v7.8.1

Changelog

Fixed Cache shutting down if advertisement fails #1244
Plugin advertises PluginVersion with -classad #1252

v7.8.0

Highlights

For Users

• [Client] Stopped file transfers are now retryable errors #1101
• [Client] General improvements to error messages within the client and the plugin, ensuring more accurate errors and removing redundancies
• [Client] The client can bypass the cache and download directly from the origin if a directread query parameter is set #1166

For Admins

• [Documentation] Added documentation on how to get the public key of a running origin #1078
• [Documentation] Added documentation on how to run pelican servers via docker containers #1089
• [Origin] Pelican origin token creation now respects the issuer flag #1135
• [Cache] Cache UI will now redirect to a login page for an unauthorized user #1103
• [Origin/Cache] Improved “site name” handling #1176
• [Director] Director JWKS cache no longer becomes invalid when the registry goes down #1119
• [Director] Added a prometheus metric keep track of the total number of advertisements to the director #1133
• [Director] Enable director login via OAuth #1150
• [Cache] Allow the cache xrootd to have multiple data/meta mount locations #1191
• [Director/Registry/Origin/Cache[ Read environment variables with PELICAN prefix for Pelican binaries with alias (stashcp and osdf) and deprecate alias-specific prefixes #1162

v7.7.7

Changelog

• Fix director memory leak (#1237)

v7.7.6

Changelog

• Update S3 plugin in containers to fix segfault (#1207)

Note: This release only contains changes to Pelican Docker containers. For users who use binary or packaged version of Pelican, this release is the same as v7.7.5 release.

v7.7.5

Changelog

• Fix cache dashboard page skips auth check and wrong health metric name (#1103)
• Fix infinite redirect of UI init page (#1193)

v7.7.4

Changelog

• Fix --version flag output #1171

v7.7.3

Changelog

• Plugin returns last attempted source & filters \n (#1115)
• Replace jwks.cache by TTL cache for namespace jwks at the director (#1119)

v7.7.2

Changelog

• Fix deadlock in client #1098

v7.7.1

Changelog

• Turn off LotMan while we investigate dlopen issues #1087

v7.7.0

Highlights

For Users

• [Plugin] stash-plugin now supports recursive uploads and downloads #1011

For Admins

• [General] Fixed administrator authentication check failure for all servers #1013
• [Documentation] Major revisions to the documentation with new documentation for serving a cache #1028 #904 #912
• [General] Globus was added as the second supported OAuth provider #963
• [General] Formatted discovery and federation endpoints to be standard https URLs #974
• [Origin/Cache] Pelican Origin and Cache now support OAuth authentication for the admin website #963
• [Origin] Origins that export S3 can now export multiple buckets with unique
  access/secret keys #1045
• [Origin] Origin now can check a sentinel file for the mounted POSIX storage #1003
• [Origin] Origins now support HTTPS servers as a storage backend #958
• [Cache] Admin website is now available for the Cache #1039
• [Cache] New Prometheus metric to monitor cache access statistics #1007
• [Director] Director admin can now disable traffic to cache and origin servers #933
• [Director] HEAD request is now supported when the client request a file from the federation #1000

