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Portal for ArcGIS Home Application Display Patch

Published: June 8, 2018

Summary

Starting with the Chrome 67 browser update, multiple pages of the Portal for ArcGIS home application fail to display.



Description

Esri® announces the Portal for ArcGIS Home Application Display Patch. This patch addresses display problems in the Portal for ArcGIS home application that were introduced after updating the browser to Chrome 67 or higher. This problem results in the home application page being blank when navigating to the Gallery, Map, Groups, My Content, and My Organization tabs. It deals specifically with the issues listed below under Issues Addressed with this patch.

 

Issues Addressed with this patch

 

  • BUG-000114325 - Multiple pages in Portal for ArcGIS 10.3.x and 10.4.x do not display correctly after updating the browser to Chrome 67.


To avoid conflicts the 10.4.1 version also addresses:

  • BUG-000101562 - Unable to access Portal for ArcGIS's "Edit Settings" option when using the Java Web Adaptor with Apache Tomcat 7.0.73+ or 8.0.39+.
  • BUG-000110291 - Portal for ArcGIS should not parse entity tags.
  • BUG-000110290 - Remove invalid record entries from the Portal for ArcGIS internal database.
  • BUG-000108753 - Portal for ArcGIS configured with portal-tier authentication and automatic account creation enabled will create accounts that exceed the number of licenses available.
  • BUG-000108155 - Endless generateToken requests are triggered in map viewer when token expires for a Portal configured with Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) and federated with ArcGIS Server.
  • BUG-000103731 - In a highly available Portal deployment, the primary node reverts to the 'Create New Site' state, if the primary node loses connection to the content directory.
  • BUG-000104116 - When adding members to Portal for ArcGIS using enterprise logins, users with user names less than six characters are not added even though no such limit actually exists in Portal for ArcGIS.
  • BUG-000104718 - Tiles for a hosted tile layer from ArcGIS Online are not visible in the Portal for ArcGIS map viewer if the tile layer is added as an item with stored credentials.
  • BUG-000102793 - Large Active Directory group structures cause latency issues with Portal for ArcGIS.
  • BUG-000102927 - When a layer is slow to display in the Map Viewer, the message indicating that the layer is unresponsive does not automatically dismiss once the layer draws.
  • BUG-000103700 - Portal login page displays in English instead of default language if 'Allow anonymous access to your portal' is unchecked.
  • BUG-000100420 - The check box for layers in the Layer List widget does not work after refreshing or launching the application again for map service feature layers when the group layer is unchecked and the sub layers are checked.
  • BUG-000097777 - Support SAML logins to Portal for ArcGIS when a reverse proxy is defined using the WebContextURL property.
  • BUG-000100424 - The Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS Geoprocessing widget fails to display the output table when the geoprocessing service is published with the 'View result with a map service' parameter.
  • BUG-000098559 – Un-validated redirect in Portal for ArcGIS.
  • BUG-000098482 - Cross-site scripting (XSS) issue in Portal for ArcGIS.
  • BUG-000098118 - Portal for ArcGIS exposes internal information.
  • BUG-000098025 - Bypass of URL redirection rule in Portal for ArcGIS.
  • BUG-000096571 - The secure attribute is not present on a cookie in Portal for ArcGIS.
  • BUG-000096570 - Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) is possible in Portal for ArcGIS.
  • BUG-000091316 - Some Portal upload operations do not validate file type correctly.
  • BUG-000099447 - Unable to upload files in the Portal home application after updating the browser to Firefox 49 or Chrome 54.
  • BUG-000098148 - Refresh membership for enterprise users and groups fails to honor nested group membership in universal groups.
  • BUG-000096161 - Error "unable to refresh item" is returned when performing analysis using the spatial analysis tools in Portal for ArcGIS Map viewer. This error occurs when ArcGIS Web Adaptor (or any reverse proxy) is on a machine different from the Hosting ArcGIS Server.
  • BUG-000094537- Active Directory users who belong to an enterprise group with the same name as a group within a different domain are granted access to Portal for ArcGIS 10.4 even if they do not belong to the group.
  • BUG-000094523 - Cross Domain users cannot see which Enterprise groups they are a member of within Portal for ArcGIS 10.4.
  • ENH-000092759 - Support enterprise usernames with a minimum length of 3 characters.
  • NIM104313 - Logging out an enterprise user in Portal for ArcGIS does not propagate the user logout to the corresponding SAML Identity Provider.


To avoid conflicts the 10.4 version also addresses:

  • BUG-000099447 - Unable to upload files or create groups in the Portal home application after updating the browser to Firefox 49, Chrome 54, or Safari 10.
  • BUG-000098559 – Un-validated redirect in Portal for ArcGIS.
  • BUG-000098482 - Cross-site scripting (XSS) issue in Portal for ArcGIS.
  • BUG-000098118 - Portal for ArcGIS exposes internal information.
  • BUG-000098025 - Bypass of URL redirection rule in Portal for ArcGIS.
  • BUG-000096571 - The secure attribute is not present on a cookie in Portal for ArcGIS.
  • BUG-000096570 - Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) is possible in Portal for ArcGIS.
  • BUG-000094214 - Unable to import ArcGIS Pro entitlements to Portal for ArcGIS 10.4.
  • BUG-000091316 - Some Portal upload operations do not validate file type correctly.


