GeneXus Cloud Deployment Services have been announced in September 2015, at the #GX25 (http://www.genexus.com/gx25).
Since then, their different components have been updated several times and the product as a whole evolved enormously.
This is a Log of the most important updates.
Stability fixes and internal refactoring for upcoming support of Staging and Deployment using Docker Containers.
Minor update that improves upload performance and resolves a timeout issue https://marketplace.genexus.com/product.aspx?genexuscloudtools,en
This version update is highly recommended for those who deploy applications. It contains significant calculation improvements and optimizes space and performance.
- fixes to backup restore and download options
- several performance improvements
- Stability improvements related to git & branches mechanisms and to deployment in general.
- fixes and improvements to Diff and other UI improvements
- Support for custom Temp Media Directory, Blob local storage
- Support for empty Java Package Name
- Improvements to information displayed in output window while doing F6
- fixes to backup mechanisms
- It now supports the deployment of Java applications with an empty value in the Java Package Name property
- Cloud Tools (IDE) uploads Impact Analysis Report to Cloud Manager
- Cloud Unit: fixes related to git handling and MySQL backup / revert
- Cloud Manager
- Application's History shows who made what change
- Application's History shows changes to Data (Reorganizations, Workflow Impact, GAM Impact) separately
- It tracks changes (using GIT) of Reorganizations, Workflow impact, and GAM Impact
- Several UI improvements and stability improvements
- Cloud Tools (IDE)
- Several stability improvements
- Border cases related to connect & disconnect options
Important note: GeneXus X Evolution 3 Upgrade 12 (build >=109741) and GeneXus 15 Upgrade 3 (build >= 109465) fix several issues related to reorganizations. This improves GeneXus Cloud's stability too.
- Cloud Manager and Unit stability fixes
- Cloud Tools (IDE)
- Backup of GXflow and GAM databases in deployment time
- Cloud Manager Console improvements (bug fixes and UX improvements)
- Cloud Tools (IDE)
- User Credentials are remembered during IDE's session
- Links to manager and application in Preferences
- Output improved
- Stability Improvements
- Cloud Manager Console improved
- Better integration IDE - Cloud Deployments
- Cloud User Management
- Target websites registration
- Deployment Robustness improved
More information at at GXcloud version 1.4
- Multiple applications can point to a single database
- Backups can be stored in User's AWS S3 account
- Data privacy improved
- Cloud Support email defined: gxcloud@genexus.com
More information at at GXcloud version 1.3
- GAM 4.0 support added (For GeneXus Salto beta)
- Deployment of Java environments with GXflow
- AWS RDS support added
- Download binaries deployed to production
- Download database backups
The first version supported already the following
- Provisioning: Preparation of IaaS instances in Amazon AWS, IBM Softlayer, Google Cloud Engine, Microsoft Azure, Montevideo COMM
- Automatic Deployment to any IaaS (including yours) from KB/ Environments with some of the following characteristics
- Deployment of Java / MySQL and .NET/SQL Server environments
- Deployment of environments with or without REST Services (i.e. creation of multiple virtual directories - one Main and another for the REST Services)
- Deployment of Environments with GAM
- Deployments of .NET Environments with GXflow
Applications get deployed using the GeneXus IDE (F6 function key) or MSbuild tasks (for deployment automation)
- Deployment Management & Traceability
- History of Deployments
- Revert of already deployed version
- Deployments Diff
- Deployments Log
- Start & Stop of Web app/Virtual Directory
- Databases catalog
- Backup / Restore of databases
- Scheduled backups