Spotfire® Streaming Support Newsletter Spring 2024

News on the latest releases, hotfixes, knowledge base articles, and technical tips for Spotfire Streaming administrators and users who want to stay up-to-date on the latest Spotfire Streaming Support content.

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Upgrade to the Latest Product Releases

Streaming version 11.1.0, released on November 22, 2023, is the latest LTS version (and being the most recent release of all, is also the latest Mainstream version). See the announcement from our Product Manager on the new Spotfire Community here:

What's New in Spotfire® Streaming 11.1 LTS

Some new features include:

Data Streams for Cloud – This is the user-hosted version of "TIBCO Cloud Data Streams". Apart from installation, most of the articles describing how to use it still apply. Please review the articles returned by this search on the Support Portal.
Added SB Trace Debugger Perspective to StreamBase Studio – A new perspective was added to Studio to allow visual analysis of StreamBase trace files. For more information, see SB Trace Debugger Perspective.
Added Feature to Manage Fragment Dependencies – This provides a simpler interface that filters and narrows dependencies just to fragment dependencies. For more information, see Add a Dependency.
UTF-8 by Default – Instead of the file.encoding system property, now, Studio and Manager launch explicitly with -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8

For a full list of new features and changes in this new version please click below:

Streaming 11.1.0 Release Notes

Highlight of recent system requirements changes

Added Windows Server 2022 to the list of Supported operating systems for both development and production use.
Spotfire Streaming now requires Java 17 for development and deployment. The Spotfire Streaming installation kit provides the runtime components of Eclipse Adoptium JDK 17.0.8. As before, Streaming detects and prefers a system-installed JDK, and uses the bundled JDK as a fallback. See further details in the JDK entry of the Supported Configurations page.

For a complete list of all system requirement changes in products and versions of interest to you, please see the System Requirements

Highlight of recent deprecated and removed features

Deprecated:

Operator Parameters
Windows Server 2019 and Windows 10 (builds before 1903)
LiveView Static alerts
C++ client apis
sbc and sbadmin command line tools

Removed:

Artifact Management Server (use the version from Streaming 10.6 which continues to be compatible with Streaming 11.1)
Eclipse Docker Tooling Plug-in (Docker will still be used for Maven builds)
Support for Ant-based tasks (Please use Maven or install Ant separately)
Creation of Artifact Service Discovery records (no longer needed for AMS integration from version 10.6)

For more information about these and other deprecated and removed features, refer to the product documentation here.

Important Security Announcements

Although there are no recent security announcements for Spotfire Streaming, you may find all security-related announcements for Spotfire products on http://community.spotfire.com/security

Recent Hotfixes and Service Packs

It is recommended to always keep your Spotfire Streaming environment up-to-date with the latest service packs. Hotfixes for specific issues are provided through Support after investigation. The latest Streaming service packs can be downloaded from the TIBCO eDelivery site:

Product

LTS Versions

Mainstream Versions

Spotfire Streaming

Streaming 11.1.0 LTS
(Released: November 22, 2023)

Streaming 10.6.5 LTS
(Released: February 16, 2024)

Streaming 11.0.1 LTS
(Released: February 07, 2023)

Get Notified on Product Updates

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Review End of Support Timelines

Review the end of support dates below and plan upgrades to supported versions, where you can benefit from security updates, defect fixes, and features available in the latest releases. See this page for information about the end of support dates and end of extended support dates for all Spotfire Product versions.

Current Release:

Streaming 11.1 LTS ending support on 2028-12-31

Previous Releases under Limited Support:

Support will answer product questions, but no new defect corrections, in the form of hotfixes or service packs, will be provided for these versions.

Extended Support Releases

StreamBase 7.7 left support on on 2023-06-30

These remain supported for customers with Extended Support agreements to assist with migration to the 11.1 release.

Tech Tips

The following is an overview of Linux and Windows installation options for production deployment. For MacOS installations which are supported for development only, please refer to the installation documentation.

For more information about these changes please see the Release Notes.

For more information about the upgrade to Spotfire Streaming 11.1 and more see:

StreamBase 7 to Streaming 11 Migration Guide (many core-feature topical examples)
Product documentation Migration Guide

Linux

As of the 11.1 release the content of streambase-client RPM moved to streambase-devel RPM. The rpm-bin installer no longer includes a streambase-client installer; its content has been moved to the streambase-devel RPM.

Use the RPM installer for managed environments where only one Major (11.x) or Minor (11.1.x) version of Streaming will be installed at any time and upgrades will require downtime to uninstall the prior version before installing the newer version. This downtime requirement includes installing a new service pack which is delivered as a full product installation package.

Use the Archive installer for environments where multiple different versions of Streaming will be installed and used independently for any period of time. This is typical for developer and test environments. It is then up to how the PATH and related environment is configured for a session to select which version is active.

The Linux releases may be decomposed into the following installers for specific feature groups:

streambase-devel — client utilities for developing Streaming extensions and clients
streambase-docs — installs the documentation
streambase-server — installs Streaming Server
streambase-studio — installs StreamBase Studio

For a development environment installation, the minimum set is streambase-studio and streambase-server with docs and client utilities optional and recommended.

For a production environment installation, the minimum set is streambase-server. The other development components, if installed, are not expected to be used in production.

Additional installers included in the release package are:

SPOT_str_11.1.0_linux_x86_64.archive-bin|.rpm-bin — main product installer
SPOT_str_11.1.0_documents.zip — document site only as HTML
SPOT_str_dscloud_11.1.0_linux_x86_64.archive-bin|.rpm-bin — Data Streams for Cloud setup package
SPOT_str_eclipseupdate_11.1.0_linux_x86_64.zip — StreamBase Studio plug-in for custom Eclipse configurations
SPOT_str_manager_11.1.0_linux_x86_64.archive-bin|.rpm-bin — Streaming Manager monitoring application
SPOT_str_nativesdk_11.1.0_linux_x86_64.archive-bin|.rpm-bin — Streaming API development libraries

Windows

The Windows releases contain components for both development (Studio, Maven) and production deployment (epadmin, runtime libraries). For Windows installation in any environment, all Studio and runtime components are installed whether they are expected to be used or not.

The installers included in the release package are:

SPOT_str_11.1.0_win_x86_64.msi — main product installer
SPOT_str_11.1.0_documents.zip — document site only as HTML
SPOT_str_dscloud_11.1.0_win_x86_64.msi — Data Streams for Cloud setup package
SPOT_str_eclipseupdate_11.1.0_win_x86_64.zip — StreamBase Studio plug-in for custom Eclipse configurations
SPOT_str_manager_11.1.0_win_x86_64.msi — Streaming Manager monitoring application
SPOT_str_nativesdk_11.1.0_win_x86_64.msi — Streaming API development libraries
sdk__cloud_ds__streaming_addon_dist_1.3.0.zip — Data Streams for Cloud development libraries

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