New features in FileMaker Server 15
General enhancements
• Support for FileMaker Pro clients using a User Connections License in addition to FileMaker Go and FileMaker WebDirect clients.
• Get detailed statistics about client connections and about the client requests that require the most server resources (known as top calls).
• Find errors in scripts using the improved format for script error logging. When server-side script errors are written to the Event.log, the error message now includes a line number to help you locate the error in the FileMaker script.
Security enhancements
• Create a certificate signing request (CSR) directly from Admin Console without having to use CLI commands.
• View information about the current SSL certificate that is being used on your server.
• Decide what type of SSL certificate works best for your installation of FileMaker Server. FileMaker Server now supports the following kinds of SSL certificates:
• intermediate SSL certificates
• wildcard SSL certificates
• subject alternative name (SAN) SSL certificates
• Require that hosted databases must be password-protected by using the
Host password-protected databases only setting. Prevent hosting a database that has a Guest account using the Full Access privilege set, a Full Access account with an empty password, or a Full Access account with the password stored in the database using the FileMaker Pro File Options dialog box
Log in using option. See
Database Server security settings.
• Log messages that relate to security features can be easily displayed in Log Viewer by using the “SECURITY:” keyword as a filter string. See
Viewing log file entries.
Changes to the Admin Console user interface
• The
Status pane displays IPv6 addresses in addition to IPv4 addresses and includes information about clients using a User Connections License. See
FileMaker Server information.
• The Status pane displays a security warning message if the current SSL certificate has expired.
• The
Activity >
Clients tab includes information about clients using a User Connections License when you select the
User Details tab. See
Administering clients.
• The
Database Server >
Security tab allows you to view information about the current SSL certificate being used on your server. See
Database Server security settings.
• The
Database Server >
Logging tab allows you to log statistics for client connections and for top calls, the client requests that require the most server resources. See
Logging and statistics settings.
• On the Database Server > Server Plug-Ins tab, the Allow Install Plug-In File script step to update Server plug-ins setting is now the Allow Install Plug-In File script step to install, update, and load Server plug-ins setting.
• On the Web Publishing > General Settings tab, the Allow Install Plug-In File script step to update plug-ins for web publishing setting is now the Allow Install Plug-In File script step to install, update, and load plug-ins for web publishing setting.
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