1 Document History (of last 6 releases)
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| May 21, 2026 | Section 3.2: added MariaDB version 11.4.9 as option Section 3.4: added MariaDB version 11.4.9 as option Section 9.11: added MariaDB version 11.4.9 as option |
| May 5, 2026 | Section 3.2: Updated required software stack Section 4.1.8: Updated server.xml to support latest cipher protocols Section 9.11: Added advice for upgrades to version 26.05 |
| Document fork for EMM Inhouse 26.05 | |
| March 11, 2026 | Section 9+9.12: Emphasized reason for and need of a database backup |
| November 5, 2025 | Section 3.2: Updated software stack and provided updated outlook Section 9.11 Added advice for upgrades to version 25.11 Section 12.2: Added reference to EMM connectors for integration platforms Make and N8N |
| Document fork for EMM Inhouse 25.11 | |
| October 28, 2025 | Section 3.2: Added Node.js version to the list of requirements |
| August 22, 2025 | Section 3.4: Simplified installation of MariaDB Section 4.1.1: Added installation of Python version 3.11 Section 4.1.3: Simplified installation of Python database driver for MariaDB Section 10.1: Removed property birt.drilldown, improved description for property birt.url.intern |
| July 8, 2025 | Section 4.1.3: Changed description for RHEL, because Python driver for MariaDB needs MariaDB packages from archive.mariadb.org Section 9.10: Added configuration hint for Tomcat 10.1.42 and later |
| May 28, 2025 | Chapter 7: added hint to enable cookies in the web browser to see statistic results Section 9.10: Added recommendation to upgrade nodejs and hint to check the status of the jobqueue |
| April 25, 2025 | Section 4.2.3: Consolidated required configuration for MariaDB in one section Section 10.4: new section how to configure DKIM support for EMM |
| April 9, 2025 | Section 3.4.2: Added MariaDB-server to the list of packages Section 4.6+5.3.5.: Removed references to no longer supported version 7 of RHEL and 12 of SLES Section 4.6.1: Removed reference to no longer supported tool wkhtmltox |
| March 20, 2025 | General: Removed references to Java 11, Python 3.8 and MariaDB 10.6.8, because these versions are no longer supported by EMM General: Renamed EMM support tool EMT to EST to reduce name mix-ups with EMM Section 3.1: Updated software stack and provided updated outlook Section 4.6.2: Removed section on wkhtmltox, which is no longer supported Section 9.10: Added advice for upgrades to version 25.04 Section 11.1: Extended section on EMM JobQueue Monitoring |
| Document fork for EMM Inhouse 25.04 | |
| January 8, 2025 | Section 9.12: Added instructions to install NPM packages required by EMM’s GUI redesign in case EMT is not used for updates |
| November 20, 2024 | Section 11.7: more tips how to tweak the configuration of MariaDB for best performance Section 11.8: new section how to identify performance bottlenecks in MariaDB |
| November 6, 2024 | Section 13.2.4: Added more tables that can be deleted when migration the EMM database from MariaDB to Oracle |
| October 16, 2024 | Section 3.4: Added MariaDB version 10.11.7 as alternative for AlmaLinux 9 Section 4.1.2: Description of how to automatically and manually install Python modules required by EMM |
| October 2, 2024 | Section 2.1: Updated screenshots due to new GUI design Section 4.1.1: Added advice for incompatibility of Python 3.11 with MariaDB 10.5 and 10.6 |
| October 1, 2024 | Section 3.1: Updated software stack and provided updated outlook Section 4.1-4.3: Updated from Python 3.8 to Python 3.11 for future compatibility Section 9.12: Added advice for upgrades to version 24.10 |
| Document fork for EMM Inhouse 24.10 | |
| Section 3.3: new hint on legacy file timezone Section 9.15: new section how to update MariaDB |
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| April 17, 2024 | Section 6.1 + 13.2.1: Described the required rights for the Oracle database user Section 6.2 + 13.1: Described the required rights for the MariaDB database user |
