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(This article was first published on <strong><a href="https://blog.rstudio.com/2017/09/06/rstudio-connect-v1-5-6-kerberos/"> RStudio Blog</a></strong>, and kindly contributed to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-bloggers.com/">R-bloggers)</a> </div>
<p>We’re pleased to announce support for Kerberos in <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rstudio.com/products/connect/" target="_blank">RStudio Connect: version 1.5.6</a>. Organizations that use Kerberos can now run Shiny applications and Shiny R Markdown documents in tailored processes that have access only to the appropriate resources inside the organization.</p>
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<p>The notable changes this release include:</p>
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<li><strong>Full support for Kerberos</strong> across Shiny applications and Shiny R Markdown documents by running R in an authenticated PAM session that uses the cached credentials of the current user. See <a rel="nofollow" href="http://docs.rstudio.com/connect/1.5.6/admin/process-management.html#pam-credential-caching-kerberos" target="_blank">the documentation</a> for more details.</li>
<li>Content <strong>deployment no longer requires explicit publishing</strong>. New content is available immediately after it is deployed and visible only to the owner. Enable the <code>[Applications].ExplicitPublishing</code> setting to revert this behavior.</li>
<li>Heterogeneous <strong>server migrations</strong> are now supported, allowing administrators to upgrade their distribution or change to a different (supported) Linux distribution. See <a rel="nofollow" href="http://docs.rstudio.com/connect/1.5.6/admin/files-directories.html#server-migrations" target="_blank">the migration documentation</a> for more details.</li>
<li>Admins are now able to toggle the content filtering settings to <strong>enumerate all content on the server</strong> so that they can manage settings, regardless of whether or not they have visibility into that content. The permissions here are unchanged; the admin will only be able to view the settings for the content, not the content itself. To view the content, the admin would need to add themselves as a viewer or collaborator of the content, which is an audited action.</li>
<li><strong>Shiny error sanitization</strong> is enabled by default. Disable the <code>[Applications].ShinyErrorSanitization</code> setting to revert this behavior. See <a rel="nofollow" href="https://shiny.rstudio.com/articles/sanitize-errors.html" target="_blank">the Shiny documentation</a> for more information about Shiny error sanitization.</li>
<li>Improved <strong>LDAP group lookup performance</strong> on large LDAP servers that don’t support <code>memberof</code>. Additionally, improved LDAP logging and error handling.</li>
<li><strong>Security enhancements</strong> around proxy authentication, redirects, and brute-force password attacks. This release adds support for a challenge-response (<strong>CAPTCHA</strong>) to help mitigate brute-force attacks on users’ passwords. Set <code>[Authentication].ChallengeResponseEnabled</code> to true to enable this feature.</li>
<li><strong>Customize the subject prefix</strong> for all outgoing emails using the <code>[Server].EmailSubjectPrefix</code> setting. The default is still <code>[RStudio Connect]</code>.</li>
<li>BREAKING: Running content as the current user is now disabled for content other than Shiny Applications or Shiny R Markdown Documents. Reports will execute as the application <code>RunAs</code>, falling back to the system <code>Applications.RunAs</code> if none is specified.</li>
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<p>You can see the full release notes for RStudio Connect 1.5.6 <a rel="nofollow" href="http://docs.rstudio.com/connect/1.5.6/news/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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<h4>Upgrade Planning</h4>
<p>There are no special precautions to be aware of when upgrading from v1.5.4. You can expect the installation and startup of v1.5.6 to be complete in under a minute.</p>
<p>If you’re upgrading from a release older than v1.5.4, be sure to consider the “Upgrade Planning” notes from those other releases, as well.</p>
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<p>If you haven’t yet had a chance to download and try <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rstudio.com/products/connect/" target="_blank">RStudio Connect</a> we encourage you to do so. RStudio Connect is the best way to share all the work that you do in R (Shiny apps, R Markdown documents, plots, dashboards, Plumber APIs, etc.) with collaborators, colleagues, or customers.</p>
<p>You can find more details or download a 45 day evaluation of the product at <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rstudio.com/products/connect/" target="_blank">https://www.rstudio.com/products/connect/</a>. Additional resources can be found below.</p>
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<li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rstudio.com/products/connect/" target="_blank">RStudio Connect home page &amp; downloads</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://docs.rstudio.com/connect/admin/" target="_blank">RStudio Connect Admin Guide</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/RSC-IT-Q-and-A.pdf" target="_blank">What IT needs to know about RStudio Connect</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://docs.rstudio.com/connect/news/" target="_blank">Detailed news and changes between each version</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rstudio.com/pricing/#ConnectPricing" target="_blank">Pricing</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://beta.rstudioconnect.com/connect/" target="_blank">An online preview of RStudio Connect</a></li>
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