TIBCO Spotfire® Service Python Installation and Administration

Changes in Functionality

The Spotfire Service for Python 1.12 (LTS) version has the following changes in functionality.

Key Version Summary
PYSRV-255 1.12.0

Disabling trust checks allows script execution in remote Python scripts 

You can now configure Spotfire Service for Python to disable trust checks for remote Python script execution. This is a change to Spotfire Analyst, Spotfire Web Player service, and Spotfire Automation Services service to allow untrusted scripts to be run on an available Spotfire Service for Python service.

PYSRV-465 1.12.0

Python 3.10 running on RHEL 7 and SUSE 15 requires downloading and building OpenSSL 1.1.1 or later

For administrators installing Spotfire Service for Python 1.120 on a computer running RHEL 7 or SUSE 15, you must manually install, build, and configure OpenSSL 1.1.1. This newer version of OpenSSL is required by Python 3.10, but is not shipped by default with those operating systems. 

TERRSRV-948 1.12.0

Container base image updated

The container base image for both the TERR service and Spotfire Service for Python has been updated from CentOS 8.2.2004  to AlmaLinux 8.5.

TERRSRV-978 1.12.0

CentOS 8 is no longer supported as an operating system

CentOS 8 is no longer a supported OS for the following Spotfire products:

  • TIBCO Spotfire® Server
  • TIBCO Spotfire® Statistics Services
  • TIBCO® Enterprise Runtime for R - Server Edition
  • TIBCO Spotfire® Service for Python