FlexDeploy 5.2.0.6 (3-28-2020)

Bug Fixes

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2076] and [FLEXDEPLOY-2151] - Endpoint Purge fails with bash error messages in server out file.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2297] - Release snapshot creation fails for new SCM branch with message No SCM Changes Found. This was regression issued introduced in previous release. This applies to Create Snapshot UI and REST API.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2308] - Multiple issues related to workflow properties.

  • If workflow custom property code is changed, it does not show up on Project Properties page till after 15 minutes (internal caching problem).

  • Workflow property updated on and updated by is not shown correctly, just shows when property was added to workflow properties table.

  • If workflow property is changed from Encrypted yes to no, then changing it's value on Project Properties page does not work, it keeps getting set to blank value.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2315] - Create Snapshot does not default to use Build Environment configured on Release definition. This applies to Create Snapshot screen as well as REST API.

• Oracle APEX Plugin

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-2335] - Deployment fails with ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small when Application name is larger than 30 characters.

• Oracle EBS Plugin

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-2307] - OA Core rolling recycle is not working when there are multiple servers listed in one tag of context file.

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-2287] - Deploy Environment is not set correctly error even if FDEBS_INP_FAIL_IF_PATCH_IN_PROG is set to false. This was regression issue introduced in 5.2.0.5.

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-2296] - checkPatchCycle operation does not properly detect patching cycle.

• Oracle WebLogic Plugin

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-2298] - managePolicyStore now allows creating App Role without setting any members to it. This is helpful when new App Role is just member of another existing or new App Role.

FlexDeploy 5.2.0.5 (2-22-2020)

General

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2179] - Update project version name based on output returned by build workflow execution.  Output returned (FD_BUILD_VERSION) from build workflow will override generated project version name. Useful to correlate with Artifactory or Nexus versions with FlexDeploy project version.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2179] - New groovy variables for project version syntax script

  • SequenceNumber (existing) - sequence number maintained across each stream 

  • ProjectBuildSequence (new) - sequence number maintained across project

  • PackageBuildSequence (new) - sequence number maintained across each package

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2197] - Search for package name on project activity and reports is now contains ignore case to match package screen search.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2176] - Project Activity - performance improvements when many releases configured.

Plugin Updates

• Oracle EBS

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-2108] - added operation to return whether an ADOP patching cycle is active

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-2108] - added deploy operation input to fail when deploying to run edition in patching cycle

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-2155] - support dependent jars for Java Stored Procedures

• Dell Boomi

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-2106] - new operations for undeploy and change listener status

Bug Fixes

• Oracle ATS

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-2164] - java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: lib.ebsqafwk.GENLIB due to missing OATS_HOME variable, which is now derived from Script path. Plugin now sets TMP and TEMP variables as well to execution temp directory, which helps with successful test execution when invoked via Cygwin.

• OBIEE

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-2173] - Plugin does not allow connect to bi server SSL port

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-2174] - permission issue during rpd download if endpoint user is different than bi server user

• Informatica

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-2198] - environment script not sourced on cleanup

• Oracle EBS

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-2246] - 11g fails with -bash: [: =: unary operator expected

• Oracle Forms

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-2180] - no errors shown at times on Fault Data screen for forms deployment failure.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2127] - Workflow Execution - no vertical scroll bar on Fault Data tab

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2175] - Deploy Request Form - If version is already deployed, user will see already deployed message, but if Force Deploy is selected at that point then Instance is required message is shown.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2185] - Populate from CVS is not discovering new directories.

FlexDeploy 5.2.0.4 (1-25-2020)

General

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2121] - Memory leak and memory use improvements

  • Groovy related classes can leak memory. This is known issue with Groovy library. FlexDeploy now has cache and pool implemented to avoid Groovy related memory leak.

  • Prepared Statement related proxy objects are only created when log level is FINEST to reduce memory utilization.

Plugin Updates

• Artifactory

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1241] - added new operations to retrieve and upload artifacts by group id, artifact id and version.

