LiveRebel Changelog

2.0.8 (18th May 2012)

• Improved CLI
• Fixed an issue deploying onto Jetty
• Fixed an issue offline update with custom context path and pause
• Minor bugfixes

2.0.7 (8th May 2012)

• New look-and-feel!
• Bamboo plugin
• Added support for JBoss 7 (standalone, no domains yet)
• Improved lr-agent compatibility with JBoss 4 on Debian
• Added possibility to remove application versions through API and CLI
• Numerous other bugfixes and small improvements

2.0.6 (20th Apr 2012)

• Improved support for Glassfish domains
• Added support for Websphere Administrative Security (deploy/undeploy)
• Added possibility to manually configure Command Center host:port
• Command Center and Daemon scalability improvements
• Numerous other bugfixes and small improvements

2.0.5 (6th Apr 2012)

• Improved Weblogic deploy support in case of multiple servers in same domain
• Improved Jetty undeploy support on Windows (file-locking issues)
• Numerous other bugfixes and small improvements

2.0.4 (23rd Mar 2012)

• Improved lr-agent-installer compatibility with JBoss4 on Windows
• Numerous other bugfixes and small improvements

2.0.3 (16th Mar 2012)

• Added support for Weblogic Node Manager and managed servers
• Improved Command Center compatibility with IBM JVM
• Command Center GUI usability improvements
• Improved support for JBoss on Linux
• Improved compatibility with JRockit JVM
• Numerous other bugfixes and small improvements

2.0.2 (8th Mar 2012)

• Support for running Tomcat as Windows service with LiveRebel
• Improved lr-agent compatibility with Websphere
• Improved lr-agent-installer compatibility with JBoss
• Numerous other bugfixes and small improvements

2.0.1 (2nd Mar 2012)

• Fixed known issue - HTTP 1.1 keep-alive connections may cause session loss for some of the users during rolling restart update
• Fixed known issue - (Windows only) standard error stream is not properly handled (it is merged with standard output stream)
• Improved lr-agent compatibility with Jetty and Tomcat start/stop commands
• Improved lr-agent Solaris compatibility
• Improved performance of large file transfers from Command Center to lr-agent
• Numerous other bugfixes and small improvements

2.0 (21st Feb 2012), changes compared to 1.1.1

• Added rolling restart strategy
• Added offline update strategy
• Added in place version edit
• Added new UI look and feel
• Added new installation mechanism
• Added GlassFish 3 and 3.1 support
• Added Websphere 6 and 7 support
• Added core dump detection
• Added context path parameter to the deploy command
• Added deploy support for root context path
• Added upgrade support to agent installer
• Fixed issues with deploying on JBoss
• Improved Glassfish support
• Improved performance of the CommandCenter
• Improved installation documentation
• Updated numerous internal libraries
• Known issue - HTTP 1.1 keep-alive connections may cause session loss for some of the users during rolling restart update
• Known issue - (Windows only) standard error stream is not properly handled (it is merged with standard output stream)

2.0-RC7 (17th Feb 2012)

• Several UI improvements
• Several bugfixes

2.0-RC6 (15th Feb 2012)

• Several UI improvements
• Several bugfixes

2.0-RC5 (10th Feb 2012)

• Added Edit version option to Server view
• Fixed several small issues

2.0-RC4 (9th Feb 2012)

• Fixed several small issues

2.0-RC3 (8th Feb 2012)

• Fixed several small issues

2.0-RC2 (7th Feb 2012)

• Fixed several UI and usability issues

2.0-RC1 (6th Feb 2012)

• Added new UI look and feel
• Added Websphere 7.0 support
• Fixed several connection bugs
• Improved Command Center performance

1.2-M6 (24th January 2012)

• Fixed installation issue

1.2-M5 (23th January 2012)

• Fixed daemon JVM shutdown issue
• Improved performance of the CommandCenter
• Updated numerous internal libraries
• Improved logging
• Improved Glassfish support

1.2-M4 (13th January 2012)

• Added rolling restart strategy
• Added core dump detection
• Added new strategies to CLI
• Added upgrade support to agent installer
• Added GlassFish 3 support
• Added daemon log sending to Command Center
• Fixed redeploy support for root context path

1.2-M3 (9th December 2011)

• Added offline update strategy
• Improved update usability

1.2-M2 (24th November 2011)

• Added in place version edit
• Fixed issues with the lr-daemon
• Fixed issues with deploying on JBoss
• Improved UI texts
• Improved installation documentation

1.2-M1 (9th November 2011)

• Added server restart redeploy (offline update) support
• Added new installation mechanism
• Added context path parameter to the deploy command

1.1.1 (13th October 2011)

• Added deploy, application URL and EAR support for OC4J
• Fixed some minor issues
• Fixed issues with uploading archives to LiveRebel CommandCenter

1.1 (30th September 2011)

• Added deploy support Jetty, Tomcat, JBoss, Weblogic
• Added pause/resume support for CLI for granular deployments
• Added application URL detection support for Jetty, Tomcat, JBoss, Weblogic
• Added pause/resume support for CLI for granular deployments
• Added policy file support for approved warnings
• Added support for no liverebel.xml for initial deploy
• Added undeploy functionality to the Command Center
• Improved CLI usability and scriptability
• Improved support for proxied installations
• Improved diff support
• Updated LiveRebel Agent Codebase

