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What is the default user session timeout for Qlik Sense Business and Qlik Sense Enterprise SaaS? Can the session timeout for Qlik Cloud be changed?
The default (fixed) value is set to 30 minutes. This is controlled by SESSION_TTL.
It is not currently possible to adjust the session timeouts in the Qlik Cloud.
Affected versions:
CVE-2024-7348 is a Time-of-Check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability in pg_dump, a utility used for backing up PostgreSQL databases. This vulnerability allows an attacker to replace a relation type (such as a table or sequence) with a view or foreign table right when pg_dump is running. Because pg_dump often runs with superuser privileges, this attack could execute arbitrary SQL code, leading to unauthorized actions or data corruption. Source: https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2024-7348/
Qlik can confirm that pg_dump is not actively used in the Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows code.
Both steps are required to fully mitigate the issue.
Always verify compatibility between your Qlik Sense version and PostgreSQL before planning an upgrade.
QPI does not utilise pgdump.exe.
You find the following error message in the logs when accessing Git repository:
WARN ProjectViewAdapter - <Git URL here>: not authorized
org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.TransportException: <Git URL here>:not authorized
It may be related to authentication issues.
If you are looking for how to enable two factor authentication in Talend by using personal access tokens, please take a look at this article:
Talend-Cloud-Two-Factor-Authentication-using-personal-access
While updating the qliksenserepository user with any of the Configure-Service.ps1 scripts, you may encounter the following error:
Invoke-Query : Exception calling "Start" with "0" argument(s): "The system cannot find the file specified"
At C:\Program Fi 1es\Qlik\Sense\Mobi1i tyRegistrarService\install\instal1-uti1s\Postgres.psl:56 char :10
+ $ret = Invoke-Query $command
+ Categorylnfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Invoke-Query], MethodlnvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorld : Win32Exception,Invoke-Query
Some Power-shell scripts have not been updated for the new default value of the Database home.
Different versions of Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows come with their own bundled PostgreSQL version.
Examples: Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows from May 2021 to May 2023 will install PostgreSQL 12.5, while previous releases used PostgreSQL 9.6 as a default during a new install. Similarly, from Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows August 2023 onwards, Qlik pre-installs PostgreSQL 14.8 as the default database. For more details on the default, see the System Requirements for your respective version.
When you upgrade from an earlier release you will keep 9.6 or 12.5 and you should not have the issue.
This leads to issues with the following line:
Variation One:
[string]$postgresHome = "$senseInstallPath\Repository\PostgreSQL\9.6",
Variation Two:
[string]$postgresHome = "$senseInstallPath\Repository\PostgreSQL\12.5",
Apply the actions in this solution on all nodes.
Depending on your version of Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows different corrections will be needed.
This is an example list of .ps1 files needing to be edited in the Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows August 2023 version:
In this article, we walk you through the requirements and process of how to upgrade and unbundle an existing Qlik Sense Repository Database (see supported scenarios) as well as how to install a brand new Repository based on PostgreSQL. We will use the Qlik PostgreSQL Installer (QPI).
For a manual method, see How to manually upgrade the bundled Qlik Sense PostgreSQL version to 12.5 version.
Using the Qlik Postgres Installer not only upgrades PostgreSQL; it also unbundles PostgreSQL from your Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows install. This allows for direct control of your PostgreSQL instance and facilitates maintenance without a dependency on Qlik Sense. Further Database upgrades can then be performed independently and in accordance with your corporate security policy when needed, as long as you remain within the supported PostgreSQL versions. See How To Upgrade Standalone PostgreSQL.
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The following versions have been tested and verified to work with QPI (1.4.0):
Qlik Sense February 2022 to Qlik Sense November 2023.
If you are on a Qlik Sense version prior to these, upgrade to at least February 2022 before you begin.
Qlik Sense November 2022 and later do not support 9.6, and a warning will be displayed during the upgrade. From Qlik Sense August 2023 a upgrade with a 9.6 database is blocked.
