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Some users have experienced issues with the topology screen on newer OpenJDK8 builds. Upgrade to 6.5 or use Oracle JDK to avoid this issue.
FlexDeploy 5.7.0.15 (11-05-2023)
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FLEXDEPLOY-9384 - Updated the Log4j used with Apigee plugin to resolve vulnerabilities CVE-2022-23307, CVE-2022-23305, CVE-2022-23302, CVE-2021-4104, and CVE-2019-17571. As Log4j is not used on a server, the risk of these vulnerabilities is low, but upgrading is advised.
Plugin Updates
Oracle Visual Build Plugin
Updated NodeJs version to v18.
FlexDeploy 5.7.0.14 (08-01-2023)
General
FLEXDEPLOY-9278 - Upgrade the version of Shiro that ships with FlexDeploy to mitigate CVE-2023-34478.
Plugin Updates
Python Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-3497 - The python plugin now allows you to specify which python executable to use.
Oracle EBS Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-8032 - adcGenerateJar operation does not require expect to be installed.
FLEXDEPLOY-8728 Fixed an issue where certain non latin alphabet characters would, under certain conditions be converted to question marks.
File Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-8728 Fixed an issue where certain non latin alphabet characters would, under certain conditions be converted to question marks.
JDBC Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-8728 Fixed an issue where certain non latin alphabet characters would, under certain conditions be converted to question marks.
Oracle API Platform Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-8310: Application Names will be considered for processing instead of Application Ids.
AWS Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-8440 - createOrUpdateStack operation will not throw error in case of no update is to be made.
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FlexDeploy 5.7.0.13 (04-14-2023)
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FLEXDEPLOY-7878 - GIT Integration now allows build from tag.
FLEXDEPLOY-7901 - Updated the Date/Time format that FlexDeploy uses when exporting CSV files to be compatible with Microsoft Excel.
Plugin Updates
Amazon EC2 Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-7498 Start and Stop Instance operations will now use command-line interface. The old plugin were using AWS Access Key/Secret separately as Target properties. New plugin version will use AWS account for convenience.
There are changes in Plugin input and target properties which the user has to update for the AWS EC2 start/stop operations to work. Post execution, report will be generated with the status details. Also, user can now customize the number of iterations and interval(in target properties) to check the status of instance(s).
JDBC Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-7589 - Plugin input lets the user change the number of rows from the SQL statement that is printed in the logs.
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FLEXDEPLOY-7177 Resolves security vulnerability that can grant elevated FlexDeploy privileges under certain conditions. We advise all customers to upgrade immediately.
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FLEXDEPLOY-5654 - Added reconnect logic to avoid execution failures when SSH connections fail for various reasons.
Plugin Updates
Oracle Visual Builder Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-6468 - Added several new options to plugin.
build - added options for mode and enabling telemetry.
deploy - added option to specify the schema used.
export - added option to specify if exporting the data or not.
TestNG Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-6569 - Updated to use TestNG version 7.5.
File Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-6597 - Added an option to backup existing file to backup repository before new file is copied.
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Allow the PeopleSoft project name to be an input in addition to a project property. The input is used on build and the value is stored as an artifact to be used during pre-deploy and deploy.
Use properties for password values so that passwords aren’t ever visible on the filesystem.
Boomi plugin now supports Partial deployments project, where Package can be created for multiple integrations for deployment.
Oracle WebLogic Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-5330 - manageWebLogicRestart now supports wait time for rolling mode.
Oracle Data Integrator Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-5930 - added Scenario Audit Flag Input. When enabled, after importing scenarios FIRST_USER and LAST_USER are updated to ODI User and LAST_DATE to the time of deployment.
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Surround SCM Integration
FLEXDEPLOY-5729 - Now throws descriptive error to show which revision is wrong.
Change Logs tab now shows File Revisions like 1, 2, 3 to match Surround SCM Client.
Plugin Updates
Oracle EBS Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-5938 - Use /bin/sh if /bin/ksh is not installed on the target.
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FLEXDEPLOY-5909 - Project Files performance improvement. Files tab now opens faster even when project has more than 1000 files. FlexDeploy 6.0 provides significant improvements with new UI/UX features, consider upgrading to FlexDeploy 6.0.
Plugin Updates
Oracle Data Integrator Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-5716 - odiBuild and odiDeploy operations now support partial deployment projects. This supports is only available for Scenarios.
Oracle EBS Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-1353 - Support for XML Gateway files has now been added as an out-of-the-box object type in FlexDeploy.
Terraform Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-5425 - Updated terraform default version to 1.2.7 From 0.12.24.
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FLEXDEPLOY-5442 - Endpoint connectivity - rsync Transfer Protocol details now do not show in logs.
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FLEXDEPLOY-5531 Salesforce - Added support for the object type Campaign Influence Models.
