Document change log

This topic summarizes the releases of this document and the changes made at each release.

August 28, 2024

Updated the “Update Connections Using Provisioning Station's DHCP Server”, “Provisioning in a mixed AX/N4 or N4.x network” and “Updating connections using a provisioning station’s DHCP Server” for JACE-9000 reference.

Added retention policy information and how to apply them to “Configuring prototype job retention policy” section.
Updated the general backwards compatibility table of the 4.12 provisioning step “Set Platform User Password” in chapter “Provisioning in a mixed AX/N4 or N4.x network”.
Added job step components for “Configure Niagara IdP and SAML Scheme” (4.9), “Copy Supervisor File”, “Remove Property” (4.12), and “Security job steps”. In addition, included “Removing a Property” in the “Housekeeping” chapter.
Updated components, many screen captures and job steps.
Added new job step “Set Platform User Password” and component “SetPlatformUserPasswordJobStep”.
Added new topic “Device Bootstrap” in the “Components” chapter.

Edited multiple topics in the process of documenting client certificate authentication.
Updated “Job list step management.”
Updated screen capture and graphics in “provisioningNiagara-NiagaraNetworkJobBuilder”.
Updated “provisioningNiagara-NiagaraNetworkPrototypeView” with new Set Property job step.
Added new control to view and edit the details of a selected step.

Many edits throughout related to functional changes for Niagara 4.10.
Included additional details on backwards compatibility of provisioning steps for Niagara 4.9.

Many edits throughout on changes in Niagara 4.8. These edits include the following:

Replaced several figures throughout to show latest changes.
Added topics on the provisioning steps: “Add Station User step”, “Install Clean Distribution step”, and “Remove Station User step”.
Added new procedures on: “Installing a Clean Distribution File”, “Setting station connection credentials”, “Adding a station user”, Removing a station user”, and “Setting a property”.

Many minor edits throughout to reflect functional changes in Niagara 4.8, including updates to the following:

Updated topics “Software Installation step” and “Installing software using the add button” on the added filtering capability in Niagara 4.8 and later.

Many changes throughout including updating/adding topics describing provisioning steps and functional changes added in Niagara 4.7.

Initial publication