206 - Situational Deployment
Hi there, eMagiz developers! In the last few weeks, we have done much work for the Deploy phase. On top of that, we have worked on several store functionalities. Next to this, we have several smaller feedback items from our hackathon efforts that are now released to you.
Deployment Plan
Improved deployment plan to make the process better and more predictable
The algorithm for genarating a default deployment plan is improved to keep jms downtime and alerting to a minimum. Next to this, the start/stop/restart machine deployment steps are now also executed correctly for aws and on-premises machines.
Editing release properties
With this release, it will be possible to change the description of a property by editing the property.
JMS memory setting check
A change in memory settings triggers redeployment of the container now.
Properties tab
We have removed the deprecated tab Properties in the Deploy phase.
Cleanup old images
When a release is removed, the related unused images in the on-premises machines will be removed as well.
Performance improvements for loading releases
Performance improvements have been implemented for loading releases in Deploy. Releases should now load faster than before. All functionality should remain exactly the same as before.
Store Improvements
Message definition elements order
We fixed an issue that the orders of message definition’s elements were changed after they were imported.
Message definition elements order
We fixed an issue that importing a store item with synchronous message definitions went wrong. Now, the imported message definitions should correspond with the exported message definitions.
Feedback Items
Alerting manual pause
A few releases ago we changed the behavior of alerting in the deployment plan. Now each time when a deployment plan is executed the alerting will be automatically re-enabled when the deployer closes the deployment plan or closes the web browser. The majority of the users are happy with the new behavior, but there are some use cases that you do not want start the alerting immediately. With this release, if alerting has been paused manually, this will not be activated automatically after a release deployment.
Ordering of graphs in Manage
The graphs in Manage are now ordered according to importance. This means that runtime statistics are sorted by "Process CPU usage" (highest first), queue statistics are sorted by "Messages in queue" (highest first), and HTTP statistics are sorted by "Unsuccessful requests" (highest first).
UTC times in Grafana panels
All Grafana panels now show UTC times, which are normally used in eMagiz, instead of local (browser) time zones. This way, it is easier to match graphs with logging events or alerts.
Update flow designer version
The framework used in the flow designer has been updated to the latest version.
Carwash track TLS versions in logging
A new logging feature will be released, enabling us to make better choices in deprecating old encryption standards.
Moving channels in the flow designer
Moving already attached channels in the flow designer has been made sligthly easier.
Topic sizes description change
In the change description (and History) when altering the topic size of a topic the new and old value were switched around creating confusion, this has been resolved.
Password change notification
When an account password change request is made, even when this fails, a mail is sent to the account owner to inform the owner about the action.
Password comparison
When changing a password, it is compared to a list of known database breaches for security. A warning is shown when the password corresponds with a password in the database.
Bug Fixes
Flow designer styling
The styling of the flow designer's left component panel has been restructured, solving a rare bug which would break the styling of certain functionalities.
Fancy Forum Answers
As always, this is a gentle reminder to ask questions via the Q&A forum. The Q&A forum is available in the eMagiz iPaaS portal, so we can all benefit from the knowledge within the community. For some inspiration, take a look at these forum answers:
Key takeaways
Thanks to all who helped build and those who tested and gave feedback to improve the product. To end this post, here are some key takeaways for you:
- If you have questions surrounding our Program Increment Planning, please get in touch with productmanagement@emagiz.com
- If you have feedback or ideas for us, talk to the Platypus
- Please inform us of new additions to the store (productmanagement@emagiz.com) so we can all benefit from these.
- Clear your browser cache (Ctrl + Shift + Del)
- Check out the release notes [here]
- Start thinking about how the license tracker can aid your development
- Start thinking about major, minor, and patch
- Upgrade to the latest build number
- Keep making great integrations
Let's stay in touch and till next time!