To avoid conflicts the 10.3 version also addresses:

  • BUG-000099447 - Unable to upload files or create groups in the Portal home application after updating the browser to Firefox 49, Chrome 54, or Safari 10.
  • BUG-000091176 - A blank page appears rather than "You do not have permission to access this resource" error message when accessing an application built using the Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS hosted in Portal for ArcGIS when the user does not have permissions to the application.
  • BUG-000085716 - Layers that are checked off in Portal for ArcGIS web map, and then checked on after the map is loaded in Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS do not display a pop-up window.
  • BUG-000085646 - Map viewer: time enabled layer shows all features when switching to a custom WMTS basemap.
  • BUG-000085644 - Map Viewer: custom basemap with two tile layers doesn't render all layers.
  • BUG-000084417 - Portal in highly available configuration will fail to function when one of the two portal machines comes back from a failure.
  • BUG-000083536 - Map Viewer: with a WMTS basemap with multiple layers, one of the basemap layers is dropped from the viewer in certain case.
  • BUG-000083190 - When authorized with a perpetual license, the Portal for ArcGIS home application does not open.

Installing this patch on Windows

 

Installation Steps:

 

Portal for ArcGIS must be installed before installing this patch.

  1. Download the appropriate file to a location other than your ArcGIS installation location.

    Portal for ArcGIS 10.4.1   Checksum (Md5)
         
      ArcGIS-1041-PFA-HAD-Patch.msp 1A5877585A615DB35CF0BB42CD2A0160
         
    Portal for ArcGIS 10.4   Checksum (Md5)
         
      ArcGIS-104-PFA-HAD-Patch.msp A924F3F3F31B54CEAC74738505737496
         
    Portal for ArcGIS 10.3.1   Checksum (Md5)
         
    Please install the latest
    Portal for ArcGIS 10.3.1 Security Patch
    ArcGIS-1031-PFA-SEC2018U1-Patch.msp 0DAB42D5E508A26270003A637D274F45
         
    Portal for ArcGIS 10.3   Checksum (Md5)
         
      ArcGIS-103-PFA-HAD-Patch.msp C8AAD61DAA7B5654513A6F9E829C4C95
         

  2. Make sure you have write access to your ArcGIS installation location.
  3. Double-click ArcGIS-<Version>-PFA-HAD-Patch.msp to start the setup process.

    NOTE: If double clicking on the MSP file does not start the setup installation, you can start the setup installation manually by using the following command:

    msiexec.exe /p [location of Patch]\ArcGIS-<Version>-PFA-HAD-Patch.msp

 

Installing this patch on Linux

 

Installation Steps:

 

Complete the following install steps as the ArcGIS Install owner. The Install owner is the owner of the arcgis folder.

Portal for ArcGIS must be installed before installing this patch.

  1. Download the appropriate file to a location other than your ArcGIS installation location.


    Portal for ArcGIS 10.4.1   Checksum (Md5)
         
      ArcGIS-1041-PFA-HAD-Patch-linux.tar C05E36F151D342FA19F4753F41394988
         
    Portal for ArcGIS 10.4   Checksum (Md5)
         
      ArcGIS-104-PFA-HAD-Patch-linux.tar FCF6D09EEACAFECD1E4EC48F43E31829
         
    Portal for ArcGIS 10.3.1   Checksum (Md5)
         
    Please install the latest
    Portal for ArcGIS 10.3.1 Security Patch
    ArcGIS-1031-PFA-SEC2018U1-Patch-linux.tar BAD34DE1152026A68066DFF7F6C1129D
         
    Portal for ArcGIS 10.3   Checksum (Md5)
         
      ArcGIS-103-PFA-HAD-Patch-linux.tar 1504EA6841181054C4B0D198D213BD00
         

  2. Make sure you have write access to your ArcGIS installation location, and that no one is using ArcGIS.
  3. Extract the specified tar file by typing:

    % tar -xvf ArcGIS-<Version>-PFA-HAD-Patch-linux.tar
  4. Start the installation by typing:

    % ./applypatch

    This will start the dialog for the menu-driven installation procedure. Default selections are noted in parentheses ( ). To quit the installation procedure, type 'q' at any time.

Uninstalling this patch on Windows

 

  • To uninstall this patch on Windows, open the Windows Control Panel and navigate to installed programs. Make sure that "View installed updates" (upper left side of the Programs and Features dialog) is active. Select the patch name from the programs list and click Uninstall to remove the patch.

 

Uninstalling this patch on Linux

 

  • To remove this patch, navigate to the /tmp directory and run the following script as the ArcGIS Install owner:

    ./patchremove

    Notes: You can only remove the patch that was installed most recently.

 

Patch Updates

Check the Patches and Service Packs page periodically for the availability of additional patches. New information about this patch will be posted here.

June 26, 2018: Portal for ArcGIS 10.4 version is now available for download.

June 27, 2018: Portal for ArcGIS 10.3 version is now available for download.

How to identify which ArcGIS products are installed

To determine which ArcGIS products are installed, choose the appropriate version of the PatchFinder utility for your environment and run it from your local machine. PatchFinder will list all products, hot fixes, and patches installed on your local machine.

Getting Help

Domestic sites, please contact Esri Technical Support at 1-888-377-4575, if you have any difficulty installing this patch. International sites, please contact your local Esri software distributor.



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