Green Screens for IBM i - 2024.Q4 update

by Green Screens Ltd.

We fell silent for a while once more as we were busy working on a new release. There has been a lot going on behind the scenes recently, but finally, the latest update is here. Discover what's new below...

JVM update

JVM is updated to the latest version which brings important improvements to the Kerberos and SSO integration.

Additional SSO access control feature

A new SSO access control module is added, capable of  detecting SSO user group directly from SPNEGO user token.

Additionally, we added new parameters "admin group" and "user group" definitions to determine which SSO user groups are allowed to use GS server and to access either web admin console or IBM systems in the back.

SSO for Admin Console

We added support for admin console integration within MS AD and Kerberos SSO. Flags are added to control access either as SSO only login, credential login or both.

New network buffer engine

New network buffer engine is introduced to improve performance and stability. The engine itself is completely rewritten from scratch.

New data folder structure

New data folder structure is now compatible with GSv6. After the update GS server will restructure the data folder into a new format automatically. This will simplify future upgrades to the GSv6 (and future GSv7). The new structure is also important for GS server when running as a node in a cluster configuration.

Syncthing support

It is of a crucial importance when GS server are used in a cluster for data to be synchronized between the nodes. Especially for data such as MFA (OTP, WebAuth, etc. ). Thus, we migrated Syncthing (open source file sync) integration module from GSv6 to GSv5.

Even Syncthing supports variety of OS environments, we are working on pure Java implementation to not to depend on 3rd party tools and to have even wider OS environment support for clustered setup.

Detail list of changes can be found here.