What's new#

This page provides a summary of enhancements and bug fixes for version 7.1.0.

7.1.0.3#

Version 7.1.0.3 is a maintenance release and includes various bug fixes and enhancements. This release is recommended for all customers.

• Approval notification update

  Notification email updated to contain a listing of component versions.

• Agent Relay improvement

  Configuration information for Agent Relays using web communication to the server has been updated to contain information relevant to a web connection.

• User interface updates

  Selecting exempt processes for process approval updated to allow selection of multiple exempt processes instead of just one.

  On the Groups page, groups can now be filtered by authorization realm.

• Environment property process updates

  When creating environment using an Environment Template, the environment is created even if required properties are not specified. Required properties an be added to the environment using the command line interface (CLI).

• Generic process request history

  CLI endpoint created that provides generic process request history. The first 100 generic process requests are provided.

• Security improvements

  Password requirements are displayed when creating a password.

• Command line interface (CLI) improvements

  The following commands have been added:

  • Remove a user or group from a team
  • Synchronize LDAP users with the LDAP authentication realm
  • Pause and resume a workflow.
  • Exempt a process from an approval requirement
  • Verify user roles when using REST call to add a status to snapshot
  • Remove a user or group from a team Synchronize LDAP users with the LDAP authentication realm
  • Software updates

  This release includes support for upgrading to the following:

  • Tomcat 8.5.57
  • Jetty 9.4.30

7.1.0.2#

Version 7.1.0.2 is a maintenance release and includes various bug fixes and enhancements. This release is recommended for all customers.

• Approval process enhancement

  External approval processes can be done for individual export and import generic processes.

• Software updates

  Update Tomcat to 8.5.55.

• Logging updates

  Log files downloaded from the Settings page downloads the file as a ZIP file. Error messages displayed when log would be empty.

• User interface enhancements

  Several updates and fixes added to the user interface. For example, the compare version information like environment, resource, and snapshot comparison is now its own page.

7.1.0#

Version 7.1.0 is a maintenance release and includes various bug fixes and enhancements. This release is recommended for all customers.

• Deployment Triggers

  On the Environment configuration page you can configuredeployment triggers on an environment. The deployment trigger causes the specified App Proc Request to run whenever a specified component imports a new version. This results in deploying the newly imported version automatically to all environments that have configured triggers.

  This feature replaces the run process after version import functionality on a component.

• External approval process

  The external approval process is a pre-deployment process that allows or prevent the deployment from running based on the status of the external approval process. The process runs on an agent and has access to all plug-in steps. This feature can be used for or reaching out to change management systems. Access to the feature is on the Environment Configuration page under Require approvals.

• Server cluster management improvements

  Server to server communication now uses the new websocket communication technology. Front end servers are now displayed on the Networks tab. Additionally, connectivity status for all servers in a cluster can be viewed on the Networks tab.

• Resource tree performance improvements

  The performance when loading many resources has been improved.

• Merge z/OS Version

  Incremental z/OS versions can be consolidated into a single version. The most recent files are kept and older files of the same name/extension are replaced by the most recent version. Only version that follow the new z/OS package format can be merged. Merge versions can be accessed through the Snapshots page.

• Deployment Wizard

  The new Deployment Dialog page improves the process of requesting an application. The page includes four sections: Process + property selection, version selection, scheduling, and review. The final review section allows you to verify all inputs before starting your deployment.

• Enhancements to containers

  The following enhancements added to HCL™ Launch containers.

  • Kubernetes Operator Models for Agent, Relay, and Server
  • Helm V3 support
  • You can now configure the file system group ID used when accessing persistent storage required for deployment of the HCL™ Launch server, agent and agent relays.  This support is important for multi-cloud environments where the persistent storage support may differ in implementation and require the use of a specific file system group ID.
  • The Openshift plug-in now supports OpenShift Container Platform 4.x. In addition, new plug-in steps have been added to provide a complete integration scenario.