Question
What are the differences between Scriptura version 19.04 and Design & Compose 21.04 ?
Answer
From 5 server components (Managements server & Cassandra, Process server, Resource server, and Frontend server) to just 1
Some functionality has been moved to cloud based solutions (or is in process of being moved)
Results in a much easier setup (almost runs out-of-the-box)
No dependency anymore between servers. Each one runs 100% individually
Easier automated installs
Document Flow no longer depends on a Database
Much easier setup of Document flow designers or additional servers (no DB-admins dependency)
Easier deployment procedure
An environment no longer depends on a Database (licenses, security related tables, …)
Simplified management of users, groups, access rules, …
Security has nearly no use anymore since there’s no longer a browser based UI for end users
Security defined using an xml file
Faster template designer
No more waits which were often noticed in 18.04 and 19.04
Removal of Frontend Server
No more Scriptura forms / X-forms (To be replaced by “web designer templates”)
No More LiveDocs (To be replaced by “web designer templates”)
No more Orbeon based web UI (To be replaced by a custom application)
Removal of Resource server
Very often used by LiveDocs projects only
Removal of Cassandra Server
Used as storage mechanism for Resource server (which no longer exists)
Used for storage of Remote configuration (which no longer exists)
Management server and Process server merged into 1 component
Called “The” server
Log files
Now handled using Logback (http://logback.qos.ch/)
Removal of Remote Configuration
Most customers found it too complicated to setup / understand
To be replaced by “per server configuration”, as it used to be prior to version 8.0
Since less servers are needed in 21.04, the need for remote config becomes limited
License system
Designer licenses are retrieved from the Cloud or from a self-hosted server
No more credits per minute for servers. Everything became volume based (based on number of documents produced).
No more modules in license
Results in less hassle to manage/change license assignments
Support for
Java 11
Oracle Database 19c
MS SQL Server 2016 SP2, 2017 and 2019
Some things are renamed
Program installation directory is by default “Unifiedpost/Design-Compose-21.04.0”
Runtime directory is by default <userhome>/design-compose-21.04
All programs renamed
On windows
Windows service is now “Design & Compose SHE 21.04.0 Server Service”
No more local user “Scriptura” created, but “DesignCompose”
Program icons have changed
More Document Flow steps added to the base install
(S)FTP steps
Resources related steps (copy, delete, remove, list)
Some very popular steps (HTTP, UUID)
Discard Flow Objects Step
Set Permissions step
Page Information step