Plugin Updates
Oracle SaaS FSM Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-4608 - BaseFlowName is now a supported criteria for the "Payroll Flow Patterns" setup task. Previously only FlowId was supported which is not visible on the FSM UI.
Oracle EBS Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-5577 - Added support for EBS_SYSTEM schema.
FLEXDEPLOY-5514 - sqlplus "Usage" error when white space at the beginning/end of App short name or DB Schema password.
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FLEXDEPLOY-5307 - Git Integration - Pull from remote updated to use fetch, reset, clean instead of merge. This should avoid issues due to unnecessary commits showing up in Local repository.
FLEXDEPLOY-5365 - Apache Shiro library upgraded to 1.91. due to Security vulnerabilities found in previous version.
FLEXDEPLOY-4880 - When a snapshot is automatically created through the build request form the user's who built the project version will be added to the snapshot description.
FLEXDEPLOY-4394 - Added a tooltip when hovering over project names on the snapshot content screen (Release Dashboard) to show the project's folder path.
FLEXDEPLOY-4330 - Added ability to Test Connection for Oracle FSM cloud account.
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FLEXDEPLOY-5162 - Matching rules are supported for Subcomponents. Allows to select individual matching rules and deploy.
Plugin Updates
Oracle EBS Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-5296 - Added additional input to EBS adop operations for passing values to any prompts encountered during execution.
FLEXDEPLOY-5246 - Added input to EBS adop operations to support the use of additional parameters as required for each phase.
OTBI Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-4912 - now supports deployment of .Dashboard Webcatalog objects containing the "_portal" location.
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FLEXDEPLOY-4996 - Pipeline Execution - Added getProjectBuildWorkflowOutputValues and getProjectBuildWorkflowOutputsMap methods to be used in a custom gate or custom step on a pipeline.
FLEXDEPLOY-4975 - Salesforce Service is now updated to work with proxy server.
FLEXDEPLOY-4911 - New V1 REST API
Search workflow executions by workflow request id.
Get single workflow execution details using workflow execution id.
Get all logs for a workflow execution using workflow execution id.
FLEXDEPLOY-3460 - Webhook Functions - Added functions to complete a manual step by task Id or snapshot Id.
Fixed an issue where logs from child workflows were not being included when using the webhook functions: FlexDeployFunctions.getPluginLogs, FlexDeployFunctions.getPluginLogInputStreams and FlexDeployFunctions.downloadLogs
Plugin Updates
Oracle Integration Cloud Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-5108 - Added an input that allows a delay between deployments.
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FlexDeploy has introduced out of box integration with Surround SCM repositories.
FLEXDEPLOY-4506 - FlexDeploy now supports a Backup Repository. This is an optional configuration when backups are needed. If configured, the backup artifact returned from the deploy workflow will be stored in the Backups repository.
FLEXDEPLOY-4711 - Thycotic Credential Store Integration now has two additional properties. 1) Allow for configuration of Domain of the service account to access credential server, and 2) option to Ignore SSL Errors. Ignore of SSL errors is not recommended but can be utilized to debug initial configuration issues.
FLEXDEPLOY-4718 - Continuous Integration Threads are now made daemon to avoid server shutdown issues.
FLEXDEPLOY-4421 - Pipeline Configuration - Validator input on pipeline properties now allows multi-line groovy code.
FLEXDEPLOY-4331 - Git clone or pull operation might fail with "Committer identity unknown" error at times, for such situation FlexDeploy will delete local repository and execute clone operation again.
FLEXDEPLOY-4468 - Added Webhook functions to update release properties and snapshot variables.
FLEXDEPLOY-4452 - Upgraded SVNKit to version 1.10.6 to support newer SSH algorithms. This is only available for Tomcat installations.
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Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) Plugin
Allows archive, unarchive, and management of web catalog objects with Oracle Analytics Cloud WebCatalog.
Perform get checkout, check-in operations, and many more operations for Surround SCM repository. Additionally, FlexDeploy projects can be configured to reference code from Surround SCM repository.
Plugin Updates
FLEXDEPLOY-4613 - Added FileName parameter in Input JSON for advanced export operation. This allows for using customized name if necessary.
FLEXDEPLOY-4613 - Export structure changed - Task Code instead of Task Name, contains separators like ValueSets, Lookups, etc.
FLEXDEPLOY-4754 - Test results saved in same order as how they were executed.
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FLEXDEPLOY-4319 - Endpoint SSH connection now supports rsync in addition to SCP for file transfers.
FLEXDEPLOY-4348 - SVNKit upgraded to 1.10.5. SVNKit is used for working with Subversion repository.
FLEXDEPLOY-4213 - Added release description to the manage releases table on Releases screen.
FLEXDEPLOY-4305 - Added getUser method to FLEXDEPLOY function for Webhooks.
FLEXDEPLOY-4356 - Incoming webhook events now have access to EMAIL function.
