Strict Mode

The new version brings a new "strict mode" flag, which offers you the possibility to have sensitive defaults pre-set for your environment. Developing a showcase or proof of concept usually doesn't need strict settings, especially regarding authentication and authorization. While, on the other hand, developing a real project needs stricter settings, which you previously had to set manually. With the flag enabled, some settings are set to a more restrictive value by default.
This includes:

• newly created classes have ACL roles set to AppAdmin by default and the access of resources referenced to an object is restricted (had to be done manually before)

• the "old" static data endpoints, that do not include the model and module within the URL are disabled (wasn't possible before)

• users of an App Backend can not see each other (had to be configured manually before)

• only the owner of an App Backend can create users (had to be configured manually before)

• only the App Admin can read resources uploaded to the Webhosting module (had to be configured manually before)

• users can not send push messages (had to be configured manually before)

See the configuration section of Yambas for more details.

Bouncer Support in Android SDK

The new Android SDK now supports the authentication with JWT through our authentication service "Bouncer". For a detailed description how to use this, see the SDK Reference.

Counting Requests for ApiOmat App Backends

You can now track the calls to your ApiOmat App Backends to get an impression about which of your App Backends are requested with which status code. You can use this to aggregate these data and get more insights about how your Backends are used and monitor them. Get more information about this feature on the feature page.

Support for file storage in Innkeeper

The new innkeeper version brings you the possibility to store the artifacts within the file system instead of MongoDB. This may be useful if you don't want to store them into the MongoDB but instead have them available on a file system mount.

Fast and efficient App Backend Configuration Service (Gearhead)

The new ApiOmat version brings a fully overhauled version of the Gearhead service, which consumes less memory and CPU and responds faster. While it remains fully API compatible, the internal data structure changed and it won't be possible to load the previously stored data.

Breaking changes

Breaking changes may require changes in configuration, apps, or native module code after an ApiOmat upgrade to ensure system stability.