DIRAC v7r1

MySQL versions supported

[TECH PREVIEW] MySQL version 8 is now in pre-supported mode: the tests that we have done didn't show any issue, but are not conclusive.

Dynamic instantiation of the FileCatalog plugins

FileCatalog is now instantiating plugins using ObjectLoader mechanism, which allows to provide plugins in extensions. One side effect is that SecurityPolicy plugins are dropped and the only one existing VOMSPolicy becomes VOMSSecurityManager. For those installations that used PolicyBasedSecurityManager, the configuration should be changed in order to use VOMSSecurityManager instead.

Changes in the X.509 certificate proxies management

The DIRAC ProxyManager services keeps uploaded long-living proxies in order to provide them for asynchronous operations performed on the user's behalf. Proxies with different user's groups were uploaded independently. Starting from this release only one proxy is uploaded per user without embedded DIRAC group extension. As a consequence, there will be no DIRAC group value in the output of dirac-proxy-init|upload commands and in the Web Portal Proxy Manager application.

The already uploaded proxies with the DIRAC group extension embedded are still valid and will be used if no more recent proxy is available. If a user deletes the proxy from the ProxyManager, ...

Changes in APIs for Resources Helpers (ConfigurationSystem)

PR https://github.com/DIRACGrid/DIRAC/pull/4491 makes order in the CS helpers for the /Resources CS section. The helpers DIRAC.Core.Utilities.SiteCEMapping and DIRAC.Core.Utilities.SitesDIRACGOCDBMapping are now deprecated in favor of DIRAC.ConfigurationSystem.Client.Helpers.Resources. While backward compatibility will be maintained, you are invited to adjust your DIRAC extension accordingly.