2019.1

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2019.1.13 Maintenance Release

2019.1.13 Maintenance Release [2020-06-02]

Changelog Overview

  • 4 Improvements
  • 39 Bug Fixes
  • 8 Chores
  • 51 Total Tickets

Improvements

  • app-golden_config:5.13.11-2019.1.22 [06-02-2020] - Ensured Indexes functionality is now called from the dependent pronghorn-utils module, reducing code duplication in the current app.
  • app-service_management:2.18.2-2019.1.10 [05-15-2020] - Enhanced error dialog to show detailed NSO error messages if saveInstance call fails.
  • app-workflow_engine:5.1.10-2019.1.50 [04-29-2020] - Updated task summary and description for cancelJob, checkWorkflowForJobVariables, childJob, and other tasks as necessary.
  • itential-utils:2.2.19 [05-11-2020] - Removed drop indices clause. Instead the tool will now report unrecognized indices and inform the user to review them at their own discretion.

Bug Fixes

  • adapter-ansible_manager:2.2.8-2019.1.16 [04-29-2020] - Validation errors have been fixed.
  • adapter-nso:6.5.10-2019.1.41 [06-01-2020] - Error message is returned when required params are not provided.
  • adapter-nso:6.5.10-2019.1.40 [05-28-2020] - Modified service instance related methods to handle service models with no key property.
  • adapter-nso:6.5.10-2019.1.39 [05-05-2020] - Restored key property to service model. Saveinstances is now able to accept incoming array of data.
  • adapter-nso:6.5.10-2019.1.38 [04-30-2020] - No longer requires adapter-nso restart to get new service models in NSO.
  • adapter-nso:6.5.10-2019.1.37 [04-30-2020] - Removed obsolete error message regarding NSO compatibility.
  • app-automation_catalog:1.0.3-2019.1.18 [06-01-2020] - * Updated an automation to prevent lost of user context data.
  • Enhanced emulated user context to contain groups information for running automation after AC has been restarted.
  • Fixed "Last Updated by" field to show username instead of user ID..
  • app-automation_catalog:1.0.3-2019.1.17 [05-10-2020] - Fixed issues with navbar search not searching properly.
  • app-configuration_manager:3.16.9-2019.1.82 [05-08-2020] - Updated schema documentation for getDeviceConfigFormat.
  • app-configuration_manager:3.16.9-2019.1.81 [05-06-2020] - Improved error logging for compliance failures.
  • app-configuration_manager:3.16.9-2019.1.80 [05-06-2020] - Fixed spinner position; it is now centered within box.
  • app-configuration_manager:3.16.9-2019.1.79 [05-05-2020] - Backups will now only show up for the specific device selected.
  • app-configuration_manager:3.16.9-2019.1.79 [05-04-2020] - Updated navbar search to work.
  • app-configuration_manager:3.16.9-2019.1.79 [04-29-2020] - The selected or OnHover item now displays correctly in IE11.
  • app-configuration_manager:3.16.9-2019.1.78 [05-04-2020] - Updated the getDeviceConfigFormat API description.
  • app-configuration_manager:3.16.9-2019.1.77 [04-29-2020] - Validated inputs for lookupDiff to prevent app crashes.
