Version 10.5 Installable (Oct 2015)

Release Notes for the installable version of the AgileApps Cloud platform.

See also: Version 10.4 Installable (previous release) All Release Notes Upcoming Releases

About the Installable Version

The installable version of the platform lets you create and manage a private cloud behind your corporate firewall. It can also be used to set up a public cloud that serves multiple clients--generally with a shared application and global data. This page highlights changes to the installation process, along with features of the new release.

Platform Functionality

New Platform Features

In addition to bug fixes, this release contains features that have been added to the cloud platform, as described in the Release Notes.

Bug Fixes

• LJP-291: Broken links to the chart-handling libraries in the support wiki were fixed.
• LJP-356: Display an error message when imports are disabled, and an import is attempted.

Installable Version Functionality

These new and changed features are of interest to those who maintain an instance of the platform's installable version:

Standard Installation Process

An on-premise installation of the AgileApps Cloud platform is accomplished using the standard Software AG installation procedures.

Certificate-based Platform Access

When the on-premise installation architecture is configured with a certificate-validation server, the platform can be accessed by browsers or by REST APIs without a login step, by supplying an identifying certificate.

Learn more: Client Certificate Authentication in a private AgileApps Cloud (pdf)

Session Limits

A new Tenant Capabilities option, Session Limits, enables the Session Management feature for selected tenants.

Learn more: Session Management

Promotion Codes

Platform administrators can create promotion codes for new tenants, "sweetening the pot" for a specified period of time to encourage new business.

Learn more: Promo Code Configuration

Promotion Code APIs

Along with the new promotion codes comes the ability to manage them using APIs. So it becomes possible to define a custom interface, rather than requiring the sales organization to use the platform admin interface.

Learn more: REST API:promoCode Resource

Upgrade Notes

Important: Before upgrading, it is necessary to follow the preparation steps below.

Upgraded Software Requirements

These software requirements have been upgraded:

• MySQL 5.6
• JDK 8

Note: While the installation and operation of the platform requires Java 8, custom code in a Java Class continues to be validated against Java 6 syntax -- in part because the instrumentation engine responsible for monitoring resource utilization only works on version 6 byte codes.

Platform Changes to Be Aware Of

• Folder structure changes

  __TBD: Assess impact of these changes. Describe implications.__

• Potential JAR Conflicts

  These JARs have been added. If your platform instance has added similar JARs, there could be conflicts that cause unpredictable behavior.

• __TBD: List added JARs.__

Upgrading to 10.5

This process utilizes an upgrade program to migrate a version 10.4 application server to version 10.5. Before the program runs, a new 10.5 application server is installed alongside the existing 10.4 server. The upgrade program then migrates custom JARs to the new server and modifies the server databases for use with 10.5 (the main database and each of the tenant databases).

To upgrade to 10.5:

1. Upgrade the platform to version 10.4 (the version required to run the 10.5 upgrade script).
2. Ensure that the 10.5 Hardware Requirements are met.
3. Ensure that the 10.5 Software Requirements#Required for Installation are met.

4. Stop the 10.4 server
5. For safety, do a Standard Database Backup.

6. Use the standard SoftwareAG installer to install the 10.5 platform, but do not start it, as yet. (It won't run, at this point.)
   Learn more: In webMethods documentation page see the 9.9 Installation document.
7. In the 10.5 {install_dir}, create the aal-update/ folder.
8. Download update.zip

   __TBD: upload update.zip__

9. Unzip it to the 10.5 {install_dir}/aal-update
   Several JARs, the update program, and a wrapper script are created.

10. Run the update script:

    {install_dir}/aal-update/update.sh

    Parameters:

    • --aal-path {path} - Required. __TBD: equal sign required?__

    Provide the path to the tomcat folder in the 10.4 installation

    • move-reportdb-cfg=yes|no - Default: no.

    If there is a redundant database that is used for reporting, enable this option to replicate the configuration in the 10.5 server.

    • move-quartz=yes|no - Default: yes.

    Replicate the quartz configuration. Disable this option if you are planning a different configuration.

    • move-tomcat-ports=yes|no - Default: yes.

    Replicate the 10.4 configuration of tomcat ports in the 10.5 server. Disable this option to use the default configuration.

    __TBD: Is that an accurate translation? If so, what is the default configuration?__

    Source: https://iwiki.eur.ad.sag/display/RNDAGIAPP/Using+upgrade+script+to+move+existing+customers+to+10.5

    Text: "Check for the 80/443 connector config in the server.xml. If configuration is there -> change CTP configuration to listen same ports"

    __TBD: What is CTP?__

11. When the script finishes, start the 10.5 server:

    {install_dir|/profiles/LJP/bin/startup.sh

12. In the event of an error, check:
    • {install_dir|/profiles/LJP/logs/wrapper.log
    • {install_dir|/profiles/LJP/logs/relationals.log
13. When done, proceed to Configuring the Application Server.

Learn More

• Quick Install Guide (development, testing, proof-of-concept)
• Platform Installation Guide (production installation)