Re-added init-service call for Conrad
CORE-5505: only attempt to authenticate to the Foundation API when necessary and throw meaningful error messages when authentication fails
CORE-5479: Modified the metadata endpoints to restrict access to the AVUs that start with 'ipc'.
Merge branch 'dev' of github.com:iPlantCollaborativeOpenSource/DiscoveryEnvironmentBackend into dev
Added the ability to parse properties files to common-cfg.
CORE-5408: updated some dependency versions and removed some dead code
Fixed common-cfg's log-level setting and added a new validator.
Made the changes necessary to make anon-files work with .properties files.
saved-searches now works with .properties files.
Updated tree-urls to work with .properties files.
Moved user-preferences to .properties files.
Moved user-sessions over to .properties files.
Fixed the tree-urls unit tests.
Fixed the save-searches unit tests.
Fixed the user-preferences unit tests.
Fixed the user-sessions unit tests.
Removed the (authorized-avus) checks.
Merge branch 'dev' into 1.8.8
CORE-5408: bumped the compatible database version
CORE-5408: added a job_description column to the jobs table