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3 years ago [v1.436] - 2020-11-25
- ALOPSAppCompile: implemented /parallel and /maxDegreeOfParallelism with VSCode defaults
- ALOPSAppCompile: new integer Global variable [alops_webrequest_timeout_ms] to set timeout for DownloadSymbols
- ALOPSAppCompile: Only copy Platform Apps if no Localized version exists
- ALOpsAppCompile@2: Escape AssemblyProbingPaths in pipeline log
- ALOPSAppPublish: Get-NAVAppInfo does not account for UTF-8, replace UTF8 characters in Build-Tag
- ALOPSAppPublish: Use Unique Folder for each Batch Publish
- ALOPSAppTest: New parameter [tenant] for targeting tests at a specific tenant
- ALOPSDockerCreate: Fail pipeline on Error, Force task status
- ALOPSDockerCreate: New string parameter [memory] with default 8G
- ALOPSDockerRemove: Exit status error when container does not exist
- Global: Show Task inputs for all Tasks
[v1.435] - 2020-10-11
- ALOpsAgentMaintenance: New task that allows for auto-cleanup of BCArtifacts, Containers and ALOps Tasks
- ALOpsAppClean: allow removal of Microsoft Apps with new boolean parameter [includemicrosoftapps]
- ALOpsAppCompile: Added warning for square brackets in AppName/AppPublisher, Improved handling of FilePaths
- ALOpsAppCompile: Force copy non default [app.json]
- ALOpsAppPublish: Strict AL Apps installation. Added bool parameter [strictappnames]
- ALOpsDockerCreate: Allow usage of "select" parameter for NextMinor/NextMajor/...
- ALOpsDockerCreate: Default MultiTenant to false
- ALOpsDockerCreate: Silent BCContainerHelper installation, ignore install errors if BCContainerHelper is present
- ALOpsDockerStart: Reset default inputs when blanked out
- ALOpsExtensionAPI: Fail task on errors in App Publish
- ALOpsExtensionAPI: OAuth authentication when running in docker
- Global: added boolean [Alops_UpdateHostsFile] Environment Variable which will set/remove the current Container in the Hosts file on the agent
- Global: Install-Update BcContainerHelper bugfix
[v1.434] - 2020-09-15
- ALOpsDockerCreate: Allow Clobber on BcContainerHelper
- ALOpsDockerCreate: allow usage of 'myScript' feature with multiline parameter [myscripts]
- ALOpsDockerCreate: Allow using BcContainerHelper pre-release
- ALOpsDockerCreate: Set type default to Sandbox for BcInsider
- ALOpsDockerCreate: Uninstall NavContainerHelper will not be implemented, AllowClobber and Fully Qualitified CmdLets instead
- ALOpsDockerStart: fixed bug with recycling containers
[v1.433] - 2020-08-25
- ALOpsAppCompile: Save Extension Artifact path in global variable $(ALOPS_COMPILE_ARTIFACT)
- ALOpsAppPublish: New parameter [publish_scope] / [tenant]
- ALOpsAppTest: Dynamicly resolve .PSM1 file in case of Multi-Version installations
- ALOpsDockerCreate: added boolean parameter [forcecreateimage] to force image creation
- ALOpsDockerCreate: added parameter [imagenametemplate] to allow setting the image template name
- ALOpsDockerCreate: Added parameters [sastoken] and [storageaccount] to allow for Insider/Custom Artifact Urls
- ALOpsDockerCreate: New task that allows creating BC-Docker images from BC-Artifacts
- ALOpsDockerStart: Improved security on DockerLogin for Windows Server 2016
- ALOpsDockerStart: Never pull images on local registry
- ALOpsDockerWait: new parameter [printlogs] which can be used to disable log printing of docker logs
- ALOpsDockerWait: Reset Container IP in global variables [ALOPS_DOCKER_IPADDRESS]
- ALOpsExtensionAPI: Set parameters [artifact_path] default to [$(System.ArtifactsDirectory)]
[v1.432] - 2020-08-03
- ALOpsAppCompile: UTF-8 compatibility, affects Extension names, Manifest parsing and Download Extension
