The Sonatype CLM 1.15 release focuses predominantly on improving security administration functionality. As part of this, you will likely notice some changes with regard to the associated interface in these areas.

Here’s a breakdown of the improvements in this release. Details follow this summary:

Built-in Roles

Previously, the built-in (i.e. default) roles were only visible at the Organization and Application level, or in the Global Roles menu area. However, all available built-in roles can now be viewed from the System Preferences area.

Using the Roles menu option, you can look into exactly what permission(s) each role has.

For more information, review the updates to the Viewing Roles and Permission Descriptions section of our Security Administration chapter in the Sonatype CLM documentation.

Calculate Trends

The Violation Summary located on the CLM Server dashboard is calculated for all apps over all time. In installations with a large number of applications, this can take a fair amount of time. Based on user feedback around the general use of this feature, as well as the situation where this can make the dashboard feel unresponsive, we have moved this to a manual calculation. For more information on how to calculate trends, review the Violation Summary section of the Dashboard chapter in the Sonatype CLM documentation.

Custom Roles

If the built-in roles don’t provide the options you are looking for, create custom roles. This latest feature provides the ability to name and describe a completely new role, as well as define which permissions each role has.

A simple point and click interface is discussed further in the Creating Custom Roles section of the Security Administration chapter in the Sonatype CLM documentation.

Java 1.8 Compatibility

The Sonatype CLM Server now supports the Java 1.8 runtime. Please review our requirements documentation for additional information for the entire Sonatype CLM suite of products.