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All notable changes to the "ALOps" extension.

[v1.466] - 2024-08-21#

  • ALOpsAgentMaintenance: Improved delete routine, added failsafe in case of failure
  • ALOpsAppCompile: added additional Probing Paths for building Base Application
  • ALOpsAppCompile: BuildInfo Url corrected
  • ALOpsAppCompile@2: Build tags for app names
  • ALOpsAppCopy: Improved performance in tenant loop
  • ALOpsAppLicenseCheck: Solved issue with System.Reflection.DispatchProxy
  • ALOpsAppPublish: Added datacache for several static loads, improves performance
  • ALOpsAppPublish: ALTool parsing
  • ALOpsAppSource: Applied filter for BusinessCentral Apps only
  • ALOpsDockerCreate: Double LTSC Tag
  • ALOpsExtensionAPI: DEVPort Deploy freeze fix tryout for AsyncPost
  • ALOpsExtensionAPI: v2.0 endpoint compatibel
  • ALOpsLicenseCheck: Exclude ranges bugfix powershell 7
  • AppLicenseCheck: Expiry Date Check. Use parameters 'expiry_text' (text at beginning of line), 'expiry_dateformat' (format to use for parsing), 'expiry_dayswarning' (daycount for generating warning)
  • Get-AppOrder: ALTOOL Implementation

[v1.465] - 2024-05-23#

  • All Tasks: Allow translation only apps
  • All Tasks: Improved assembly resolve for BC v24
  • All Tasks: Overrule of BC-Artifacts used for common tasks. Environment variable 'alops_overrule_bcartifactversion'. Format 'type:version:country'. Exmaple 'onprem:14:w1'
  • ALOpsAppCompile@2: Auto correct corrupted VSIX
  • ALOpsAppPublish: ALTOOL for Manifest extraction
  • ALOpsAppTest: allow for tests to be executed. Use bolean parameter 'allow_zero_tests'
  • ALOpsDockerCreate: Added 'alternativeartifacturl'
  • ALOpsDockerCreate: Double LTSC Tag
  • ALOpsDockerWait: Exclude ".git" folder transfering into container. Set boolean parameter "exclude_git_folder" to true
  • ALOpsDockerWait: Exclude GIT Folder from ZIP. Set boolean parameter "exclude_git_folder" to true
  • ALOpsLicenseCheck: Exclude ranges bugfix powershell 7

[v1.464] - 2024-04-24#

  • All Tasks: Fix for Powershell 7 String.Split issue

[v1.463] - 2024-03-12#

  • All Tasks: NAV Management DLLs Renamed to Business Central
  • All Tasks: Use ALTool for app information where possible
  • ALOpsAppCompile: Performance improvement / Minimize use of Get-BCArtifactUrl
  • ALOpsAppCompile@2: Use ALTool when possible
  • ALOpsAppLicenseCheck: Exclude temporary tables from check
  • ALOpsDockerExec: now v24 compatibel

[v1.462] - 2024-02-06#

  • ALOpsAdminCenter: Force API calls in en-US format
  • ALOpsAppCompile: Added option to fail on any info/warning/error log
  • ALOpsAppCompiler: Allow use of external ruleset (HTTPS)
  • ALOpsAppSource: solved issue with apps without dependencies
  • ALOpsAppValidation: Enabled run without license file
  • ALOpsExtensionAPI: force API calls in en-US format
  • Bump BcContainerHelper to v6.0.5
  • Licensing: multiple PerRun subscriptions per license

[v1.461] - 2023-11-20#

  • All Docker Tasks: Improved error catching on docker command, fixed the ALOpsDockerWait timeout
  • ALOpsAppRuntimePackage: Artifacts name can now be manipulated via parameter "appfilenametemplate", 'BC Version' had to be inserted into the template
  • ALOpsAppSourceDeploy: Version update
  • ALOpsDockerCreate: Added parameter 'usegenericImage'
  • ALOpsLicenseCheck: Added check on Pages object type
  • ALOpsLicenseCheck: Improved processsing, all apps are processed before failing pipeline
  • ALOpsLicenseCheck: Specific Object-Types can be excluded via: exclude_tables, exclude_codeunits, exclude_pages, exclude_reports, exclude_xmlports, exclude_queries
  • ALOpsLicenseCheck: Warning output is collected into environment variable "ALOPS_CHECKLICENSE_OUTPUT"
  • ALOpsOpenAPI: Corrected Action Names with "Dynamics.NAV"

