ReleaseNotes.md #49

Release Notes for HI - Helix Installer

Introduction

This document describes changes to the Helix Installer.

Change History

2023/02/27: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2022.2/29448 (2023/02/27)

Jobs fixed since change 29403 up to 29448 (F=Feature, B=Bug):

  • HI-108 (F): Added 'bc' packages to standard install, as needed for parallel checkpoints.

2023/02/06: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2022.2/29403 (2023/02/06)

Jobs fixed since change 29075 up to 29403 (F=Feature, B=Bug):

  • HI-105 (F): Updated default Helix Core version from r22.1 to r22.2.
  • HI-99 (F): Helix installer does not have a --help flag

2022/10/10: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2022.1/29075 (2022/10/10)

Jobs fixed since change 28929 up to 29075 (F=Feature, B=Bug):

  • HI-101 (F): Add 'systemctl cat' to list of limited sudoers commands for p4* services.
  • HI-102 (F): Added p4prometheus to list of services managd with limited sudo.

2022/07/05: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2022.1/28929 (2022/07/05)

Jobs fixed since change 28834 up to 28929 (F=Feature, B=Bug):

  • HI-100 (B): HISTFILE setting in perforce_bashrc is not cross-Linux portable.
  • HI-98 (B): Bogus indication that verify_sdp.sh is not available.

2022/05/27: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2022.1/28834 (2022/05/27)

Jobs fixed since change 28663 up to 28834 (F=Feature, B=Bug):

  • HI-92 (F): Allow restart when in limited sudo mode.
  • HI-93 (B): Fix issue with root ownership of email simulator 'mail'.
  • HI-94 (F): Hostname and Timezone take only with -H/-T flags, not in setting.cfg.
  • HI-95 (F): Add firewalld template for p4p.
  • HI-96 (F): Changed default Helix Core version to r22.1.

2022/03/08: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2022.1/28663 (2022/03/08)

Jobs fixed since change 28409 up to 28663 (F=Feature, B=Bug):

  • HI-54 (F): Support SELinux in enforcing mode on RHEL 8/CentOS 8/Rocky Linux 8.
  • HI-84 (F): Add '-no_firewall' option to skip the firewalld config.
  • HI-86 (F): Add '-no_sudo' option to skip sudoers handling.
  • HI-89 (F): Changed P4Python install method to use package.

2021/11/24: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2021.4/28409 (2021/11/24)

Jobs fixed since change 28126 up to 28409 (F=Feature, B=Bug):

  • HI-27 (F): Simplify setup of a proxy-only or broker-only SDP server.
  • HI-79 (B): The '-ls' (limited sudo) option works only in '-local' mode.
  • HI-80 (B): Sample Depot checkpoint fails to load when checkpoint is case-insensitive.
  • HI-81 (F): Drop the insecure option from curl/wget commands.
  • HI-82 (F): Changed default version of Helix Core binaries to r21.2.
  • HI-83 (B): The /p4/ssl/config.txt file had incorrect root ownership. Fixed.

2021/10/24: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2021.3/28126 (2021/10/24)

Jobs fixed since change 27425 up to 28126 (F=Feature, B=Bug):

  • HI-72 (F): Re-add CentOS 8 to new Docker-based test suite.
  • HI-77 (F): Changed default version of Helix Binaries to r21.1.
  • HI-78 (F): Added -no_systemd option to avoid using systemd.

2021/02/09: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2021.2/27425 (2021/02/09)

Jobs fixed since change 27227 up to 27425 (F=Feature, B=Bug):

  • HI-63 (F): Add option to give limited sudo only.
  • HI-64 (F): Added '-H <hostname>' option to set hostname.
  • HI-65 (F): Add ServerID, ServerType, and TargetServerType from SDP mkdirs.sh
  • HI-66 (F): Provide more documentation for '-local' with sample how-to.
  • HI-67 (F): Add -no_tweaks option to skip running SDP os_tweaks.sh script.
  • HI-68 (F): Add -v option to run SDP verify_sdp.sh.
  • HI-69 (B): Make Sample Depot work with non-default /hxdepots mount.
  • HI-70 (F): Drop CentOS 6 rom test suite.

2021/01/19: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2021.1/27227 (2021/01/20)

Jobs fixed since change 27163 up to 27227 (F=Feature, B=Bug):

  • HI-61 (B): Narrow chown -R to /hxdepots/p4 to avoid .snapshot/lost+found dirs.
  • HI-62 (F): Add best practice of using per-terminal window shell history files.

2021/01/11: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2021.1/27163 (2021/01/11)

Jobs fixed since change 27157 up to 27163 (F=Feature, B=Bug):

  • HI-60 (B): Fix issue detecting if p4d started when SSL was enabled.

2021/01/09: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2021.1/27157 (2021/01/09)

Jobs fixed since change 27137 up to 27157 (F=Feature, B=Bug):

  • HI-59 (F): Use SDP systemd service templates if they exist.

2021/01/03: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2021.1/27137 (2021/01/03)

Jobs fixed since change 27031 up to 27137 (F=Feature, B=Bug):

  • HI-57 (F): Added wait loop for p4d service start with systemd in Sample Depot.
  • HI-58 (F): Drop systemd unit file for p4p.

2020/12/11: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2020.2/27031 (2020/12/11)

Jobs fixed since change 26973 up to 27031 (F=Feature, B=Bug):

  • HI-56 (F): Support SDP r20.1

2020/12/01: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2020.2/26973 (2020/12/01)

Jobs fixed since change 26829 up to 26973 (F=Feature, B=Bug):

  • HI-33 (F): Add capability to load crontab.
  • HI-48 (F): Remove CentOS 6 from test suite after it goes OEL in Nov 2020.
  • HI-56 (F): Support SDP r20.1

2020/10/07: HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2020.1/26829 (2020/10/07)

Jobs fixed since change 26784 up to 26829 (F=Feature, B=Bug):

  • HI-49 (B): Fix test suite environment issue and CentOS6 hostname issue.
  • HI-51 (B): Fixed 'Blast' logic bug when using separate volumes for /hxmetadata1,2.
  • HI-52 (B): Fixed RHEL/CentOS 8 test suite failure due to missing major version check.
  • HI-53 (B): Fixed issue with extra '/' in symlinks under /p4 for Hx* settings.

