Hub 4.1 – November 2020

This release note is for the 4.1 release of Blue Prism Hub delivered in an on-premise configuration.

Upgrading

The Blue Prism Interact and Hub Upgrader can be downloaded from the customer portal. This easy-to-use tool will upgrade 4.0 to 4.1. For more information, see Upgrade Hub and Interact .

Enhancements

The following new features and enhancements are introduced in this version of Hub.

Area

Description of Change

Authentication

Active Directory Authentication using LDAP can now be used to leverage the advantages of single sign-on. Once this connection has been established, users will be able to use their corporate logins to sign into Hub or Interact. This removes the need for the Hub Administrator to set up local users.

Installer

The following enhancements have been made to the Hub installer:

  • Server Manager roles and features automatically install – This requires VMs to restart after the installation; the choice can be made to restart immediately or later.
  • Customer ID is now entered through a new screen, rather than manually updating the customerid key in the appsettings.json file after installation.

  • Enhanced SQL screens:

    • Test connection button – This ensures that the information entered establishes a successful SQL connection. The installation cannot progress to the next step without a successful connection.
    • Inherited values from the previous SQL screen – This prevents the user from having to enter the same SQL information across multiple screens.

Tools

A new tool has been added for encrypting and decrypting of connection strings.
For security reasons the appsettings.json files for all the web sites are encrypted. If changes are needed to the configuration settings in this file, the encrypting/decrypting console application allows the file to be decrypted and then encrypted again.

See Blue Prism Data Protector Tool for more information.

Fixes and improvements

The following fixes and minor improvements are included in this version of Hub.

Area

Description of Change

Authentication

Previously, if Windows Authentication was selected within the Hub Database settings, the username and password fields were still available. These fields are now unavailable if the Windows Authentication option is selected, which reduces the likelihood of any potential SQL errors.

Installer

The following improvements have been made to the Hub installer:

  • The installer has been renamed to Blue Prism Hub from Blue Prism Base.
  • Increased maximum number of users – Previously the maximum pool size used the default value. The maximum pool size has now been set to 500, thus allowing more users.

  • Legal and visual enhancements:

    • The End-User License Agreement (EULA) has been reformatted.
    • The publisher name has been updated to "Blue Prism Limited" throughout the installer.

Known issues

A list of any prominent issues with this release is maintained in the knowledge base, click here for more information.