Why Upgrade?

v7.2 contains new features that improve usability and makes designing forms easier. Here are a few of the top reasons to upgrade:

New Features:

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We recommend that you read the information below before you begin.

Automatic Upgrade for Live Forms Online (Cloud Hosted) Customers

Live Forms Online cloud hosted customers will be automatically upgraded on TBD. The automatic cloud upgrade will be seamless. Cloud customers should review these topics to prepare for the new version of :

If you have any questions, please email support@frevvo.com.

Migration Considerations for Cloud and In-house Customers  

The GA Release Date for v7.2.0 for in-house customers is TBD.

Changes to Supported Platforms

Java 1.7 is no longer supported. Please review Supported Platforms list for more information.

IE9 and IE10 no longer supported for designer and runtime

 

Opaque URLs

  resources, Applications, Forms, Flows, Spaces and more are referenced with opaque URLs. The opaque URL provides an alternate route for URLs previously using the user id as part of the URL. Opaque URLs replace the user id (…/user/user.id/…) that was used in the previous format with a universally unique identifier (uuid) …/u/user.uuid/… The uuid, is a randomly generated value that is stored in . Use of opaque URLs eliminates security issues that may have been present with URLs that exposed a designer user's id.

The Opaque URL feature provides:

  1. URLs that do not include a user's id
  2. Backward compatibility for URLs that contain a user's id - they will  continue to work.
  3. A reverse lookup function of the opaque URL that can be used to locate a form/flow in a user's account for troubleshooting purposes. This capability is only be available to administrators, tenant administrators and users with the designers or publishers roles in the same tenant.

An example of the opaque URL for a  space named mycompany is shown below:

OLD SPACE URL: http(s)://<server>:<port>/frevvo/web/tn/mycompany/user/designer/space/mycompany 
NEW SPACE URL: http(s)://<server:port>/frevvo/web/tn/mycompany/u/8aa27da6-4bef-427c-92e3-6ad8d58e506a/space/mycompany

All  use mode and designer features use opaque URLs and do not expose URLs using the previous format.


Migration Considerations for Live Forms In-house Customers  

Changes to Supported Platforms

SQL Server 2008 is no longer supported

 MySQL Database 5.5 is no longer supported

 

new version of PVE Connector 

Database Connector v2.5


Just a Reminder for In-house Customers

In-house customers should review the topics below, the instructions in the Upgrade Guide and Supported Platforms before migrating. It is recommended that you perform a full installation of  v7.2.0 when upgrading. 

v7 License Key Required if you are upgrading from a version prior to Live Forms v7.x

Request a v7 license by emailing support@frevvo.com BEFORE you begin the upgrade. v5 and v6 licenses will not work. 

Hardware and Memory Requirements for your Live Forms Server

The minimum recommended hardware configuration for your Live Forms server is:

However you must size your hardware platform to your specific form usage characteristics. As the number of concurrent users and forms/flows increases so must the system memory. Refer to the memory configuration topic for the details.

Insight Server Memory Requirements

The Insight Server and Service (Batch job) MUST be configured to take full advantage of the Reporting and the v7.2 Submission view and search capability. Do NOT disable it in the <frevvo-home>\tomcat\Catalina\localhost\frevvo.xml file.

It may be necessary to increase heap size for the Insight server, when reporting on/indexing a large number of submissions. Refer to the memory configuration topic for the details.

Database Configuration moved to server.xml file

The database configuration that was done in the <frevvo-home>\tomcat\conf\catalina\localhost\frevvo.xml file has been moved to the <frevvo-home>\tomcat\conf\server.xml file. Also, note that the datasource in the server.xml file has been renamed to jdbc/sharedfrevvoDS so that it can be shared by and the Insight server.



Configuring the database has not changed. The difference is that it is now done in the server.xml file and not frevvo.xml as in previous releases. When you configure your database, make the changes in the v7.2.0 server.xml file. Do not replace configured sections from a frevvo.xml from a previous release into the v7.2.0 server.xml. file.

Email Configuration is still done in the frevvo.xml file. Custom configuration parameters are still configured in the frevvo.xml file.

Start the Insight server before Live Forms

 requires Insight software for the Reporting and Submissions View feature. The Insight software is included in the tomcat bundle. The Insight server MUST be started BEFORE starting . Instructions for Windows and Linux operating systems are listed here:

 Windows:

  1. Open a command prompt. Navigate to <frevvo-home>\solr-5.4.1.Type bin\solr.cmd start to run the Insight server in the background, listening on the default port 8983.

    You will see this message:



  2. Browse http;<your server:your port>/solr to verify the Insight server is running. The <server:port> default values are localhost:8983. Change <your server>  to the server name and <your port> to the port the Insight server is running on if they are different than the defaults. Do not include the angle brackets <>. You will see the Insight server (Solr) dashboard with the current status:

If you close the Insight server (Solr) startup window, the server will stop running. Leave the window open or set up Live Forms and the Insight Server to run as Windows services.

Linux:

  1. Ensure that the scripts are executable: chmod 755 <frevvo-home>/tomcat/bin/*.sh
  2. Navigate to <frevvo-home>/solr-5.4.1/bin. Run this command to make the solr startup file executable:

    chmod +x solr
  3. Navigate back to the solr-5.4.1 directory.
  4. Start the Insight server by typing:

    bin/solr start - this starts the Insight server in the background, listening on the default port 8983.
  5. Browse http;<your server:your port>/solr to verify the Insight server is running. The <server:port> default values are localhost:8983. Change <your server>  to the server name and <your port> to the port the Insight server is running on if they are different than the defaults. Do not include the angle brackets <>. You will see the Insight server (Solr) dashboard with the current status:

   

  You do not have to restart the Insight server every time you restart .