGE SET TO JAPANESE USER CAN NOT STAGE A PRODUCT WHEN ITS APIS CONTAIN THE SAME BASE PATH INSIDE A PLAN |
| LI79881 | SYSTEM.TIME AND SYSTEM.DATETIME DO NOT SHOW SYSTEM LOCAL TIME BUT UTC |
| LI79882 | SHA-1 CIPHER SUITES WERE DETECTED |
| LI79884 | UNABLE TO SEARCH FOR USERS WHICH HAVE A . CHARACTER IN USERNAME |
| LI79885 | CROSS SITE SCRIPTING CAN BE DONE ON THE DESCRIPTION FIELD OF AN API |
| LI79887 | JSON UNICODE CONTROL CHARACTERS CAUSE XML PARSER FAILURE |
| LI79888 | PORTAL SEARCH NOT WORKING, DEFAULT SEARCH MODULE NOT SET TO NODE |
| LI79889 | SOAP REQUESTS WITH CONTENT-TYPE OF APPLICATION/SOAP+XML MAY FAIL WITH A 404 NOT FOUND ERROR |
| LI79898 | DETECT TRANSACTION STUCK IN PREPARING STATE AND PERHAPS HUNG TRANSACTIONS DURING THE UPGRADE |
| LI79899 | INCORRECT EXCEPTION HANDLING IN USER SEARCH WHEN USING AUTHENTICATION URL REGISTRY TYPE. |
| LI79900 | WARNING: INVALID ARGUMENT SUPPLIED FOR FOREACH() IN PRODUCT_LIST_PRODUCTS() DISPLAYED ON DEVELOPER PORTAL |
| LI79901 | THE BACKUP_DEVPORTAL -E COMMAND GENERATE THE PORTAL SITES IN THE /VAR/AEGIR/BACKUPS DIRECTORY |
| LI79903 | SAVE BUTTON WHEN MODIFYING DETAILS OF MANAGEMENT SERVER ON 5081 DOES NOT WORK |
| LI79904 | RULES FOR SUPERSEDING AND DEPRECATING THE PRODUCT ARE SENDING EMAIL TO USERID INSTEAD OF THE EMAIL ADDRESS. |
| LI79906 | ERROR 403 USING DEVELOPER TOOLKIT TO PUBLISH API REFERENCING WSDL WHEN USER HAS "API ADMINISTRATOR" ROLE |
| LI79907 | API CONNECT STACK OVERFLOW ISSUE IN APIM.CONTEXT.XSL |
| LI79908 | DEVELOPER PORTAL CRON JOBS BEHIND SCHEDULE |
| LI79909 | ASSEMBLE SAVE FUNCTION JUMP TO THE DESIGN PAGE |
| LI79911 | MULTIPLE REDIRECT URI DOES NOT WORK WITH &ERROR= PARAMETER |
| LI79913 | INCORRECT USERID IN THE ANALYTICS AUDIT EVENTS IS OBSERVED WHEN APPROVED IN THE APIMANAGER |
| LI79914 | JSON TO XML MAPPING WITH ONLY TOP LEVEL ELEMENTS NOT WORKING AS EXPECTED |
| LI79917 | UPGRADING TO 5.0.8.1 MAKE MANAGEMENT SERVICE SETTINGS IN CMC NOT EDITABLE |
| LI79918 | INVALID JSON PAYLOAD RESULTS IN HTTP 500 INSTEAD OF HTTP 400 |
| LI79919 | HA LIST CLI COMMAND INCORRECTLY REPORTS NETWORK, ROLE, AND RUNTIME STATUS IF ICMP IS DISABLED |
| LI79921 | NOT ABLE TO DISCOVER TABLES FROM DATABASE WITHOUT WRITE ACCESS |
| LI79923 | DEV PORTAL TAGS ARE NOT DISPLAYING PROPERLY |
| LI79924 | EMPTY RESPONSE PAYLOAD IS PARSED AS XML |
| LI79927 | USING PDUR CONTEXT YOU CAN EXECUTE REST APIS ON THE MANAGEMENT SERVER THAT ARE NOT PORTAL REST APIS |
| LI79928 | UNRELEASED MEMORY GROWTH DUE TO APACHE PROCESS |
| LI79929 | A VALIDATE POLICY USED TO VALIDATE XML AGAINST A DEFINITION CONTAINING AN "ALLOF" PROPERTY MAY UNEXPECTEDLY FAIL |
| LI79931 | USER ACCOUNT PICTURE NOT DISPLAYED |
| LI79932 | MAPPING EDITOR CREATES A PROPERTIES ARRAY FOR A PROPERTY THAT IS A FLOAT AND A SECOND ELEMENT IN THE MAPPING |
| LI79938 | ANALYTICS RECORDS MAY BE LOST IF A QUERY PARAMETER HAS NO NAME |
| LI79939 | AFTER INSTALLING OPENID CONNECT WINDOWS AAD PLUGIN MODULE TO THE ICON FOR THE WINDOWS AZURE AD LOGIN IS NOT VISIBLE |
| LI79941 | ENABLE/DISABLE ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS LINKS PRESENT IN PORTAL UI, BUT FUNCTIONALITY NOT SUPPORTED. |
| LI79942 | DEVELOPER PORTAL ANALYTICS CAN EXPOSE UNAUTHORIZED INFORMATION |
