iTop Essential 3.1 to 3.2 Migration Notes
This version of iTop is backward compatible with previous
versions,
However read carefully the topics described in this page to ensure
a smooth migration of your iTop.
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For a focus on new features check What's new in iTop Essential 3.2
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For an exhaustive list of changes check the Change Log
Impact on Users
Before migration
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We have an audit tool to prevent bad surprises
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Most of the checks listed below can be smoothly and quickly checked on your particular ITSM Designer license by Combodo
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A few compatible extension versions must be activated and moved to production before upgrading your iTop
System
There is a new folder “resources” and a new file “app.php” under the iTop root folder. Mind to update your migration / backup scripts if necessary.
PHP version
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New PHP min version: 8.1.0
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New PHP max version: 8.3.x
PHP extensions
PHP extension APCu is now strongly recommended, otherwise performances could be slightly degraded.
MySQL / Maria DB version
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MariaDB min version remains the same: 10.3.7
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MySQL min version remains the same: 5.7
Database
Database update operations
N°6619 - Attachment : Make contact_id an AttributeExternalKey instead of AttributeExternalField
ALTER TABLE `attachment` ADD `contact_id` INT(11) DEFAULT 0 ALTER TABLE `attachment` ADD INDEX `contact_id` (`contact_id`)
Extension / Custom code
As usual some extensions must be upgraded at the same time as your iTop, or after for 4 of them.
If you have developed custom extensions with XML and custom code, check: Developer check-list
Extensions to upgrade
Check for each of your Combodo extensions the 3.2 compatible version that you need
to install, before upgrading.
Portal themes
If you created a custom theme for the end-user portal
that replaces
bootstrap-theme-combodo.scss
, you'll need to
re-generate it. Otherwise some elements might not display correctly
(HTML editor)
Included in iTop
XML Datamodel
The field “Solution” of classes User Request and Incident, now
supports HTML.
To revert this datamodel change, add this XML into an extension or
ask Combodo to inject it in the Designer for you
<class id="UserRequest" _delta="if_exists"> <fields> <field id="solution" xsi:type="AttributeText" _delta="if_exists"> <format _delta="delete_if_exists"/> </field> </fields> </class> <class id="Incident" _delta="if_exists"> <fields> <field id="solution" xsi:type="AttributeText" _delta="if_exists"> <format _delta="delete_if_exists"/> </field> </fields> </class>
Setup
Configuration file
After Migration
On the ITSM Designer
After you have upgraded your iTop staging instance and connected it to the ITSM Designer, you may want to benefit from available new features
Rename your Triggers
Because of the new unsubscribe mecanism, Trigger “Description” field will be visible to console users as the identifier of a notification that they have received, so that description should explain them, when this trigger is generated (also the might guess based on the trigger type, an explicit text might be easier to catch) and who receives them.
Thus a user can keep the first trigger and unsubscribe to the second. Otherwise, it's all or nothing…
Connect News
iTop 3.2.0 comes with 3 new actions “Notification by Newsroom”
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One
Notification to persons mentioned in logs
automatically linked to all your existing “Trigger (on object mention)” searching for “Person” in the filed “Mentioned filter”
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One
Notification to agent when ticket assigned
to be linked with a “Trigger (on entering a state)” on class “User Request” on “state:”assigned
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One
Notification on public log update through the portal
to be linked with a “Trigger (when updated from the portal)” and a “Trigger (when updated by mail)” both on class “User Request”
All your “Trigger (on object mention)” triggers have their
“Subscription policy” field (field added in 3.2.0), set to
the value Force at least one channel (News or Email)
,
because by default we don't want iTop Users to unsubscribe from
all channels when their name is mentioned
somewhere in an object log.
X-Content-Type-Options HTTP header and CORB protection
Since iTop 2.7.10 / 3.0.4 / 3.1.2 / 3.2.0, the X-Content-Type-Options HTTP header is sent
with the nosniff
value. This could trigger CORB
protection for certain resources, preventing them from loading (see
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/services/network/cross_origin_read_blocking_explainer.md#determining-whether-a-response-is-corb_protected).
To mitigate the issue, sending this HTTP header is disabled on
corresponding resources in iTop core.
As some extensions can be impacted, the
security.enable_header_xcontent_type_options
config
parameter can be set to false
to prevent the
header to be sent.