  • app-json_forms:1.4.5-2019.1.21 [04-29-2020] - Removed unnecessary file that was running in app startup.
  • app-mop:5.12.2-2019.1.29 [05-18-2020] - Added better error handling and parsing to app-mop GetBootFlash.
  • app-service_catalog:3.8.0-2019.1.9 [05-14-2020] - Fixed crash in Service Catalog when mongo adapter is not registered with persistence broker.
  • app-service_management:2.18.2-2019.1.11 [05-29-2020] - Fixed errors when handling service models with no key property.
  • app-template_builder:1.4.1-2019.1.18 [05-13-2020] - Modified the logging response for a deleteTemplate API.
  • app-tools:1.0.2-2019.1.7 [05-17-2020] - Updated allowed Node.js dependency.
  • app-workflow_builder:4.4.9-2019.1.35 [05-26-2020] - Made improvements to bind task reference and reference variable to real values.
  • app-workflow_builder:4.4.9-2019.1.34 [05-21-2020] - Updated grammar of error text upon workflow validation error condition.
  • app-workflow_builder:4.4.9-2019.1.33 [05-13-2020] - Fixed issues with childJob task child workflow search.
  • app-workflow_engine:5.1.10-2019.1.56 [05-26-2020] - Fixed incorrect sorting of iteration tasks.
  • app-workflow_engine:5.1.10-2019.1.55 [05-19-2020] - Added validation error when job variable includes a '.' or '$' character.
  • app-workflow_engine:5.1.10-2019.1.54 [05-15-2020] - When task is running or in a scheduled state, jobs will no longer error when updates are made. Errors will be logged instead.
  • app-workflow_engine:5.1.10-2019.1.53 [05-08-2020] - Fixed bug that caused canceling child jobs to always error.
  • app-workflow_engine:5.1.10-2019.1.52 [05-04-2020] - Fixed workflow export when tasks reference a non-existing user group.
  • app-workflow_engine:5.1.10-2019.1.51 [04-30-2020] - Fixed bug that caused workflows to not start if an eval task contained no evaluation_groups.
  • itential-utils:2.2.20 [05-13-2020] - Updated the itential-utils library package.json file to support NodeJS v8 and v10.
  • itential-utils:2.2.18 [05-13-2020] - Bumping the version to fix an issue encountered when publishing the package.
  • pronghorn-core:7.1.13-2019.1.83 [06-01-2020] - Resolved error in login behavior. Redirect to login page occurs when unauthorized.
  • pronghorn-core:7.1.13-2019.1.82 [06-01-2020] - Implemented error handling strategy. Redis will attempt to reconnect on error and pass error back if reconnect fails.
  • pronghorn-core:7.1.13-2019.1.79 [05-05-2020] - Adapter names are truncated when they are too long.
  • pronghorn-core:7.1.13-2019.1.78 [04-30-2020] - Fixed a bug that was causing a type error when setting the app path for the API documentation.
  • tags:1.2.2-2019.1.18 [05-26-2020] - Tags app will no longer limit ref_id length to minimum 3 characters. Instead, any length over 0 will be accepted as valid ref_id.
  • tags:1.2.2-2019.1.17 [05-12-2020] - Updated the Tags package.json file to support NodeJS v8 and v10.

