Version 1.2

New Features

• add support for eXist-db 6.x (thanks @chakl)
• add support for Java options involving memory - #51 (thanks @adamretter)

Fixes and Improvements

• move release notes and version info into GitHub Releases posts and tags

Version 1.1

This is a security release addressing the log4j vulnerability.

Security

• Mitigate log4j CVE-2021-44228 by passing -Dlog4j2.formatMsgNoLookups=true

Fixes and Improvements

• add missing unzip dependency (thanks @gabicavalcante)

Version 1.0

This version has been applied to various eXist-db instances that are actively
in production, including more complex setups that use production/staging/dev
environments or data replication for high availability.

New Features

• add support for eXist-db 5.x
• add multi-instance support (multiple eXist-db on the same host)
• improve memory and GC parameter configuration
• improve Jetty port and IP address configuration
• very flexible pre-installation of xar packages

Fixes and Improvements

• [bugfix] disable exist_webxml_from_template by default (thanks @sermo-de-arboribus)
• provide installation documentation
• cleanup exist_adminpass and exist_userpass_map formats
• add syslog support
• add logrotate support for automatic deletion of old log files
• add kernel memory tuning (swappiness)
• add install_method: 'none' (do not touch an installed version)
• make install/replace decision logic more robust
• adapt for deprecated XQuery functions in eXist-db 5.x (thanks @joewiz)
• review and improve documentation
• add Ansible tags
• replace deprecated Ansible constructs (thanks @oyvindlg)
• add Ansible meta data (thanks @jdwit)
• rewrite upload-xmlrpc.pl in python3
• can apply patches after git checkout on source build
• prepare for 'run xquery during startup' (add collection '/db/system/autostart')
• allow xars to be installed from path on destination host (add 'remote_src')
• help ansible check-mode by allowlisting non-modifying shell calls (add 'check_mode: false')
• make maven options configurable (add 'exist_mvn_options')
• disable restxq autostart (add 'exist_confxml_trigger_restxq_enable')
• ability to "live"-patch xars by adding attributes to 'xar_install', see 'exist_xar_' and 'exist_replication_'

Incompatibilities with Earlier Versions

• format of exist_adminpass and exist_userpass_map variable has changed, see "Setting the Admin Password and Pre-installing User Accounts" in README.md
• recommended role invocation has changed to include_role, see "Example Playbook" in README.md
• some config variables have been removed or renamed, please refer to defaults/main.yml or README.md

Old Versions

Unversioned Beta-Release (Nov 1 2018)

Initial public beta release.