| Taverna 2.4.1 Server Release Notes |
| ================================== |
| |
| This is the second release of the new Taverna 2.4 Server. We welcome feedback |
| on both the things that are there and the things that are not. |
| |
| Key Features |
| ------------ |
| * Runs arbitrary Taverna 2 workflows |
| * Based on Taverna 2.4 |
| * REST and SOAP interfaces |
| * All functionality available through both interfaces |
| * Manages files for workflows |
| * Make files, read files, delete files |
| * Create subdirectories, list directory contents |
| * Can download a whole directory structure as a ZIP |
| * Tidies up when workflow runs expire |
| * Expiry time fully configurable |
| * Can force immediate deletion of a workflow run |
| * Security |
| * Encrypted communication supported |
| * Multiple users |
| * Users isolated from each other (via sudo) |
| * Workflows isolated from server |
| * Users may grant access to other users |
| * Specify credentials for workflows to access back-end services |
| * Notification framework |
| * Inform users when workflows terminate |
| * Many protocols: Atom feed, email, SMS, Twitter, Jabber |
| * Management interface |
| * Administrative access to all server's tunable parameters |
| * Authenticated web interface, JMX |
| * Usage monitoring/accounting |
| * General quality improvements |
| * Improved robustness |
| * State can persist over (limited) server restarts |
| * Improved installation |
| * Self-contained server package |
| * Support for transfer of large data files |
| |
| Planned Future Features |
| ----------------------- |
| * Support for Cluster Deployment |
| * Access to Provenance |
| * Support for Interacting with Workflows |
| |
| Specific Issues Addressed in This Release |
| ----------------------------------------- |
| See http://www.mygrid.org.uk/dev/issues/browse/TAVSERV |
| |
| TAVSERV-224 Ability to pass configuration parameters to the command line |
| executor |
| TAVSERV-226 Odd webapp authentication behaviour! |
| TAVSERV-228 Wrong title and missing documentation link on index page |
| TAVSERV-229 Update to Taverna 2.4 core |
| ---- 2.4 release ---- |
| TAVSERV-230 Intermittent problem with Xerces configuration |
| TAVSERV-231 Fails to run any workflow without Unlimited Strength JCE |
| TAVSERV-235 XML-stylesheet causing problems |
| TAVSERV-236 Incorrect URIs in server responses |
| TAVSERV-258 Cannot create (or update) a remote file in a run's working |
| directory with PUT |
| TAVSERV-260 Lists should have xlink attributes in the output port description |
| XML document |
| TAVSERV-261 Errors should have data size attributes in the output port |
| description XML document |
| TAVSERV-268 Select HTTP login domain |
| TAVSERV-274 Server should return 201 in response to a PUT that creates a new |
| resource |
| ---- 2.4.1 release ---- |
