Solr 9 is now available on all LibOps sites. Solr 9 is now the default solr version for new LibOps sites.
Upgrading existing sites to solr 9 is as easy as changing 8 -> 9 in libops.yml and reindexing your content.
All LibOps environments have been updated to the latest Google Container-Optimized OS: cos-109-17800-66-32
You can read more about this release at https://cloud.google.com/container-optimized-os/docs/release-notes/m109#cos-109-17800-66-32_
While every upgrade may not be published on this news feed, rest assured your LibOps environments are staying current behind the scenes to help keep your site fully patched with the latest security releases.
All production LibOps sites on a paid plan are now behind a fully managed Google Cloud CDN.
Google's Cloud CDN accelerate web and video content delivery by using Google's global edge network to bring content as close to your users as possible. Latency and load on your backend servers is reduced, making it easy to scale to millions of users.
You can now have your LibOps site run on PHP 8.3. Upgrading is as simple as changing php: 8.3 in your libops.yml file.
LibOps has introduced container-level metrics and a dedicated metrics dashboard for all Islandora deployments.
This enhancement empowers repository owners to closely monitor key performance indicators, ensuring the smooth operation of their Islandora repositories.
Repository owners can read more about the specifics in the metrics docs or find the link to their Metrics Dashboard on their site dashboard.
We've improved the cold start timing for sites by as much as 300%. Now it only takes around 20 seconds to bring your site fully online from a cold start!
We are pleased to announce that LibOps has launched a new Islandora 2 hosting platform, enabling anyone to instantly create an Islandora 2 digital asset management repository.
Once registered on LibOps using your institutional email, you can create an Islandora site with a single click.