Summary:
The existing Basware Message and Basware Download Manager installations are using Oracle Java 8.
Starting with January 2019 this will not receive public updates anymore.
This does not mean that Basware Message or Basware Download Manager will stop working from January 2019 but only that Oracle Java will stop receiving free security updates.
More information about this topic can be found here:
If you want to use a Java VM that will continue to be updated (freely) with security patches, then you'll have to install an alternative Java VM and configure Basware Message and/or Basware Download Manager to use it.
Resolution:
- Install an alternative Java VM by downloading it from one of the websites below.
The current options are:
- Open JDK 12 (Open J9): https://adoptopenjdk.net/releases.html?variant=openjdk12&jvmVariant=openj9
- Amazon Corretto (Java 8): https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/
- Open JDK (Java 11): https://jdk.java.net/11/
- Basware Download Manager (up to v2.1.4) does not work with the default install of Open JDK. Use the Amazon Corretto (Java 8) option or change Open JDK configuration :edit <JAVA_HOME>\conf\security\java.security and change the line line "keystore.type=pkcs12" to "keystore.type=jks"
- For Basware Message users that are sending attachments, the recommended version is Open JDK 12 (Open J9)
- Please follow the install instructions from their website(s).
Configure Basware Message or Basware Download Manager to use the alternative Java VM.
- Locate the Java launcher configuration file (either "C:\Program Files\Basware\Basware Message\Message.lap" or "C:\Program Files\Basware\Basware DM\Dm.lap")
- If Basware Message or Download Manager are running as Windows services, then please also change the configuration in MessageService.lap and/or DmService.lap: modify the line janel.java.home.path=<path to alternative JVM folder>(For example: janel.java.home.path=C:\Program Files\Amazon Corretto\jdk1.8.0_192)
- Please note that the files from C:\Program Files have additional protections for editing. It may be easier to just copy the *.lap files to a different location, edit them there and copy them back to their location in C:\Program Files
Additional information:
Please note that for certain customers, although following the steps as described above, using Amazon Corretto (Java 8) has proven to not work.
In this case we are recommending to use Open JDK (Java 11).