edu-sharing documentation
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What is new in edu-sharing?


    We would like to thank edu-sharing e.V and metaVentis GmbH for funding the update.


    Kafka Notification Plugin

    As of version 9.0, edu-sharing offers a notification system to inform users about important events in the repository.

    The notifications appear in the application interface.

    The events for notifications and their frequency are selected by the user.

    This service was designed as a plugin. This technical implementation offers numerous advantages:

    • Separation of services

    • Easier scaling

    • Easier deployment, for example as an extra container

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    Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery/Deployment


    The practical implementation of a CI/CD pipeline was enhanced for edu-sharing version 9.0:

    • Expansion of pipeline-supported end-to-end front-end tests,

    • Addition of unit tests in the back and front end,

    • Simplification of "rolling updates" for production instances


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    Security improvements for CI/CD


    The enhanced CI/CD security for edu-sharing 9.0 is designed to protect code pipelines through automated checks and tests to avoid vulnerabilities in software deployment.

    This includes:

    • the expansion of pipeline-based vulnerability scans

    • Automatic detection of known vulnerabilities in libraries for faster updates




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    edu-sharing Frontend


    Version 9.0 includes a technically completely revised front end.

    An update to Angular version 16 was carried out and the designs were adapted for Material Design 3.

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    edu-sharing Backend


    edu-sharing 9.0 includes numerous technical innovations in the backend:

    • Update to Alfresco 7.4 (Alfresco Content Services),

    • Update to Java 17 & JDK 17,

    • Update to Angular 16 and new frontend libraries


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    Optimisation of the Docker images and the project structure


    Reusing Docker images across projects


    • Smaller update sizes for Docker images thanks to improved layering,

    • Better rollout behaviour in the cluster,

    • Reduced build times

    Simplification of the development environment


    • Frontend and OpenAPI tests have been moved to the repository,

    • Each repository builds the associated Docker images,

    • Customer projects now only contain customisations and configuration



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