The Qlik PostgreSQL Installer supports installing a new standalone PostgreSQL database with the configurations required for connecting to a Qlik Sense server. This allows setting up a new environment or migrating an existing database to a separate host.
Using the Qlik PostgreSQL Installer on a patched Qlik Sense version can lead to unexpected results. If you have a patch installed, either:
Do not use the standard Qlik Sense folders, such as C:\Program Files\Qlik\Sense\Repository\PostgreSQL\ and C:\Programdata\Qlik\Sense\Repository\PostgreSQL\.
Do not use the standard Qlik Sense folders, such as C:\Program Files\Qlik\Sense\Repository\PostgreSQL\ and C:\Programdata\Qlik\Sense\Repository\PostgreSQL\.
Download the installer here.
Qlik PostgreSQL installer Release Notes
The following versions have been tested and verified to work with QPI (1.4.0):
February 2022 to November 2023.
If you are on any version prior to these, upgrade to at least February 2022 before you begin.
Qlik Sense November 2022 and later do not support 9.6, and a warning will be displayed during the upgrade. From Qlik Sense August 2023 a 9.6 update is blocked.
Uninstall the old Qlik Sense Repository Database service.
This step is required. Failing to remove the old service will lead the upgrade or patching issues.
Failing to reinstall the binaries will lead to errors when executing any number of service configuration scripts.If you do not immediately upgrade:
If the upgrade was unsuccessful and you are missing data in the Qlik Management Console or elsewhere, contact Qlik Support.
Now that your PostgreSQL instance is no longer connected to the Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows services, all future updates of PostgreSQL are performed independently of Qlik Sense. This allows you to act in accordance with your corporate security policy when needed, as long as you remain within the supported PostgreSQL versions.
Your PostgreSQL database is fully compatible with the official PostgreSQL installers from https://www.enterprisedb.com/downloads/postgres-postgresql-downloads.
See How To Upgrade Standalone PostgreSQL, which documents the upgrade procedure for either a minor version upgrade (example: 14.5 to 14.8) or a major version upgrade (example: 12 to 14). Further information on PostgreSQL upgrades or updates can be obtained from Postgre directly.
The information in this article is provided as-is and to be used at own discretion. Depending on tool(s) used, customization(s), and/or other factors ongoing support on the solution below may not be provided by Qlik Support. The video in this article was recorded in a earlier version of QPI, some screens might differ a little bit.
Qlik PostgreSQL installer version 1.3.0 Release Notes
Techspert Talks - Upgrading PostgreSQL Repository Troubleshooting
Backup and Restore Qlik Sense Enterprise documentation
Migrating Like a Boss
Optimizing Performance for Qlik Sense Enterprise
Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows: How To Upgrade Standalone PostgreSQL
How-to reset forgotten PostgreSQL password in Qlik Sense
How to configure Qlik Sense to use a dedicated PostgreSQL database
Troubleshooting Qlik Sense Upgrades
This article describes how Qlik Application Automation can be used to perform and review app evaluations and take action accordingly.
Example
In this example, we'll create an automation that evaluates an app before publishing it to a managed space.
Before you continue, create a new automation.
Add a Condition block that verifies whether the vCacheOverrun variable is empty. If it's empty, it means there are no (too) slow cached objects and the app can be published. Add a Publish App To Managed Space block to the Yes outcome of the Condition block and add a Send Mail block from the Outlook connector to notify your team about the published app.
If the vCacheOverrun variable is not empty, the app should not be published. Add another Variable block vStringCache of type string to the No outcome of the Condition block. Set the value of this variable to the output from the vCacheOverrun variable and add the implode formula to transform the list variable into a string.
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The information in this article is provided as-is and to be used at own discretion. Depending on tool(s) used, customization(s), and/or other factors ongoing support on the solution below may not be provided by Qlik Support.
Question
What Files Should I whitelist in my Antivirus Software for Talend Applications like Talend Administration Center and Job Server?
For Talend Administration Center, the folders that include jar files are recommended to be whitelisted.
