Notes covering prerequisites, fixes, and known issues for ForgeRock® Access Management Java Agents. ForgeRock Access Management provides authentication, authorization, entitlement, and federation software.
Overview
| Discover new features and improvements in this version. | Learn about the requirements for running Java Agents software in production. | Review key implementation changes and compatibility with previous deployments. |
| Review bug fixes, limitations, and open issues. | Track important changes to the documentation. | Find out where to get professional support and training. |
ForgeRock Identity Platform™ serves as the basis for our simple and comprehensive Identity and Access Management solution. We help our customers deepen their relationships with their customers, and improve the productivity and connectivity of their employees and partners. For more information about ForgeRock and about the platform, see https://www.forgerock.com.
The ForgeRock Common REST API works across the platform to provide common ways to access web resources and collections of resources.
Chapter 1. What's New
1.1. What's New in Java Agents 5.8.2
Java Agents 5.8.2 is a maintenance release. It does not introduce new features.
1.2. What's New in Java Agents 5.8.1
| Installation | In previous releases, the JBoss installer requested a profile only when the deployment mode was For more information, see "Installing the JBoss Java Agent" in the User Guide. |
1.3. What's New in Java Agents 5.8
| Performance | Properties Use the cache to reduce network traffic and load on AM. When the Agent receives a request using a token in the expired session cache, it rejects the request without needing to retrieve session information from AM. For more information, see Expired Session Cache Max Records in the User Guide and Expired Session Cache Timeout in the User Guide Properties For more information, see Accept SSO Tokens in the User Guide and SSO Cookie Domain List in the User Guide Properties were added to disable and manage HTTP 302 redirects. For more information, see HTTP 302 Redirects Enabled in the User Guide. Properties were added for HTTP connection pooling. Use connection pooling to control the number of connections made by the agent to AM. Connection pooling is off by default. For more information, see "Connection Pooling" in the User Guide. Properties were added to specify load balancing cookies on behalf of the end user, for policy, session, and other calls to AM. Use these properties to reduce the number of calls that different AM instances make to the core token service. For more information, see Load Balancer Cookie Name in the User Guide and Load Balancer Cookie Enabled in the User Guide. |
| Continuous Security | For improved security, the agent password is no longer included in the bootstrap properties. This change makes it possible to store agent properties files in a git repository or other shared location, without compromising security. For more information, see Changed bootstrap property files. For each authenticated request, the agent can now validate that the IP address of the request originates from the IP address used for first authentication, or that it contains only acceptable changes. For more information, see Client IP Validation Mode in the User Guide and Client IP Validation Address Range in the User Guide The default encryption class used to encrypt the agent password has been changed from JCEEncryption to the more secure AESWrapEncyption. The bootstrap property to manage this configuration, For more information, see org.forgerock.agents.encryptor.classname in the User Guide. |
| Policy Client Service | A new property has been added to allow AM to evaluate policies in the realm where the user is authenticated. Use this property for applications that dynamically set the realm for authentication. For more information, see Perform Policy Evaluation in User Authenticated Realm in the User Guide. |
| Other | New bootstrap properties were added to manage timeout exceptions for WebSockets. For more information, see org.forgerock.agents.ping.websocket.after.inactive.milliseconds in the User Guide and org.forgerock.agents.declare.websocket.dead.after.milliseconds in the User Guide. The agentadmin command has a new option Use this option when URLs cannot be contacted during installation, for example, to install Java Agents in the ForgeRock Identity Cloud. For more information, see agentadmin(1) in the User Guide. |
Chapter 2. Requirements
ForgeRock supports customers using the versions specified here. Other versions and alternative environments might work as well. When opening a support ticket for an issue, however, make sure you can also reproduce the problem on a combination covered here.
2.1. Platform Requirements
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Important
Java Agents use the WebSocket protocol to communicate with AM. Both the Java container and the network infrastructure must support the WebSocket protocol.
Refer to your network infrastructure and Java container documentation for more information about WebSocket support.
2.2. AM Requirements
Java Agents 5.8.2 supports AM 5.5 and later versions.
Java Agents 5.8.2 requires the WebSocket protocol to communicate with AM. Both the Java container and the network infrastructure must support the WebSocket protocol.
Refer to your network infrastructure and Java container documentation for more information about WebSocket support.
If you are upgrading from a version earlier than 5, Java Agents 5 introduced notable changes in the configuration. For example, they dropped support for JAAS, and require you to enable a new property if you are not using the AM UI as the login page. For more information about changes introduced in Java Agents 5, refer to the Java Agents 5 Release Notes.
