2025.4 Release Notes

Release notes for versions prior to 2025.4 are available on the Ivanti File Director Community Page.

Components in this release

Component

Version

Appliance operating systems

20250828

Application configuration services

4.19.0.5

Appliance text console

4.18.0.0

Fission clustering services

4.19.0.30

Patch Server

4.18.0.0

File Director Server

4.19.0.128

File Director Web Client

4.18.0.18

File Director Web Admin

4.19.0.35

File Director Appliance Plugins

4.19.0.0

Windows client

4.19.0.0

Policy configuration tool

4.19.0.0

New features and product updates

To learn more about the latest features and improvements, refer to What's new in File Director?

FreeBSD upgrade to 14.3

The operating system has been upgraded to FreeBSD 14.3.

Install to custom location option is removed

The option to install to a custom location for windows client has been removed.

Prerequisite

Before you begin the upgrade, ensure you upgrade to the latest version of File Director and move to the default install location for custom location.

If you do not move to the default location, you must secure the installation folder by following the guidance provided in the Community article.

Improvements

Upgraded platform

This release upgrades the Ivanti File Director platform to the latest FreeBSD 14.3 operating system because the currently used version has reached end-of-life (EOL). This update brings the latest set of OS packages and upgrades to Ruby 3.3.9.

Important install and upgrade information

Upgrading from version 2023.3 and earlier

Ivanti File Director doesn't provide an in-place upgrade path for customers using appliance versions 2023.3 or earlier. Instead, deploy new appliances with the 2024.1 base image and then install the 2024.3 patch. For further information, see 2025.4 upgrade path in the online Help.

Windows 11 and Server 2022 Support

File Director 2021.3 and later versions of the Windows Client have been tested against both Windows 11 and Server 2022. Refer to the Ivanti Community documents for more information.

Box connector deprecation

Box connector is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. You can manage existing box map points, but we have removed the ability to add a new box map point from the Web Admin.

Required utilities and components

Component

Required utilities and components

Appliance

  • The Ivanti File Director appliance requires a minimum of 4GB RAM and 4 vCPUs.

  • The Ivanti File Director appliance requires up to 50GB of storage for its virtual hard disks.

Supported operating systems and technologies

The maintained operating systems and technologies are detailed in a maintained platform matrix.