New Plugins

• Dell Boomi

• Slack

  • New plugin to send messages to Slack channel or user.

• SAP

  • New plugin to release and import SAP change requests.

Bug Fixes

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2138] - Users login with external security realm do not inherit locally mapped groups. This was regression introduced in 5.2.0.1.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2125] - Deploy Request Form - wrong environment is deployed when user receives error that version is already deployed to environment and then Force Deploy is used.

• Unix Shell, Windows Shell, Powershell Plugins

  • Partial execution operation for Projects with SCM Type as None fails with flexagon.ff.common.core.exceptions.FlexInvalidArgumentException: Invalid argument supplied.

FlexDeploy 5.2.0.3 (12-28-2019)

General

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1732] - Edit Release now has delete button on projects table to easily remove project from release. Copy button added to projects table to add different package for partial deployment project to release.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2098] - Project files screen now allows for inactivation of files that are no longer in SCM repository. For example, if files are moved or deleted, FlexDeploy will be able to detect missing files and inactivate them.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2099] - Project Files screen now allows for inactivation of Webcatalog objects that are no longer in Oracle BI server.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2089] - Deployment Request Form - if there is only one Instance just show instance name instead of multi select drop down.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2086] - Allow Space and Parentheses in package name.

• Post refresh request processing is now supported for Oracle APEX, Oracle BI and Salesforce plugins.

REST

• New API added to initiate post refresh request.

Release and Pipelines

• Custom Gate and Custom Step are now available for custom integrations in Pipeline.

• Groovy scripts in pipeline definition can now access stage execution information (related ticket, workflow inputs, flexfields) and execution details like workflow outputs, gate/step status etc.

Plugin Updates

• Oracle EBS

  • New operations added to run fs_clone phase.

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1979] - Files with syn and vw extension are now detected as DB Objects.

• JDBC

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1979] - Files with syn and vw extension are now detected as DB Objects.

• File

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1982] - string replace multiple operation now supports using replacement values from file.

• JUnit

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1974] - Parse test results operation now supports Jenkins test results in XML or JSON format.

Bug Fixes

• File Plugin

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1966] - Ignore comments in replacement list for multiple string replacement operation.

• Oracle Integration Cloud Plugin

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-2043] - Connections with 0 properties do not activate on import

• JDBC Plugin

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-2091] - prints exception too many times and actual error does not show up on Fault Data tab.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1682] - Release Definition - inactive pipeline property is visible.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1781] - Post refresh request security is not correct as per deployment permissions setup for groups.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1926] - Pipeline Execution - replay of stage with failed gate which fails again leaves pipeline execution status as Running.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1963] - Project Files - MDS property replacement attribute on files only configured for first 100 files.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1986] - Release Dashboard - approve/reject icons from pipeline execution do not work when Snapshot Content tab is active.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2023] - Pipeline Execution - if test step fails but is successful on replay, test gate in next stage still fails.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2056] - Pipeline Definition - delayed error message for step name can prevent save of pipeline changes. There is no restrictions on step name now.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2084] - CyberArk AAM agent integration fails with APPAP004E error.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2085] - Realm - create of active directory realm does not work as entering password keeps prompting with error that all attributes are required.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2087] - Menu - Customize menu is accessible without any sub items enabled.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2093] - Credential - getSecret failure message is not very useful. Now screen shows actual error along with name of Credential that failed.

FlexDeploy 5.2.0.2 (11-29-2019)

General

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1904] - Read permission is now available for Realm which will allow non administrator users to view realm configurations.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1977] - Build for partial deployment project can be performed without giving specific package name. In such situations, various screens now displays (no name) to indicate that user did not provide package name during build.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1965] - Folder and Project level security configuration page now has button for removal of overrides. If you use Revert to Defaults to remove overrides, security is inherited from parent folder(s). See Project Security for more details.

