What's new in CF239

The following features and updates are available to customers installing HCL Digital Experience (DX) Compose Container Update CF239 on supported platforms:

Add custom attributes using Helm
Append entries to WebEngine .properties files using Helm values
Helm values updates
Import personalization rules programmatically
IQ - Configuring cross-session memory
IQ - HTTPS support for the MCP Server
Nested LDAP groups
OpenLiberty, JRE, and UBI versions
Practitioner Studio Dashboard - New widgets
Search V2 - Search Admin UI
User Session Reporting Tool - New -assumeClientIP flag

Add custom attributes using Helm

You can now configure custom attributes for users and groups in HCL DX Compose by using the Helm configOverrideFiles parameter instead of manually updating the server.xml file. This capability extends the default schema to store organization-specific data for PersonAccount and Group entities across Kubernetes deployments. For more information, refer to Adding custom attributes in DX Compose.

Append entries to WebEngine `.properties` files using Helm values

You can now append raw lines to WebEngine properties files by using the configuration.webEngine.propertiesFilesAdditions Helm value. Use this capability when you need to add entries that must remain raw lines instead of key-value properties, such as MemberFixerModule.properties mappings. For more information, refer to Appending entries to WebEngine .properties files using Helm values.

Helm values updates

Helm value properties in HCL DX Compose that were added, removed, or changed for this release are documented in DX Compose Helm values updates.

Import personalization rules programmatically

You can now import personalization rules exported from an HCL DX Core or HCL DX Compose environment directly into a target workspace by sending an HTTP POST request to the pznpublish/pznpublishtarget endpoint. For more information, refer to Importing personalization rules programmatically.

IQ - Configuring cross-session memory

You can now enable the optional cross-session memory feature in IQ. This feature allows IQ to store and reference context from past conversations. To enable cross-session memory, set RAG_ENABLED to true in your custom-iq-values.yaml file and upgrade the Helm release. For more information, refer to Configuring cross-session memory.

IQ - HTTPS support for the MCP Server

IQ now supports HTTPS to secure connections between the MCP server and the IQ Integrator. HTTPS is disabled by default. For configuration instructions, refer to Enabling HTTPS for the MCP Server.

Nested LDAP groups

The Users and Groups UI now displays child groups within nested LDAP groups. You can navigate through the group hierarchy to view direct members and identify which child group each user belongs to. Configure nested LDAP groups by setting the recursiveSearch attribute of the ldapRegistry element to false (default) in your server.xml file, or omitting it. Setting this attribute to true flattens nested groups into a single list in the UI and hides child-group relationships.

Note

By default, DX Compose now resolves all parent groups that a user belongs to during login for authentication and access control without requiring recursive search.

For configuration details and guidance, refer to Configuring nested LDAP groups and Configuring LDAP.

OpenLiberty, JRE, and UBI versions

HCL DX Compose 9.5 CF239 contains the following:

For more information, refer to OpenLiberty, JRE, and UBI versions.

Practitioner Studio Dashboard - New widgets

The Practitioner Studio Dashboard now includes two widgets to help you monitor content schedules and search indexing:

Calendar: Displays a monthly or weekly grid and daily agenda of content based on publish and expiry dates.
Search Crawlers: Displays the status of Search V2 crawlers.

For more information, refer to Calendar and Search Crawlers.

Search V2 - Search Admin UI

The Search Admin UI provides a centralized interface for managing Search V2 components. Administrators can configure content sources, crawlers, common field mappings, and native language support (NLS) translations from a single dashboard. You can access the UI either as a standalone application or directly within Practitioner Studio. For more information, refer to Search Admin UI.

User Session Reporting Tool - New `-assumeClientIP` flag

The User Session Reporting Tool now includes an optional -assumeClientIP command-line flag. This flag is designed for deployments utilizing complex proxy chaining, such as Akamai combined with IBM HTTP Server (IHS). When enabled, it instructs the tool to extract only the first IP address from the X-Forwarded-For header to use as the stable client IP, preventing session fragmentation. For more information, refer to Handling the routing setup and Generating user session data usage in MHS metrics format.

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