Documentation Updates

The following table tracks changes to the documentation set:

Documentation Change Log

Date	Description
2021-05-27	Initial Release of AM 7.0.2. The following changes were made to the documentation: Added an upgrade step to "To Upgrade From a Supported Version" about upgrading scripts as part of the process. Improved the documentation about the `request` parameter of the `/oauth2/authorize` endpoint. Updated "Supported Clients" to mention that support for Internet Explorer 11 ends August 17, 2021, in alignment with the announcement from Microsoft ending support for Internet Explorer 11. Updated Improvements in AM 7 to mention that the `AM-7.0.2.zip` file includes a configuration file upgrade tool, in `Config-Upgrader-7.0.2.zip`, for converting configuration files exported with the Amster command. This file was listed in Downloading AM, but not mentioned in these Release Notes. Updated Session Upgrade to clarify that the `ForceAuth` parameter used with an authentication tree causes AM to issue a new session token, regardless of the security requirements. Updated Deprecated in AM 7 to clarify that the ssoadm command and the `configurator.jar`, `upgrade.jar`, and `ampassword` tools remain deprecated.
2021-01-07	The following changes were made to the documentation: Updated the Supported Upgrade Paths section to remove the upgrade path from OpenAM 13.X add the upgrade path from AM 7.x. Updated the SameSite release note in AM 7 to add information about the new secure cookie filter. Also added a new section, "Managing the Secure Cookie Filter". Removed information about Oracle Weblogic from the installation guide, since it is not supported in this version. Added a new section, "OAuth 2.0 Scopes Policy Script API Functionality". Updated the chapter The Scripting Environment to show how to obtain the Groovy and JavaScript engine version that AM is using. Updated the What's New in AM 7 section and the SAML v2.0 guide. As part of hardening the security around the SAML v2.0 implementation that happened in AM 7, the URLs specified in the Assertion Consumer Service must exactly match the SP's scheme, FQDN, and port. Added a new section, "Setting Session Properties".
2020-11-04	Initial Release of AM 7.0.1. The following changes were made to the documentation alongside this release: Added an entry in Important Changes in AM 7 about changes to the Windows Desktop SSO (WDSSO) authentication module. Added an entry in Important Changes in AM 7 about changes pertaining to User Self-Service. Added the "Adding Audit Information" section. Added an entry in "Limitations" about specifying keys in JWT headers. Improved the documentation about tuning LDAP connections in nodes and modules in "Tuning Authentication Node/Module LDAP Connections". Added information about how to determine if an existing session is present before using the "Get Session Data Node". Added more information about how to configure the public key or HMAC secret in "Authenticating Clients Using JWT Profiles". Added more information about using the ssoadm command with secure connections in Setting Up Administration Tools. Updated "Web or Java Agents SSO and SLO" with Java Agent 5.7 and Web Agent 5.7 properties. Updated JVM tuning properties in "Tuning JVM Settings" Documented different commands to export policy and application store LDIF files in "Preparing Policy and Application Stores". Clarified the documentation about the OAuth 2.0 JWK URI cache settings in "To Create and Configure a Client Profile". Clarified the documentation about the SAML v2.0 hosted SP attribute map in "Hosted Service Provider Configuration Properties". Corrected the "Device Tampering Verification" documentation to say that the device determines the score, rather than the node or the ForgeRock SDKs. Updated how to create an HTTPS connector for Tomcat in "Configuring AM's Container for HTTPS". Corrected the account mapper classes in "Example: Protecting a Web Site With OAuth 2.0". Added documentation about HTTP options when configuring a JVM proxy in front of AM in Preparing the Environment. Added an entry in What's New in AM 7 for the Account Active Check authentication module, that was added in AM 7, but not documented at the time. Added an entry in Important Changes in AM 7 about the `org.forgerock.openam.audit.identity.activity.events.blacklist` advanced server property. Added an entry in "Limitations" about changing the permissions to the container's truststore to at least, `644` before installing AM for evaluation. Updated the "Linking Identities Automatically with Auto-Federation" section to use the new UI included in version 7. Corrected the user required to perform policy evaluation with REST in "To Evaluate a Policy". Corrected the procedure about SAML v2.0 chains and trees to only include chains, in "Linking Identities by Using Authentication Trees or Chains".
2020-08-30	Initial release of AM 7.