Upgrading on Linux Single and Multi-Server

Introduction This document describes how to upgrade Ephesoft Transact 2019.2 in the following environments: Environments — single or multi-server Installation types — normal or silent Upgrade Overview The process of upgrading to Ephesoft Transact 2019.2 follows this general sequence of tasks. Installation Task General Scope of Activity Prerequisites Prepare to upgrade…

Linux Upgrade Guide 2020.1

Introduction This document describes how to upgrade Ephesoft Transact 2020.1 in the following environments: Environments — single or multi-server Operating system — Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.5 or 7.6 Note: Ephesoft Transact 2020.1 is only supported for these Linux distributions. Do not run the sudo yum update command, as this updates RHEL to an unsupported version.…

Windows Upgrade Guide 2020.1

Introduction This document describes how to upgrade to Ephesoft Transact 2020.1 in the following environments: Environment types — single and multi-server Operating System — Windows® Important: Steps unique to a multi-server upgrade are identified where applicable in this document. Upgrade Overview The process of upgrading to Ephesoft Transact 2020.1 follows this general sequence…

Software Updates 2020.1

Software updates (previously known as bug fixes) provide enhancements to the latest version of Ephesoft Transact. This includes security and compatibility enhancements and fixes for features. In addition to the updates listed in Ephesoft Transact 2019.2 Service Pack, the following issues have now been resolved: Ticket ID EPHE: Axosoft SF: Salesforce Category Description…

Linux Installation Guide 2020.1

Introduction This document describes how to install Ephesoft Transact 2020.1 in the following environments: Environment types — single or multi-server Operating System — Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.5 or 7.6 Note: Ephesoft Transact 2020.1 is only supported for these Linux distributions. Do not run the sudo yum update command, as this updates RHEL to an unsupported version. Refer…

Windows Installation Guide 2020.1

Introduction This document describes how to install Ephesoft Transact 2020.1 in the following environments: Environment types — single and multi-server Operating System — Windows® Installation types — normal and silent Important: Steps unique to a multi-server installation are identified where applicable in this document. Installation Overview The process of installing Ephesoft…

Restoring Ephesoft Transact

Perform the following steps to restore Ephesoft Transact: 1. Install the Ephesoft Transact version that needs to be restored. 2. Request and install the Ephesoft Transact license. 3. Log in to Ephesoft Transact. 4. Stop all Ephesoft Transact services. 5. Delete the following databases: Ephesoft Report Report_Archive 6. Restore the latest backup of the three databases…

Linux Silent Install 2019.1

Overview This document provides information on how to install Ephesoft Transact 2019.1 in the following environment: Environment — single-server Operating System — Linux Installation type — fresh silent The silent-mode installation allows the user to define installation configuration only once and then use it to duplicate the installation on many machines. The config.properties…

Ephesoft Transact 2019.1 Upgrade Guide – Single-Server – for Linux

Overview This document provides information on how to install Ephesoft Transact 2019.1 in the following environment: Environment — single-server Operating system — Linux Installation type — upgrade The following tasks describe how to upgrade to Ephesoft Transact 2019.1: # Installation Task General Scope of Activity 1 Complete the Prerequisites Check Prepare for…

Linux Fresh Normal Install 2019.1

Overview This document provides information on how to install Ephesoft Transact 2019.1 in the following environment: Environment — single-server Operating System — Linux Installation type — fresh normal The following tasks describe how to install Ephesoft Transact 2019.1 for Linux: # Installation Task General Scope of Activity 1 Complete the Prerequisites Check…

Install Ephesoft Transact 2019.2 – Single and Multi-Server

Introduction This document describes how to install Ephesoft Transact 2019.2 in the following environments: Environment types — single and multi-server Operating System — Windows® Installation Overview The process of installing Ephesoft Transact 2019.2 follows this general sequence of tasks. Installation Task General Scope of Activity Prerequisites Prepare for…

Security Configuration

This section includes information about security configuration in Ephesoft Transact. Password Masking Security: Restricting access to certain Ephesoft Web Pages Ephesoft Encryption Framework – Continued How to: Configure Batch Class Encryption Support for batches executed of Encrypted Batch Classes. LDAP/AD Password Encryption How to Encrypt Passwords in Ephesoft files…