Chores

  • app-array:1.2.1-2019.1.7 [05-17-2020] - Updated node dependency to support NodeJS v8 and v10.
  • app-json:1.0.3-2019.1.6 [05-17-2020] - Updated node dependency to support NodeJS v8 and v10.
  • app-number:1.0.4-2019.1.7 [05-17-2020] - Updated node dependency to support NodeJS v8 and v10.
  • app-object:1.1.1-2019.1.6 [05-17-2020] - Updated node dependency to support NodeJS v8 and v10.
  • app-string:1.0.6-2019.1.8 [05-17-2020] - Updated allowed Node.js dependency.
  • itential-utils:2.2.21 [05-21-2020] - Updated node driver for MongoDB.
  • pronghorn-core:7.1.13-2019.1.81 [05-20-2020] - Removed redundant encrypted source files from the pronghorn utils/ location.
  • pronghorn-core:7.1.13-2019.1.80 [05-12-2020] - Updated the inquirer dependency to new version to normalize dependency versions across the platform.

2019.1.13 Release Versions

Automation Platform Versions

component version
@itential/adapter-ansible_manager 2.2.8-2019.1.16
@itential/adapter-azure_aaa 1.0.2-2019.1.6
@itential/adapter-email 3.1.1-2019.1.3
@itential/adapter-ldap 2.11.4-2019.1.6
@itential/adapter-local_aaa 3.0.0-2019.1.1
@itential/adapter-mongo 2.8.8-2019.1.6
@itential/adapter-nso 6.5.10-2019.1.41
@itential/adapter-prospector 1.6.8-2019.1.3
@itential/adapter-radius 2.0.0-2019.1.4
@itential/adapter-redis 2.0.5-2019.1.1
@itential/app-array 1.2.1-2019.1.7
@itential/app-automation_catalog 1.0.3-2019.1.18
@itential/app-configuration_manager 3.16.9-2019.1.82
@itential/app-device_management 5.0.4-2019.1.5
@itential/app-form_builder 3.15.10-2019.1.30
@itential/app-golden_config 5.13.11-2019.1.22
@itential/app-golden_services 1.1.7-2019.1.8
@itential/app-json 1.0.3-2019.1.6
@itential/app-json_forms 1.4.5-2019.1.21
@itential/app-mop 5.12.2-2019.1.29
@itential/app-nso_manager 2.12.4-2019.1.18
@itential/app-number 1.0.4-2019.1.7
@itential/app-object 1.1.1-2019.1.6
@itential/app-service_catalog 3.8.0-2019.1.9
@itential/app-service_management 2.18.2-2019.1.11
@itential/app-smart_template 1.3.5-2019.1.14
@itential/app-string 1.0.6-2019.1.8
@itential/app-task_worker 3.0.1-2019.1.11
@itential/app-template_builder 1.4.1-2019.1.18
@itential/app-tools 1.0.2-2019.1.7
@itential/app-workflow_builder 4.4.9-2019.1.35
@itential/app-workflow_engine 5.1.10-2019.1.56
@itential/pronghorn-core 7.1.13-2019.1.83
@itential/search 1.0.4-2019.1.3
@itential/tags 1.2.2-2019.1.18
@itential/itential-utils 2.2.21

Ansible Manager Versions

component version
ansible_manager 1.33.11-2019.1.26

NSO Manager Versions

component version
itential_tools 1.16.4-2019.1.15
prospector 1.8.1-2019.1.4

Dependencies

Automation Platform Server

package supported recommended
nodejs 8.x or 10.x 10.20.1
redis 5.x 5.0.8

The gcc-c++ and make packages should be installed from your OS distribution.

Template Builder

package supported recommended
python 2.x or 3.x 3.8.2
pip supported recommended
pip any version 20.0.2
textfsm 1.x 1.1.0

Mongo Server

package supported recommended
mongodb 3.6.x 3.6.16

Redis Server

package supported recommended
redis 5.x 5.0.8

The gcc-c++ and make packages should be installed from your OS distribution.

Ansible Manager

package supported recommended
python 3.6 3.6.10
openssl 1.x 1.1.1e
haproxy 2.x 2.1.3

The gcc-c++ and make packages should be installed from your OS distribution.

The following development packages are required to install ansible manager: libffi-dev, openssl-dev, python-dev, sqlite-dev.

pip package supported recommended
pip any version 20.0.2
ansible 2.7 2.7.17

One or more of the following packages may be required by the specific ansible modules you're using: psutil, pycrypto, paramiko, ncclient, lxml, nitrosdk-python, jxmlease.

Check the ansible documentation for the roles you're planning to use for additional package requirements.

Prospector

package supported recommended
java 1.7 or 1.8 1.8.242.08

NSO/Itential Tools

package supported recommended
java 1.7 or 1.8 1.8.242.08

The ant package should be installed from your OS distribution.

IAP Compatibility

Device Configuration

Device Configuration compatibility describes which devices are expected to work with the basic features of the Configuration Manager application across various southbound systems.

Ansible: 

* Arista EOS
* Cisco IOS
* Cisco IOSXR
* Juniper Junos

NSO:

Refer to the NSO Versions and NED Versions tables below for a list of tested devices.

Note: The 2019.1 Configuration Manager does not currently support compliance for any NSO device. For 2019.1 compliance use-cases, the existing app-golden_config component is still supported.

Device Compliance

Device Compliance compatibility describes which devices are expected to work with the Golden Config application (for NSO devices).