For JobServer, the cache folder <JobServerInstallationFolder>/jobserver/agent/TalendJobServerFiles are recommended to be whitelisted.
The above are files that may have an impact on the performance.
Windows Antivirus Software might cause file locks that can impact the cleanup of JobServer caches and temporary files created by jobs.
So it can be advisable to
Also, as mentioned in the reference: Optimizing Talend Studio performance, the application installation folder is also recommended to whitelist for all applications, not just Talend Studio.
After installing TAC 8.0.1 and attempting to access the DB Config page in TAC, an error occurs:
500 The call failed on the server; see server log for details
The Oracle Database is utilized as TAC's database, and the compatible ODBC jar has been installed. The server log displays the primary error message as follows:
Error: caused by java.sql.SQLException: Non-supported character set (add orai18n.jar to your classpath).
The dependent orai18n.jar file is missing from the lib folder.
Download the orai18n.jar file and ensure it is placed in both of the following folders:
<apache-tomcat>/lib
<apache-tomcat>/webapps/org.talend.administrator/WEB-INF/lib
Once completed, please restart the TAC server.
The Qlik Sense Engine allows for a Hard Max Limit to be set on memory consumption.
To be able to enforce "Hard max limit" the engine requires access to a specific endpoint in the Windows operating system API.
If the operating system blocks calls to this endpoint, then an attempt to use the configuration "Hard max limit" will fail, and the engine will instead operate according to the "Soft max limit" configuration.
Refer to the documentation provided by Microsoft fur forther information: "SetProcessWorkingSetSizeEx"
See Editing an engine - Qlik Sense for administrators for details.
To note:
Even with the hard limit set, it may still be possible for the host operating system to report memory spikes above the Max memory usage (%).
This is down to how the Qlik Sense Engine memory limit will be defined based on the total memory available.
Example:
The memory working setting limit is not a hard limit to set on the engine. This is a setting which determines how much we allocate and how far we are allowed to go before we start alarming on the working set beyond parameters.
QLIK-96872, HLP-17517
If you have a web application server that is deployed on Talend Runtime, and need to change the timeout values, it is located in the file below: <RuntimeInstallationFolder>/etc/jetty.xml
The following is a part of the code found in the jetty.xml file.
Please change the value for "http.timeout" in order to change the timeout value.
The default setting for the timeout value is 30000 milliseconds which equals to 30 seconds.
<Call name="addConnector">
<Arg>
<New class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.ServerConnector">
<Set name="idleTimeout">
<Property name="http.timeout" default="30000"/>
</Set>
</New>
</Arg>
</Call>
Manually restart Qlik Sense services in right order is important because the Qlik Sense Repository Service is dependent on the Qlik Sense Repository Database (QRD) and the rest of the services are dependent on the Qlik Sense Repository Service.
Please review the Qlik Sense Online help for the relevant Sense version to find the Service Dependencies for your specific version.
In a Multi-node environment, start the central node first and stop the rim nodes first.
Content:
We are unable to provide a comprehensive start or stop order as rim nodes can have a number of different combinations of services installed. Please skip any services you do not have installed.
We are unable to provide a comprehensive start or stop order as rim nodes can have a number of different combinations of services installed. Please skip any services you do not have installed.
Get-Service "Qlik*" | Where-Object {($_.Name -like "QlikSense*" -and $_.Name -notlike "QlikSenseRepositoryDatabase") -or ($_.Name -eq "QlikLoggingService")} | Stop-Service -Force Start-Service -Name "Qlik Sense Service Dispatcher" Start-Service -Name "QlikSenseServiceDispatcher" Start-Service "Qlik*"
Open the following location: C:\ProgramData\Qlik\Sense\Log\Repository\Trace
Monitor the folder after starting the Qlik Sense Repository Service (QRS). Files with appended time/date will disappear.
This article provides the necessary steps to back up an existing Qlik Enterprise Manager PostgreSQL database before restoring it to a new major version of PostgreSQL. We will use pgAdmin for the process.