User Connectivity

This section contains the following information for configuring user connectivity: Active Directory Resources LDAP and OpenLDAP Resources Single Sign-On Resources Default Authentication Method in Ephesoft Transact How to Administer Ephesoft Users and Groups How to Configure Apache Tomcat Users and Groups User Management

Integrating Ephesoft Transact with Active Directory

Integrating Ephesoft with Active Directory This article explains how to integrate Ephesoft with Active Directory and provides detailed description for each property used in order to successfully configure Ephesoft with AD. In Ephesoft Transact, we basically have to focus on 3 properties files mentioned below: server.xml user-connectivity.properties application.properties……

Checklist: Ephesoft with ADFS over SAML 2.0 with Authentication Type 1 and Authorization using Active Directory

Ephesoft configuration with ADFS over SAML 2.0 with Authentication Type 1 and Authorization using Active Directory This wiki provides you details related to what all configuration needs to be taken care of when configuring Ephesoft with ADFS over SAML 2.0 with Authentication Type 1. Authentication Type 1 means we are authenticating using SSO but authorizing using Tomcat, LDAP or Active…

Configuring Ephesoft Transact with ADFS over SAML 2.0 using Apache Tomcat

This article describes how to configure Ephesoft Transact with Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) over SAML 2.0 using Authentication Type 1. Authentication Type 1 means we are authenticating using SSO but authorizing using Apache Tomcat, LDAP, or Active Directory. In this article, we will focus on authorization with Apache Tomcat using port 8443. Overview How does authentication with…

Manually Configuring SAML 2.0 SSO for Ephesoft Transact 4.5.0.x and 2019.1

SSO Overview Single sign-on (SSO) is a mechanism of access control that can be applied on multiple related, but independent software systems. With this mechanism, a user logs in once and gains access to multiple systems without being prompted to log in again for each individual application. Conversely, single sign-off is a property mechanism whereby a single action of signing out terminates…

Ephesoft Transact Property Files Reference Guide

This document lists and describes the most common property files in Ephesoft Transact. This also includes their location in the Ephesoft file directory, assuming Ephesoft Transact was installed to the C drive (C:). To use this page, use the shortcut Ctrl + F (Windows) or ⌘ + F (Mac) to search for the name of a properties file. application.properties (Transact properties) Folder:…

Upgrade to Ephesoft Transact 2019.2 – Single and Multi-Server

Introduction This document describes how to upgrade to Ephesoft Transact 2019.2 in the following environments: Environment types — single and multi-server* Operating System — Windows® Upgrade Overview The process of upgrading to Ephesoft Transact 2019.2 follows this general sequence of tasks. Installation Task General Scope of Activity Prerequisites Prepare for upgrade…

Transact 4.5.0.0 Silent Installation on Microsoft® Windows

Overview This article provides a step-by-step procedure for installing Ephesoft Transact 4.5.0.0 silently on a Microsoft® Windows machine. Windows 7 SP1, Windows 10, Windows Server 12, Windows Server 12 R2, and Windows Server 2016 are supported and applies to both a fresh install and an upgrade install. Use these instructions to install Transact silently using the Windows Installer package…

Form Authentication and HTTPS Support

What’s New In Transact 4.5? Ephesoft Transact v.4.5.0.0 installer has been enhanced to support Form Authentication both for HTTP and HTTPS protocols. Now, the application can be set up to authenticate users on the basis of data provided during the installation itself. If you are installing Ephesoft Transact on a secure server, you can also specify SSL Certificate details. All provided data…

Installer Rollback Support

What’s New In Transact 4.5? Ephesoft Transact v.4.5.0.0 installer supports the full rollback, taking backup of the entire current application as well as the registry before installing a new version. Now, if any error occurs during the upgrade, the new installation will be completely rolled back, and the previous version will be reinstated. This feature is applicable only to upgrade cases.…

KB0019641: How to Enable Web Service Calls with SSO in 2019.2 or Below

Applies to: Ephesoft Transact 2019.2 or below Issue: How to make Web Service calls when Ephesoft is configured with SSO Solution:  In 2019.2 and below, call to rest APIs works with basic authentication only and below steps needs to be followed for the same: Uncomment the security-constraint only for url-pattern /rest/* in web.xml. Uncomment the realm for LDAP/AD in…