• Object type customizations (which are generally done for Oracle EBS projects) can be done using UI now. See Customize Attribute Defaults, Customize File Type Detection, Customize Attribute List Data.

• Administration menu options are organized under few sub-menus like Customize, Integrations, Security for clarity.

Platform Updates

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1946] - Run As (sudo) does not require same primary group on connection user and sudo user.

Blueprints

• New blueprints added for Oracle Integration Cloud, Oracle API Platform, File Deployments, SQL Files, Oracle Service Bus, Oracle MDS, Oracle JET.

Plugin Updates

• Oracle Service Bus

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-922] - Add ability to set custom description for import operation.

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1973] - Log messages updated  to indicate which customizations will not be applied. This can be useful when using common customization file for many OSB project deployments.

• Oracle Business Intelligence

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1970] - New operation added to help setup automated export of WebCatalog objects from development environment for commit to SCM repository. This is necessary as sourcing WebCatalog objects from SCM repository requires that files are setup with specific extension for identification. See obiExtractForSCM.

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1990] - Allow to Keep Timestamp from source environment during export (build) operation.

• Informatica

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1920] - Allow environment file for additional environment configurations during plugin execution.

• Oracle Integration Cloud

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1968] - Inactivate/activate schedule when importing an integration.

• Postman

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1999] - Environment file input can be relative path which will be assumed in artifacts directory.

Bug Fixes

• [FLEXDEPLOY-2002] - Release Definition - If Scheduled Build input is cleared and set again, project triggers were not setup for release projects with None as SCM Type.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1985] - When navigating to Packages from project execution tab using Packages button, error was encountered when adding files to package if package name was not yet entered.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1910] - Project version column is cutoff for long names on project execution screen. Now column width will be automatically adjusted to accommodate maximum value in first 25 rows.

• Oracle Database Plugin

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-186] - Queue Schedules are created in System instead of the correct schema.

• Oracle Integration Cloud Plugin

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1673] - Error when uploading attachments on connections required properties.

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1911] - Uploading zip file causes 400 response from rest call for import integration operation

• Oracle EBS Plugin

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1903] - Dos2Unix creates new file and deletes original, causing file permission to change. Dos2Unix will just overwrite same file to avoid change in permissions settings.

• Oracle Service Bus Plugin

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1969] - Property replacement for .ServiceAccount is not done at deploy time. Previously supported property replacement for .sa files, but once OSB project jar is built, .sa file is changed to .ServiceAccount.

• Oracle SOA Suite Plugin

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1972] - Stop, Start, Retire, Activate operation throws exception if composite doesn't exist. This behavior can be controlled by plugin input.

• Oracle Business Intelligence Plugin

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1988] - Plugin export does not use recursive deployment for data model. Plugin now uses recursive for all object types (which is default behavior on OBI UI as well) except Folders.

• Oracle WebLogic Plugin

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1997] - generateEISDeploymentPlans - FDWLS_OUT_IS_RESTART_REQUIRED is not returned by Plugin if there are no EIS entries in input properties files.

FlexDeploy 5.2.0.1 (11-01-2019)

General

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1647] - Package screen now allows deletion of package even if it is used by completed release.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1924] - Continuous Integration - first build on stream from polling threads is not initiated till change is detected. Previously initial build was done even when no change detected when performing first build on new stream. UI build request form will still allow build on new stream without force build. This applies to full as well partial deployment (with all files or package) projects.

• External Realms

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1379] - Local realm is now displayed on Realms page. This will allow customers to move Local realm to first in sequence to allow for login with local user when there are issues with external directory servers.

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1787] - Login using multiple realms will stop further login process on first login success. This was documented as such but was not working as expected.

• FLEXDEPLOY-1789] - Project files re-evaluate now allows selection of stream. This can be useful if some files are only in particular stream.

• Change Management System integration with release and pipelines

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1875] - Reduce logging to out and log files for Git invocations.

Platform Updates

• FlexDeploy docker containers now package OpenJDK and are upgraded to latest versions of underlying image for Operating System.