[v1.460] - 2023-10-31#

  • All Tasks: Migrate from insider SAS token to insider EULA
  • ALOpsAdminCenterAPI: update single app with filter
  • ALOpsAppCompile v1 v2: SetTrackSourceAndBuildMetadata runtime
  • ALOpsAppCompile@2: Track Source via new parameter "track_source_build_metadata", default TRUE
  • ALOpsAppSource: improve AZ module loading

[v1.459] - 2023-10-04#

  • All: Bump BcContainerHelper version to v5.0.7
  • ALOpsAgentMaintenance: improved delete error handling, continue cleanup on failure
  • ALOpsAppCompile: Extra parameter [allowed_publisher_names] for checking on Allowed Publisher Names
  • ALOpsAppCompile: read AppManifest in read-only mode, improving multi-processing
  • ALOpsAppLicenseCheck: extra boolean parameter [warning_only], only report as warning does not fail pipeline
  • ALOpsExtensionAPI: Extra logging on authentication requests for DEV-Port deploy
  • ALOpsExtensionAPI: Force API Language en-US, should solve endless status-check

[v1.458] - 2023-07-26#

  • All Tasks: added "HelpMarkDown" for all parameters, improved documentation
  • All Tasks: Global Parameter [alops_disable_buildtags] for disabling build tags
  • ALOpsAdminCenterAPI: Auto update AppSourceApps in BC SaaS Environment
  • ALOpsAppCompile@1: Fixed ApplicationVersion template parsing
  • ALOpsAppCompile@2: Improved handling of Invalid Characters in naming
  • ALOpsAppPublish: Improved handling of Invalid Characters in naming
  • ALOpsAppTest: Validation check on existings test, fail pipeline if no tests

[v1.457] - 2023-06-17#

  • ALOpsAppCompile: better error handling Get-ArtifactUrl, next-major catch during release
  • ALOpsAppCompile: extra parameter ArtifactUrl overrule
  • ALOpsAppCompile: improved error handling
  • ALOpsAppCompile@1/@2: Download Artifact url once, improved performance

[v1.456] - 2023-04-15#

  • ALOpsAppCompile: VSIX Versions 'LATEST' / 'PRERELEASE' / SPECIFIC

[v1.455] - 2023-03-18#

  • All Tasks: BC v22 compatibility
  • All Tasks: Bump BcContainerHelper to latest version v4.0.14
  • ALOpsAppCompile @1/@2: Added parameter for enabling "External Rulesets "
  • ALOpsAppCompile: Custom Linter json
  • ALOpsAppLicenseCheck: Solved bug with Permissions masks for BCLicense files
  • ALOpsAppTest: fixed ability to set filter on TestCodeunits to run
  • ALOpsAppValidation: Increase logging on License import

[v1.454] - 2022-11-29#

  • All tasks: optimized loading of NAV Management DLLs and other modules
  • ALOpsAppCompile: Added string parameter 'ignorepragmas', when not blank ignores all PRAMA's set in code.
  • ALOpsAppCompile: Optimised Get-ArfitactUrl, runs only once per task.
  • ALOpsAppCompile@1: Added 'AppId' for App-Downloading from NST, proper name/publisher resolve.
  • ALOpsAppLicenseCheck: Can parse .bclicense files now, .flf files can still be used.
  • ALOpsAppPublish: New parameter [blocksymbolsonly] with default 'true'. Check for SymbolsOnly app before publish.
  • ALOpsDockerRemove: fixed some parameters not visible in visual editor
  • ALOpsExtensionAPI: New parameter [blocksymbolsonly] with default 'true'. Check for SymbolsOnly app before publish.
  • ALOpsOpenAPI: When parameter "exclude_company_paths" is set to 'true', Company specific paths are removed. Default Company can be set via Authentication (Header)

[v1.453] - 2022-10-12#

  • ALOpsAppCompile: Expand appversiontemplate with Major/Minor application from app.json. (* = Build Nr / ? = Original Version / A = Application Version)
  • ALOpsAppCompile: override global preprocessor symbols in app
  • ALOpsAppCompile: Remove internalsVisibleTo property from app.json
  • ALOpsAppPublish: Improved Get-AppOrder based on AppID
  • ALOpsExtensionAPI: Added SchemaSyncMode option
  • ALOpsExtensionAPI: Ignore Server 503 error when checking status
  • General: improved generic assembly loading

