# Announcements

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## [Announcing Open OnDemand 1.7](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/announcing-open-ondemand-1-7/862)

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**Author:** [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/announcing-open-ondemand-1-7/862 "2020-04-23T17:23:08Z")

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We are pleased to announce the release of Open OnDemand 1.7. Highlights of Open OnDemand 1.7 include: Support running OnDemand with SELinux Update project dependencies Drop EL6 and add EL8 support Added the Linux Host…

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## [Security fix in Open OnDemand patch release 1.6.22 and 1.5.7 now available](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/security-fix-in-open-ondemand-patch-release-1-6-22-and-1-5-7-now-available/819)

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**Author:** [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/security-fix-in-open-ondemand-patch-release-1-6-22-and-1-5-7-now-available/819 "2020-04-03T15:18:16Z")

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We have released a 1.6.22 and 1.5.7 patch release with a security fix to a CSRF vulnerability in the shell app (see code changes here). To update from 1.6.20 to 1.6.22 or 1.5.5 to 1.5.7: sudo yum update ondemand This …

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## [Open OnDemand Usability Survey Results](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-usability-survey-results/816)

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**Author:** [@alanc](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/alanc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-usability-survey-results/816 "2020-04-03T01:03:34Z")

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We reached out to everyone in February to complete a survey about the usability and administrative capabilities of Open OnDemand. This survey was made possible by the NSF funded Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI…

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## [Extraordinary Open OnDemand support for HPC centers supporting COVID-19 research](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/extraordinary-open-ondemand-support-for-hpc-centers-supporting-covid-19-research/794)

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**Author:** [@alanc](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/alanc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/extraordinary-open-ondemand-support-for-hpc-centers-supporting-covid-19-research/794 "2020-03-23T17:32:11Z")

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The emergence and spread of the new respiratory Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a Public Health Emergency in the United States Jan. 31, 2020. The outbreak, now a pandemic, has catalyzed significant activ…

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## [Open OnDemand Usability and Administration Surveys](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-usability-and-administration-surveys/735)

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**Author:** [@alanc](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/alanc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-usability-and-administration-surveys/735 "2020-02-25T16:43:28Z")

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The Open OnDemand project team is planning to make changes to the OOD user interface and administration/installation documentation in the coming months. As a first step in this process, we need to collect information fr…

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## [Warning about Chrome 80 default setting change: SameSite=lax](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/warning-about-chrome-80-default-setting-change-samesite-lax/694)

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**Author:** [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/warning-about-chrome-80-default-setting-change-samesite-lax/694 "2020-01-28T22:06:05Z")

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Chrome 80 will be released next week which includes a browser default setting change. In Chrome 80 if cookies do not specify the SameSite attribute, the cookie will be treated as though the attribute was set to SameSite=…

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## [Open OnDemand at PEARC'20](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-at-pearc20/661)

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**Author:** [@alanc](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/alanc)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-at-pearc20/661 "2020-01-14T20:48:08Z")

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OOD Community: Like the core OOD team, many of you will likely be attending the PEARC’20 conference in July in Portland (https://pearc.hosting2.acm.org/pearc20/) As in past years, we plan on having an OOD table and Use…

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## [RStudio Server in OnDemand with Singularity 3.5.x](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/rstudio-server-in-ondemand-with-singularity-3-5-x/658)

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**Author:** [@rodgers.355](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/rodgers.355)\
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**Last updated:** [January 8, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/rstudio-server-in-ondemand-with-singularity-3-5-x/658 "2020-01-08T20:16:18Z")

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Folks, I wanted to update the community on some work and issues that have recently come up with RStudio Server and OnDemand. At OSC we recently upgraded our Singularity installation to version 3.5.1 which had an undocu…

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## [Updated documentation includes configuring logout and setting up MATLAB as an interactive app](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/updated-documentation-includes-configuring-logout-and-setting-up-matlab-as-an-interactive-app/657)

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**Author:** [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/updated-documentation-includes-configuring-logout-and-setting-up-matlab-as-an-interactive-app/657 "2020-01-08T15:49:04Z")

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The documentation regarding configuring logout has been made more prominent. See the Authentication section and in particular the third step in the overview to configure logout. We also added a tutorial on adding MATLAB,…

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## [Open OnDemand and Nor-Tech](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-and-nor-tech/649)

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**Author:** [@alanc](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/alanc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-and-nor-tech/649 "2019-12-20T21:10:47Z")

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The Open OnDemand team is always looking for ways to raise awareness of Open OnDemand and grow the community. We were excited to see that Nor-Tech recently issued a press release (that was picked up by various media out…

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## [Open OnDemand events at SC'19 in Denver next week](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-events-at-sc19-in-denver-next-week/600)

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**Author:** [@alanc](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/alanc)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2019, 1:13am UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-events-at-sc19-in-denver-next-week/600 "2019-11-17T01:13:15Z")

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For anyone attending SC’19 in Denver next week (https://sc19.supercomputing.org/), please be aware that we have several Open OnDemand related events: Mon - Thurs: We will have demos and OOD related giveaways the whole…

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## [CaRCC Resarcher-Facing Track monthly call, November 14, 1pm ET](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/carcc-resarcher-facing-track-monthly-call-november-14-1pm-et/573)

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**Author:** [@mcuma](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/mcuma)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/carcc-resarcher-facing-track-monthly-call-november-14-1pm-et/573 "2019-10-28T20:56:35Z")

