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The version checker can be disabled using the standard configuration system:
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by editing the pentaho-solutions/system/
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systemListeners.xml file. See below for more details.
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The version checker can be removed entirely from the software without causing any degradation of any kind.
No Discrimination
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The source code that integrates the version checker into the Bi platform can be viewed using these links:
Privacy
The data collected through the version checker will not be used in a manner that violates Pentaho's privacy policy.
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The BI Platform Version Checker is a scheduled quartz job that determines if a new version of the platform is available, and if so, writes information to the BI Server log notifying the system administrator. The Version Checker is configured in the pentaho-solutions/system/pentahosystemListeners.xml as a System Listener:
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<version-checker>org.pentaho.plugin.versionchecker.VersionCheckSystemListener</version-checker>
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Also in the pentaho.xml file are version checker configuration items:
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<version-check-config> <!-- defines how often -- <bean id="versionCheckerSystemListener" class="org.pentaho.platform.scheduler.versionchecker.VersionCheckSystemListener"> <property name="repeatIntervalSeconds"> <repeat-interval-seconds>86400</repeat-interval-seconds> <value>86400</value> <!--/property> valid release flags include: Major, Minor, RC<property name="requestedReleases" value="Minor, GA, Milestone --" /> <release-flags>Minor, GA</release-flags> <!-- set to "true" to disable the version checker --> <disable>false</disable> </version-check-config> |
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<property name="disableVersionCheck">
<value>false</value>
</property>
</bean>
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- repeatIntervalSeconds - defines the frequency in which the version checker quartz job executes to see if a new version is available. The default value is every 24 hours, or 86400 seconds.
- release-flags - defines the set of releases requestedReleases - comma separated list of release types that the platform receives notifications about. disable Valid values are: major, minor, RC, GA, and milestone. They are not case sensitive.
- disableVersionCheck - allows the administrator to easily disable the version checker.
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There are varying degrees of removing the version checker from the platform:
- setting disable disableVersionCheck to true causes the version checker system listener to not schedule the quartz job and not execute any updates
- deleting the VersionCheckSystemListener versionCheckerSystemListener bean section from the pentahosystemListeners.xml file causes the system listener to never execute
- deleting the pentaho-versionchecker.jar from the WEB-INF/lib directory, removes the code that actually executes the version check. The BI platform will continue to execute normally and no errors or warning will be displayed.