Upgrade notes

Starting in 7.1.2.14

The following updates are included in this release:
  • Updated z/OS Source Config plug-in to v8
  • Updated Google Guava to v32.1.2-jre

Starting in 7.1.2.13

The following updates are included in this release:
  • Updated netty to v4.1.94.Final
  • Updated bouncycastle to v1.75+
  • Updated pacc icu4j to v63.2 or later

Starting in 7.1.2.12

The following updates are included in this release:
  • Jettison to v1.5.4
  • Json-smart to v2.4.9
  • Jetty to v9.4.51
  • Spring-expression to v5.2.24.RELEASE
  • Jackson to v2.15.x

Starting in 7.1.2.11

The following updates are included in this release:
  • Tomcat to v8.5.84
  • Apache Commons FileUpload to v1.5

Starting in 7.1.2.10

Server/agent version mismatch
You will notice the inconsistency between the versions of HCL Launch server and agent installation files. Know that the version mismatch, server v7.1.2.10 and agent v7.1.2.9, will not cause any installation or upgrade problems.

Starting in 7.1.2.9

The following updates are included in this release:
  • Removed Xalan-Java from FileUtils plug-in
  • Updated AWS S3 Java SDK to v1.12.262

Starting in 7.1.2.8

Updated Jetty to v9.4.48

Starting in 7.1.2.7

Updated the sshInstallAgent/installNewAgent CLI endpoint as POST request
For security purposes, the sshInstallAgent/installNewAgent CLI endpoint is updated to post the install agent informaton without the sshPassword.

Starting in 7.1.1

JMS agents when connected to the server in your environment, a warning message is displayed. You are prompted to begin the migration of JMS agents to a web format. See Migrating Agents to Web for more information.

A new version of Hibernate, v5.4.20, is included. Hibernate v5.4.20 may require newer versions of the JDBC driver in order to function properly. Ensure that you have a driver version of at least 4.2 that works with your database to be compatible with Hibernate v5.4.20. This upgrade also removes the hibernate.dialect property from the installed.properties file as the new Hibernate version itself determines the dialect.

All our Mainframe customers should note that with the HCL Launch 7.1.0.2 release, we are officially announcing end of support for HFS codestation as an Artifact Repository on May, 2021. All users are strongly encouraged to migrate to the HCL Launch’s in-built artifact repository Codestation. They can also migrate to supported third party artifact repositories ArtifactoryTM or NexusTM (supported from version 7.0.5)

Starting in 7.1.0.0

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The Show Inactive option has been removed. You cannot view inactive objects in their respective tables. The Active field is still included in the JSON representation of objects and now reflects whether or not the object has been deleted. Logging information is now written to deployserver.outinstead of the stdout file.

Upgrading from UrbanCode Deploy

If your are upgrading from UrbanCode Deploy to HCL Launch, make note of the following changes:
  • The Show Inactive option has been removed. You cannot view inactive objects in their respective tables. The Active field is still included in the JSON representation of objects and now reflects whether or not the object has been deleted.
  • Logging information is now written to deployserver.outinstead of the stdout file.