For Qlik Enterprise Mangaer's System Requirements, including PostgreSQL compatibility, see Additional software requirements.
If you are upgrading within a major PostgreSQL release (example: 14.5 to 14.8), no manual backup and restore is necessary. Simply download the PostgreSQL installer and upgrade your current instance.
If you are upgrading to a new major PostgreSQL release (example: 12.x to 14.x):
Backup the existing PostgreSQL database of your Qlk Enterprise Manager instance using pgAdmin:
Right-click on the existing PostgreSQL database (in our example: postgres)
Select Backup
There are environments where the cryptographic protocols available to the Windows Operating System need to be restricted for security or compliance reasons. This article will outline where various TLS versions are supported. This article will not have full coverage of the impact of TLS changes to other software installed on the Qlik Sense server. For examples of potential impacts:
To enable strong TLS implementation make sure to have all your servers updated to a version of both the operating system and the Qlik software, which explicitly details they support the required version of TLS.
If you have a clustered environment with multiple nodes spread across different machines, please make sure to enable the same subset of protocols on all Sense machines, otherwise the services will not be able to successfully communicate.
Third-party tools such as IIS Crypto can be used to enable and disable SSL or TLS. Consult your Windows administrator or network security team for what tools are usually used in your organization.
The correct protocols and ciphers can then be applied using the PowerShell (PS) scripts and making changes to the Windows Registry. Consult Microsoft or your Windows administrator for details.
IIS Crypto is an example 3rd party tool that can be used to achieve this. IIS Crypto is not supported by Qlik, but by its respective vendor, NARTAC Software. To obtain IIS Crypto, visit https://www.nartac.com/Products/IISCrypto.
Accessing and managing your Data Spaces varies depending on your active subscription.
Data Spaces cannot be managed from the Management Console or the Analytics Services hub. To manage your Data Spaces, use the Data Integration section.
Note: A professional license is required.
To add a new space:
To edit a space:
You can manage your Data Spaces directly from the Management Console and through Qlik Data Integration.
See Managing data spaces for details on how to manage spaces using the Management Console. For steps on how to use Qlik Data Integrations, see the instructions above.
Users previously assigned a Basic User entitlement have unexpectedly been promoted to Full User entitlement.
This is working as expected and will happen when a Basic User is granted any additional permissions. Source: Types of user entitlements.
An exception is the Collaboration Platform role, see Qlik Cloud Analytics: Assigning the Collaboration Platform User role to a Basic User does not promote it to full.
To avoid users being promoted to Full Users, remove any assignment, both in single spaces and at a global level.
Spaces
Verify the users are not assigned any roles other than than Has restricted view.
Be careful when using the Anyone group, since assigning any other role to this group will promote all users to Full.
Global
Turn off Auto assign for all Security roles in the Administration Center.
Specific users
If a user was manually assigned a role, the role has to be removed again manually.
By default, assigning a role to a Basic user in Qlik Cloud Analytics will promote it to Full. See Basic User entitlement.
That doesn't happen with the Collaboration Platform User role. Assigning the Collaboration Platform User role will not automatically upgrade the entitlement of a basic user to Full User.
This is working as designed.
Qlik has added an exception for the Collaboration Platform User role to allow Basic users access to the Microsoft Teams Chatbot.
The Qlik Cloud certificate is issued to the us region even for tenants not based in the us region, such as eu or ap. This may be perceived as a mismatch or as if the certificate was issued to the wrong region.
This is working as expected.
While the certificate's display name refers to the *us region, the certificate is extended to all Qlik Cloud regions as Subject Alternative Names (SAN):
This is a standard best practice to bind different DNS names together, and there is therefore no need to change the certificate.
See DigiCert's knowledge base for more details about certificate extensions and SANs.
Qlik Data Gateway erroring out with "Invalid metadata response (DirectAccess-2201) " message. The error could be due to a different issues.
The cause of the issue is usually configuration, if the suggestions above didn't fix the issue it will be necessary to report the issue for further analysis.
Qlik Data Gateway: Direct Access Data Gateway failing with Internal Error