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).

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):

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

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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# Change User Description Committed
#50 29618 tom_tyler Released SDP 2023.1.29616 (2023/05/25).
Copy Up using 'p4 copy -r -b perforce_software-helix-installer-dev'.
#49 29450 tom_tyler Released SDP 2022.2.29448 (2023/02/27).
Copy Up using 'p4 copy -r -b perforce_software-helix-installer-dev'.
#48 29405 tom_tyler Released SDP 2022.2.29403 (2023/02/06).
Copy Up using 'p4 copy -r -b perforce_software-helix-installer-dev'.
#47 29124 tom_tyler Released SDP 2022.1.29075 (2022/10/10).
Copy Up using 'p4 copy -r -b perforce_software-helix-installer-dev'.
#46 28931 tom_tyler Released SDP 2022.1.28929 (2022/07/05).
Copy Up using 'p4 copy -r -b perforce_software-helix-installer-dev'.
#45 28863 tom_tyler Released SDP 2022.1.28834 (2022/05/27).
Copy Up using 'p4 copy -r -b perforce_software-helix-installer-dev'.
#44 28665 tom_tyler Released SDP 2022.1.28663 (2022/03/08).
Copy Up using 'p4 copy -r -b perforce_software-helix-installer-dev'.
#43 28415 tom_tyler Released SDP 2021.4.28409 (2021/11/24).
Copy Up using 'p4 copy -r -b perforce_software-helix-installer-dev'.
#42 28129 tom_tyler Released SDP 2021.3.28126 (2021/10/24).
Copy Up using 'p4 copy -r -b perforce_software-helix-installer-dev'.
#41 27427 tom_tyler Released SDP 2021.2.27425 (2021/02/09).
Copy Up using 'p4 copy -r -b perforce_software-helix-installer-dev'.
#40 27229 tom_tyler Released Helix Installer 2021.1.27227 (2021/01/20).
#39 27165 tom_tyler Released HelixInstaller 2021.1.27163 (2021/01/11).
#38 27139 tom_tyler Released HelixInstaller 2021.1.27137 (2021/01/03).
#37 27036 tom_tyler Released HelixInstaller 2020.2.27031 (2020/12/11).
#36 26975 tom_tyler Released HelixInstaller 2020.2.26973 (2020/12/01).
#35 26831 tom_tyler Released HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2020.1/26829 (2020/10/07).
#34 26793 tom_tyler Released HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2020.1/26784 (2020/09/25).
#33 26609 tom_tyler Release HelixInstaller 2020.1.26607 (2020/07/10).
#32 26578 tom_tyler Released Helix Installer 2020.1.26576 (2020/06/17).
#31 26268 tom_tyler Released HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2019.4/26181 (2020/01/22).
#30 26031 tom_tyler Released Helix Installer 2019.4.26026 (2019/08/22).
#29 26013 tom_tyler Released HelixInstaller 2019.4.26010 (2019/08/21).
#28 26008 tom_tyler Released HelixInstaller 2019.4.26006 (2019/08/20).
#27 25999 tom_tyler Released HelixInstaller 2019.4.25995 (2019/08/20).
#26 25900 tom_tyler Released HelixInstaller 2019.3.25890 (2019/07/24).
#25 25871 tom_tyler Released Helix Installer 2019.3.25869 (2019/07/23)
#24 25822 tom_tyler Released HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2019.3/25820 (2019/07/11).
#23 25725 tom_tyler Released HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2019.2/25723 (2019/06/19).
#22 25600 tom_tyler Released HelixInstaller 2019.2.25598.
#21 25499 tom_tyler Released HelixInstaller/2019.2/25497 (2019/04/12).
#20 25495 tom_tyler Released.
#19 25394 tom_tyler Released HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2019.1/25392 (2019/03/21).
#18 25384 tom_tyler Released HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2019.1/25382 (2019/03/21).
#17 25328 tom_tyler Released Rev. HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2019.1/25324 (2019/03/08).
#16 25315 tom_tyler Released Rev. HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2019.1/25313 (2019/03/07).
#15 25287 tom_tyler Released Rev. HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2019.1/25285 (2019/03/06).
#14 25284 tom_tyler Released Rev. HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2019.1/25282 (2019/03/06).
#13 25260 tom_tyler Released Rev. HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2019.1/25250 (2019/03/02).
#12 25166 tom_tyler Released Helix Installer 2019.1.25164 (2019/02/22).
#11 24914 tom_tyler Released HelixInstaller 2018.2.24912.
#10 24865 tom_tyler Released HelixInstaller v2018.2.24862.
#9 23875 tom_tyler Released HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2018.1/23873.
#8 23872 tom_tyler Release HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2018.1/23869.
#7 23868 tom_tyler Released HelixInstaller/MultiArch/2018.1/23866 (2018/04/11).
#6 23365 tom_tyler Released 2017.4.23363.
#5 23361 tom_tyler Released 2017.4.23359.
#4 23335 tom_tyler Released Helix Installer 2017.4.23333.
#3 23283 tom_tyler Released Helix Installer 2017.4.23281
#2 19266 tom_tyler Minor corrections and typo fixes.
#1 19265 tom_tyler Updated README.md for first formal release.
Added Version and doc/ReleaseNotes.md files.