RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT
Rocket® DevOps core for IBM i 10.3 (PTF1), Rocket® DevOps portal 10.3.1, Rocket® DevOps test 10.3.1, Rocket® DevOps extension for VS Code 10.3, Rocket® Jira Cloud Plugin, and Rocket® Eclipse Plugins 10.3.0.
March 28th, 2024
Rocket Software Product Management is excited to announce the release of Rocket DevOps 10.3.1.
Rocket DevOps is a modernization platform that enables end-to-end CI/CD for IBM i+ environments. Businesses can build the structure and flexibility they need to extend holistic DevSecOps best practices to IBM i while enabling their teams to adapt to any change in process or technology.
Special Note: Starting with version 10.0.0 Rocket Aldon Lifecycle Manager for IBM i (LMi) was renamed to “Rocket DevOps core for IBM i (RDOi),” and Rocket Aldon Lifecycle Manager for Enterprise (LMe) was renamed to “Rocket DevOps core for Enterprise (RDOe).”
Rocket DevOps 10.3.1. continues to build upon the comprehensive modern pipeline features that support organizations wishing to introduce new CI/CD processes and toolsets to IBM i development. Customers can experiment and innovate by introducing new development technologies in a way and at a pace that makes sense to them. Continuity is a key feature of this enablement as traditional development methodologies continue to be fully supported.
Tight integration with modern development tools such as Git, VS Code, Jira, and Jenkins is enhanced in the 10.3.1 release.
Customers can manage source code using native RDOi features, Git, or a combination of both technologies. VS Code can be used to edit source code and, optionally, build processing can be initiated using Jenkins. Regardless of source code provider or build initiation method, developers can still take advantage of the same Rocket DevOps IBM i build processor that they have come to rely on for over 30 years.
Git repositories can be populated automatically with IBM i source code previously managed by RDOi, and developers can use native Git functions to manage source code versions moving forward.
VS Code for IBM i offers an alternative to IBM® Rational® Developer for i. This release also includes additional functions and improvements to the initial release, based upon customer feedback. Customers can use VS Code to manage source using native RDOi functions or take advantage of new RDOi Git integration. This version is available from the VS Code Marketplace.
Highlights of this release include:
- Improved product installation routines providing additional automation and error recovery capabilities
- Further centralization of troubleshooting data providing access to RDOt logs from within RDOp
- Enhancements to the VS Code extension including the ability to select multiple objects to promote in RDOi and job status refresh improvements.
- The ability to validate…*
- An entire table or database against custom-defined validation rules (including test data extracted and anonymised by RDOt)
- All database changes made during a Test Run against custom-defined validation rules
- Captured 5250 screen displays against expected results and highlight where mismatched *
* - may require additional license
Compatibility Information:
Host OS: IBM i version 7.3, 7.4, 7.5; Linux version Red Hat 7.9 and later, 8.1 - 8.6, Red Hat 9.0 - 9.2
- RDOi 10.3 with PTF LMI103-01
- RDOe 10.3 Linux and IBM i
- Ald/CS 10.3.25065 (required for RDOp host for new RDOe reporting features)
- Community Manager 11.6.14 with PTF221127_11614
- Jira Plugin 3.0 (on-premise) and 10.3.1 (cloud)
- Rocket RDOi for Jenkins 10.2.2
Open Source package prerequisites:
- nodejs16+ (for Rocket TE Web installation and runtime - requires IBM i OS V7R3)
- curl & gawk (for RDOt installation on i - ActiveMQ runtime)
Documentation:
Available via the Rocket Documentation site. Please use the document site URLs below (copied/pasted into a browser) to access the documentation.
Rocket DevOps portal 10.3.1 Release Notes and guides - https://docs.rocketsoftware.com/bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=rocket_devops_portal_10.3.1
Rocket DevOps test 10.3.1 Release Notes and guides - https://docs.rocketsoftware.com/bundle?labelkey=rocket_devops_test_10.3.1
Rocket Jira Cloud Plug-in 10.3.1 Guide -
https://docs.rocketsoftware.com/bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=jira_plugin_10.3.1
Compatibility Guides -
https://docs.rocketsoftware.com/bundle?labelkey=compatibility
DevOps extension for VS Code Release Notes -https://docs.rocketsoftware.com/bundle/rdoext_rn_1022/page/hlm1689284354885.html