Highlights

For Users

• [Plugin] stash-plugin now supports recursive uploads and downloads #1011

For Admins

• [General] Fixed administrator authentication check failure for all servers #1013
• [Documentation] Major revisions to the documentation with new documentation for serving a cache #1028 #904 #912
• [General] Globus was added as the second supported OAuth provider #963
• [General] Formatted discovery and federation endpoints to be standard https URLs #974
• [Origin/Cache] Pelican Origin and Cache now support OAuth authentication for the admin website #963
• [Origin] Origins that export S3 can now export multiple buckets with unique access/secret keys #1045
• [Origin] Origin now can check a sentinel file for the mounted POSIX storage #1003
• [Origin] Origins now support HTTPS servers as a storage backend #958
• [Cache] Admin website is now available for the Cache #1039
• [Cache] New Prometheus metric to monitor cache access statistics #1007
• [Director] Director admin can now disable traffic to cache and origin servers #933
• [Director] HEAD request is now supported when the client request a file from the federation #1000

What's Changed

• Upgrade golangci GHA version and turn off caching by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/935
• Fix log color loss and LogLocation not working by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/939
• Fix pelican plugin bug no valid classads... by @joereuss12 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/942
• Embed serve as default command to run the server container by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/947
• Improve installation docs and include running Pelican server with docker image by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/904
• Update documentation to serve an origin by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/912
• Correct the key for docker doc page by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/955
• Moved failing macos tests into a linux only test file so as to stop c… by @turetske in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/959
• Remove generate package when releasing by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/937
• Create tmp cinfo file for cache self test under the same folder as the final file by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/952
• Updating GitHub Actions to deal with size issues by @turetske in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/950
• Fix bug with version being "dev" by @joereuss12 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/962
• API support for registry admin to delete a namespace registration by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/915
• Allow RSA key for TLS by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/965
• Revert changes that remove generate package by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/967
• Airplane mode by @bbockelm in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/926
• Update Pre Release by @CannonLock in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/982
• Consolidate two namespaceExists DB function by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/924
• Allow admin to configure filtering servers for redirecting traffic at the director by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/933
• Director based cache health tests by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/960
• Import parameters.json into website by @CannonLock in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/972
• Fix director default response and add HEAD as allowed verb by @jhiemstrawisc in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1000
• Pelican client advertises timeout to cache by @joereuss12 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1002
• Overhauling discovery endpoint by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/974
• Unit test for statHttp within Pelican Client by @joereuss12 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/890
• Redirect logging location reminder to stderr by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/989
• Fix bug where project name not set in user-agent by @joereuss12 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/977
• Authenticated self-tests for cache by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/978
• More verbose error message at director registration failure by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/992
• Bump github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/v2 from 2.0.20 to 2.0.21 by @dependabot in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1014
• Periodic cleanup of origin test files by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/987
• Bump google.golang.org/protobuf from 1.31.0 to 1.33.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1015
• Output pelican config to stderr at server start by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/994
• More detailed error message at WaitUntilWorking not working by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1016
• Update Prometheus doc to introduce counting server number by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1009
• Cache hit/miss bytes Prometheus metric by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1007
• Fix invalid error message type as server response by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1023
• Pin external c++ dependencies at a specific commit by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1022
• Add LotMan configuration to the cache by @jhiemstrawisc in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/889
• getNamespaceByPrefix now checks topology for namespace existence by @turetske in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1021
• List namespace topology through UI by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1031
• Remove Testing Code by @CannonLock in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1036
• Create serving_a_cache.mdx by @turetske in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1028
• Add server urls to error messages for WaitUntilWorking by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1034
• Print pelican version at server startup to stderr by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1027
• Remove use of global fed metadata within client by @joereuss12 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/878
• Add the option for a sentinel file for the origin by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1003
• Do not log "director test timeout" warning if director can't be reached out by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/991
• Improved plugin error messaging by @joereuss12 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/999
• Add "login required" endpoints behind "admin" check and fix bug in admin auth handler by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1013
• Fixes to pelican plugin staging by @joereuss12 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/882
• Allow configurable cache watermarks by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/973
• Add Cache Webpage by @CannonLock in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1039
• Add support for director/federation contact info as a configuration by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1012
• Protocol version added to plugin -classad output by @joereuss12 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1051
• Fix error responses for local cache by @bbockelm in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1041
• Removed the setting of an AuthURL for Pelican serverAds by @turetske in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1043
• Refactor registry namespace check to be compatible with OSDF topology by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1038
• More error tolerant web ui check by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1040
• Add support for custom xrootd config file by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/968
• Config fixups by @CannonLock in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1057
• Add topology timeout by @turetske in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1058
• Plug S3 plugin changes into multi-export S3 origins by @jhiemstrawisc in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1045
• Bump the revision of xrdcl-pelican for libcurl testing by @bbockelm in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1065
• Correctly return the transfer attempt information by @bbockelm in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1063
• Update Director by @CannonLock in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1068
• Move default S3 url style from defaults.yaml to config.go by @jhiemstrawisc in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1070
• Update Origin UI to use API for the new Origin.Exports scheme by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1042
• Allow recursive uploads/downloads in plugin by @joereuss12 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1011
• Make the local cache location unique for each test run by @bbockelm in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1066
• Enabling OAuth for the origin and cache, adding support for Globus as another auth server by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/963
• Update login UI by @CannonLock in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1030
• Only push the production container when the release was cut by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1077
• Cache Updates by @CannonLock in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1083
• Fix broken URLs of namespaces from the topology at the director by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1071
• Add support for HTTP backend by @bbockelm in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/958

Full Changelog: https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/compare/v7.6.5...v7.7.0