- ALOpsAppPublish: Added boolean parameter [forcesync] allowing destructive changes
- ALOpsDockerStart: Compression performance, switched to DotNet ZIP instead of Powershell
- ALOpsDockerStart: Disable docker pull for local repository images bugfix
[v1.431] - 2020-06-30
- ALOpsAppCompile: SSL Verification can now be disabled with the global boolean parameter [alops_disable_ssl]
- ALOpsAppCompile: UrlEncode on Url-Builder can now be disabled with global boolean variable named "alops_disable_urlencoding" (Character Convert)
- ALOpsAppCompiler: only upload compile log with "PublishArtifacts" enabled
- ALOpsAppPublish: Allow ForceSync via new boolean parameter [forcesync]
- ALOpsAppTest: Import Test Suite v17 / Auto add required Apps for Test-Suite
[v1.430] - 2020-05-31
- All Tasks: Improved NAV/BC Module loading for Multi-Build environments
- ALOpsAppPublish: InstallAlTestTool - Auto add additional Apps required for the Test-Framework
- ALOpsAppTest: BC v16/v17 compatibility/improvements
- ALOpsDockerStart: Default value for parameter 'accept_image_outdated' set to "TRUE"
- ALOpsDockerWait: Report transfer ZIP size
- ALopsExtensionAPI: Auto select correct version of Module in Multi-Build environments
- Disable Cleanup old Tasks by default (Performance)
- Docker Based Tasks: Direct PSSession support to other container. Use global parameters [alops-docker-computer] / [alops-docker-username] / [alops-docker-password]
[v1.429] - 2020-04-30
- All Tasks: Allow for Windows-Authentication in docker containers (GSMA)
- All Tasks: Improved error-handling on all REST calls
- ALOpsAppPublish: Allow updating Apps in Batch-Publish cfr single publish
- ALOpsAppPublish: AppUpgrade issues are now logged to the pipeline
- ALOpsAppPublish: Batch_Publish_Folder is now copied to the container on demand
- ALOpsAppPublish: enable force install dependency by default
- ALOpsAppTest: Error and Warning close dialog enhancement
- ALOpsExtensionAPI: new tasks to handle BC-Extensions API calls
- ALOpsFobImport: added parameter [override_finsql_path] which allows to override the default finsql.exe resolving
- ALOpsLicenseImport: License-Path made dynamics (filtering) instead of literal
- ALOpsSaaSGetExtension: Task is replaced by the new Task [ALOps Extension API]
- ALOpsSaasPublishExtension: Task is replaced by the new Task [ALOps Extension API]
[v1.428] - 2020-03-29
- All Tasks: Dynamic resolve of Management DLL's for Multiversion NAV/BC installations
- ALOpsAppCompiler: compatibility with propagated dependencies
- ALOpsAppCompiler: improved direction of ALC.EXE output
- ALOpsAppCompiler: replace invalid path characters with underscore in App-Filename
- ALOpsAppPublish: removed 'Scope' parameter for NAV2018 compatibility
- ALOpsAppRuntimePackage: remove ShowMyCode for NAV20
- ALOpsAppTest: BC16 overwrite faulty standard Test-Libraries
- ALOpsAppTest: improved stability for BC15 / upgraded to work with BC16
- ALOpsDockerStart: auto split parameter [docker_parameters] so it can be set via Variables
- ALOpsDockerStart: only convert microsoft images to lowercase
- ALOpsDockerStart: parameter [vsix_download_path] enabled for use in docker containers
- ALOpsDockerWait: default behaviour changed, workfolder is now copied to the container on the WAIT step
- ALOpsFobImport: fixed empty "servername" parameter, improved GenerateSymbolReferences
- ALOpsFobImport: Generating symbol references can be enabled/disable with parameter [generate_symbol_reference]
- ALOpsFobImport: improved FinSql execution and error catching
- ALopsImportPackage: added parameter 'fixed_tag' for use with Docker
- ALOpsInfo: print extra information for debugging: diskspace, windows version, updates, memory stats...
