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SMP 4.2 RC1

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This page collects the resources for Service Metadata Publisher (SMP) version 4.2 RC1, released in June 2022.

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We are happy to announce that the first release candidate of Service Metadata Publisher (SMP) 4.2 RC1 is available. SMP is the sample implementation of an eDelivery Service Metadata Publisher (SMP) by the European Commission.

We invite all users to install SMP 4.2 RC1 in their test environments as early as possible and report any issues they encounter during the upgrade process or during operations to EC-EDELIVERY-SUPPORT@ec.europa.eu. As the final release of SMP 4.2 is scheduled for 30/06/2022, any major issues to be addressed should be reported by 16/06/2022 at the latest.

SMP 4.2 RC1 includes the following new features and fixed bugs:

Enable the

UI user authentication using an external CAS authentication server
Separate UI login credentials and Rest

service

Service (API) credentials (access tokens)
Extension framework:

SMP now has the option to deploy

support for custom extensions for payload security verification (

whatever is uploaded is checked so that it doesn't have any malware

e.g., malware scanning)
Alert features:

SMP has a feature that sends

ability to send email notifications for alerts (e.g., when credentials are about to expire, failed logins, etc.

.

)

System admin upgrade:

Configuration properties can be now

configured from

edited in the UI

, not just from configuration filesSystem admin REST services are now accessible under the distinct URL path, which

Admin UI now accessible using a separate URL, avoiding the need to have it exposed to the Internet (e.g., it can be secured via a firewall

so that all system administration services are not exposed to the internet.

)
Support for multivalued RDN certificates for authentication to SMP

.

Implement
Support for SSLClientCert header authentication (base64-encoded

X509Certificate

X.509 certificate) when authenticating the client for the

REST

Rest Service (API) via reverse proxy

. Implement X509

X.509 certificate policy extension validation

.

Support for participant identifiers without the scheme

.

Replace logging
Logging framework

from

: Log4J

to

replaced by SLF4J
Various security enhancements

.

Fixed bugs:

Fixed the space character URLs encoding encoding in service-group response
Wrong Fixed wrong ebCore party identifier serialization in XML response
Registering Fixed registering redirect service metadata using the UI tools failed

SMP 4.2 RC1 is backward compatible with 4.1.x.

Supported platforms:

Application servers:
- WebLogic 12.2.1.4
- Apache Tomcat 8

WebLogic 12

- .

2

- 5
Database
Databases:
- MySQL 5.7 or above
- Oracle 11g+
- 8 (tested version, future versions might work)
- Oracle 11 XE and Oracle 19c
Java 8 for compile, tested to run correctly with:
- Oracle JDK 8 for WebLogic 12.2.1.4.
- OpenJDK 8 for Tomcat 8.5
Java:
- Oracle JRE8

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Administration Guide (pdf)	The purpose of this guide is to provide detailed information on how to deploy and configure the Service Metadata Publisher.
Interface Control Document (pdf)	The purpose of this document is to exhaustively specify the interface of the Service Metadata Provider.
Software Architecture Document (pdf)	This document provides a comprehensive architectural overview of the system, using a number of different architectural views to depict individual aspects of the system. It is intended to capture and convey the significant architectural decisions that have been made on the system.
License (pdf)	European Union Public Licence.

Migration from SMP 4.1.2 to 4.2 RC1

In order to upgrade to SMP 4.2 RC1, please follow the steps:

MySQL or Oracle migration scripts have to be manually executed in DB prior to re-deployment of new WAR version. Scripts are located in smp-setup.zip.

Release notes

Please find below the list of new features, improvements, solved bugs and known limitations.

Improvements and new features

EDELIVERY-6180: Supporting multivalued RDN certificates in SMP
EDELIVERY-6306: Enable external CAS authentication server with main purpose to support EU Login CAS server
EDELIVERY-6307: Enhance security for admin pages of the SMP console
EDELIVERY-6317: Uploaded files shall be scanned by antivirus software.
EDELIVERY-6496: Replace log "engine" Log4j with logback (sync with other eDelivery blocks) and upgrade libraries to the latest versions
EDELIVERY-8801: Alert management: Login failure alerts
EDELIVERY-8802: Alert management: Certificate expiration alerts
EDELIVERY-8803: Alert management: Username/password and access token expiry alerts
EDELIVERY-8806: Force change password when expired
EDELIVERY-8984: X509 Certificate Policy extension validation
EDELIVERY-9011: Implement SSLClientCert authentication
EDELIVERY-9253: Feature to update SMP configuratuion via UI with the system admin role
EDELIVERY-9300: Enable creating partyIdentifier without scheme

Fixed bugs

EDELIVERY-6583: Problem with workaround for the GRP:SPACE test in the Metadata URL
EDELIVERY-8907: Wrong ebCore party identifier serialization in XML response
EDELIVERY-9318: Registering redirect service metadata via UI fails
EDELIVERY-9328: A successful message should be seen after added a trust store certificate

For more information, please contact us via our portal or by e-mail: EC-EDELIVERY-SUPPORT@ec.europa.eu

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Description

Documentation

Administration Guide (pdf)

The purpose of this guide is to provide detailed information on how to deploy and configure the Service Metadata Publisher.

Interface Control Document (pdf)

The purpose of this document is to exhaustively specify the interface of the Service Metadata Provider.

Software Architecture Document (pdf)

This document provides a comprehensive architectural overview of the system, using a number of different architectural views to depict individual aspects of the system. It is intended to capture and convey the significant architectural decisions that have been made on the system.

License (pdf)

European Union Public Licence.

Migration from SMP 4.1.2 to 4.2 RC1

Release notes

Improvements and new features

Fixed bugs