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Copyright (C) 2019 CERN.
Invenio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
Version 3.1.0
=============
*Released 2019-03-11*
We are proud to announce the release of Invenio v3.1.0.
**Python compatibility**
Invenio v3.1 supports Python 2.7 (until 2019-12-31), Python 3.5 and Python 3.6.
We expect to add support for Python 3.7 in the near-term future once Celery
v4.3 has been released.
Getting started
---------------
See our :ref:`quickstart` guide.
What's new in Invenio v3.1?
---------------------------
Webpack build system
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Invenio v3.1 comes with a new assets build system based on Webpack for building
and packaging your JavaScript applications, stylesheets and much more. The
system replaces the previous AMD/RequireJS based system which was deprecated in
v3.0.
The old build system is still available to allow users to upgrade to Invenio
v3.1 without first migrating to Webpack. The old build system will be removed
in Invenio v3.3
For more information about the new build system, please see:
- `Invenio-Assets `_
- `Upgrade to Webpack `_
The new Webpack build system is based on:
- `Flask-WebpackExt `_
- `Pywebpack `_
Simplified scaffolding
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We have simplified the scaffolding of new Invenio instance by merging the
data model template into the main Cookiecutter-Invenio-Instance.
You can try the new approach by following our :ref:`quickstart`.
The previous approach of two separate packages -- one for the application
and one for the data model -- caused friction and confusion for new users and
we therefore decided to merge both.
This also first with our *long-term* goal, where we want to provide standard
data models (such as DataCite, Dublin Core, MARC21) so that users don't have
write their own data model.
**Docker base image**
We have released a new Docker image that can serve as base image for your
Invenio instances. The image is based on CentOS 7 and comes with Python 3.6,
Node.JS, NPM and some standard libraries often needed by Invenio.
See `inveniosoftware/centos7-python `_
on DockerHub.
The new image is being used by our :ref:`quickstart` guide, and the image is
usable in production environments like OpenShift.
**Pipenv**
In order to manage Python dependencies more reliable and securely for your
Invenio instance we have moved to use `Pipenv `_
which also handles the virtualenv creation.
Pipenv has been integrated into the scaffolded Invenio instance, and you can
read more about it in :ref:`build-repository`.
Documentation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
New sections where added to the documentation specifically on:
- :ref:`bundles` and :ref:`requirements`
- :ref:`build-repository`
- :ref:`managing-access`
- :ref:`securing-your-instance`
- :ref:`infrastructure`
Request tracing
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Invenio v3.1 has added new features for improved request tracing to allow for
better troubleshooting and auditing of problems. The feature allows logging a
request id, session id and user id across multiple services such as Nginx and
Invenio error logs. This enables e.g. system administrators to identify exactly
which Nginx access log line caused a specific error logged by Invenio.
If combined with e.g. centralised log aggregation, this can be used for e.g.
viewing requests by a user in real-time, request performance statistics and
many other metrics. Please note that in order to be compliant with EU General
Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you must ensure that these logs are
automatically deleted after 3 months (the same is the case if you only log an
IP address).
- **Cookiecutter-Invenio-Instance**:
- Nginx configuration has been updated to automatically generate a random
request id and add is as ``X-Request-ID`` header.
- Nginx log format has been updated to log timing information, request id,
session id and user id if provided by the application server in the
``X-Session-ID`` and ``X-User-ID`` HTTP headers. Nginx will remove both
headers prior to sending the response to the client.
- **Invenio-App**:
- Extracts the ``X-Request-ID`` header (max 200 chars) if set in the HTTP
request and makes it available on the Flask ``g`` object as
``g.request_id``.
- **Invenio-Logging**:
- The request id is made available to all log handlers.
- The Sentry log handler will add the request ID as a tag if available.
- **Invenio-Accounts**
- The ``X-Session-ID`` and ``X-User-ID`` HTTP headers will be added to the
HTTP repsponse if the configuration variable
``ACCOUNTS_USERINFO_HEADERS`` is set to ``True``. This makes the session
and user id available to upstream servers like Nginx.