2.3. Java Requirements
Java Agents run in a Java container, and requires a Java Development Kit.
ForgeRock supports customers using the following Java versions. ForgeRock recommends the most recent Java update, with the latest security fixes.
| Vendor | Version |
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| Oracle Java | 8, 11 |
| IBM Java (WebSphere only) | 8 |
| OpenJDK | 8, 11 |
For information on the web container requirements for JDK 11, see "Platform Requirements".
2.4. Supported Clients
The following table summarizes supported clients and their minimum required versions:
| Client Platform | Native Apps [a] | Chrome 62+ | Internet Explorer 11+ | Edge 25+ | Firefox 57+ | Safari 11+ | Mobile Safari |
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| Windows 8 or later | | | | [b] | | ||
| Mac OS X 10.11 or later | | | | | |||
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[a] Native Apps is a placeholder to indicate the platform is not limited to browser-based technologies. An example of a native app would be something written to use our REST APIs. [b] Windows 10 only. | |||||||
2.5. Special Requests
If you have a special request regarding support for a combination not listed here, contact ForgeRock at info@forgerock.com.
Chapter 3. Incompatible Changes
3.1. Incompatible Changes in Java Agents 5.8.2
No incompatible changes were introduced in this release.
3.2. Incompatible Changes in Java Agents 5.8.1
No incompatible changes were introduced in this release.
3.3. Incompatible Changes in Java Agents 5.8
The following changes introduced in this release can impact your migration from Java Agents 5.7:
The agent password is no longer included in the bootstrap properties.
The following filenames are changed as a result:
OpenSSOAgentBootstrap.propertieschanged toAgentBootstrap.propertiesOpenSSOAgentConfiguration.propertieschanged toAgentConfiguration.properties
The following property files are added as a result:
AgentPassword.propertiesAgentKey.properties
For more information, see "Property Files" in the User Guide.
To facilitate the review of log files in Windows environments, the installer log files now have extension .txt, for install.txt and uninstall.txt. This change applies to all environments. In previous releases, the extension was .log.
The property aliases org.forgerock.agents.csv.monitoring.directory and com.iplanet.services.debug.directory no longer refer to the same configuration.
Chapter 4. Deprecation
No features or properties are deprecated, as defined in "Release Levels and Interface Stability".
Chapter 5. Removed
Removed is defined in "Release Levels and Interface Stability".
5.1. Removed in Java Agents 5.8.2
No features or properties were removed in this release.
5.2. Removed in Java Agents 5.8.1
No features or properties were removed in this release.
5.3. Removed in Java Agents 5.8
The following features or properties were removed from this release:
The property org.forgerock.agents.jwt.cookie.secure.enabled was removed. Use org.forgerock.agents.secure.cookies.enabled instead.
For more information, see Transmit Cookies Securely in the User Guide.
The property com.iplanet.am.naming.url was removed.
The property com.sun.identity.agents.config.service.resolver was removed in Java Agents 5.8 but reintroduced in Java Agents 5.8.1.
Chapter 6. Fixes
6.1. Fixes in Java Agents 5.8.2
For information about security issues fixed in this release, see "Security Advisories". No additional issues were fixed in this release.
6.2. Fixes in Java Agents 5.8.1
The following issues were fixed in this release:
AMAGENTS-4204: JASPA: Fragments feature does not work with transaction policy
AMAGENTS-4196: JASPA: When profile attribute is not found agent should continue authorization.
AMAGENTS-4113: JASPA: Reintroduce the original service resolver property
AMAGENTS-4077: JASPA: Fix Port check regression and make it work in non sso only mode.
6.3. Fixes in Java Agents 5.8
The following issues were fixed in this release:
AMAGENTS-4035: JASPA: Break two different property paths into two separate properties.
