Release Notes for HI - Helix Installer

Introduction

This document describes changes to the Helix Installer.

Change History

2020/09/25: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2020.1/26784 (2020/09/25)

Jobs fixed since change 26607 up to 26784 (F=Feature, B=Bug):

• HI-43 (B): Fixed issue calling init script on RHEL/CentOS 6.
• HI-44 (F): Make /hx* mount points configurable in settings.cfg
• HI-47 (F): Add Ubuntu 20 to the test suite.

2020/07/10: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2020.1/26607 (2020/07/10).

• Non-functional changes to maintain shellcheck compliance.

2020/06/17: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2020.1/26576 (2020/06/17).

• HI-36 - In one place, a chmod is used where a chown is needed.
• HI-37 - When OSUSER perforce is created, set password same as same P4USER.
• HI-40 - Updated default p4d to r20.1.
• HI-41 - p4*_N.service.t should point to SDP doc.
• HI-42 - Adjusted to new order of operations with latest SDP.

2020/01/22: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2019.4/26181 (2020/01/22).

• HI-32 - Updated default Helix binaries to 2019.2.
• HI-31 - Enhanced '-d <sdp_dir>' to use an SDP.Unix.tgz.
• HI-30 - Added CentOS 8 to test suite.

2019/08/22: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2019.4/26029 (2019/08/22).

• HI-28 - Fix issue with systemd files when OSUSER is not perforce.
• HI-29 - Enable Sample Depot install with non-default OSUSER.

2019/08/21: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2019.4/26010 (2019/08/21).

• HI-26 - Fixed systemd service file for p4d containing hard-coded ref to instance 1.

2019/08/20: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2019.4/26006 (2019/08/20).

• HI-21 - Make OSUSER and OSGROUP configurable settings.
• HI-24 - Enhance sample config file to show must/should/shouldn't change values.

2019/08/20: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2019.4/25995 (2019/08/20).

• https://swarm.workshop.perforce.com/jobs/HI-17
• https://swarm.workshop.perforce.com/jobs/HI-18
• https://swarm.workshop.perforce.com/jobs/HI-19
• https://swarm.workshop.perforce.com/jobs/HI-20

2019/07/24: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2019.3/25890 (2019/07/24):

• Fixed issue with Ubuntu 18 tests.
• Test suite adjustments.

2019/07/23: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2019.3/25869 (2019/07/23):

• https://swarm.workshop.perforce.com/jobs/HI-13
• https://swarm.workshop.perforce.com/jobs/HI-16

2019/07/11: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2019.3/25820 (2019/07/11):

• https://swarm.workshop.perforce.com/jobs/HI-15
• https://swarm.workshop.perforce.com/jobs/HI-14
• https://swarm.workshop.perforce.com/jobs/HI-12
• https://swarm.workshop.perforce.com/jobs/HI-11
• https://swarm.workshop.perforce.com/jobs/HI-10
• https://swarm.workshop.perforce.com/jobs/HI-9

2019/06/19: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2019.2/25723 (2019/06/19). Upgraded to use 2019.1 Helix Core executables, and made test suite enhancements.

2019/05/02: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2019.2/25598 (2019/05/02). Changed default tarball for SDP installs.

2019/04/12: Helix Installer MultiArch/2019.2/25497. Bug fix so email settings take effect, and added MailFrom setting.

2019/04/11: Helix Installer MultiArchs/2019.2.25493. Parameterized setup. Changed default tarball for SDP installs.

2019/03/21: Helix Installer MultiArchs/2019.1.25392. Changed default tarball for SDP installs.

2019/03/21: Helix Installer MultiArchs/2019.1.25382. Changed default tarball for SDP installs. Added '-C' and '-c' flags to support generating and using config files.

2019/03/08: Helix Installer MultiArchs/2019.1.25324. Changed default tarball for SDP installs.

2019/03/07: Helix Installer MultiArchs/2019.1.25313. This update includes minor updates:

• Added support for handling firewalld.
• Added CentOS 7 to test suite.
• Adjusted to use 'ftp' user for Workshop.
• Ensure perforce user owns his his own home directory when newly created.
• Fixed doc typo in vagrant test suite operation command.

2019/03/06: Helix Installer MultiArch/2019.1.25285. This update addes connection to the Perforce Package Repository, making it easy to add Helix Swarm, the Git Connector, etc.

2019/03/03: Helix Installer MultiArch/2019.1.25250. This is a major version release 3.1. Also Updated SDP to 2019.1, a new major SDP release.

2019/02/22: Helix Installer MultiArch/2019.1.25164. Updated SDP version, other test suite updates.

2018/11/24: Helix Installer MultiArch/2018.2.24912. Added login for sdp_reader.

2018/11/14: Helix Installer MultiArch/2018.2.24862. Updated for P4D 2018.2.

2018/04/11: Helix Installer MultiArch/2018.1.23873. Added openssl-devel to list of packages to install in preparation for running reset_sdp.sh.

2018/04/11: Helix Installer MultiArch/2018.1.23869. Added adding zlib-devel to list of packages to install in preparation for running reset_sdp.sh.

2018/04/11: Helix Installer MultiArch/2018.1.23866. Doc updates only, including adding rsync to list of packages to install in preparation for running reset_sdp.sh.

2018/04/03: Helix Installer MultiArch/2018.1.23826. Update to latest SPD Version

2018/02/12: Helix Installer MultiArch/2018.1.23597, Updated to latest SDP version.

2018/01/19: Helix Installer MultiArch/2018.1.23512. Tweaked to simplify running a series of installs while re-using the Downloads dir, acquiring an updated SDP tarfile from the FTP server if needed. Update to latest SDP.

2017/12/08: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2017.4/23363. Enhanced workflow for running a series of trials re-using the downloads dir, acquiring a new SDP tar file only if needed.

2017/12/08: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2017.4/23359, updated to current SDP.

2017/12/05: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2017.4/23333, updated to current SDP.

2017/11/29: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2017.4/23281, doc update only.

2017/11/22: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2017.4/23243, added support for testing shelved changelists from the SDP dev branch.

2016/05/04: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2016.1/19263, first formal release.

2015/04/04: Broke ground on the Helix Installer project in The Workshop, change @12333. (The actual start of the project was a few years earlier; there is no formal history trail prior to The Workshop.)

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