- ALOpsLicenseImport: the scope of the license import can be set with parameter [license_scope]
[v1.427] - 2020-01-25
- ALOpsAppClean: detect ServerInstance on custom Docker images
- ALOpsAppCompile: Allow to retain version parts from app.json. '*' is replaced by the build-id, '?' specifies to retain the version part of the orriginal app.json
- ALOpsAppCompile: Allow to update build number in DevOps
- ALOpsAppCompile: check docker info credentials
- ALOpsAppCompile: Multiroot workspace support
- ALOpsAppCompiler: Remove params [AssemblyProbingPaths] and [Ruleset] for NAV2018
- ALOpsAppPublish: new parameter [batch_publish_folder] which allows for batch publishing of Apps, install order is automatically detected
- ALOpsAppPublish: Set Path Variable
- ALOpsAppRuntimePackage: New task for creating runtime packages from existing Apps
- ALOpsAppSign: added instant validation of app after signing / Improved validation of timestamp
- ALOpsAppSign: Added parameter [pfx_password] for setting password additional to the environment variable
- ALOpsDockerStart: allow login with Keyvault instead of ServiceConnection
- ALOpsDockerWait: Added parameter [error_string] which allow to set an extra exit condition
- ALOpsLicenseImport: Disable print License by default, license can be printed in the pipeline by setting parameter [print_license_info]
- Documentation: added pipeline examples in documentation section
- General: Allow for Host/Container memory monitoring
- General: Improved Json Importing, printout json on parse failure
- General: task output of all task cleaned up / bulk logging transferred to verbose
[v1.426] - 2019-11-30
- ALOpsAppCompile: Additional AssemblyProbingPaths via discovery
- ALOpsAppPublish: Allow for default AL Application installed in docker containers
- ALOpsAppTest: Allow selecting TestSuite via parameter [testsuite]
- ALOpsRepositoryPublish: added default icon for Apps without icon
[v1.425] - 2019-10-15
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ALOpsAppCompile/ALOpsAppSign: new parameter [publish_artifact] to disable artifact publishing from step
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ALOpsAppCompile: Allow to set filename suffix
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ALOpsAppCompile: clean empty entries from Compile log artifact
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ALOpsAppPublish: Dynamic Resolving of App Artifacts / new parameter [artifact_path]
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ALOpsAppPublish: Install-AL-Apps for docker / extra parameter [installaltesttool] en [install_al_app_names]
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ALOpsAppSign: Docker: Replace local artifact from container
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ALOpsAppSign: Dynamic Resolving of App Artifacts / new parameter [artifact_path]
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ALOpsAppSign: set Error instead of warning on DNSResolve
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ALOpsAppSignVerify: Dynamic Resolving of App Artifacts / new parameter [artifact_path]
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ALOpsAppTest: Wave2 compatibel, new parameters [testpage] en [installaltesttool]
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ALOpsDockerExec: new tasks that allows for running powershell scripts on the container
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ALOpsDockerStart: Catch error on Docker login
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ALOpsDockerStart: parameter to ignore warning with fixed_tag
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ALOpsImportFob: Dynamicly resolve .psm1 file, bypass via finsql for non standard installations
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ALOpsRepositoryPublish: Dynamic Resolving of App Artifacts / new parameter [artifact_path]
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ALOpsRepositoryPublish: New task in beta, allows publishing of the Extension to a repository in Business Central
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ALOpsSaaSPublishExtension: Allow folder upload of docker Applications for and PackageCache, new parameters [upload_package_cache] and [upload_c_applications]
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ALOpsSaaSPublishExtension: Dynamic Resolving of App Artifacts / new parameter [artifact_path]
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ALOpsSaaSPublishExtension: monitor/report deployment status
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Multi stage pipeline support
[v1.424] - 2019-09-17
- ALOpsAppCompiler: Now allows for dynamic resolving of "vsix_download_path", wildcards can be used.
- ALOpsAppPublish: dynamic resolving of "nav_artifact_app_filter", wildcards can be used.
- ALOpsAppSign: dynamic resolving of "nav_artifact_app_filter", wildcards can be used.
- ALOpsAppSignVerify: dynamic resolving of "nav_artifact_app_filter", wildcards can be used.
- ALOpsAppTest: extend authentication to cover all scenarios
- ALOpsAppTest: update routines from NavContainerHelper
- ALOpsDockerStart: improvements made for compatibility for in use in Release Flows
- ALOpsSaaSPublishExtension: dynamic resolving of "nav_artifact_app_filter", wildcards can be used.
[v1.423] - 2019-08-30
- ALOpsAppCompiler: Add 'bc_username' and 'bc_password' parameters to allow basic authentication
- ALOpsAppSign: Add 'timestamp_uri' string parameter to specify which timestamp server to use.
- ALOpsAppSign: Check Timestamp server if specified, trigger warning when offline.
- ALOpsAppTest: Add 'bc_username' and 'bc_password' parameters to allow basic authentication
- ALOpsLicenseImport: enabled FLF import from DockerHost and Repository location.
- ALOpsSaaSGetExtensions: Add 'azure_api_endpoint' string parameter to overrule API Endpoint.
- ALOpsSaaSGetExtensions: Add 'azure_api_version' picklist parameter to specify Azure API Version to use.
- ALOpsSaaSGetExtensions: Add 'bc_companyname' string parameter to specify target company.