AMAGENTS-4007: JASPA: Update the agent for the AM changes to the "subject" claim in the OIDC JWT
AMAGENTS-3819: J2EE agent encountering "Invalid boundCount" error
AMAGENTS-3811: JASPA: Move the encrypted password out to a separate file, along with the key
AMAGENTS-3807: JASPA: Investigate whether the Agent Profile password should be UTF-8 encoded
AMAGENTS-3745: JASPA - Installer needs to behave better when installing user has insufficient permissions
AMAGENTS-3739: JASPA: Agent should fail on startup when the installer has failed to install
AMAGENTS-3717: JASPA - Debug log rotation minutes property is not handled correctly
AMAGENTS-3680: JASPA: Fragment processing confuses conditional login
AMAGENTS-3679: JASPA: Fix problem with conditional login failing to match the incoming path correctly
AMAGENTS-3678: JASPA: Fix logout URI comparison problems
AMAGENTS-3666: Not Enforced Favicon property does not work, if java agent listens on root URL path
AMAGENTS-3665: Java Agent does not handle wildcard in protocol for NEU rule
AMAGENTS-3243: JASPA: Alternative Agent Port property is not set by default in UI and agent makes a Warning message because of it
6.4. Security Advisories
ForgeRock issues security advisories in collaboration with our customers and the open source community to address any security vulnerabilities transparently and rapidly. ForgeRock's security advisory policy governs the process on how security issues are submitted, received, and evaluated as well as the timeline for the issuance of security advisories and patches.
For details of all the security advisories across ForgeRock products, see Security Advisories in the Knowledge Base library.
Chapter 7. Limitations
Limitations are inherent to the design, not bugs to be fixed.
7.1. Limitations in Java Agents 5.8.2
No additional limitations were introduced in this release.
7.2. Limitations in Java Agents 5.8.1
No additional limitations were introduced in this release.
7.3. Limitations in Java Agents 5.8
The following limitations are in this release:
Cookie support in WildFly and JBoss has been implemented so that only one cookie can be set with a certain name. This prevents setting the same cookie for multiple domains.
Configuring the CDSSO Domain List policy agent property with more than one cookie domain may result in redirection loops.
To work around this issue, perform the following steps:
Navigate to Realms > Realm Name > Applications > Agents > Java > Agent Name > SSO.
Remove all cookie domains from the CDSSO Domain List (
com.sun.identity.agents.config.cdsso.domain) property.Navigate to Realms > Realm Name > Applications > Agents > Java > Agent Name > Global.
Configure any required entries in the Agent Root URL for CDSSO (
sunIdentityServerDeviceKeyValue) property.
The Java agent sets the cookie domain based on the requested resource.
Tomcat 8.0.x introduced a new cookie processor, org.apache.tomcat.util.http.Rfc6265CookieProcessor, that became the default cookie processor on Tomcat 8.5.x.
Due to the new cookie processor's cookie validation checks, configuring domains with leading dots (.) in the CDSSO Cookie Domain List property (com.sun.identity.agents.config.cdsso.domain) may result in the following issues:
Java agents returning HTTP 403 errors.
Tomcat server logging messages similar to the following:
ERROR: AmFilter: Error while delegating to inbound handler: CDSSO Result Task Handler, access will be denied java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: An invalid domain [.example.com] was specified for this cookie at org.apache.tomcat.util.http.Rfc6265CookieProcessor.validateDomain(Rfc6265CookieProcessor.java:183) at org.apache.tomcat.util.http.Rfc6265CookieProcessor.generateHeader(Rfc6265CookieProcessor.java:125) at org.apache.catalina.connector.Response.generateCookieString(Response.java:989) at org.apache.catalina.connector.Response.addCookie(Response.java:937) at org.apache.catalina.connector.ResponseFacade.addCookie(ResponseFacade.java:386) at com.sun.identity.shared.encode.CookieUtils.addCookieToResponse(CookieUtils.java:412) ...
To work around this issue, perform one of the following actions:
Configure the legacy cookie processor implementation,
org.apache.tomcat.util.http.LegacyCookieProcessor, in your Tomcat server. Refer to the documentation for your version of Tomcat for more information.Ensure the domains entered in the CDSSO Cookie Domain List property start with a number or a letter. For example:
Valid configuration
com.sun.identity.agents.config.cdsso.domain[0]=example.com com.sun.identity.agents.config.cdsso.domain[1]=123company.com
Invalid configuration
com.sun.identity.agents.config.cdsso.domain[0]=.example.com com.sun.identity.agents.config.cdsso.domain[1]=.mycompany.com
The agentadmin command may show warning messages similar to the following when using JDK 11:
WARNING: An illegal reflective access operation has occurred WARNING: Illegal reflective access by org.forgerock.openam.sdk.com.google.inject.internal.cglib.core.$ReflectUtils$1 ... WARNING: Please consider reporting this to the maintainers of org.forgerock.openam.sdk.com.google.inject.internal.cglib.core.$ReflectUtils$1 WARNING: Use --illegal-access=warn to enable warnings of further illegal reflective access operations WARNING: All illegal access operations will be denied in a future release
You can safely ignore these messages.
Chapter 8. Known Issues
Issues are tracked at https://bugster.forgerock.org/jira/browse/AMAGENTS.
