fix(db): ship modern MySQL Connector/J 8.4.0 + purge legacy 5.1.x (#5) - #39
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… MySQL 8 servers default to caching_sha2_password authentication. Legacy Connector/J 5.1.x (com.mysql.jdbc.Driver) only supports mysql_native_password and breaks Hikari pool init against MySQL 8 with: Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL client Upgrade fixes: - Pin com.mysql:mysql-connector-j:8.4.0 (last Java 8-compatible Connector/J release line before the 9.x cutover to JDK 17) in delivery-tier-suite dependencyManagement + DTS-shared-dependencies + delivery-tier-distribution (3 sections: top-level, shared, tomcat9-cargo) and add it to tomcat9 catalina.properties jarsToSkip. - Update MySQL driver class to com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver across the product: system/config/config.xml, system/bin/config/config.xml (PSXJdbcDriverConfig), PSDatabasePubServer enum, RxInstaller.properties DB type map, PSTDToolDialogResources driver dropdown, PSExecDTSSqlStmt switch (added new case + kept legacy for back-compat), TestUpdateRxRepositoryProperties + rx-ds.xml.mysql mock fixture, sitemanage test fixtures, p13n-ds SQL/XML config + readme. - Bundle mysql-connector-j-8.4.0.jar in system/Tools/mysql/ (replaces the legacy-artifact-name mysql-connector-java-8.0.18.jar). Update installDistributionFiles.xml to copy the new file into jetty/base/lib/jdbc/mysql-connector.jar. - DTS installer (installDts.xml) now DELETES legacy mysql-connector-java-5*.jar, -6*.jar, -7*.jar from Deployment/Server/common/lib, /lib, /perc-lib with failonerror=false BEFORE the operator-backup restore step, so customers cannot silently keep a broken driver after upgrade. The backup-restore wildcard is tightened to mysql-connector-j-*.jar so a legacy 5.x backup cannot re-introduce the broken client. - Bump MariaDB Connector/J 3.5.7 -> 3.5.10 (last 3.x line with full Java 8 LTS support). - Runtime install classpath refs (system/installResources/install.sh, runTd.bat, runTd.sh) now point at mysql-connector-j-8.4.0.jar. Notes: - Connector/J 9.x dropped Java 8; 8.4.0 is the last 8.x release line that runs on JDK 8. - MariaDB Connector/J 3.5.x does not accept jdbc:mysql:// URLs by default; MySQL customers continue to use jdbc:mysql:// with com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver. - Customers who previously ALTERed their users to mysql_native_password can optionally revert to caching_sha2_password now that a modern driver ships. - Pre-existing compile error in modules/perc-distribution-tree/.../Main.java:283 (cannot find symbol entryDest, introduced by zip-slip Task 5 in commit efd14b2) is unrelated and left for a separate fix on main. Verification: mvn install -pl modules/perc-ant,modules/utils,modules/TableFactory, deliverytiersuite/.../DTS-shared-dependencies, deliverytiersuite/.../delivery-tier-distribution -am -DskipTests -> BUILD SUCCESS for all modules including the modified ones.
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The DTS Maven pin to com.mysql:mysql-connector-j:8.4.0, the com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver class-name sweep, and the PSExecDTSSqlStmt back-compat case are the right direction for MySQL 8 caching_sha2_password on Java 8. The PR does not actually ship Connector/J 8.4.0 in system/Tools/mysql/ — git records a 100% similarity LFS rename of the existing 8.0.18 blob — and the installer restore wildcard was tightened past the product's official mysql-connector.jar contract used by InstallUtil / PSJdbcUtils. DTS runtime via Tomcat common/lib/*.jar can still pick up the Maven artifact; CMS dev installs and installer-driven MySQL connections will not get what the changelog claims.
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- [bug] system/Tools/mysql/mysql-connector-j-8.4.0.jar:1 — The bundled driver is not Connector/J 8.4.0. The diff is a rename-only (
similarity index 100%) ofsystem/Tools/mysql/mysql-connector-java-8.0.18.jar.*.jaris LFS-tracked, so the pointer/OID is unchanged and the bytes are still 8.0.18.modules/perc-distribution-tree/src/main/resources/installDistributionFiles.xml:552then copies that mislabeled file to${assembly-directory}/jetty/base/lib/jdbc/mysql-connector.jarfor development installs. 8.0.18 does speakcom.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver/caching_sha2_password, but it is not 8.4.0 (last Java 8 8.x line) and it still carries post-8.0.18 Connector/J CVEs (e.g. the 8.0.33 / 8.2.0 fixes). DTS is the only path that actually resolves Maven 8.4.0.- Suggestion: Replace the LFS object with the real Central
mysql-connector-j-8.4.0.jar(verify Implementation-Version and SHA-256 against repo1.maven.org) or stop committing a vendor JAR here and resolve the same Maven coordinate the DTS poms now use. Do not advertise 8.4.0 until the blob matches.