Blueprints

• FlexDeploy blueprints now allow for discovery of Git repositories from GitHub or Bitbucket.

• New blueprint added for Java Application which can be built using Maven or JDeveloper and can be deployed to Tomcat or WebLogic.

REST API

Various new API were added in this patch release.

• Populate project files from stream

• Project Packages API - GET, PUT, POST, PATCH, DELETE

• Accounts - GET, PUT, POST, PATCH

Plugin Updates

• Oracle Data Integrator

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1906] - Generate rollback archive & support physical schemas.

New Plugins

• MSBuild

  • The MSBuild plugin provides a means to compile your .NET and Visual Studio projects using MSBuild.exe.

• Gradle

  • The Gradle plugin provides the means to run Gradle operations on a project.

Bug Fixes

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1837] - PostgreSQL - unexpected exception when clicking on a release name on Releases screen in some situations.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1922] - Release Definition - Change Management System overrides may fail with Environment Id is required error, even when it was selected.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1897] - FlexDeploy on Tomcat process does not appear to be stopping. This was regression issue with previous release.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1881] - Project File attribute input components are not easily editable in Chrome browser.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1880] - Environment Instance can add duplicate properties on PostgreSQL database.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1532] - Jira Test Connection does not work for on-premise installations.

  • URL and Port properties are now combined to match with other similar configuration properties in FlexDeploy.

  • ServiceNow test connection may incorrectly indicate success.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1686] - Git Test Connection fails if URL does not have slash after host name. This was specific scenario for Azure DevOps repositories.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1833] - Workflow Properties - sorting causes duplicate key issues when adding properties.

• Oracle Database Plugin

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-318] - Drop check for Queue Tables is not complete.

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1841] - index is being created before table

• EBS Plugin

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1734] - Ignore SQL Compile Errors does not work. Plugin now detects ORA errors part of compilation report as compilation error, which allows customers to ignore compilation warnings if necessary.

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1829] - EBS System Password is required for ApplyOraclePatches operation, but it is not shown for configuration on Topology screen.

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1830] - Backup and backout (in case of failure) of files does not appear to be working during deployment.

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1836] - Start and stop oacore only execute on one node. Now customers can select to execute start and stop on all application tier nodes if necessary.

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1896] - generateCustomJar operation does not support custom certificate alias.

• Terraform Plugin

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1907] - Terraform files from artifacts to state directory is not retaining folder structure.

• WebLogic Plugin

  • [FLEXDEPLOY-1912] - Distributed Topic and Uniform Distributed Topic can not be used as Error Destination

FlexDeploy 5.2.0.0 (10-05-2019)

General

• FlexDeploy docker image with PostgreSQL database is now available on docker hub.

• Usability Improvements

  • Package name on various screen will be shown as (All Files) if all files build was used. Previously showed something like 4.0.1003 (All Files).

  • Column stretching on project execution screens works better now. Previously making one column bigger made adjacent column very small.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1503] - Edit Project - show read-only partial deployment flag when editing project. Additionally show project type on execution screen.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1530] - Support 256 bit AES encryption for all secure values. This will require that customers install Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) unlimited strength policy files. Previously encrypted secure values will continue to work, new or updated secure values will use 256 bit AES key.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1523] - Release Dashboard snapshot content comparison performance improvements when many projects in snapshot.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1538] - Purge optimizations

  • Purge keep count criteria is now global for the project vs. being applied to each stream.  When using "branch always" methodology for source control, this change prevents data from being retained indefinitely.

  • Purge keep count criteria no longer applies to inactive environments, instances, and projects.  That is, as soon as the retention days has been reached, the project version or package for an inactive project is eligible to be purged even if it is within the keep count.  Likewise, if the project version or package would otherwise only be retained because it is within the keep count of an inactive environment or instance, it is now eligible to be purged. 

• Run as user feature of Endpoint connection has supported sudo for few releases now. FlexDeploy now enables ability to customize sudo commands which can be utilized to support other privilege access methods like pbrun.

