Removal of embedded Solr
- In Sophora 5, the integrated Solr engine has been completely removed from the Sophora Server.
- The Sophora Server itself no longer requires Solr, but Sophora Clients' queries are mapped to Solr and require an external SolrCloud.
- Ensure migration to SolrCloud and the Sophora Indexing Service before initiating the upgrade. Refer to the Indexing Service migration guide for detailed instructions.
No support for LevelDB
- Support for LevelDB as a JackRabbit repository has been discontinued.
- Sophora 5 does not support LevelDB, which was previously used as an alternative repository technology for Staging Servers in Sophora 4.
- If your Sophora 4 repositories used LevelDB, migrate them before the upgrade. Consider setting up an empty Staging Server and performing a full synchronization, which may take a few days for larger repositories. Utilize the recently synchronized Server as a template for replicating configurations across all other Sophora Staging Servers through a simple copy-and-paste process.
Database Binary Store discontinued
- Support for Database Binary Store is no longer available in Sophora 5.
- You must use a separate binary store in Sophora Server 5, choosing between the default file system Binary Store or the Cloud Binary Store.
- If you used Database Binary Store or had no binary store before, migrate your binary data into one of the other options. A recommended approach is a full sync into a newly set up Sophora Server configured with a file System Binary Store during the upgrade to version 5.
Legacy categories no longer supported
- Support for legacy categories has been discontinued in Sophora 5.
- Utilize Enhanced Categories, modeled as select values, before upgrading to Sophora 5.
