1 Introduction

These Release Notes provide an overview of AppWorks Gateway 16.0.1,
including new features, delivery information, and supported platforms.
OpenText recommends that you read these Release Notes in conjunction
with the documentation included with the software package. If any
conflicts exist, the Release Notes supersede the other documentation.

We also recommend that you check OpenText Developer
(https://developer.opentext.com/) for any patches or documentation
updates that may have been posted after the initial release of AppWorks
Gateway 16.

1.1 Release Notes Revision History

2 About AppWorks Gateway

The AppWorks Gateway is the Enterprise Application Development and
Management platform for OpenText. AppWorks allows you to quickly and
easily build purpose-specific apps for the Enterprise using the Web
technologies we are all familiar with: HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. These
apps, called AppWorks Apps, can connect to the OpenText EIM Suite using
a common RESTful API.

2.1 New Features

AppWorks Gateway 16 Includes the following new features.

• New Admin Interface
• Enhanced Apache Camel based Reverse Proxy
• Service Software Development Kit.
• Native Push Notifications API
• Enhancements to Mobile Client Tracking and remote wiping
• PostgreSQL and SAP HANA Database support.
• OpenText Directory Services OAuth 2 support
• OpenText Directory Services Two Factor Authentication ( TFA ) support
• New Mobile Client Runtime for iOS
• New Mobile Client Runtime for Android
• Native Device Push Notifications
• iOS Document Provider Technology
• Android Secure Access Framework
• Client JavaScript API (AppWorks JS)
• Command Line Interface (CLI) for hybrid app building

AppWorks Gateway 16.0.1 Includes the following new features.

• iOS 10 Mobile Client Support
• Android N Mobile Client Support
• AppWorks Gateway Server Bug Fixes

2.2 Discontinued and deprecated features 16.0.1

• iOS versions less than 9.3 no longer supported

3 Packaging and Documentation

Downloads and documentation for are available on OpenText Developer
(https://developer.opentext.com/).

3.1 Packaging and Delivery Information

The software and documentation for includes:

• AppWorks Gateway 16.0.1 . A full server release that is provided as a
  single ZIP archive. The AppWorks Gateway is available on OpenText Developer
  (https://developer.opentext.com/).

4 Supported Environments and Compatibility

This section provides details about supported platforms, systems, and versions.

4.1 Supported Systems

Notes on Supported Platforms:

C = Certified

This platform was used for regression testing with this release of the
AppWorks Gateway. Use of this platform is fully supported by OpenText
Customer Support for customers that have purchased product licenses.

S = Supported

This platform received limited testing for this release of the AppWorks
Gateway. Use of this platform is fully supported by OpenText Customer
Support for customers that have purchased product licenses.

Not Listed = Unsupported

This received no testing by OpenText. There may or may not be known
issues with this platform. Its use is not supported by OpenText Customer Support.

4.2 OpenText Product Compatibility

The section provides details about which versions of other OpenText
products are compatible with this release of AppWorks Gateway 16.

Note:

• For the latest compatibility information for OpenText
  products, refer to the Compatibility Matrix
  (https://knowledge.opentext.com/go/matrix) on the OpenText
  Knowledge Center.

  Product Name	Version	Notes
  Content Server	16	Content Server 16.0.1 (2016-06 Update)
  Directory Services	16	For OAuth 2 and TFA support
  Directory Services	10.5 patch 8 and above	OAuth 2 and TFA Authentication are NOT supported

4.3 Language Support

AppWorks Gateway is currently localized in the following languages. Future releases may add additional languages.

UI = user interface only
B = both user interface and online help

5 Installation, Upgrade, and Patch Notes

This section provides additional installation and upgrade information,
including related or third-party product information and any required
critical patches.

5.1 Installation Notes

Before you install AppWorks Gateway, review these additional installation notes and verify related product or third-party product requirements.

Note:

• Ensure you are running the supported versions of Tomcat ,Java, Database Platform
• Tomcat 8.5 is NOT a supported platform for this release
• Apache TomEE is NOT a supported platform for this release
• OpenText recommends running AppWorks on a dedicated server
• If you are using MySQL as the target database, ensure you set the setting of max_allowed_packet_length to a suitable value. ( e.g. 1024M)
• The use of the embedded Derby Database and OTDS are NOT recommended for production installations.
• If you wish to use an external database in a non development environment you must add the relevant JDBC drivers to the AppWorks Tomcat lib folder.
• Ensure you allocate at least 4096M to the Tomcat Java Options ( -Xmx4096m )
• As part of the AppWorks Gateway installation package we include a modified Tomcat server.xml so make sure you take a backup of your existing server.xml before install and add any customisations you have made to the server.xml from the AppWorks Gateway installation package

5.2 Upgrade Notes

Before you upgrade, review these instructions.

Note:

• Due to the changes in AppWorks 16 there is NO upgrade path from AppWorks 1.X to AppWorks 16.X

Note:

• There is no upgrade path from AppWorks 16 to 16.0.1 if your database used in the embedded Derby version.A fresh installation is required.
• Upgrades from 16 to 16.01 with the other supported database platforms is fully supported
• During Upgrade do not overwrite awg-keystore and opentext.properties file in Tomcat conf directory.

5.3 Installation and Administration Guide

Further information on installing, upgrading and administering the AppWorks Gateway is available here:

• AppWorks Gateway 16.0.1 Installation and Upgrade Guide
• AppWorks Gateway 16.0.1 Installation and Administration Guide (PDF, 874KB)

6 Fixed issues AppWorks Gateway 16.0.1

AppWorks Gateway 16.0.1 contains the following fixes and improvements

7 Known issues

None at time of publication of this document

8 Contact Information

OpenText Corporation

275 Frank Tompa Drive\
Waterloo, Ontario\
Canada, N2L 0A1

Support: https://support.opentext.com

Knowledge Center: https://knowledge.opentext.com

OpenText Developer
https://developer.opentext.com/

For more information, visit www.opentext.com