Version 1.5.2

Release 1.5.2

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Date: 2013-05-06

Note: the 1.5.2 release fixes a packaging issue with rpm/debian installations. 1.5.1 release notes follow.

Notable Changes:

• Bug fixes
• Job Notification Plugins
  • Jobs can now trigger notification plugins in addition to the built-in email and webhook
  • plugins can be developed in Java or with a new Groovy DSL
  • See the Notification Plugin Development Chapter.
  • Example code at dtolabs/rundeck/examples (opens new window)
• Notification 'onstart' trigger
  • Jobs can now cause a notification trigger when started via the 'onstart' trigger
• Notifications can now use the email address of the user who executed a job, as ${job.user.email}. (You can set an email for your account in the Profile page.)

Contributors:

• Alex Honor
• Charles Duffy
• Greg Schueler
• John Burbridge
• Jonathan Li
• Kim Ho

Issues:

• Add static ordering to job options instead of always sorted by name (opens new window)
• Add job notification plugins (opens new window)
• Big number as option default causes exception on load job from xml (opens new window)
• Job XML parse fails if "false" value in an command step (opens new window)
• Local error handling command lost on export / import (opens new window)
• error handler has exception when attempting to handle No Matched Nodes failure for a job reference (opens new window)
• Multi-value options not pre-populated when doing a "run again" (opens new window)
• API: add "asUser" feature for running/killing jobs and executions (opens new window)
• init script doesn't work on CentOS (one-line fix provided) (opens new window)
• job group changes before authorization check in 1.5 (opens new window)
• Many ACL policy files can slow down the Project drop down menu (opens new window)
• Unable to generate an api-token on rundeck 1.5 (opens new window)
• Cannot send notification email using 1.5 (opens new window)
• Long description for Option causes Job import failure in 1.5 for jobs exported from 1.4 (opens new window)
• 1.5: GUI regression: Success rate % in job popup always shows 0% (opens new window)
• 1.5: GUI regression: Job execution follow page: progress meter stuck (opens new window)
• Invalid XML char in log output breaks CLI output follow mode. (opens new window)
• 1.5: html and ajax errors about "Timeout trying to lock table" (opens new window)
• sudo responder hangs (opens new window)
• CLIUtils.generateArgline does not quote IFS characters other than space (opens new window)
• documentation: upgrade guide "admin" aclpolicy doesn't allow all permissions (opens new window)
• Add Job Notification/webhook on job start (opens new window)
• projects folder under version control - .svn folder treated as project (opens new window)
• incorrect aclpolicy yaml structure can cause NPE (opens new window)
• Options are not passed correctly to programs (opens new window)
• Allow Email Address substitution in notification recipients list (opens new window)