[v1.451] - 2022-07-30#

  • ALOpsAppLicenseCheck: Validate App(s) against License
  • ALOpsAppPublish: Sync-CheckOnly before Publish / Breaking Change detection
  • ALOpsExtensionAPI: Added Client Certificate Authentication
  • ALOpsExtensionAPI: DEV-Port Deploy enabled by specifying the additional parameter [dev_endpoint]
  • ALOpsOpenAPI: Added Client Certificate Authentication

[v1.450] - 2022-07-03#

  • ALOpsAppCompile: Custom CodeCop libraries
  • ALOpsAppCompile: Optimize Get Latest VSIX
  • ALOpsAppcompile: Use 64bit ALC.EXE when available
  • ALOpsAppPublish: Allow publishing same version of an App
  • ALOpsAppPublish: Increased default delays and retry count
  • ALOpsAppTest: bugfix, set authentication to AAD instead of AccessControlService
  • ALOpsAppTest: Testrunner Codeunit can be set with parameter [testrunnercodeunitid]
  • ALOpsOpenAPI: Major performance improvents

[v1.449] - 2022-05-18#

  • ALOpsAgentMaintenance: New parameter boolean 'pruneimagesosbased', allows for cleanup of images based on old OS
  • ALOpsAppCompiler: Extra parameter 'suppressWarnings' allows for overwriting in the app.json. Options: "KEEP","NONE", ""
  • ALOpsAppCompiler@2: Improved Assembly resolve, fixes the missing "System.Collections.Immutable" reference
  • ALOpsAppCompiler@2: Ruleset not being applied when settings.json is missing
  • ALOpsDockerCreate: OS Detection for Windows Server 2019 (2022)
  • ALOpsExtensionAPI: More Resilient on Deployment, delay and max retries can be configured with [checksecondsdelay] and [maxtries]
  • ALOpsInfo: Add feature to detect highest used Application version in any "App.json" file, saved in variable "ALOPS_APPLICATION_VERSION", "ALOPS_APPLICATION_VERSION_MAJOR", "ALOPS_APPLICATION_VERSION_MINOR"

[v1.448] - 2022-04-21#

  • ALOpsInfo: Add feature to detect highest used Application version in any "App.json" file, saved in variable "ALOPS_APPLICATION_VERSION"
  • ALOpsOpenAPI: Generate OpenAPI (Swagger) documentation based on Business Central API's

[v1.447] - 2022-01-24#

  • ALOpsAppCompile: Allow values TRUE/FALSE for setting ResourceExposurePolicy
  • ALOpsAppCompile: bugfix concerning disabling parallel compile
  • ALOpsAppCompile: build in compatibility with applicationInsightsConnectionString
  • ALOpsAppCompile: ignore Resourceexposurepolicy on runtime <= 8.0

[v1.446] - 2021-11-25#

  • ALOpsAppCompile (v1/v2): Latest VSIX can be used by specifing "LATEST" in the alternative_vsix_path
  • ALOpsAppCompile: Disable MAXDEGREEOFPARALELISM when 'Alops_DisableParallelCompile' is enabled
  • ALOpsAppCompile: ResourceExposurePolicy - Auto remove ShowMyCode
  • ALOpsAppCompile: Weeknumber correction, Activates on 1/1/2022
  • ALOpsAppCompiler@2 - Provide support for resourceExposurePolicy
  • ALOpsAppSign: improved NavSip setup for Azure Devops Hosted Agents
  • ALOpsDockerCreate: catch pull failure for remote repositories with login
  • ALOpsDockerStart: Map parameter for TaskScheduler
  • ALOpsExtensionAPI: Error-handling on failure
  • ALOpsExtensionAPI: improved failure detection, exit on timeout

[v1.445] - 2021-09-09#

  • ALOpsAgentMaintenance: Additional cleanup of temporary folder with format ????????.???
  • ALOpsAppCompile: ignore download previous if AppSourceCop is not enabled
  • ALOpsAppCompile: Parallel compile can now be disabled using boolean Environment Variable [Alops_DisableParallelCompile]
  • ALOpsAppCompile: Solved locking issue on VSIX extract
  • ALOpsCompile: Print full ALC output on failure exitcode

[v1.444] - 2021-07-05#

  • All Tasks: The Artifact Publish Folder for DevOps can be manipulated via Environment variable [Alops_ArtifactPublishFolder], defaults is [Dynamics 365]
  • ALOpsAppCompile: Improved parsing of BC Compile logs
  • ALOpsAppCompile: Ruleset patch matching with DefaultWorkingDirectory
  • ALOpsAppCompiler@2: Added [updatebuildnumber] conform v1. Updates the Build number with the App version in the pipeline.
  • ALOpsAppPublish: Implemented auto Uninstall of Apps when "Force Sync" is used
  • ALOpsAppSign: Can batch sign Apps compiled with ALOpsAppCompiler, use parameter [batchsigncompiledapps] to enabled
  • ALOpsAppValidation: Get countries from AppSourceCop.json is parameter [countries] is empty/blank
  • ALOpsDockerStart: Added [license] parameter, works with local path or Url
  • ALOpsDockerStart: Improved Copy-Addins method for larger Add-ins, fixed the PermissionDenied exception.