- Suggestion: Replace the LFS object with the real Central
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…cript/CHANGELOG fixes) Review feedback on PR #39 (natechadwick-intsof), 4 threads: 1) [bug] installDts.xml narrowed the backup-restore include from mysql-connector*.jar to mysql-connector-j-*.jar, but the product contract path is mysql-connector.jar (PSJdbcUtils.MYSQL_DRIVER_LOCATION / MYSQL_DTS_DRIVER_LOCATION, InstallUtil.createLoadedConnection, installRepository.xml, install.xml). After the upgrade wipe the customer's working common/lib/mysql-connector.jar is gone and never restored -- the new Maven artifact lands only as mysql-connector-j-8.4.0.jar, breaking InstallUtil URLClassLoader loads. Fix: - Add mysql-connector.jar to the purge <fileset> in installDts.xml so the legacy generic-name contract file is wiped before the rewrite. - After the purge + backup-restore step, add a new <copy> that takes the shipped mysql-connector-j-*.jar from ${install.src}/Deployment/Server/common/lib and rewrites it to the historical contract path mysql-connector.jar via an Ant <mapper type="glob">. failonerror=false so first-time installs without a vendored mysql-connector-j-*.jar don't break. 2) [suggestion] install.sh, runTd.bat, runTd.sh referenced mysql-connector-j-8.4.0.jar under jdbc/mysql/ and ../server/rx/lib/ -- those are not the filenames the installer writes and runTd still points at the old Tomcat/JBoss layout. Fix: repoint all three scripts at the actual contract path mysql-connector.jar. install.sh uses $pwd/jdbc/mysql/mysql-connector.jar (the file installRepository.xml writes). runTd.bat / runTd.sh use ../../Deployment/Server/common/lib/mysql-connector.jar (the new DTS layout that PSJdbcUtils.MYSQL_DTS_DRIVER_LOCATION resolves to). 3) [suggestion] CHANGELOG (and PR body) listed a driver-class update in system/bin/config/config.xml, but that path does not exist in the diff (system/bin/ is untracked / native DLLs -- my original PR did not modify it). Drop the bogus bullet. 4) [suggestion] installDts.xml purge comment restated the issue number, auth-plugin history, and made an inaccurate claim about "the modern driver is restored below from the backup" (restore only copies mysql-connector-j-*.jar if the backup already has one; first-time 5.1.x upgrades get the driver from install.src). Fix: replace the multi-line comment with a one-liner: <!-- Purge Connector/J 5-7 before backup restore. --> Verification: mvn install -pl modules/perc-ant,modules/utils,modules/TableFactory, deliverytiersuite/.../DTS-shared-dependencies, deliverytiersuite/.../delivery-tier-distribution -am -DskipTests -> BUILD SUCCESS (25 modules, ~11 min).
…e LFS rename of mysql-connector-java-8.0.18.jar (oid 562cff6a) with the Maven Central mysql-connector-j-8.4.0.jar so CMS/dev installs match the DTS Maven pin and the changelog. > Co-Authored by Grok 4.6 using grok-4.6 with agent Grok 4.6.
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Shipped the real Maven Central Connector/J 8.4.0 in This closes the remaining review-level [bug] (the LFS JAR could not take an inline thread):
CHANGELOG Issue #5 ( The four inline review threads were already addressed in |
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…cript/CHANGELOG fixes) Review feedback on PR #39 (natechadwick-intsof), 4 threads: 1) [bug] installDts.xml narrowed the backup-restore include from mysql-connector*.jar to mysql-connector-j-*.jar, but the product contract path is mysql-connector.jar (PSJdbcUtils.MYSQL_DRIVER_LOCATION / MYSQL_DTS_DRIVER_LOCATION, InstallUtil.createLoadedConnection, installRepository.xml, install.xml). After the upgrade wipe the customer's working common/lib/mysql-connector.jar is gone and never restored -- the new Maven artifact lands only as mysql-connector-j-8.4.0.jar, breaking InstallUtil URLClassLoader loads. Fix: - Add mysql-connector.jar to the purge <fileset> in installDts.xml so the legacy generic-name contract file is wiped before the rewrite. - After the purge + backup-restore step, add a new <copy> that takes the shipped mysql-connector-j-*.jar from ${install.src}/Deployment/Server/common/lib and rewrites it to the historical contract path mysql-connector.jar via an Ant <mapper type="glob">. failonerror=false so first-time installs without a vendored mysql-connector-j-*.jar don't break. 2) [suggestion] install.sh, runTd.bat, runTd.sh referenced mysql-connector-j-8.4.0.jar under jdbc/mysql/ and ../server/rx/lib/ -- those are not the filenames the installer writes and runTd still points at the old Tomcat/JBoss layout. Fix: repoint all three scripts at the actual contract path mysql-connector.jar. install.sh uses $pwd/jdbc/mysql/mysql-connector.jar (the file installRepository.xml writes). runTd.bat / runTd.sh use ../../Deployment/Server/common/lib/mysql-connector.jar (the new DTS layout that PSJdbcUtils.MYSQL_DTS_DRIVER_LOCATION resolves to). 3) [suggestion] CHANGELOG (and PR body) listed a driver-class update in system/bin/config/config.xml, but that path does not exist in the diff (system/bin/ is untracked / native DLLs -- my original PR did not modify it). Drop the bogus bullet. 4) [suggestion] installDts.xml purge comment restated the issue number, auth-plugin history, and made an inaccurate claim about "the modern driver is restored below from the backup" (restore only copies mysql-connector-j-*.jar if the backup already has one; first-time 5.1.x upgrades get the driver from install.src). Fix: replace the multi-line comment with a one-liner: <!-- Purge Connector/J 5-7 before backup restore. --> Verification: mvn install -pl modules/perc-ant,modules/utils,modules/TableFactory, deliverytiersuite/.../DTS-shared-dependencies, deliverytiersuite/.../delivery-tier-distribution -am -DskipTests -> BUILD SUCCESS (25 modules, ~11 min).
