ControlTier 3.4.9

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Contents 1 Download 2 Release Notes 2.1 Contributors 2.2 Notable bug fixes 2.3 Notable Improvements 2.4 Documentation 2.5 Bug fixes 2.6 Feature Requests

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Installer packages:

• ControlTier-3.4.9.zip: this is the command line installer
• ControlTier-Installer-3.4.9.jar: this is the graphical installer

RPM packages:

• ctier-server-3.4.9-1.noarch.rpm: RPM installer for server
• ctier-client-3.4.9-1.noarch.rpm: RPM installer for client

All ControlTier software releases are available at Sourceforge in the ControlTier project here

Once you have downloaded one of the installers, continue to the next step: Installation →, or the RPM installation →.

Release Notes

This release has quite a few bug fixes and improvements. It is also the first ControlTier release distributed in RPM packages.

Release 3.4.9 has both the traditional installer packages (zip,jar), and two RPM packages: ctier-server and ctier-client. The ctier-server is the full server installation with the embedded client. The ctier-client includes the client installation only allowing simpler package distribution and installation for client nodes.

For use of the RPM packages, see RPM installers.

Contributors

Many thanks to Johnny and Adrian for helping test out our rpm prereleases as well as contributing module code and fixes

• Johnny Costello
• Adrian Howchin
• Alex Honor
• Moses Lei
• Greg Schueler
• Chuck Scott
• Anthony Shortland

Notable bug fixes

Workflows with command error handlers may not have been passing options correctly to the error handler command (Bug #2888149).

Using JNDI authorization could cause a NPE when roles exist in the directory without any members (Bug #2887979).

The ctl-depot -a remove action was not removing everything cleanly (Bug #2880656).

The ClientInstaller module did not make use of the server.hostname property for the installer (Bug #2894072).

Dispatching commands was incorrectly using the hostname to determine if the node was local or not (Bug #2893443).

Reportcenter's "Command" filter was not working (Bug #2899533).

Jobcenter would not list scheduled jobs created by another user (Bug #2896263).

Sending mail via a success/error handler was not working with java 1.6 (Bug #2880643).

Notable Improvements

Type.xml generation on the server

Workbench now generates type.xml files when modules are packaged, allowing easier transition to source-based module development. (Request #2898788).

script-exec support for dav:// script paths

You can now use dav:// URLs in your calls to script-exec (Request #2886738).

Documentation

The ControlTier Wiki is at http://wiki.controltier.org/.

Bug fixes

• Bug #2880643 Fix OpenJDK 1.6 mail compatibility problem
• Bug #2895404 Package Deployment not deleting zip packages
• Bug #2895038 Fix error in scmImport
• Bug #2892977 ctl-setup should create CTL_BASE if necessary
• Bug #2892898 modules install to $CTL_BASE/modules, not depot's modules
• Bug #2889604 Node authorization problem with project XML
• Bug #2889602 Avoid running ctl-depot twice to complete creation
• Bug #2888149 workflow error handler command missing opts
• Bug #2887979 jndi role NPE bug
• Bug #2880656 Fix ctl-depot remove life-cycle
• Bug #2899400 script-exec task incorrectly sets default executable on Cygwin
• Bug #2896346 Make JBossServer setting constraints singletons
• Bug #2896340 Fix JBoss 5.1.0 GA ports bindings
• Bug #2896313 Setting values in Type view show html entity
• Bug #2896123 Service should facilitate full use of change dependencies
• Bug #2896077 runChangeDependencies should always equivalence opts.version
• Bug #2895474 Adjust ctl-setup to honor shared group setup
• Bug #2894740 Fix JBoss 5.1.0 GA ports bindings
• Bug #2894072 Added server.hostname to the ClientInstaller options
• Bug #2893459 Differentiate between host and node object names in demo
• Bug #2893443 Dispatch command should use framework.node.name ...
• Bug #2892323 XML generation fails for Setting objects
• Bug #2891005 bash completion bug for module completion
• Bug #2888180 ctl-depot fails when a Package is installed directly to Node
• Bug #2880647 Add basedir to rpmBuilder createPackage command
• Bug #2879984 Change dependencies doesn't use package referrer constraint
• Bug #2873718 ctl-setup produces incomplete CTL_BASE configuration
• Bug #2872000 Fix the CruiseControl project setup working directory
• Bug #2899533 Command filter doesn't work
• Bug #2899408 shell-exec task does not download dav scripts to CTL var
• Bug #2899278 success-handler XML generated even if unset
• Bug #2896263 scheduled jobs hidden from other users
• Bug #2873594 unsaved jobs cause exception after completion
• Bug #2873016 tags with "." character cause JSP error
• Bug #2870153 shellutil#exec doesn't fail on non-zero exit code
• Bug #2893522 HSQLDB data source is not being correctly generated
• Bug #2892311 Fix start command to run from JBoss base
• Bug #2892277 Add the means to deploy the JBoss AS Zip
• Bug #2892268 Fix JBoss stop to work with "slim" logging
• Bug #2892208 Fix JBoss Stop workflow to be less misleading
• Bug #2891036 netutil#email does not work with blank user/pass
• Bug #2891019 Remove unused email settings
• Bug #2891004 java.home set to the jre
• Bug #2876552 ctl-depot remove, create, install cycle broken under 3.4.8
• Bug #2874244 ctl framework properties SSL default wrong
• Bug #2871603 Workbench does not escape setting values on object pages

RPM creation related bugs

• Bug #2899320 Make sure the server RPM sets CTIER_ROOT properly
• Bug #2898793 Substitute su for sudo in the RPM installers
• Bug #2892050 user setup and rc file setup in server rpm
• Bug #2892047 fix server RPM file/dir permissions. umask in profile
• Bug #2895425 Adjust the client RPM ctierrc to setup CTL_BASE
• Bug #2893694 landing page incorrect details after server rpm install
• Bug #2893685 bash_completion error msgs when CTL_BASE missing
• Bug #2893583 client rpm: ctl-setup fails on ctier group user
• Bug #2893444 ctierrc should honor preset CTL_BASE
• Bug #2893402 Server RPM should sort out open file limits ...
• Bug #2892979 Common ctierrc should be moved ...
• Bug #2892978 Server RPM should start ctier ...

Feature Requests

• Request #2886663 add server-setup script to configure server
• Request #2898788 Generate type.xml when staging modules
• Request #2893362 Make DukesBank relocatable
• Request #2892239 Increase the field length of the JBossJavaOpts value field
• Request #2888015 Make locking optional in Get-ProcessView and Get-Properties
• Request #2886738 script-exec support for dav:// script paths
• Request #2880644 Merge Johnny's Rpm/RpmBuilder enhancement
• Request #2880639 Merge JBossServer start/stop fixes
• Request #2880638 Merge JBossServer waitForStopEvent enhancement
• Request #2880633 Merge dump/follow server log commands into JBossServer
• Request #2875022 add ctl-check tool to check that a CTL_BASE is valid
• Request #2869137 Manually merge rpm constraints and attributes into YumRpm
• Request #2897846 Add JNDI datasource example to the TomcatServer module
• Request #2896873 show job additional info in exec w/ options form
• Request #2888399 ErrorhandlerController should execute tasksequence first
• Request #2888009 Get-Properties leaves behind .lock files
• Request #2892216 Split out configureDataSources in JBoss module
• Request #2888181 GetProcessView optional file locking
• Request #2880642 Change Ctl email defaults to suit Linux

RPM related requests

• Request #2892048 Add init script setup to server RPM
• Request #2873627 ctier-server rpm distribution
• Request #2873625 ctier-client rpm distribution