| LI79943 | WITH 5.0.8.1 PUBLISHING PRODUCTS WITH CUSTOM VISIBILITY (USING A COMMUNITY TAG) RESULTS IN A NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION. |
| LI79946 | WEB BROWSER AUTOFILL USERNAME AND PASSWORD IN API MANAGER ASSEMBLE TAB'S POLICIES |
| LI79947 | OAUTH PROVIDER API THAT CALLS DELETE /OAUTH2/ISSUED RETURNS AN ERROR |
| LI79952 | PRODUCT NAME SHOULD BE REQUIRED ON API MANAGER UI'S EDIT PAGE |
| LI79955 | THE GATEWAY MAY PRODUCE INVALID JSON FOR ONE OF ITS OWN INTERNAL VARIABLES FOR A SOAP API |
| LI79956 | OAUTH REVOKE PERMISSIONS RETURNS SIGN IN PAGE. |
| LI79958 | IP MULTICAST PEERING GROUP DOWN WHEN USING APIC WITH DATAPOWER ON DOCKER |
| LI79959 | CHANGING PASSWORD OF A USER USING A WRONG PASSWORD IN THE "CURRENT PASSWORD" DOES NOT RETURN ANY MESSAGE IN PORTAL |
| LI79960 | API CONNECT 5.0.8.1 WITH LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE IN LDAP SEARCH-AS-YOU-TYPE FEATURE CAUSES ERRORS |
| LI79961 | ERROR GETTING EMAIL NOTIFICATION FOR DEVELOPER ORGANIZATION WHEN USING LDAP |
| LI79963 | EVENT "AFTER DELETING APPLICATION CREDENTIALS" DOES NOT INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DELETED CLIENT CREDENTIALS. |
| LI79964 | OPEN SOURCE APACHE HTTP SERVER VULNERABILITIES |
| LI79965 | DEVELOPER PORTAL WORKFLOW RULE REPLACEMENT PATTERN - "AFTER CREATING A NEW APPLICATION" THE ID OF THE CREDENTIAL IS MISS |
| LI79967 | ATTEMPT TO DELETE AN USER REGISTRY FROM THE CMC UI RESULTS IN A POP UP SAYING COULD NOT PROCESS THE API REQUEST |
| LI79969 | APIC 5.0.7.2 INTERNATIONAL CHARACTERS FROM BACKEND ARE TRANSLATED INTO DECIMAL CHARACTER REFERENCES |
| LI79975 | DEV PORTAL USERS MIGHT NOT ABLE TO RESET PASSWORD IF DISABLE "DEVELOPERS CAN INVITE COLLABORATORS AND ASSIGN FOLLOWING ROLES" |
| LI79976 | WSDL SETTING SERVICE ENDPOINTS CREATES INVALID ZIP FILES |
| LI79977 | SAVE BUTTON WHEN MODIFYING DETAILS OF MANAGEMENT SERVER ON DOES NOT WORK |
| LI79986 | NODE.JS TOUGH-COOKIE MODULE IS VULNERABLE TO A DENIAL OF SERVICE |
| LI79989 | OPENSSL VULNERABILITIES |
| LI79994 | NODE.JS DDOS VULNERABILITY |
| LI80128 | OPEN SOURCE OPENSSL VULNERABILITY |
Upgrade paths for API Connect:
For more information on IBM API Connect upgrade paths, see Supported Upgrade Paths.
There are specific validated upgrade paths between IBM® API Management Version 4.0 or later and IBM API Connect Version 5.0 or later. For more information, see Validated upgrade path for API Connect.
In addition to the specific validated upgrade paths for the API Management appliance, you must upgrade your IBM DataPower Gateway appliance. For more information, see Upgrading your DataPower appliances.
Upgrading the gateway to firmware level 7.5.0.1 is strongly recommended for the best experience.
Downloads:
Full installation and upgrade files for IBM API Connect Version 5.0.8.1 (Enterprise, Professional & Essentials) can be downloaded from Fix Central: IBM API Connect Version 5.0.8.2
Ensure that you have read and understood the upgrade and installation instructions before downloading and using the installation or upgrade files. You can find detailed installation instructions in IBM API Connect Knowledge Center -- Installing API Connect.
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Modified date:
13 August 2018
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