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We are planning to have a call on OOD’s promotion and usage on the CaRCC monthly Resarcher-Facing Track call, https://carcc.org/event/researcher-facing-track-call-nov-2019/ I am hoping to assemble panelists, mainly from…

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## [Open XDMoD 8.5.0 Released](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-xdmod-8-5-0-released/565)

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**Author:** [@alanc](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/alanc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-xdmod-8-5-0-released/565 "2019-10-23T15:03:10Z")

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Dear Open OnDemand Users, We are pleased to announce the release of Open XDMoD 8.5.0. Change logs are available on the download pages. Downloads are available on GitHub: This release includes a beta version o…

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## [Open OnDemand 1.6.20 patch release now available](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-1-6-20-patch-release-now-available/555)

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**Author:** [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-1-6-20-patch-release-now-available/555 "2019-10-17T20:02:40Z")

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We have released a 1.6.20 patch release with the following bug fixes: fix bug to ensure update\_ood\_portal installs new config if existing ood-portal.conf matches checksum #83. See the Discourse topic for an explanation…

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## [Open OnDemand 1.6.19 patch release now available](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-1-6-19-patch-release-now-available/542)

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**Author:** [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-1-6-19-patch-release-now-available/542 "2019-10-10T19:26:40Z")

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We have released a 1.6.19 patch release with the following bug fixes: prevent Shell app from crashing when home directory does not exist, which is necessary to support the first login flow for sites using pam\_mkhomedir …

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## [Email notifications for OnDemand's Discourse updated](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/email-notifications-for-ondemands-discourse-updated/532)

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**Author:** [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/email-notifications-for-ondemands-discourse-updated/532 "2019-10-08T18:10:20Z")

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In order to better facilitate participation on OnDemand’s Discourse forum, without notifications on important discussions being lost in the notifications on support topics, we have taken the following actions: Created …

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## [OSC center wide downtime Tuesday 8th means yum.osc.edu may be unavailable](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/osc-center-wide-downtime-tuesday-8th-means-yum-osc-edu-may-be-unavailable/527)

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**Author:** [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
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**Last updated:** [October 7, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/osc-center-wide-downtime-tuesday-8th-means-yum-osc-edu-may-be-unavailable/527 "2019-10-07T18:58:16Z")

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OSC is having a center wide downtime Tuesday the 8th. During this time https://yum.osc.edu/ may be unavailable, which means during that time installing or upgrading OnDemand via rpm might not work.

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## [Open OnDemand 1.6.17 patch release now available](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-1-6-17-patch-release-now-available/514)

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**Author:** [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-1-6-17-patch-release-now-available/514 "2019-10-01T16:06:58Z")

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We have released a 1.6.17 patch release with the following bug fixes: Fix recursive copy of directories on Lustre file systems. Generate a checksum file when running update\_ood\_portal to avoid overwriting the Apache co…

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## [FYI: App Sharing/Authorization Docs Updated](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/fyi-app-sharing-authorization-docs-updated/455)

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**Author:** [@rodgers.355](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/rodgers.355)\
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**Last updated:** [August 2, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/fyi-app-sharing-authorization-docs-updated/455 "2019-08-02T20:37:09Z")

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Folks, It was good seeing many of you at PEARC. In our BoF one of the issues that came up was a desire for better documentation on how apps can be selectively shared with users. To that end I have updated our app-sharin…

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## [Open OnDemand - OpenHPC integration webinar](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-openhpc-integration-webinar/453)

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**Author:** [@alanc](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/alanc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-openhpc-integration-webinar/453 "2019-08-01T14:26:02Z")

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Subject: Open OnDemand – Open HPC Webinar When: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 12:00PM – 1:00PM (Eastern) Presenters: Dominic Daninger, VP of Engineering, and Kyle Gross, Senior HPC Technician, Nor-Tech Abstract: Open OnDem…

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## [Announcing Open OnDemand 1.6](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/announcing-open-ondemand-1-6/422)

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**Author:** [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/announcing-open-ondemand-1-6/422 "2019-07-03T19:30:56Z")

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We are pleased to announce the release of Open OnDemand 1.6. Highlights of Open OnDemand 1.6 include: OnDemand passed a security audit Added job array support for LSF and PBSPro adapters Improved Slurm and Grid Engine…

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## [Announcing Open OnDemand 1.5](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/announcing-open-ondemand-1-5/217)

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**Author:** [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/announcing-open-ondemand-1-5/217 "2019-08-23T18:17:16Z")

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We are pleased to announce the release of Open OnDemand 1.5. Highlights of Open OnDemand 1.5 include: Add ondemand SCL and use SCL nginx and passenger Performance improvements to Active Jobs Basic job array support fo…

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## [Open OnDemand Webinar April 17th](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-webinar-april-17th/247)

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**Author:** [@alanc](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/alanc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-webinar-april-17th/247 "2019-04-18T20:06:09Z")

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Subject: Open OnDemand project recap and roadmap When: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 3:00PM – 4:00PM (Eastern) Presenters: Alan Chalker, Director of Strategic Programs and Dave Hudak, Executive Director at OSC Abstract: O…

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## [Announcing Open OnDemand 1.4](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/announcing-open-ondemand-1-4/117)

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**Author:** [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/announcing-open-ondemand-1-4/117 "2019-01-08T22:14:49Z")

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We are pleased to announce the release of Open OnDemand 1.4. Note that we are actively developing this month and will be releasing 1.5 at the end of the month. Unless you want early access to some of the features liste…

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