ACAP version 4.12 – January 19, 2024

Overview

It contains:

Code examples for both SDKs:

New features

Manifest schema 1.5.0:

Add support for reverse proxy configuration. See web-server-example
Add support to set access policy for ACAP application web content.
It is possible now to define which users have access to the ACAP application web content by adding the following configuration to the manifest file, where access can be admin, viewer or operator
```
 "acapPackageConf": {
   "configuration": {
     "httpConfig": [
       {
         "access": "admin",
         "type": "directory"
       }
     ]
   }
 }
```

Allow - character in secondary groups of linux resources. See example:

 "resources": {
   "linux": {
     "user": {
       "groups": [ "basic-device-info" ]
     }
   }
 }

Allow strings in requiredMethods and conditionalMethods under dbus to end with .* to match all methods of a D-Bus interface. See example:

 "resources": {
   "dbus": {
     "requiredMethods": [
       "com.axis.Graphics2.*"
     ],
     "conditionalMethods": [
       "com.axis.Overlay2.*"
     ]
 }

Firmware

Minimum AXIS OS version: 11.8

See Firmware releases for all supported products.

Limitations

From AXIS OS 11.8 root user is not allowed by default and in 12.0 it will be disallowed completely. Read more on the Developer Community.

This affects the following features:

The reverse proxy was previously set up via a post-install script which requires root privileges. To set up a reverse proxy without root, a new field has been added in manifest schema 1.5.0. See how the setup can be done in manifest.json of the updated web-server example.
Docker ACAP 1.X requires root and work is ongoing to create a version that does not. Meanwhile, the solution is to allow root to be able to install the Docker ACAP.
- On the web page of the device:
  1. Go to the Apps page, toggle on Allow root-privileged apps.
  2. Go to System -> Account page, under SSH accounts toggle off Restrict root access to be able to send the TLS certificates. Make sure to set the password of the root SSH user.

ACAP Computer Vision SDK

Supported architectures:

armv7hf and aarch64, see images on Docker Hub

Compatibility

To get a list of devices that are compatible with the ACAP Computer Vision SDK, see the section Axis devices and compatibility for links and more information.

ACAP Native SDK

Supported architectures:

armv7hf and aarch64, see images on Docker Hub

Compatibility

Supported products:

All products with chipsets: ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, ARTPEC-6, CV25, i.MX 6SoloX, i.MX 6ULL, S5L and S5.

APIs supported in this release

API	Chip
Video capture API	ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, ARTPEC-6, CV25, S5L, S5
Machine learning API	ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, CV25, S5L
Overlay API	ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, ARTPEC-6
Cairo	ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, ARTPEC-6
OpenCL	ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7
Event API	ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, ARTPEC-6, CV25, i.MX 6SoloX, i.MX 6ULL, S5L, S5
License Key API	ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, ARTPEC-6, CV25, i.MX 6SoloX, i.MX 6ULL, S5L, S5
FastCGI	ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, CV25, i.MX 6SoloX, i.MX 6ULL
Edge storage API	ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, ARTPEC-6, CV25, i.MX 6SoloX, i.MX 6ULL, S5L, S5
Serial port API	ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7