# Announcing Open OnDemand 1.5

**URL:** <https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/announcing-open-ondemand-1-5/217>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [February 21, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/announcing-open-ondemand-1-5/217 "2019-02-21T19:33:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![efranz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/efranz/32/27_2.png) [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/announcing-open-ondemand-1-5/217/1 "2019-02-21T19:33:18Z")

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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 for Slurm, Torque, and SGE
- Easier customization of home page text
- RStudio with varying versions of R
- Peer to peer app sharing
- Documentation update for Keycloak and Duo

Release notes and upgrade information can be found here:

- [https://osc.github.io/ood-documentation/release-1.5/release-notes/v1.5-release-notes.html](https://osc.github.io/ood-documentation/release-1.5/release-notes/v1.5-release-notes.html)

If upgrading from 1.3, please follow the directions here:

- [https://osc.github.io/ood-documentation/release-1.5/release-notes/v1.5-release-notes.html#upgrading-from-v1-3](https://osc.github.io/ood-documentation/release-1.5/release-notes/v1.5-release-notes.html#upgrading-from-v1-3)

If upgrading from 1.4, please follow the directions here:

- [https://osc.github.io/ood-documentation/release-1.5/release-notes/v1.5-release-notes.html#upgrading-from-v1-4](https://osc.github.io/ood-documentation/release-1.5/release-notes/v1.5-release-notes.html#upgrading-from-v1-4)

Finally, if upgrading from 1.3, be sure to also read through the changes from 1.3 to 1.4:

- [https://osc.github.io/ood-documentation/release-1.5/release-notes/v1.4-release-notes.html](https://osc.github.io/ood-documentation/release-1.5/release-notes/v1.4-release-notes.html)

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**Author:** ![efranz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/efranz/32/27_2.png) [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/announcing-open-ondemand-1-5/217/2 "2019-02-21T19:39:46Z")

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**Author:** ![efranz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/efranz/32/27_2.png) [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/announcing-open-ondemand-1-5/217/3 "2019-07-25T18:39:50Z")

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**Author:** ![jeff.ohrstrom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/jeff.ohrstrom/32/136_2.png) [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/announcing-open-ondemand-1-5/217/4 "2019-08-23T18:17:16Z")

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