Hello, CKAN Community! We’re thrilled to bring you the latest news – CKAN 2.11 has been officially released, and it’s full of exciting improvements and new features. For those managing CKAN data portals, this release is a significant step forward in enhancing performance, security, and user experience. Let’s explore what’s new…
CKAN 2.11: What’s New
This release introduces several notable improvements:
- Enhanced Performance: Improved rendering of templates and snippets, along with faster startup times.
- DataStore Management: A new Table Designer feature allows for the easy creation and validation of DataStore-only resources directly from the UI. Additionally, you can now define schemas for DataStore data using Data Dictionaries through the IDataDictionaryForm interface.
- Granular Permissions: Plugins can now define granular permissions with labels, including support for activities on private datasets.
- Updated Dependencies: All requirements have been updated to the latest versions, ensuring performance and security enhancements, with added support for Python 3.11 and 3.12.
If you’re ready to upgrade your CKAN portal, you can do so easily with our ready-to-use Docker images.
All you have to do is go to our DockerHub and download the images for the new CKAN 2.11. If you need help, we’d be happy to assist you. Reach out and someone from our CKAN team will get back to you.
New Patch Release for CKAN 2.10
Alongside the CKAN 2.11 release, there is also a new patch release for CKAN 2.10.5. You can see what’s included in the Changelog file here, or if you’re ready to install the new patch to your CKAN portal right away, download our Docker images.
About CKAN
The Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN) is the world’s leading open-source data management system, a powerful data portal platform used widely by governments, research institutions and other organizations that collect lots of data and want to make their data accessible and available to others and especially the general public.
Keitaro is a prominent and active contributor to the global CKAN Association, the organization that manages the CKAN global footprint. Our CKAN team has worked on over 50 successful CKAN projects, and has developed numerous custom extensions, all of which are open source and can be found on our GitHub page.
Just starting out with CKAN? Check out our comprehensive guide here.