Minor changes in v3.1
---------------------
**Token expiration**
The token expiration was changed from 5 days to 30 minutes for the password
reset token and email confirmation token. Using the tokens will as a
side-effect login in the user, which means that if the link is leaked (e.g.
forwarded by the users themselves), then another person can use the link to
access the account. Flask-Security v3.1.0 addresses this issue, but has not
yet been released.
**Globus.org OAuth Login**
Invenio v3.1 now comes with support for login with your Globus.org account.
The feature was contributed by University of Chicago.
See `Invenio-OAuthClient `_ for details.
**Health-check view**
A ``/ping`` view that can be enabled via the
``APP_HEALTH_BLUEPRINT_ENABLED`` configuration variable has been added to
support load balancers like HAProxy to check if the application server is
responsive.
Backwards incompatible changes
------------------------------
- **Pytest-Invenio:** The ``celery_config`` fixture has been renamed to
``celery_config_ext`` due to naming conflict with fixture provided by
Celery.
Deprecations in v3.1
--------------------
Following list of features have been deprecated and will be removed in either
Invenio v3.2 or Invenio v3.3:
Elasticsearch v2 support
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Elasticsearch v2 support will be removed in Invenio v3.2. Elasticsearch v2 has
reached end of life and no longer receives any bug or security fixes.
Both the support in Invenio-Search for creating indexes for v2 as well as any
v2 Elasticsearch mappings in other Invenio modules will be removed.
AMD/RequireJS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Invenio's assets build system based on AMD/RequireJS will be removed in
Invenio v3.3.
This involves e.g. the two CLI commands:
.. code-block:: shell
$ invenio npm
$ invenio assets build
Several Python modules in Invenio-Assets will be removed, including (but not
limited to):
- ``invenio_assets.npm``
- ``invenio_assets.filters``
- ``invenio_assets.glob``
- ``invenio_assets.proxies``
Also, bundle definitions in other Invenio modules will be removed. These are
usually located in ``bundles.py`` files, e.g.:
- ``invenio_theme.bundles``
Also, some static files will be removed from bundles, e.g.:
- ``invenio_theme/static/js/*``
- ``invenio_theme/static/scss/*``
DynamicPermission class
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The ``invenio_access.DynamicPermission`` class will be removed in Invenio v3.2.
It has been superseded by the ``invenio_access.Permission`` class. The
``Permission`` class by default deny an action in case no user/role is
assigned. The ``DynamicPermission`` instead allowed an action if no user/role
was assigned.
Records CLI
~~~~~~~~~~~
The following CLI commands will be removed in Invenio v3.2:
.. code-block:: shell
$ invenio records create
$ invenio records delete
$ invenio records patch
Please use the REST API instead to create, patch and delete records.
AngularJS (reminder from v3.0)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In Invenio v3.0 we deprecated the AngularJS 1.4 application Invenio-Search-JS
as AngularJS by that time was already outdated. We have selected React and
SemanticUI as the replacement framework for AngularJS.
The new Webpack build system released in Invenio v3.1 is part of the strategy
to move from AngularJS to React (note however that you can use Webpack with
your favorite framework, including AngularJS).
We have started the rewrite of Invenio-Search-JS and have already released the
first version of
`React-SearchKit `_ which
eventually will replace Invenio-Search-JS.
Features removed in v3.1
------------------------
These following already deprecated features have been removed in Invenio v3.1.
- ``invenio_records.tasks`` was removed from the Invenio-Records module.
Maintenance policy
------------------
Invenio v3.1 will be supported with bug and security fixes until the release of
Invenio v3.3 and minimum until 2020-03-31.
See our :ref:`maintenance-policy`.
What's next?
------------
We originally planned to release the Files and Statistics bundle in Invenio
v3.1. We however decided it was more urgent to release the new Webpack build
system in order to avoid too much code being written against the old build
system.
In Invenio v3.2 we are planning to release the **Files** bundle including:
- `invenio-files-rest `_
- Object storage REST API for Invenio with many supported backend storage
protocols and file integrity checking.
- `invenio-iiif `_
- International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) server for making
thumbnails and zooming images.
- `invenio-previewer `_
- Previewer for Markdown, JSON/XML, CSV, PDF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, GIF and ZIP
files.
- `invenio-records-files `_
- Integration layer between object storage and records.