Cisco Cisco Prime Service Catalog 10.1
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Release Notes for Cisco Prime Service Catalog 10.1
New Features and Enhancements in Prime Service Catalog 10.1
Security Enhancements
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Password policies, a set of configurable rules to enhance password strength, lifetime and retry
attempts.
attempts.
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Secure String feature to securely store and send passwords or other secure data to external systems
by encrypting it with the external system's RSA public key.
by encrypting it with the external system's RSA public key.
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Attributes in a dictionary can be marked as encrypted which are masked in a service form, service
link messages (using public keys), and are stored in database as an encrypted string.
link messages (using public keys), and are stored in database as an encrypted string.
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For enhanced security, Data Encryption Keys (DEK) in the database are encrypted using a master
key - Key Encryption Key (KEK). The master key (KEK) is set by the administrator during the
installation or upgrade and is stored outside the database on the application server.
key - Key Encryption Key (KEK). The master key (KEK) is set by the administrator during the
installation or upgrade and is stored outside the database on the application server.
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Change in Encryption algorithm for user passwords to make it non-recoverable.
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Forgotten password link on the login page to reset the password.
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Change password option available on the login page.
For more details on these security enhancements, see
API Enhancements
nsAPI Enhancements
1.
Ordering and Managing Orders:
nsAPI now allows placing and managing orders (requisitions), and the placing and managing service
orders now have a REST-based alternative, to the existing SOAP-based RAPI interface.
orders now have a REST-based alternative, to the existing SOAP-based RAPI interface.
The new capabilities of nsAPI are as follows:
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Submit a new order comprising of one or more service(s).
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Submit an order from the cart. The order comprises all services in the cart.
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Add new services to the cart and place order.
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Cancel/Remove a specific service from the cart.
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Empty the cart - Remove all services from the cart.
In addition, you can now retrieve the approval history, and view all approval tasks at the service
level, using the nsAPI.
level, using the nsAPI.
2.
Token based authentication:
The authentication mechanism now uses token-based method, in addition to username and
password-based authentication mechanism.
password-based authentication mechanism.
3.
Managing Service Definitions:
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Create or update services dynamically and provide additional service descriptions - categories,
facets, and extensions associated with the service.
facets, and extensions associated with the service.
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Search APIs now support complex filters through POST method. A new set of special characters
are included while filtering service item details and all service items.
are included while filtering service item details and all service items.
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Managing Integration:
New APIs to start a Service Link agent and stop a Service Link agent.