[v1.443] - 2021-06-07#

  • All Tasks: Fixed BC-Management module loading compatibility with BC v19
  • ALOpsAgentMaintenance: Prune images based on CreationDate
  • ALOpsAgentMaintenance: Remove VSIX folder when no platform of localised folders exists
  • ALOpsAppCompiler@v1: Backported "AL_Analyzer=NONE" to disable analyzers
  • ALOpsAppCompiler@v1: Backported "publishxlif" functionality from v2
  • ALOpsAppTest: Increased interaction timeout, allowing for long running tests
  • ALOpsDockerStart: "docker_pull" automatically disablen when using ALOpsDockerCreate images
  • ALOpsDockerStart: Multiple Add-In DLL versions can now be used in parallell. Duplicate folder names are renamed.

[v1.442] - 2021-05-01#

  • ALOpsAgentMaintenance: New integer parameter [pruneimagesdayscreated], when not zero Images are pruned based on creationdate
  • ALOpsAppCompile: BC ServiceTier folder added in AssemblyProbingPaths
  • ALOpsAppCompile: Global warnings and errors are now catched from ALC output
  • ALOpsAppCompile: New boolean parameter [output_alc_logs] for disabling printing the ALC logs
  • ALOpsAppCompile: New multiline parameter for specifying additional AssemblyProbingPaths, comma seperated string can also be used
  • ALOpsAppValidation: Added parameters for specifying InstallApps and PreviousApps

[v1.441] - 2021-04-13#

  • All Tasks : Disable script scanning for AV/Defender
  • All Tasks: Fail Azure DevOps task on failed exit
  • All Tasks: improved copy-item with literal path's, special character compatibility
  • All Tasks: Improved performance for Expand-Archive with System.IO.Compression
  • All Tasks: Improved powershell modules, Azure DevOps Diagnostics mode can be used
  • ALOpsAppCompile: Detect ruleset feature, ignore when not available in ALC.EXE
  • ALOpsAppCompile: Improved output parsing and Line detection
  • ALOpsAppCompile: New parameter [applicationinsightskey] for registering ApplicationInsights
  • ALOpsAppCompile: Print resulting app.json, allows for easy debugging
  • ALOpsAppSignVerify: improved Path resolving of artifacts
  • ALOpsAppTest: Implemented [ExtensionID] based test-running
  • ALOpsAppTest: Configurable filename for Test-Results allowing for multiple result files
  • ALOpsAppValidation: Extra parameter [containername] for overruling the default containername used for validation
  • ALOpsDockerStart: Improved Additional Parameter parsing, allows for variables via parameter injection
  • ALOpsDockerWait: Improved parsing of Error and Warning strings
  • ALOpsDockerWait: Multiline Warning and Error string parsing
  • ALOpsDockerWait: Task failed with warning on WarningString matches
  • ALOpsExtensionAPI: Configurable API Version via parameter [apiversion]
  • ALOpsExtensionAPI: Easy parameters for Service2Service setup
  • ALOpsExtensionAPI: Improved deploymentStatus validation / Connection recovery for SaaS
  • ALOpsExtensionAPI: Poll dpeloyment status as Warning instead of Error

[v1.440] - 2021-02-17#

  • ALOpsAppCompile: Parameter added to overwrite "ShowMyCode" manifest setting
  • ALOpsAppCompile@1: download previous app for Breaking Changes check
  • ALOpsAppCompile@1: Download previous version of App
  • ALOpsAppCompile@2: improved unpacking for Artifacts
  • ALOpsAppCompiler@2: Compatibility update for pre-BC-v15 versions
  • ALOpsAppPublish: added parameter [forceinstall] which will force installation of Apps ignoring previous state
  • ALOpsAppPublish: new parameter [publisherazureactivedirectorytenantid]
  • ALOpsAppTest: Option to create test-suites on-the-fly by specifying the [testfilter] parameter
  • ALOpsAppTest: Parameter added for loading DisabledTests via File or Url
  • ALOpsAppValidation: new Task for running BcContainerHelper's AppValidation
  • ALOpsDockerStart: improved unpacking for Artifacts
  • ALOpsExtensionAPI: Alternate to BC-Artifacts when BC-Management DLL's are not available
  • ALOpsExtensionAPI: Improved error catching on API calls

