OpenText™ Documentum™

REST Services CE 21.3

Release Notes
Contents
1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 3
1.1 Release Notes revision history ..................................................................................... 3
2 About Documentum REST Services 21.3......................................................................... 3
2.1 New features in 21.3 .................................................................................................. 3
2.2 New features in 21.2 .................................................................................................. 3
2.2.1 End user tracking............................................................................................ 3
2.2.2 Support for deployment on OpenShift platform .................................................... 3
2.2.3 Support for SameSite in cookies ....................................................................... 4
3 Packaging and documentation ....................................................................................... 4
4 Supported environments and compatibility ..................................................................... 4
4.1 Supported systems .................................................................................................... 4
4.1.1 Hardware requirements ................................................................................... 4
4.1.2 Application server requirements ........................................................................ 5
4.1.3 Java certifications ........................................................................................... 6
4.1.4 Cloud platforms .............................................................................................. 6
4.1.5 Docker containers runtime compatibility ............................................................. 7
4.2 OpenText product compatibility .................................................................................... 7
5 Installation and upgrade notes ....................................................................................... 7
6 Fixed issues.................................................................................................................. 8
6.1 Fixed issues in 21.3.................................................................................................... 8
6.2 Fixed issues in 21.2.................................................................................................... 8
7 Known issues................................................................................................................ 8
8 Contact information....................................................................................................... 9

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1 Introduction
This Release Notes provide an overview of Documentum REST Services 21.3, including new
features, delivery information, and supported platforms.

OpenText recommends that you read this Release Notes in conjunction with the documentation
included with the software package. If any conflicts exist, the Release Notes supersede the other
documentation.

We also recommend that you check OpenText My Support (https://support.opentext.com) for any
patches or documentation updates that may have been posted after the initial release of this product.

1.1 Release Notes revision history

Revision date Sections revised Description of revisions

April 2021 First release. All new content.

July 2021 All sections. Updated for the 21.3 release.

2 About Documentum REST Services 21.3

This section provides an overview of Documentum REST Services 21.3.

Documentum REST Services is a set of RESTful web service interfaces that interact with the
Documentum platform.

Developed in a purely RESTful style, makes Documentum REST Services hypertext -driven, server-
side stateless, and content negotiable. This provides you with a high degree of efficiency and
simplicity in development all while making its resources easy to consume. These advantages make
Documentum REST Services the optimal choice for Web 2.0 applications, Web APIs, and mobile
applications that interact with Documentum repositories.

2.1 New features in 21.3

There are no new features in this release.

2.2 New features in 21.2

Documentum REST Services 21.2 includes the following new features.

2.2.1 End user tracking

REST Services supports auditable end user tracking with real time awareness of the end user
location regardless of the client or the access method.

2.2.2 Support for deployment on OpenShift platform

You can now deploy Documentum REST Services on Red Hat OpenShift platform. The OpenText
Documentum Platform and Platform Extensions Cloud Deployment Guide contains detailed
information.

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2.2.3 Support for SameSite in cookies
When a thin client is connecting to Documentum REST Services, the SameSite attribute allows to
declare if the cookie should be restricted to first party or same site context ensuring an enhanced user
data protection.

3 Packaging and documentation

Downloads and documentation for Documentum REST Services are available on OpenText My
Support (https://support.opentext.com).

4 Supported environments and compatibility

This section provides details about supported platforms, systems, and versions for Documentum
REST Services 21.3.

The Supported environments and compatibility chapter in OpenText Documentum REST Services
21.2 Release Notes contains details about supported platforms, systems, and versions for
Documentum REST Services 21.2.

Notes
• An OpenText product configuration running on a particular
environment is supported as long as versions of the components
in the environment (for example, operating system, database,
web server, browser, SSO, Directory Servers, and so on) are in
standard/primary support by their vendors.
• Sof tware requirements are listed with release numbers. Software
updates—including patches, Service Packs, and equivalent
updates—sometimes introduce unanticipated changes.
Compatibility with software updates that are not listed here
cannot be guaranteed.
• All certifications provided in this document are relevant to the
current release. Certifications for patches are documented in the
Patch Notes documents published for the patch releases.