• Purge performance improvements for PostgreSQL and MySQL.

• Purge is now setup for FlexDeploy with MySQL database as well, Oracle & PostgreSQL were already supported.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1527] - Various performance improvements for Create Snapshot process. This should provide significant improvements when no changes are detected in some projects included in Release.

• Release search screen now shows next scheduled build time for release if release is setup for scheduled build.

• New variable available for plugin invocations - FD_ENDPOINT_RESOURCE_TYPES. See Plugin Input Variables.

• Data Fix file support has been added for Oracle EBS and JDBC plugins.

  • Automate process of applying adhoc data fixes for Oracle EBS and any other JDBC compliant database.

  • Automated backup of data prior to applying fix

  • Validation rules to determine whether to commit or rollback transaction

  • Include within EBS or JDBC packages

  • Deploy as part of release content executed through a pipeline

• Oracle APEX plugin has been updated to support partial deployments to allow for page/component level deployments.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1694] - Jira integration now supports token based integration. Jira has deprecated password based basic authentication and is being disabled. Additional cookie based integration is also now supported.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1788] - Plugin execution can hang at times if SSH connections are dropped after timeout by firewall. FlexDeploy now allows setting keep alive interval to avoid this situation. Keep alive interval will default to 240 seconds.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-918] - FlexDeploy supports sudo out of box for privilege escalation, other options are not supported out of box yet. Please work with Flexagon support if you are trying to use pbrun which can be configured with minimal effort.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1659] - Trim project name, folder name, user name, group name, release name. This will help avoid issues with leading or trailing space when copying data from Office applications.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1541] - Properties lookup on Workflow Designer now qualifies Instance scoped variables with instance code. This should help identify and use correct code in groovy scripts.

• [FLEXDEPLOY-1729] - Pending approval email is sent to requester as well as approver, but subject was not very clear on action necessary. Subject is now updated for clarity.

Credentials

FlexDeploy 5.2 introduces integration with external credential stores like HashiCorp Vault and CyberArk AAM. This integration is focused on retrieval of secure credential text during workflow executions. Credentials (Password, Passphrase etc.) for Endpoints, Project, Environment Instance, Integration Instances can be configured for retrieval from external credential store. FlexDeploy also has Local credential store where credentials are stored in encrypted format. See Credentials for more details.

FlexDeploy has out of box integration for HashiCorp Vault and CyberArk AAM stores. Customers can easily define integrations to other stores for retrieval of credentials.

Deployment Strategies

FlexDeploy 5.2 now includes more native support for Kubernetes deployments and Deployment Strategies.  The Helm Configuration tab on the Project has been replaced with Kubernetes Configuration where users can define the manifest files for deployment into a K8 cluster.  Additionally there are sections for BlueGreen, Canary, and A/B Testing manifest files as well.  To actually apply these Deployment Strategy Manifest files the Kubernetes Plugin now comes with a new operation called 'Deploy' which can apply these strategies.  For more direct integration within a pipeline a new pipeline step is also available called 'Apply Deployment Strategy' which can apply any of the 3 mentioned strategies directly in the pipeline.  For previous users of the Helm Configuration, fear not, the configuration is still present in the new Kubernetes Configuration Tab.  For more information on Deployment Strategies see here.

Blueprints

Blueprints is a new feature in FlexDeploy 5.2 to help users quickly get up and running with a new project by automatically configuring FlexDeploy based on build and deploy common practices.  Users can select a 'Blueprint' which lays out a series of screens where users can configure relevant source control and build/deploy information similar to a quick-start wizard.  After progressing through the wizard the result will be a FlexDeploy Project with all relevant FlexDeploy configurations already created and linked including; Source Control, Workflows, Project Properties and all Topology for the Development environment.

At 5.2 launch Blueprints will ship with 3 blueprints with more expected in the future:

• SOA Composite

• EBS Customizations