[v1.439] - 2021-02-05#

  • All Tasks: Use same artifact folder names when publishing pipeline artifacts
  • ALOpsAgentMaintenance: improved container/image pruning
  • ALOpsAppPublish: ignore/skip errors when installing AL-Test-Apps
  • ALOpsDockerStart: Added option for 'multitenant' environments
  • ALOpsExtensionAPI: added Service-2-Service authentication, only client_id and client_secret is required

[v1.438] - 2020-12-31#

  • ALOpsAppCompile: ALAnalyzer can be disabled by setting the parameter to 'NONE'
  • ALOpsAppCompile: Ruleset can be disabled by setting it to 'NONE', Url's can be specificied for downloading remote rulesets
  • ALOpsAppCompile@2: Allow custom VSIX for compilation. Filepath or Url.
  • ALOpsAppCompile@2: Register NavSip in non-docker environments
  • ALOpsAppSign: Improved AppFile resolving
  • ALOpsAppSign: Improved path resolving / Register NavSip if required
  • ALOpsDockerRemove: Action filter for SQL-Backup and EventLog extraction: Always or OnFailure
  • ALOpsDockerRemove: EventLogs can be extracted from the container. Always or OnFailure.

[v1.437] - 2020-12-14#

  • ALOpsAppCompile: Read CodeAnalyzers from VSCode settings
  • ALOpsAppCompile@2: Define Ruleset via parameter [ruleset], overrules VSCode settings
  • ALOpsAppCompile@2: Generate hash table of generated Apps in BatchCompile Mode
  • ALOpsAppCompile@2: New string Parameter [appfilenametemplate] that allows for setting custom appnames, prefixes and suffixes
  • ALOpsAppCompile@2: XLIF can be publsihed as Artifact by setting boolean parameter [publishxlif]
  • ALOpsAppPublish: Installation of published Apps can be skipped by setting [installpublishedapps] = false
  • ALOpsAppTest: [companyname] and [profile] can now be set for executing tests
  • ALOpsDockerRemove: Export Container Database via new parameters [createsqlbackup], [sqlcompression], [zipsqlbackup], [publishsqlbackup]
  • ALOpsFobImport: New boolean parameter [force_full_generate_symbol_reference], will trigger a full generate symbols after FOB Import.

[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#

  • ALOpsAppCompile/ALOpsAppSign: new parameter [publish_artifact] to disable artifact publishing from step
  • ALOpsAppCompile: Allow to set filename suffix
  • ALOpsAppCompile: clean empty entries from Compile log artifact
  • ALOpsAppPublish: Dynamic Resolving of App Artifacts / new parameter [artifact_path]
  • ALOpsAppPublish: Install-AL-Apps for docker / extra parameter [installaltesttool] en [install_al_app_names]
  • ALOpsAppSign: Docker: Replace local artifact from container
  • ALOpsAppSign: Dynamic Resolving of App Artifacts / new parameter [artifact_path]
  • ALOpsAppSign: set Error instead of warning on DNSResolve
  • ALOpsAppSignVerify: Dynamic Resolving of App Artifacts / new parameter [artifact_path]
  • ALOpsAppTest: Wave2 compatibel, new parameters [testpage] en [installaltesttool]
  • ALOpsDockerExec: new tasks that allows for running powershell scripts on the container

  • ALOpsDockerStart: Catch error on Docker login

  • ALOpsDockerStart: parameter to ignore warning with fixed_tag

  • ALOpsImportFob: Dynamicly resolve .psm1 file, bypass via finsql for non standard installations
  • ALOpsRepositoryPublish: Dynamic Resolving of App Artifacts / new parameter [artifact_path]
  • ALOpsRepositoryPublish: New task in beta, allows publishing of the Extension to a repository in Business Central
  • ALOpsSaaSPublishExtension: Allow folder upload of docker Applications for and PackageCache, new parameters [upload_package_cache] and [upload_c_applications]
  • ALOpsSaaSPublishExtension: Dynamic Resolving of App Artifacts / new parameter [artifact_path]
  • ALOpsSaaSPublishExtension: monitor/report deployment status
  • 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