1.1-RC2 (29th September 2011)

• Updated LiveRebel Agent Codebase
• Fixed some minor issues

1.1-RC1 (23th September 2011)

• Fixed some minor UI issues

1.1-M2 (16th September 2011)

• Added support for no liverebel.xml for initial deploy
• Added initial deploy support for Weblogic
• Added undeploy functionality to the Command Center

1.1-M1 (9th September 2011)

• Added initial deploy support for Jetty, Tomcat, JBoss
• Added application URL detection support for Jetty, Tomcat, JBoss, Weblogic
• Added pause/resume support for CLI for granular deployments
• Added policy file support for approved warnings
• Improved CLI usability and scriptability
• Improved support for proxied installations
• Improved diff support

1.0.1 (20th June 2011)

• Updated LiveRebel Agent Codebase
• Renamed lr-agent-temp to lr-agent-work
• Added application URL support for Weblogic
• Fixed some issues with Weblogic
• Fixed some issues with Websphere
• Fixed some issues with GlassFish 3
• Fixed some issues with LiveRebel Command Line Interface
• Fixed some issues with scanning archives
• Fixed some issues with version comparison
• Fixed an issue with deploying without LiveRebel
• Fixed an issue with loopback IP addresses
• Fixed an issue with logging events

1.0 (15th May 2011)

• No changes

1.0-RC3 (13th May 2011)

• Added timeout option for updates
• Added reference manual
• Improved console messages
• Fixed several issues

1.0-RC2 (8th May 2011)

• Maintenance release, fixed several bugs

1.0-RC1 (29th April 2011)

• Added server failover functionality
• Fixed several issues

1.0-M12 (21th April 2011)

• New and improved design
• Reworked usability
• Reduced performance overhead of the applications
• Improved performance of application version change
• Upgraded Play! Framework to version 1.2

1.0-M11 (18th March 2011)

• Added application URL displaying for Tomcat
• Added application redeploy strategy for Tomcat
• Added support for WEB-INF/lib JAR renaming
• Added more granular user permissions
• Added support for custom server names
• Improved support for standalone applications
• Improved event log
• Improved performance of application version change
• Improved anonymous class support
• Improved usability for application version list
• Improved usability for version comparison
• Improved usability for feedback sending

1.0-M10 (14th February 2011)

• Fixed issue with version comparison

1.0-M9 (11st February 2011)

• Added support for update modes to CLI
• Added support for agent log rolling
• Added support for offline registration
• Added support to blacklisting methods in offline diff
• Improved usability for viewing resources
• Improved usability for version comparison
• Improved usability for adding new servers
• Improved error handling
• Improved lr-agent startup times
• Fixed issue with stand-alone applications
• Changed product registration to compulsory

1.0-M8 (28th January 2011)

• LiveRebel Console renamed to LiveRebel Command Center
• Added support to pause requests to application until application upgrade is complete
• Added support to pause requests to application until manually resumed
• Added event log that contains audit trail
• Added facilities for quick error reporting
• Improved usability for version comparison
• Improved performance of agent startup
• Fixed several EAR handling issues
• Fixed issue with Hibernate OpenSessionInViewFilter
• Beta license prolonged till end of February

1.0-M7 (14th January 2011)

• Added separate screen for version activation
• Added support for running the lr-console with Java 5
• Added support for leaving out the version in liverebel.xml when manually uploading archives
• Enabled logging by default for agent

1.0-M6 (14th December 2010)

• Fixed bug in documentation that referred to wrong agent name
• Fixed bug which did not let the agent connect when logging was disabled

1.0-M5 (6th December 2010)

• Renamed liverebel-server.jar to lr-console.jar
• Renamed lragent.jar to lr-agent.jar
• Renamed lradmin.cmd/sh to lr-cli.cmd/sh
• Renamed run.cmd/sh to lr-console.cmd/sh
• Improved usability for many screens
• Improved end user documentation
• Improved upload scans due to skipping non managed JARS
• Added progress bar to file upload
• Added support for installing behind a reverse proxy
• Fixed an issue with Alfresco 3.3

1.0-M4 (22nd November 2010)

• Server now uses HTTPS protocol
• Added licensing support
• Added auto-import folder for server
• jrebel.properties can now be configured from the console
• Added token based authentication for command line interface
• Improved list of application versions' usability
• Improved LiveRebel log downloading
• Improved documentation
• Improved logging
• Improved user interface
• Application versions can now be compared offline
• Fixed an issue with task execution timeouts
• Fixed an issue with list of applications not being auto-refreshed
• Fixed an OutOfMemoryError at archive scanning
• Fixed an issue with 'localhost' in agent URL
• Fixed an issue with viewing JSPs
• Fixed an issue with comparing Enums
• Fixed an issue with applications deployed on Weblogic
• Fixed an issue with starting LiveRebel from a directory with spaces on Linux
• Fixed an issue with registration when behind a firewall

1.0-M3 (1st November 2010)

• RMI backend changed to HTTP
• Agents now connect to the server instead of vice versa
• Added Java 1.4 support for agents
• Added EAR support
• Added user management
• Added remote logging
• Added archive support for viewing resources
• Improved performance of version comparing and activation
• Added liverebel.xml support for JRebel Maven Plugin