Release Notes

The new

externalUserGroup

parameter, which can be used in the fs-server.conf file, can be used to restrict the login by users to specific groups.
If this parameter is enabled, only external users that are included in an external group that matches the specified value will be able to log in. The specified value must be a partial string of the complete group name.

Example:

externalUserGroup.1=CN=admin,OU=FIRSTspirit,OU=Projekte,DC=e-spirit,DC=de

If the external user is not included in the required groups to log in successfully, an entry will appear in the log as follows:

WARN  22.07.2022 13:29:38.101 (de.espirit.firstspirit.server.sessionmanagement.
   SessionManagerImpl): login failed (authentication for 'xyz' successful but the user
   is not a member of an allowed group)!

See also https://docs.e-spirit.com/odfs/edocs/admi/konfiguration-f/konfigurationsd/firstspirit-ser/bereich-server/index.html.

In the current FirstSpirit release, the content of FirstSpirit jar files is signed with a new certificate. An update of the FirstSpirit Server is not necessary.

Note on compatibility: If the update service (FirstSpirit ServerMonitoring / FirstSpirit / Control / Update, “Update server” box) is used to update the FirstSpirit server, it must first be updated to release 2022.8 and then to release 2022.9. A direct update from a version below 2022.8 (e.g. 2022.7) to 2022.9 is not possible for compatibility reasons.

The newly with FirstSpirit 2022.8 introduced readOnlyRegistry parameter of the UrlFactory interface enables the pure read-only use of the URLs that are stored in the registry. After this parameter has been set, no new URLs will be stored and deleted URLs will not be removed.

Originally, this parameter overwrote the useRegistry parameter (value: false), if it was set.
Because the configuration could lead to problems in very rare special cases, the behavior was changed with the latest release: to evaluate this parameter, the useRegistry parameter must now be set to true. If this is not the case, the readOnlyRegistry parameter is now no longer effective.

What we had already started in April 2021, is now also becoming visible, noticeable and perceptible to the outside world – not only for the market but also customers and partners: e-Spirit and Crownpeak have merged into a global enterprise and thereby appear as only one exclusive company: “Crownpeak”.
In this context, e-Spirit GmbH became Crownpeak Technology GmbH effective August 1, 2022.

Background
Our vision of becoming the leading DXP provider worldwide (with the FirstSpirit CMS as its core), who will accompany and provide significant support for not only medium-sized and large enterprises but also groups acting worldwide on their path of digital transformation can now be realized even more efficiently with our combined forces and strengths and the bundled knowledge of both companies and access to expanded resources. In addition to the solutions provided in the current e-Spirit product portfolio, customers and partners can now also resort to Crownpeak solutions, such as the Digital Quality Management to keep websites free of barriers.

As part of the merger, support is now provided via the support.crownpeak.com portal. The current help.e-spirit.com address is forwarded to the new portal. The new portal will continue to provide access to closed and open tickets.

Otherwise, nothing else will basically change for customers and partners: Crownpeak Technology GmbH remains a 100% German company. It operates with 100% DSGVO conformity and all data is hosted in Europe.
See also https://www.e-spirit.com/en/specialpages/landingpages/e-spirit-becomes-crownpeak.html.

The FirstSpirit start page, documentation and other documents were generally adjusted: “e-Spirit” was replaced by “Crownpeak” and the address of the new Support portal was introduced. Any incidents that have not yet been adjusted will be adjusted successively.

For some input components, the project developer can specify if they can be edited by the editor or not.
Otherwise, input components can also be in “Read-only mode” (if they are currently being edited by another user) and are then also “locked”.
To provide for better recognizability, these input components are now visualized in the FirstSpirit ContentCreator accordingly:

(Tooltip: “This input component cannot be edited.”)

Examples of input components that cannot be edited:

• Parameter editable (“Form” tab)
  for CMS_INPUT_COMBOBOX, CMS_INPUT_TEXT, CMS_INPUT_NUMBER
• Property EDITABLE (“Rules” tab)
• Property EDIT (“Rules” tab)
  inner components of FS_CATALOG and FS_INDEX

FirstSpirit 2022.9 supports the following module versions for “FirstSpirit Content Experience Tools”.

* These modules require FirstSpirit 2020-03 or higher from this version.