It may be necessary for some colleges to upgrade their download client with the 2016 Annual Update release (5.4.0, Mar 31, 2016.
While we have tested the download client with the latest version and one version back, some of the colleges are running download client versions that are many versions back. In that case, there may be library inconsistencies that prevent the client from authenticating and/or downloading correctly.
To upgrade the download client, colleges will need to complete the following steps:
Determine the version of java you are using. The quickest and easiest way to do this it to open up a command prompt and type:
java -version |
Edit the conf/ccctransfer.properties file. If it does not already exist, add the line:
timeout.seconds=30 |
Test the new download client by switching to the transfer-client directory and running:
java -jar transfer-client.jar -test https://admin.openccc.net:8443/ccctransfer/debug |
If the download client is able to successfully connect, the last output for that command should be similar to:
Debugging Download Requester IP=192.168.1.1 Client Cert Info Cert Info=CN=xxx.edu/MIS\=XXX |
Run a full download to ensure that downloads work correctly.
java -jar transfer-client.jar --dry-run jobs/%JOB_FILE% |
The --dry-run option will allow a college to download applications without actually marking them as having been downloaded. It is intended for testing purposes only. Once the application has been confirmed to work, colleges should either use the download.bat script, download.sh script or run the above command without the --dry-run option for their day-to-day usage. |