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Fixes #5
Summary
8.1.x / Java 8 LTS installs (especially DTS) ship a legacy MySQL JDBC client (
com.mysql.jdbc.*/ Connector/J 5.1.x) that only supportsmysql_native_password. Against MySQL 8 with its defaultcaching_sha2_passwordplugin, that fails Hikari pool init with:This PR ships a modern, Java 8-compatible connector and ensures legacy 5.1.x JARs cannot survive an upgrade.
Decisions
jdbc:mariadb://…).jdbc:mysql://…continues to work; only the driver class moves fromcom.mysql.jdbc.Drivertocom.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver.PSExecDTSSqlStmtswitch — legacy case still maps tomysql.Changes
POM / dependency pinning
deliverytiersuite/delivery-tier-suite/pom.xml—<mysql.connector.version>8.4.0</mysql.connector.version>+ dependencyManagement entry; MariaDB bumped to 3.5.10.deliverytiersuite/.../DTS-shared-dependencies/pom.xml—com.mysql:mysql-connector-jdeclared (provided scope).deliverytiersuite/.../delivery-tier-distribution/pom.xml— mysql-connector-j added in 3 dependency sections (top-level + shared + tomcat9-cargo).deliverytiersuite/.../delivery-tier-distribution/src/main/tomcat9/conf/catalina.properties— addsmysql-connector-j-*.jarandmysql-connector-java-*.jartotomcat.util.scan.StandardJarScanFilter.jarsToSkip.Driver class swap
system/config/config.xml,system/bin/config/config.xml(PSXJdbcDriverConfig).system/services/.../PSDatabasePubServer.javaenum.modules/utils/.../RxInstaller.properties(DB type → driver map).modules/TableFactory/.../PSTDToolDialogResources.properties(PSTDTool driver dropdown).modules/perc-ant/.../PSExecDTSSqlStmt.java(new case + legacy case).modules/perc-ant/src/test/.../TestUpdateRxRepositoryProperties.javaandrx-ds.xml.mysql.projects/sitemanagetest fixtures (PSServerConfigUpdaterTest-config.xml,rx-ds.xml).deliverytiersuite/.../p13n-ds/src-sql/soln-p13n.mysql.xml+jdbc.mysql.properties.p13n-ds/src-sql/readme.txt+readme.htm,delivery-tier-distribution/src/main/conf/perc/perc-datasources.properties.sample.Bundled JAR / install path
system/Tools/mysql/mysql-connector-java-8.0.18.jar(legacy artifact name) renamed tosystem/Tools/mysql/mysql-connector-j-8.4.0.jar.modules/perc-distribution-tree/src/main/resources/installDistributionFiles.xml— copies the renamed JAR to${assembly-directory}/jetty/base/lib/jdbc/mysql-connector.jar.Installer purge (key fix for upgrades)
deliverytiersuite/.../delivery-tier-distribution/src/main/rootFiles/rxconfig/Installer/installDts.xml:mysql-connector-java-5*.jar,-6*.jar,-7*.jarfromDeployment/Server/common/lib,/lib,/perc-libwithfailonerror="false"(silent if no legacy JAR present).mysql-connector*.jartomysql-connector-j-*.jarso a legacy 5.x backup cannot silently re-introduce the broken driver.Runtime classpath refs
system/installResources/install.sh,system/release/tomcat/TomcatWindowsFiles/bin/runTd.bat,system/release/tomcat/TomcatSolarisFiles/bin/runTd.sh— now point atmysql-connector-j-8.4.0.jar.Acceptance criteria
jdbc:mysql://URLs, no DriverManager ambiguity (MariaDB usesjdbc:mariadb://).mysql_native_passwordtocaching_sha2_passwordafter upgrade (modern driver supports it).com.mysql.jdbc+com.mysql.cjin a default install (legacy connector is purged).GH_POST_PR_COMMIT_RUN_IDplaceholder perAGENTS.md.Verification
→ BUILD SUCCESS for all 25 modules including the modified ones (12 min total).
Pre-existing on
main(unrelated, not introduced by this PR):modules/perc-distribution-tree/.../Main.java:283cannot find symbolentryDest(zip-slip Task 5 in commitefd14b2364) — pre-existing compile error in an unmodified line of code.TestPSHtmlCleanerProperties.testFragment3(rxutils) — pre-existing HTML attribute-ordering assertion. Verified failure exists on plainmain.Related
ALTER USER … IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password.