Linux | Transact 4.5.0.0 – Installation Guide

Revision 2 — March 12, 2020 Steps of execution 1. Do not run the sudo yum update (RHEL/CentOS) or sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade (Ubuntu) command, as this will take the operating system to an unsupported version. Refer to Platform Configurations and Third-Party Integrations 4.5.0.0 for more information on supported versions. 2. Make a directory for the Ephesoft install…

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:…

javax.naming.AuthenticationException: [LDAP: error code 49 – 80090308: LdapErr: DSID-0C09042F, comment: AcceptSecurityContext error, data 532, v2580 ]

Applies to: All Ephesoft versions configured with LDAP / AD Issue: If you are not able to log into your Ephesoft system and are using LDAP authentication and getting below error all of a sudden javax.naming.AuthenticationException: Root Cause: Password expiration / user locked for user which you are trying to login with or which is mentioned in server.xml and…

SSO | CAS-Based SSO Framework

SSO (Single Sign-On) is a mechanism of access control that can be applied on multiple related but independent software systems. This way, a user logs in once and gains access to multiple systems without being prompted to log in again for each individual application. Previously, the SSO mechanism in Ephesoft Transact only supported integration of the SAML-enabled Spring Security framework. For…

Box Export Plugin

Introduction This document describes how to configure Ephesoft Transact to export batch files and metadata to the Box repository from Ephesoft Transact, with the following elements of deployment: Prerequisites for using the Box Export plugin Setting up the Box repository application Configuring the BOX_PLUGIN plugin in Transact Executing a batch with files exported to the Box…

Upgrading on Windows

Overview This document provides a step-by-step procedure for upgrading Ephesoft Transact 4.5.0.0 on a Microsoft® Windows machine. Windows 7 SP1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016 are supported and applies to both a fresh install and an upgrade install. These instructions should be referred to when users want to install Transact as an upgrade…

Upgrading to Ephesoft Transact 2019.1 – Single-server – Microsoft® Windows

Introduction This article provides information about upgrading to Ephesoft Transact Version 2019.1 in the following method of deployment: Environment — Single-server Operating System — Windows® Installation type — Upgrade IMPORTANT: This document has been updated to describe how to install the Ephesoft Transact 2019.1 Hotfix. For additional information about this Hotfix, refer to…

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…

Transact 4.5.0.0 Fresh Installation on Microsoft® Windows

Overview A step-by-step procedure for installing Ephesoft Transact 4.5.0.0 on a Microsoft® Windows machine. Windows 7 SP1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016 are supported and applies to both a silent install and an upgrade install. These instructions should be referred to when users want to install Transact as a fresh install using the Windows…

Log Monitoring Tool

Applies to: All Transact 4.5 versions. Transact offers a system of alerts that are handled by the log Monitoring Tool. All alerts are sent via email. The log Monitoring Tool will monitor application logs and generate alerts on the basis of the following factors: Alert Alert Descritpion Log events The tool keeps a record of log events and alerts the system administrator if the log…

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…

Linux Installer Update – Silent

What’s New In Transact 4.5? Prior to Ephesoft Transact v4.5.0.0, during silent installation on Linux environments, the user had to provide all the values for all the input variables in the config.properties file. For example, if the user wanted to install the application using Oracle, he had to make sure that details were provided for the MySQL database as well. This was required as the…

Linux Installer Update – Silent

What’s New In Transact 4.5? Installer | Linux Installer Update   Prior to Ephesoft Transact v4.5.0.0, during silent installation on Linux environments, the user had to provide all the values for all the input variables in the config.properties file. For example, if the user wanted to install the application using Oracle, he had to make sure that details were provided for the MySQL…

Export | Support of Export to SharePoint 2013 and 2016

What’s New In Transact 4.5? Export | Support of Export to SharePoint 2013 and 2016   In previous versions of Transact, the user could configure the application to export the files to SharePoint Online (Office 365). Ephesoft Transact v.4.5.0.0 supports the export to SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2016 as well. You can configure the export for each Document Type and connection settings in…

Export to Web Service Plugin

Quick Reference Introduction Prerequisites Configure the Export to SOAP Web Service Configure the Export to REST Web Service Introduction This functionality allows the Transact users to export the batches (PDF/TIFF and Batch XML files) to the configured Web Service path. To implement this feature, a new EXPORT_TO_WEB_SERVICE plugin has been added to the Export module of Ephesoft…

REST API Lookup Plugin

Skip to: Introduction Prerequisites Configuration of REST API Lookup using the Web Service URL Configuration of REST API Lookup using the custom JAR file REST API Lookup on the Validation screen Configuration of XPath/JSONPath Introduction Ephesoft Transact 4.5.0.0 now supports REST API Lookup. It is used to extract the document level fields of a document on basis of the…

Log-On Service User Credentials

What’s New In Transact 4.5? Previously, the Ephesoft Transact installer created a Windows service that would default to start as the local logged-on user. If the user wanted to change the account, he needed to do it manually. In Ephesoft Transact v.4.5.0.0, you can select whether to install the service with the local system account or another account. A new section has been added to the…

How to Assign a Batch Instance

Overview This article describes how to assign batch instances to specific groups or users using custom scripts in Ephesoft Transact to support a particular business workflow. This is different from the Suspend Batch feature. Batch instances cannot be assigned from the Ephesoft Transact UI. This is managed in the ScriptDocumentAssembler.java file. Prerequisites To perform the instructions in…

Transact Web Services API

Ephesoft Transact’s OpenAPI-Compliant web services provide a simple method for real-time integration and exposure of Ephesoft Transact capabilities to external applications, allowing developers to embed advanced capture features in their own solutions without having to display the Transact user interface. Ephesoft provides over 60 Transact web services to perform advanced capture actions in…

How to Migrate the Existing Transact Database to Another Server

Here are the steps you will need to take to successfully migrate your current MYSQL, MSSQL or Oracle database to a new server for Transact Version 4.x. All current data archived in the existing databases will be moved.   1. Stop the Transact Service 2. Make a backup of your entire Ephesoft folder directory and your current set of Ephesoft databases 3. Export the whole databases…

How to Set SSL/TLS in Tomcat

This article explains the process to enable SSL/TLS authentication on Tomcat. Prerequisites You will need access to a trusted Certificate Authority (CA). If you do not have access to a trusted CA, you will need OpenSSL. You will need Perl. Create Self-Signed Certificates Using OpenSSL Note: If you have access to a trusted Certificate Authority (CA) and already have the…

KB0018649 : Encryption over LDAPS : ERROR: salt parameter must not be empty

Issue Identified In : 4120 Issue Fixed In: 4.5 Environment : Linux, Windows Problem: Randomly getting the “salt parameter must not be empty” error after using Ephesoft for some time. Unable to Login to Ephesoft after seeing “salt parameter must not be empty” when Ephesoft is configured over LDAPS with Encryption ON. Root Cause: We have observed that due to some reason…