8.1. Known Issues in Java Agents 5.8.2
No additional issues were opened in this release.
8.2. Known Issues in Java Agents 5.8.1
No additional issues were opened in this release.
8.3. Known Issues in Java Agents 5.8
The following important issue remained open at the time of this release:
AMAGENTS-3912: Avoid displaying a huge stacktrace to the user when the bootstrap properties file cannot be opened
AMAGENTS-4113: JASPA: Reintroduce the original service resolver property
Chapter 9. Documentation
| Date | Description |
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| May 2021 | Release of Java Agents 5.8.2 software. |
| April 2021 | Release of Java Agents 5.8.1 software. |
| February 2021 | Release of Java Agents 5.8 software. In addition to the changes described elsewhere in these notes, the following important changes were made to the documentation:
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Appendix A. Release Levels and Interface Stability
This appendix includes ForgeRock definitions for product release levels and interface stability.
A.1. ForgeRock Product Release Levels
ForgeRock defines Major, Minor, Maintenance, and Patch product release levels. The release level is reflected in the version number. The release level tells you what sort of compatibility changes to expect.
| Release Label | Version Numbers | Characteristics |
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| Major | Version: x[.0.0] (trailing 0s are optional) |
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| Minor | Version: x.y[.0] (trailing 0s are optional) |
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| Maintenance, Patch | Version: x.y.z[.p] The optional |
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A.2. ForgeRock Product Stability Labels
ForgeRock products support many features, protocols, APIs, GUIs, and command-line interfaces. Some of these are standard and very stable. Others offer new functionality that is continuing to evolve.
ForgeRock acknowledges that you invest in these features and interfaces, and therefore must know when and how ForgeRock expects them to change. For that reason, ForgeRock defines stability labels and uses these definitions in ForgeRock products.
| Stability Label | Definition |
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| Stable | This documented feature or interface is expected to undergo backwards-compatible changes only for major releases. Changes may be announced at least one minor release before they take effect. |
| Evolving | This documented feature or interface is continuing to evolve and so is expected to change, potentially in backwards-incompatible ways even in a minor release. Changes are documented at the time of product release. While new protocols and APIs are still in the process of standardization, they are Evolving. This applies for example to recent Internet-Draft implementations, and also to newly developed functionality. |
| Legacy | This feature or interface has been replaced with an improved version, and is no longer receiving development effort from ForgeRock. You should migrate to the newer version, however the existing functionality will remain. Legacy features or interfaces will be marked as Deprecated if they are scheduled to be removed from the product. |
| Deprecated | This feature or interface is deprecated and likely to be removed in a future release. For previously stable features or interfaces, the change was likely announced in a previous release. Deprecated features or interfaces will be removed from ForgeRock products. |
| Removed | This feature or interface was deprecated in a previous release and has now been removed from the product. |
| Technology Preview | Technology previews provide access to new features that are considered as new technology that is not yet supported. Technology preview features may be functionally incomplete and the function as implemented is subject to change without notice. DO NOT DEPLOY A TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW INTO A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT. Customers are encouraged to test drive the technology preview features in a non-production environment and are welcome to make comments and suggestions about the features in the associated forums. ForgeRock does not guarantee that a technology preview feature will be present in future releases, the final complete version of the feature is liable to change between preview and the final version. Once a technology preview moves into the completed version, said feature will become part of the ForgeRock platform. Technology previews are provided on an “AS-IS” basis for evaluation purposes only and ForgeRock accepts no liability or obligations for the use thereof. |
| Internal/Undocumented | Internal and undocumented features or interfaces can change without notice. If you depend on one of these features or interfaces, contact ForgeRock support or email info@forgerock.com to discuss your needs. |
Appendix B. Getting Support
ForgeRock provides support services, professional services, training through ForgeRock University, and partner services to assist you in setting up and maintaining your deployments. For a general overview of these services, see https://www.forgerock.com.
ForgeRock has staff members around the globe who support our international customers and partners. For details on ForgeRock's support offering, including support plans and service level agreements (SLAs), visit https://www.forgerock.com/support.
ForgeRock publishes comprehensive documentation online:
The ForgeRock Knowledge Base offers a large and increasing number of up-to-date, practical articles that help you deploy and manage ForgeRock software.
While many articles are visible to community members, ForgeRock customers have access to much more, including advanced information for customers using ForgeRock software in a mission-critical capacity.
ForgeRock product documentation, such as this document, aims to be technically accurate and complete with respect to the software documented. It is visible to everyone and covers all product features and examples of how to use them.