What's Changed

• Upgrade golangci GHA version and turn off caching by @haoming29 in #935
• Fix log color loss and LogLocation not working by @haoming29 in #939
• Fix pelican plugin bug no valid classads... by @joereuss12 in #942
• Embed serve as default command to run the server container by @haoming29 in #947
• Improve installation docs and include running Pelican server with docker image by @haoming29 in #904
• Update documentation to serve an origin by @haoming29 in #912
• Correct the key for docker doc page by @haoming29 in #955
• Moved failing macos tests into a linux only test file so as to stop c… by @turetske in #959
• Remove generate package when releasing by @haoming29 in #937
• Create tmp cinfo file for cache self test under the same folder as the final file by @haoming29 in #952
• Updating GitHub Actions to deal with size issues by @turetske in #950
• Fix bug with version being "dev" by @joereuss12 in #962
• API support for registry admin to delete a namespace registration by @haoming29 in #915
• Allow RSA key for TLS by @haoming29 in #965
• Revert changes that remove generate package by @haoming29 in #967
• Airplane mode by @bbockelm in #926
• Update Pre Release by @CannonLock in #982
• Consolidate two namespaceExists DB function by @haoming29 in #924
• Allow admin to configure filtering servers for redirecting traffic at the director by @haoming29 in #933
• Director based cache health tests by @haoming29 in #960
• Import parameters.json into website by @CannonLock in #972
• Fix director default response and add HEAD as allowed verb by @jhiemstrawisc in #1000
• Pelican client advertises timeout to cache by @joereuss12 in #1002
• Overhauling discovery endpoint by @haoming29 in #974
• Unit test for statHttp within Pelican Client by @joereuss12 in #890
• Redirect logging location reminder to stderr by @haoming29 in #989
• Fix bug where project name not set in user-agent by @joereuss12 in #977
• Authenticated self-tests for cache by @haoming29 in #978
• More verbose error message at director registration failure by @haoming29 in #992
• Bump github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/v2 from 2.0.20 to 2.0.21 by @dependabot in #1014
• Periodic cleanup of origin test files by @haoming29 in #987
• Bump google.golang.org/protobuf from 1.31.0 to 1.33.0 by @dependabot in #1015
• Output pelican config to stderr at server start by @haoming29 in #994
• More detailed error message at WaitUntilWorking not working by @haoming29 in #1016
• Update Prometheus doc to introduce counting server number by @haoming29 in #1009
• Cache hit/miss bytes Prometheus metric by @haoming29 in #1007
• Fix invalid error message type as server response by @haoming29 in #1023
• Pin external c++ dependencies at a specific commit by @haoming29 in #1022
• Add LotMan configuration to the cache by @jhiemstrawisc in #889
• getNamespaceByPrefix now checks topology for namespace existence by @turetske in #1021
• List namespace topology through UI by @haoming29 in #1031
• Remove Testing Code by @CannonLock in #1036
• Create serving_a_cache.mdx by @turetske in #1028
• Add server urls to error messages for WaitUntilWorking by @haoming29 in #1034
• Print pelican version at server startup to stderr by @haoming29 in #1027
• Remove use of global fed metadata within client by @joereuss12 in #878
• Add the option for a sentinel file for the origin by @haoming29 in #1003
• Do not log "director test timeout" warning if director can't be reached out by @haoming29 in #991
• Improved plugin error messaging by @joereuss12 in #999
• Add "login required" endpoints behind "admin" check and fix bug in admin auth handler by @haoming29 in #1013
• Fixes to pelican plugin staging by @joereuss12 in #882
• Allow configurable cache watermarks by @haoming29 in #973
• Add Cache Webpage by @CannonLock in #1039
• Add support for director/federation contact info as a configuration by @haoming29 in #1012
• Protocol version added to plugin -classad output by @joereuss12 in #1051
• Fix error responses for local cache by @bbockelm in #1041
• Removed the setting of an AuthURL for Pelican serverAds by @turetske in #1043
• Refactor registry namespace check to be compatible with OSDF topology by @haoming29 in #1038
• More error tolerant web ui check by @haoming29 in #1040
• Add support for custom xrootd config file by @haoming29 in #968
• Config fixups by @CannonLock in #1057
• Add topology timeout by @turetske in #1058
• Plug S3 plugin changes into multi-export S3 origins by @jhiemstrawisc in #1045
• Bump the revision of xrdcl-pelican for libcurl testing by @bbockelm in #1065
• Correctly return the transfer attempt information by @bbockelm in #1063
• Update Director by @CannonLock in #1068
• Move default S3 url style from defaults.yaml to config.go by @jhiemstrawisc in htt...