- ALOpsSaaSPublishExtension: Add 'azure_api_endpoint' string parameter to overrule API Endpoint.
- ALOpsSaaSPublishExtension: Add 'azure_api_version' picklist parameter to specify Azure API Version to use.
- ALOpsSaaSPublishExtension: Add 'bc_companyname' string parameter to specify target company.
- ALOpsSaaSPublishExtension: Added retry loop on status check
- Docker: Retrieve ServerInstanceName from configuration for Wave2 compatibility.
- Improved Docker-Session management with Auto-Retry and Broken Connection detection.
- Improved the HelpMarkDown of all ALOps task inputs, variable names cleary visible in help.
[v1.422] - 2019-07-10
- ALOpsAppClean: added missing dependency to 'Get-NAVAppDependencies'
- ALOpsAppCompiler: Extended AssemblyProbingPaths with "c:\windows\assembly"
- ALOpsAppTest: Add 'failed_test_action' picklist parameter. define action (Ignore / Warning / Error) to take when a Test(s) fails
- ALOpsDockerRemove: containers exited with errors are also removed instead of skipped
- ALOpsDockerWait: detect when container exited on error and fail build
- ALOpsSaaSPublishExtension: new Task in preview mode. Publish an AL extension to Business Central SaaS
- Framework: Update VstsTaskSDK from v0.10 to v0.11
- New environment boolean variable 'Alops_PrintMemoryStats', when enabled print the current memory status at the beginning of every task
- Print execution of external executables/commands to the devops build log
- Random Vsts Task Freezes: deadlocks in the StandardOutput and StandardError stream processing of the DevOps Agent / Mitigated by force closing the environment
[v1.421] - 2019-06-25
- All PS1 files are CodeSigned for beter compatibility with standard powershell restrictions
- ALOpsAppClean: Add 'sync_mode' picklist parameter (Add/Clean/Development/ForceSync)
- ALOpsAppClean: enable for use in docker containers, use_docker parameter
- ALOpsAppTest: DisableNameChecking when importing Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Ide to avoid false warnings in pipeline
- ALOpsDockerRemove: added boolean parameter 'print_logs', default enabled. Prints logs on container remove.
- ALOpsDockerStart: Add -ltsc2019 or -ltsc2016 to Docker Image depending on OS
- ALOpsDockerStart: added parameter 'encryption_key', link a secret downloadable Url of the Encryption Key.
- ALOpsDockerStart: container can now be connected to Azure SQL Database
- ALOpsDockerStart: container can now be started based on a SQL BAK file via parameter 'sql_backup_file'
- ALOpsDockerStart: new default value for memory_gb parameter = '-1' (unlimited memory)
- ALOpsDockerStart: Print all docker parameters used for RUN command
- ALOpsFobImport: Added parameter for NAV Server Instance name
- ALOpsFobImport: allow for multiple FOB files to be imported in a single step, parameter 'filePath' can contain a filter like '.fob/*.fob'
- ALOpsFobImport: DisableNameChecking when importing Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Ide to avoid false warnings in pipeline
- ALOpsFobImport: integrate SQL-Database authentication for SQL mixed mode or Azure SQL
- ALOpsLicenseImport: Print flf license information before import
- ALOpsSaaSGetExtensions: new Task in preview mode, first of the SaaS enabled tasks. Displays the extensions installed in Business Central SaaS
- Templates: Corrected the version on the PublishTestResults step to Version 2, PublishTestResults@2
[v1.420] - 2019-06-17
- Added YAML templates for AL Projects: https://dev.azure.com/HodorNV/ALOps%20Templates
- ALOpsAppCompiler: Added boolean parameter 'download_test_symbols' for enabling explicit Test-Package download
- ALOpsAppCompiler: Added parameter 'al_analyzer', a comma separated list of Analyzers. Example: PerTenantExtensionCop,UICop,CodeCop
- ALOpsAppCompiler: Automatically add AssemblyProbingPath if projects contains external controls
- ALOpsAppSign: The PFX password should be linked to the environment variable 'pfx_password'
- ALOpsAppTest: added Auto-Retry on the "Warm-up" step for the Test-Client
- ALOpsAppTest: Added boolean parameter 'import_testtoolkit', can be used to skip the import of the default test-suite-objects.
- ALOpsDockerStart: Added multi-line parameter 'docker_parameters', these will be added to the [docker run] command
- ALOpsDockerStart: Removed 'No container found' message when not working with Fixed-Docker-Tags
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