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Cloud Access Manager 8.1.2 - Release Notes

Upgrade/installation instructions

To upgrade/install this release

Before you install this release, ensure you have a current backup of Cloud Access Manager. This release is provided for all Cloud Access Manager hosts and we recommended that you apply it to each host. For further information on how to backup Cloud Access Manager, refer to the backup and restore instructions in the Dell One Identity Cloud Access Manager Installation Guide.

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On the STS Host, either mount the release ISO or extract the release ZIP file to a temporary location.
2
Start the Dell Autorun and navigate to the Install section.
3
Click Install on Cloud Access Manager IIS Components.
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Accept the license terms to start the upgrade.
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Wait for the installation on the STS Host to complete and click Close.
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On the Proxy Host, either mount the release ISO or extract the release ZIP file to a temporary location.
7
Start the Dell Autorun and navigate to the Install section.
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Click Install on Cloud Access Manager Proxy.
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Accept the license terms to start the installation.
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Wait for the installation on the Proxy Host to complete and click Close.

Updating federation certificates

After upgrading to Cloud Access Manager 8.1.2 existing federated applications will continue to use the SHA-1 algorithm for certificate signing until you complete the following steps for each application.

For the enhancement to support signing of federated requests with the SHA-2 algorithm (see New Feature #467017) it was necessary to update the provider type of the private key in Cloud Access Manager, however, existing certificates generated with the old private key will still not be able to support the SHA-2 algorithm. This means that post-upgrade it is necessary to refresh the federation certificate in any federated Service Providers (applications) or Identity Providers (Front-end Authenticators) that you have configured to upgrade to use the SHA-2 algorithm. We recommend that you do this at your earliest opportunity to improve the security of your system.

For each federated application or authenticator on your system:

Go to the Federation Settings page in the configuration wizard and select the ‘Edit’ option above the certificate. In the dialog that appears select “Generate New Certificate”, then download the certificate and save the application or authenticator.
Next either:
i.
manually upload the new certificate to your provider’s configuration
ii.
or if supported by your provider, refresh the configuration using the Cloud Access Manager federation metadata URL for the application or authenticator.
Please note that between generating the new certificate and uploading it to the service provider any requests to the service provider will fail. Therefore, we recommend that you complete this task in a maintenance window for each affected application.

Determining if this release is installed

To determine if this release is installed, log in to the Cloud Access Manager Administration Console, click the About button in the top right corner and verify that the version number matches that of the release.

Removing this release

To remove this release, refer to the backup and restore instructions in the Dell One Identity Cloud Access Manager Installation Guide.

NOTE: If you are uninstalling and reinstalling Cloud Access Manager, ensure that you delete the Cloud Access Manager SQL database before reinstalling the product.

Additional resources

Additional information is available from here:

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Dell One Identity Cloud Access Manager online product documentation

Globalization

This section contains information about installing and operating this product in non-English configurations, such as those needed by customers outside of North America. This section does not replace the materials about supported platforms and configurations found elsewhere in the product documentation.

This release is Unicode-enabled and supports any character set. In this release, all product components should be configured to use the same or compatible character encodings and should be installed to use the same locale and regional options. This release is targeted to support operations in the following regions: North America, Western Europe and Latin America.

Third party components

Third party components used in this product can be found listed in the About box in the Dell One Identity Cloud Access Manager Administration User Interface.

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