| March 25, 2024 | Section 4.2.2: Changed way to set up MariaDB's root password for better compatibility with EMT |
| March 20, 2024 | Section 3.1: Updated software stack and provided updated outlook Section 9.12: Special advice for upgrades to version 24.04 |
| Document fork for EMM Inhouse 24.04 | |
| March 6, 2024 | Section 3.4: Hint that MariaDB 10.6.8 does no longer work with RHEL/AlmaLinux 9 |
| December 22, 2023 | Section 10.7: new section how to configure a smart relay server |
| December 12, 2023 | Section 4.6.1: Changed file path for security reasons |
| November 28, 2023 | Section 4.1.1: Added hint to re-compile a self-compiled Python version in case of a Linux upgrade |
| October 31, 2023 | Section 3.4.1: Replaced links for CentOS 7 RPMs with links for CentOS 8 RPMs |
| October 19, 2023 | Section 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 9.11: Changed use of pip3.8 to python3 -m pip for better compatibility with future Python versions |
| October 12, 2023 | Section 9.11: Amended upgrade info with instruction on how to update license file |
| September 28, 2023 | Section 3.2: Updated software stack and provided updated outlook Section 4.1.1 and 4.1.2: added new Python lib requirements (see also section 9.11) Section 4.1.5: new value for property relay_domains to remove requirement of root access for mailloop service (see also section 9.11) Section 4.6.1+4.6.2: Marked wkhtmltox as deprecated and provided alternative (based on puppeteer) Section 4.6.3: removed some font packages which are no longer needed Section 5.4.2: updated documentation of EMT's functionality Section 9.11: Special advice for upgrades to version 23.10 Section 13.2.4: Removed some manual migration tasks that are now covered by EMM 23.10 Removed all reference to optional push service because it is no longer supported by EMM Inhouse |
| Document fork for EMM Inhouse 23.10 | |
| July 28, 2023 | Section 8.1: Added usage of a virus scanner as reason for sending problems |
| July 26, 2023 | Section 6.1+6.2+9.1.2: Added SQL migration script to the list in case EMM database updates are executed manually |
| July 19, 2023 | Section 4.1.4: Added parameter tablespaces=true for dbcfg file of Oracle to make sure that SQL updates consider existing tablespaces of the EMM DB |
| July 11, 2023 | Section 4.1.1+4.1.2: Replaced Python module pycrypto with cryptography |
| July 10, 2023 | Section 5.4.2: Added new option for configuration of file server.xml by EMT |
| June 26, 2023 | Section 3.4: changed description to use RPMs instead of tarballs to simplify MariaDB installation |
| June 5, 2023 | Section 13.2.2: introduced tools to migrate custom fields and reference tables |
| May 31, 2023 | Section 10.1: description how to set up and configure an HSTS header |
| May 24, 2023 | Section 13.2: added more details how to prepare and execute the DB migration |
| May 9, 2023 | Section 13.2.7: added process to convert SQL of target groups via EMM GUI |
| April 19, 2023 | Section 3.2.1: added info on end of life for support of certain MariaDB versions Section 13.2: additional migration info for edge cases |
| April 5, 2023 | Section 6.2: Relocated hint on character set and collation from section 10.3 because of its growing importance |
| March 17, 2023 | General: Removed all MySQL references because it is no longer supported Section 3.2: Updated software stack and provided updated outlook Section 4.1.4: Hint on formatting the separation of key-value pairs in file dbcfg Section 5.4.2: Added info on replacing EMM logos for white-labeling Section 9.10: Instructions for upgrading 22.10 to 23.04 Section 10.4: new section for configuration of a MariaDB-based HA solution Chapter 12: Moved introduction to EMM's architecture from chapter 2 to 12 Section 13.1: Moved migration from MySQL to MariaDB from section 9.9 to 13.1 Section 13.2: Migration of EMM database from MySQL to Oracle DBMS |