Ansible: 

* Arista EOS
* Cisco IOS
* Cisco IOSXR
* Juniper Junos

NSO: 

* a10-acos
* adtran-aos
* alu-sr
* arista-dcs
* cisco-ios
* cisco-iosxr
* cisco-nx
* cisco-staros
* f5-bigip
* huawei-vrp
* juniper-junos

Device Maintenance

Device Maintenance compatibility describes which devices Itential can perform maintenance activities on (e.g., reboots and firmware upgrades).

Ansible: 

* Arista EOS
* Cisco IOS
* Cisco IOSXR
* Juniper Junos

NSO: 

* cisco-ios
* cisco-iosxr
* juniper-junos

Device Health Checks

Device Health Checks compatibility describes which devices Itential can execute read-only show commands to use the method broker and Command Templates application.

Ansible: 

* Arista EOS
* Cisco IOS
* Cisco IOSXR
* Juniper Junos

NSO: 

* a10-acos
* alu-sr
* arista-dcs
* cienacli-acos
* cisco-aireos
* cisco-asa
* cisco-gss
* cisco-ios
* cisco-iosxr
* cisco-nx
* cisco-qps
* cisco-staros
* ericsson-sgsnmme
* f5-bigip
* huawei-vrp
* juniper-junos

Note: Some of the devices in the health checks category are tested against netsim devices.

Forms

Ansible:

IAP can render most ansible networking modules as forms. Support for specific modules may vary. If you encounter issues with any particular modules, reach out to the Itential Customer Success Team for assistance.

NSO:

IAP can render most service models advertised by NSO as forms. Support for specific yang features may vary. If you encounter issues with your service models, reach out to the Itential Customer Success Team for assistance.

Service Provisioning

NSO:

IAP can provision most service models advertised by NSO. Support for specific yang features may vary. If you encounter issues with your service models, reach out to the Itential Customer Success Team for assistance.

Devices/Services Compatibility

The Itential Automation Platform is tested against the following component versions.

Ansible Versions:

* 2.7.17

Ansible Modules:

* eos_facts
* eos_command
* eos_config
* ios_facts
* ios_command
* ios_config
* iosxr_facts
* iosxr_command
* iosxr_config
* junos_facts
* junos_command
* junos_config

NSO Versions:

* 4.7.7
* 4.6.5

NED Versions:

ned 4.6.5 4.7.7
a10-acos 3.15.3 3.16.1
adtran-aos 4.0.5 4.0.5
alu-sr 8.3 8.6.1
arista-dcs 5.7 5.10.2
checkpoint-gaiaos_rest 1.3.8 1.3.10
ciena-acos 6.1.5 6.1.5
cisco-aireos 3.3.20 3.3.18
cisco-asa 6.7.7 6.8.7
cisco-gss 2.1.1 2.1.1
cisco-ios 6.42.2 6.48
cisco-iosxr 7.18.2 7.23.1
cisco-nx 5.1.3 5.15.5
cisco-qps 5.1.2 5.1.0
cisco-staros 5.22.1 5.24.1
ericsson-sgsnmme 1.0.7 1.0.7
f5-bigip 3.7.13 3.9.3
fortinet-fortios 5.4 5.4.5
huawei-usn 1.2.1 1.2.1
huawei-vrp 6.1 6.3.9
juniper-junos 4.5.17 4.5.23
paloalto-panos_cli 4.3.1 4.0.1
radware-alteonos 2.4 2.4
unix-bind 2.0.17 2.1.0

Virtual Devices:

* A10 vThunder 4.1.4 GR1
* Arista EOS-4.23.0FX
* Checkpoint R80.30-273.583
* Cisco ASAv 9.13.1.7
* Cisco CSR 16.12.1a
* Cisco NX 9.3.2, 9.3.1
* Cisco StarOS 21.15.29
* Cisco XR6.3.1
* F5 BIGIP 15.1.0.2-0.0.9
* Fortigate 6.4.0
* Juniper VMX 18.4R1
* Juniper VSRX 19.1R2
* PanOS 9.1.2
* Radware 32.6.0.0

IAP Browser Compatibility

This maintenance release was tested against the following browser versions:

* Firefox 69.0
* Chrome 76.3809.87
* Edge 44.18362.1.0
* IE11 11.678.17763