Release Notes

Anyware Connector (RHEL and Rocky Linux)

25.03.0

Current supported release General Support

Version 25.03.0 of the Anyware Connector (RHEL/Rocky Linux) contains bug fixes and stability enhancements. Additionally, the following new features are supported:

Menu-driven Configuration for Connectors

Version 25.03 of Anyware Connector (RHEL) improves the menu-driven configuration for Connector management. This version enables bidirectional communication, where each tab reflects the current settings of all associated services upon selection.

Note:

This release offers only a few capabilities; additional capabilities will be added in future releases.

24.10.6

General Support

Version 24.10.5 of the Anyware Connector (RHEL/Rocky Linux) contains bug fixes and stability enhancements. 

24.10

General Support

This version (24.10) of the Anyware Connector (RHEL/Rocky Linux) contains bug fixes and stability enhancements. 

24.07

General Support

Version 24.07 of Anyware Connector contains bug fixes and stability enhancements. There are no new features in this release.

24.03.3

Technical Guidance

The Anyware Connector (RHEL) for 24.03.3 is a maintenance release that replaces and deprecates 24.03.1 (the initial 24.03.x release). It includes the following important bug fix:

  • Fixes an issue that could cause the available connection pool to be exhausted, even without using any connections. Previously, this could cause the connector machine to freeze or crash.

23.12

Technical Guidance

The Anyware Connector (RHEL) for 23.12 introduces the following new features:

Support for RHEL/Rocky Linux 9

This release introduces support for RHEL 9 and Rocky Linux 9.

Improved flexibility when using Active Directory integration

This release introduces the ability to enable or disable AD Authentication and AD Sync individually. Previously, these features were switched on and off together. For more information, see --enable-ad-authentication and --enable-ad-sync flags documented in Installation Flags and Options.

23.08.2

Technical Guidance

Welcome to the release of the Anyware Connector (RHEL/Rocky Linux) 23.08. 

What's New in This Release

For “What’s New” in Anyware Connector (RHEL/Rocky Linux) 23.08, our focus in this release is quality, stabilization, usability, and feature enhancements.

Other improvements and bug fixes

Some minor bugs and security issues were fixed in this release

23.06

End of Support
This release is no longer supported.

Welcome to the release of the Anyware Connector (RHEL/Rocky Linux) 23.06. 

What's New in This Release

For “What’s New” in Anyware Connector (RHEL/Rocky Linux) 23.06, our focus in this release is quality, stabilization, usability, and feature enhancements.

Federated Authentication and Single Sign-On Released

The Federated Authentication and the Single Sign-On functionality are released for production use in this release. You can use the following configuration flags with the Anyware Connector:

  • For OAuth:
    • --enable-oauth
    • --id-provider-url
    • --oauth-client-id
    • --fa-url
    • --oauth-flow-code
    • --enable-entitlements-by-upn
  • For Single Sign-On
    • --sso-signing-csr-ca
    • --sso-signing-csr-key
    • --sso-signing-crl
    • --sso-enrollment-url
    • --sso-enrollment-domain
    • --sso-enrollment-username
    • --sso-enrollment-password
    • --sso-enrollment-certificate-template-name

Active Directory Service account and Active Directory synchronization functionalities are optional

When installing and configuring RHEL/Rocky Linux Connector, it's not a requirement to provide an Active Directory service account and the Active Directory Synchronization in this release. Synchronization can be disabled for an individual Connector in the deployment even if a sync has already occurred on another Connector.

User entitlement through UPN and Active Directory Synchronized users

In this release, the Connector supports both types of entitlements with the remote workstations: by User Principal Name (UPN) and AD Synced User ID (UserGuid).

Feature Parity with Ubuntu Connector

Anyware Connector has a feature parity with the latest version (v164) of the Ubuntu Connector.

 

23.04.1

End of Support
This release is no longer supported.

Welcome to the release of the Anyware Connector (RHEL/Rocky Linux) 23.04. 

What's New in This Release

For “What’s New” in Anyware Connector (RHEL/Rocky Linux) 23.04, our focus in this release is quality, stabilization, usability, and feature enhancements.

Connector Rebranding

The RHEL/Rocky Linux version of the Cloud Access Connector is branded as Anyware Connector.

Connector Darksite Installation

The Anyware Connector (RHEL/Rocky Linux) can now be installed in a darksite environment.

Support for LDAP protocol Connections

The Anyware Connector adds support for connections with Active Directory via the LDAP protocol. This addition simplifies required prerequisites during installation and configuration and is recommended to use for testing purposes as it is not encrypted with TLS/SSL.

Configuration updates for internal and external Connections

In this release, Anyware Connector is configured to support either external or internal PCoIP connections, two separate Connectors are required to support both connections respectively.

For more information on the differences between Ubuntu Connector and Anyware Connector, see Difference between Anyware Connector on Ubuntu and RHEL/Rocky Linux.

 

22.04.0

End of Support
This release is no longer supported.

Beta Conditions

This is a beta release, and the features and updates listed below are experimental and partially completed features that have not yet been added to the production environment of the Cloud Access Connector for RHEL/Rocky Linux. 

Release Overview

Welcome to the 22.04-Beta release of the Cloud Access Connector for RHEL/Rocky Linux.
 

What's New in This Release

This release of the Cloud Access Connector for RHEL/Rocky Linux contains the following updates:

Multi-factor authentication 

When you enable MFA for the Cloud Access Connector for RHEL/Rocky Linux, all PCoIP Clients authenticated through the Cloud Access Connector will be prompted to enter MFA credentials. Previously, only the external PCoIP Clients were prompted for MFA information.

Organization Unit configuration

OU configuration is now required when you are installing the Cloud Access Connector for RHEL/Rocky Linux.