What's new in CF226
The following features and updates are available to customers installing HCL Digital Experience (DX) Container Update CF226 on supported platforms:
All Digital Experience Versions (8.5, 9.0, 9.5)
- DXClient - New limitations for LiveSync
- DXClient - TLS certificate validation
- My HCLSoftware delivery portal
- New section for How-to articles
- Presentation Designer - Canvas settings
Digital Experience 8.5 and 9.0 Versions
- Extended Support option now available for DX versions 8.5 and 9.0
- Automatically apply 9.5 from a later CF installation
Digital Experience 9.5 Container Version
- WAS and JDK versions
- RingAPI - Extending the trust store
- DAM - New parameter for access control
- People Service and Search V2 integration
- Notice of deprecation of non-OCI-based registry for Harbor Helm chart repository
- Removal of automated Pod restart on ConfigMap updates
Go to the HCL Software Support Site/HCL DX Software Fix list for the list of software fixes, including Container Update releases.
All Digital Experience Versions (8.5, 9.0, 9.5)
DXClient - New limitations for LiveSync
New limitations are documented for using LiveSync. For Themes, if files are deleted from the DX server while the LiveSync process is in progress, the files will not be restored from the local system. For WCM Design Library, various scenarios and their limitations for concurrent users are added. Steps on how to resolve these limitations to the LiveSync process are also provided.
New limitations are documented for using LiveSync. For Themes, if files are deleted from the DX server while the LiveSync process is in progress, the files will not be restored from the local system. For WCM Design Library, various scenarios and their limitations for concurrent users are added. Steps on how to resolve these limitations to the LiveSync process are also provided.
DXClient - TLS certificate validation
To improve security and maintain best practices in development and production environments, DXClient no longer ignores certificates that cannot be properly validated when using Transport Layer Security (TLS) connections. You can validate and trust custom certificates such as self-signed or third-party CAs without entirely disabling validation. For more information, see Configuring TLS certificate validation for secure connections.
To improve security and maintain best practices in development and production environments, DXClient no longer ignores certificates that cannot be properly validated when using Transport Layer Security (TLS) connections. You can validate and trust custom certificates such as self-signed or third-party CAs without entirely disabling validation. For more information, see Configuring TLS certificate validation for secure connections.
My HCLSoftware delivery portal
HCL DX software is now available through the new My HCLSoftware portal for customers licensed for the HCL Digital Experience v9.5 offering. This is in parallel to the existing HCL Software License Portal delivered in FlexNet, through June 30, 2025. For more information, refer to the following knowledge article and help center topics:
HCL DX software is now available through the new My HCLSoftware portal for customers licensed for the HCL Digital Experience v9.5 offering. This is in parallel to the existing HCL Software License Portal delivered in FlexNet, through June 30, 2025. For more information, refer to the following knowledge article and help center topics:
New section for How-to articles
There is a new section in the DX Help Center containing How-to articles. For more information, see How-to articles.
There is a new section in the DX Help Center containing How-to articles. For more information, see How-to articles.
Presentation Designer - Canvas settings
Canvas settings are now available in Presentation Designer. With these settings, you can configure various aspects of the presentation such as canvas dimensions, direction, zoom level, and orientation. For more information, see Accessing the Presentation Designer and Canvas settings in Presentation Designer.
Canvas settings are now available in Presentation Designer. With these settings, you can configure various aspects of the presentation such as canvas dimensions, direction, zoom level, and orientation. For more information, see Accessing the Presentation Designer and Canvas settings in Presentation Designer.
Digital Experience 8.5 and 9.0 Versions
Extended Support option now available for DX versions 8.5 and 9.0
HCLSoftware announced End of Support for HCL Digital Experience versions 8.5 and 9, effective June 30, 2025. Customers are encouraged to upgrade to HCL Digital Experience version 9.5, released in a continuous delivery model. Refer to the Deprecated features page for more information.
To accommodate customers who might be unable to update from DX versions 8.5 and 9.0 to DX version 9.5 by that date, customers can sign up for Extended Support until June 30, 2025. For more information, see the article Starting on August 30, 2024, Extended Support will be available for HCL Digital Experience V8.5.x and 9. Extended support will be offered from June 30, 2025 until June 30, 2026.
Automatically apply 9.5 from a later CF installation
In CF219, a feature was introduced where DX version 9.5 is automatically applied to an 8.5 or 9.0 installation if the configuration setting install_95=true is set. Note that a later CF might apply 9.5 by default unless you set install_95=false. This statement is not a guarantee of future releases or their features.
Digital Experience 9.5 Container Version
WAS and JDK versions
HCL DX 9.5 CF226 contains the following:
- WebSphere Application Server 9.0.5.22
- Java Development Kit 8.0.8.35
RingAPI - Extending the trust store
You can now add additional certificate authorities to the trust store of RingAPI. This enables support for self-signed certificates in hybrid deployments. For more information, see Adding additional CA to the DAM or RingAPI trust store.
DAM - New parameter for access control
New parameter allowEditorToCreateCollections is available to enable or disable creating collections for users assigned the Editor role. By default, this parameter is set to true. For more information, see DAM Access Control Management.
People Service and Search V2 integration
You can integrate People Service with Search V2 to enhance user discoverability and search performance. With this integration, you can access user profile data with real-time synchronization. For more information, see People Service and Search V2 Integration.
Notice of deprecation of non-OCI-based registry for Harbor Helm chart repository
Starting CF216, the Harbor repository is updated with an OCI-based registry and the Helm chart command is updated to be OCI-compliant. Instructions on how to pull Helm charts using OCI commands are now available. For more information, see the Help Center topics Configure Harbor Helm Repository and Download and Deploy from HCL Harbor Repository.
Removal of automated Pod restart on ConfigMap updates
Runtime Controller triggering Pod restarts for direct configuration changes in ConfigMaps is removed. You must restart the appropriate Pods manually to apply the changes made to the ConfigMaps for testing configurations. For more information, see Deprecated features.
Access the latest HCL Digital Experience 9.5 Education Materials on HCLSoftware U
The HCLSoftware U offers technical education for the HCL Software portfolio of products, organized by practitioner role. See the HCL Digital Experience section of HCLSoftware U and the What’s New for Digital Experience section for more information.