4.1 Supported systems

4.1.1 Hardware requirements

Hardware Requirement

CPU 1 GHz

Memory 2 GB RAM

Disk space 512 MB

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4.1.2 Application server requirements

Application Server

Pivotal Pivotal Oracle

Operating
Apache Apache vFabric vFabric IBM WebLogic
System JBOSS WildFly
Processor Tomcat Tomcat tc tc Liberty Server
EAP 7.3 19.x
8.5.x 9.x Server Server 20.x 14.1.1
3.2.x 4.x

CentOS
7.x (7.7), x64 X X X X X
8.x

Red Hat
Enterprise
Linux 6.x x64 X X X
(6.9, 6.10)
x64 OS

Red Hat
Enterprise
Linux 7.x x64 X X X X X X X X
(7.7), 8.x
x64 OS

SUSE
Enterprise
x64 X X X X X
Linux 12
SP4

SUSE
Enterprise
x64 X X
Linux 15 X
SP2

Ubuntu
x64 X X X X
16.04.x

Ubuntu
x64 X X X X
18.04.x

Windows
Server
x64 X X X X
2016 x64
Edition

Windows
Server
x64 X X X X
2019 x64 X
Edition

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4.1.3 Java certifications
• OpenJDK 11.0.7 is supported for Documentum REST Services.
• Oracle JDK 11.0.7 is supported for Documentum REST Services.

Note
Oracle’s version of OpenJDK is certified and note that OpenText
provides limited support for OpenJDK from other vendors and you
can use such implementations of OpenJDK at your discretion.

4.1.4 Cloud platforms

4.1.4.1 Operating systems

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 and later

• CentOS
• Ubuntu

4.1.4.2 Platforms

• Private cloud
o OpenText cloud platform
• Public cloud
o Microsoft Azure cloud platform
o Google Cloud Platform
o Amazon Web Services cloud platform
o Red Hat OpenShift container platform

4.1.4.3 Applications and components versions

Application and component Tested vendor version

Docker 18.x

Docker Compose 1.24.0

YAML 3.7

Kernel 3.10

Helm 3.2.4

Kubernetes (client) Refer the Docker containers runtime compatibility section.

Kubernetes (server) Refer the Docker containers runtime compatibility section.

PostgreSQL 10.x, 11.x

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4.1.5 Docker containers runtime compatibility
Documentum REST services supports Kubernetes as the container orchestration platform for
deploying the Docker images packaged in this release. The current Kubernetes supported version is
as follows:

Private cloud:
• Client version is 1.12
• Server version is 1.17

Public cloud:
• Client version is 1.16
• Server version is 1.17

Kubernetes Documentation contains the latest information.

The following public cloud platforms are supported:

• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
• Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS)
• Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
• Cloud Foundry Container Runtime (CFCR)
• Red Hat OpenShift container platform

4.2 OpenText product compatibility

The section provides details about which versions of other OpenText products are compatible with this
release of Documentum REST Services 21.3.

Note
For the latest compatibility information for OpenText products, refer to the
Compatibility Matrix (https://knowledge.opentext.com/go/matrix) on
OpenText My Support.

Product name Version

Documentum Server 21.3, 21.2, 21.1, 20.4, 20.3, 20.2, 16.7.1, 16.7

5 Installation and upgrade notes

This section provides additional installation and upgrade information, including related or third-party
product information and any required critical patches.

Before beginning installation, ensure that your system meets the requirements listed in Chapter 4,
Supported environments and compatibility. After installation, be sure to update your software to the
latest patched release, if any patches are available.

OpenText Documentum Platform and Platform Extensions Installation Guide contains installation
instructions for your product. This document is available from OpenText My Support
(https://support.opentext.com).

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6 Fixed issues
6.1 Fixed issues in 21.3
There are no fixed issues in this release.

6.2 Fixed issues in 21.2

This section provides information about past issues that have been fixed.

Issue number Issue description

The ignoreNull option on JSON serialization maps is set to true and this leads
ECDREST-3304
to NullPointerException.

7 Known issues
The following known issues exist in this release:

Issue number Issue description

ECDREST-932 When Documentum REST Services is deployed on an application server running

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 that also has Kerberos authentication enabled, a
com.dstc.security.util.licensing.InvalidLicense exception is generated
during the authentication phase.

ECDREST-812 Performance may be degraded when you enable the include-total parameter in
the Search service.

ECDREST-520 A memory leak occurs during a copy operation.

Workaround: Restart the REST server.

ECDREST-300 You can specify the millisecond field in a Datetime literal. However, Documentum
Server does not store the millisecond field in a Datetime data type. Therefor this
field and its value are ignored when processed.

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8 Contact information
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