FLEXDEPLOY-4342 - Updated to only show subcomponent information on projects that support subcomponents.
FLEXDEPLOY-4441 - Updated comment in setenvoverride.sh for clarity.
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FLEXDEPLOY-4374 Blueprints - add support for partial deployments for OIC
Plugin Updates
FLEXDEPLOY-4313 SaaS FSM - Support Lookups
FLEXDEPLOY-4332 SaaS FSM - Support FlexFields
FLEXDEPLOY-4404 - Allow using a zip file for buildApplication operation.
FLEXDEPLOY-4422 - Added an option to export team members using the exportApplication operation. If an exported team is found, it will automatically be applied after an application is deployed.
Oracle Transactional BI Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-4300 - Added support for Dashboard Group.
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FLEXDEPLOY-4301 - Allow 4000 characters to be used in Tests box for Salesforce packages.
FLEXDEPLOY-4287 - SSH client connectivity failure will now auto retry once for each plugin call from FlexDeploy server to the endpoint.
FLEXDEPLOY-4238 - Endpoint - Plugin installation during execution will now check for integrity of all the files between FlexDeploy server and the endpoint. If one or more files are missing, execution will delete and install the plugin in the endpoint.
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Oracle Integration Cloud Integrations now can be setup as Partial Deployments project, which allows for one single FlexDeploy project to control all Integrations vs one project for each Integration. Each integration is represented as ID (includes version).
This supports both source from Development environment or SCM repository.
Export operation is also updated to include version number in the export folder to match with this support. (This is controlled by flag on plugin input to make sure everything is backward compatible)
Plugin Updates
See Oracle SaaS Application Integration section above.
FLEXDEPLOY-4268 - New Operation "Generate Comparison Report". This will help in identifying what exactly getting changed in the target Salesforce Org. Note that the comparison is done at the file level and if you have subcomponents in your packages, the report will have a full file comparison. Sub-components will be handled to show changes for only the selected sub-component section in the next release.
FLEXDEPLOY-4224 - Updated to retrieve site meta file for experience bundles from Salesforce Org.
FLEXDEPLOY-4301 - Allow 4000 characters to be used in Tests box for Salesforce packages.
FLEXDEPLOY-4217 - Added "Additional Parameters" input for OBIEE Plugin on the rpdDeploy operation. This allows user to apply CLI options to the script that generates RPD from an XUDML file.
Oracle Integration Cloud Plugin
See Oracle Integration Cloud integration section above.
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FLEXDEPLOY-4206 - Tomcat Installer - Added FD_JAVA_ARGS variable to setenv and setenvoverride files, so any extra arguments needed can be added. Also added options for FD_INITIAL_MEMORY_SIZE and FD_MAXIMUM_MEMORY_SIZE to be set in setenv override.
FLEXDEPLOY-831 - Project Files - Added ability to activate multiple inactive files in project files screen.
FLEXDEPLOY-4241 - Add Files from SCM change logs option now allows selecting more than one commit to add files. Additionally hover on revision will show list of files with change type (add, delete, modified etc.) as well.
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FLEXDEPLOY-4128 - Branch with names like main, master, release, qa, production, sit, develop etc. are cloned with entire history to allow for more detailed revision history for files.
FLEXDEPLOY-4203
Refresh of local repository was happening even when there was no change in revision.
Build with many files takes too long to save revisions. This is now done in background thread, so it may take some time before commit details for files will show up on Execution screen.
FLEXDEPLOY-4198
Local git repository is refreshed using fetch + reset + merge instead of pull to avoid unwanted merge commits.
Main branches like develop, release, main, master, production, qa, dev, test, sit etc. will be cloned entirely without any depth limitations (i.e. no shallow clone for specific branch names).
Plugin Updates
FLEXDEPLOY-4255 - CPQ Plugin operations packageExport and packageDownload now have the option to exclude dependent migration packages during export. Default value is false.
FLEXDEPLOY-4251 - Plugin updated to support the latest release of ApexSec is 3.1.24.
FLEXDEPLOY-4249 - Adjust results to be by test suite instead of assertion.
HP / Micro Focus UFT One Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-4204 - Test results are not getting generated as per the actual test.
Oracle Integration Cloud Plugin
FLEXDEPLOY-4196 - Input added to exportUpdatedIntegrations operation (OIC Plugin) to allow for continuing if any error is found during export.
Supports application sourced from Git or any other source code repository.
Supports build and deploy of Oracle Visual Builder application as well as SaaS application extension.
Customers can use FlexDeploy Git Plugin prior to build operation in FlexDeploy workflow to setup build process.
For details on new operations see - buildApplication (OVB), buildApplicationExtension (OVB), deployApplication (OVB), deployApplicationExtension (OVB).
Setup task criteria can now include more than one value (with ## delimiter), which allows for setup task export for one or more scope value for business object.
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