Warning

There are known security vulnerabilities in Open XDMoD versions ≤11.0.2. We strongly encourage upgrading immediately to the latest version of Open XDMoD, 11.0.3, which contains fixes for these vulnerabilities.

To upgrade version 10.5 to 11.0.3, you will first need to upgrade to version 10.5.1, then upgrade to version 11.0.3.

If you cannot upgrade immediately, you can follow the instructions below to manually patch your installation as a temporary workaround before upgrading later.

Workaround instructions
  1. First, make sure you are on the correct web page for your version of Open XDMoD. The web page you are on now is for version 10.5. Other versions' pages are linked below:
  2. Download the patch file for your version:
  3. Copy the patch file to your Open XDMoD web server.
  4. Make sure you have the patch command installed; it can be installed with dnf install patch.
  5. Apply the patch by running the command below, replacing [PATH_TO_XDMOD_SHARE_DIR] with the path to the share directory (/usr/share/xdmod for RPM-based installs, /opt/xdmod/share or another location for source code installs) and replacing [PATH_TO_PATCH_FILE] with the path to the patch file. 
    # patch -p1 -d [PATH_TO_XDMOD_SHARE_DIR] < [PATH_TO_PATCH_FILE]
  6. Upgrade to the latest version of Open XDMoD as soon as you can.

Support → Support

Support Lifecycle

In general, Open XDMoD has one or two major releases each year, and each major version will receive support for one year from the time of initial release. This includes security fixes and other critical updates in addition to limited access to our support team.

Note that the 10.5 release has a longer than typical support window due to a later than typical release date for 11.0.

Version Release Date End of Support
10.5 September 03, 2023 March 31, 2025*

* Note: CentOS 7 officially reached end of life on June 30, 2024, and as such so did our official support for el7 XDMoD.

Supported Operating Systems

Rocky 8 is the officially supported operating system for Open XDMoD. If you are using a different operating system and encounter an issue, please install Open XDMoD on this operating system and reproduce the issue in that environment before requesting support.

Requesting Support

Before contacting us please see the list of Frequently Asked Questions.

Email ccr-xdmod-help at buffalo.edu for support. Please include the following in your support request. Failure to include this information may delay support.

  • Open XDMoD version number
  • Operating system and version where Open XDMoD is installed
  • The output of xdmod-check-config
  • PHP and MySQL version (e.g, the output from php --version, mysql --version, and the SQL command SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "%version%";)
  • The output of php -i
  • Any messages in the XDMoD exceptions log /var/log/xdmod/exceptions.log
  • A description of the problem you are experiencing
  • Detailed steps to reproduce the problem

If the problem is observed when trying to access the web portal then please also include any messages in the web server error log /var/log/xdmod/apache-error.log

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