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These are the most important features you'll get by upgrading from 1.6.3.1723 to 2.0.8.977
Octopus 2.0
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Release notes
These are the features and fixes you'll get by upgrading from 1.6.3.1723 to 2.0.8.977.
Changes in Octopus Server 2.0.8.977
Since RC4:
- 427 - IIS web site feature SSL cert thumbprint now required to prevent failure at deployment
- 425 - Slashes in command-line args now properly escaped, fixing installation failures
- 423 - Step names now properly validated before migration from 1.6
- 416 - Fixed check for default project group causing failure to start up after restoring a backup
- 415 - Fixed several issues preventing AD authentication being set up or used
- 414 - Allow a specific set of machines to be targeted when deploying a release via the API or Octo.exe
- 397 - Don't show the Invite button for users when AD authentication is in use
- 384 - Better names/descriptions for IIS deployment features, to avoid confusion
- 365 - Repair RavenDB Storage... option in Octopus Manager
Important, scripted Tentacle installation has changed in this version, the new-certificate command is now required.
Changes in Octopus Server 2.0.7.966
Fixes and improvements since RC3:
- 408 - Ignore missing scope entities when migrating variables from Octopus 1.6
- 410 - Fix certificate generation regression
- 403 - Migrate Retention Policies from Octopus 1.6
- 412 - Succeed when downloading a package on Tentacles if none require it
- 413 - Fix migration of FTP steps from Octopus 1.6
- 400 - Fix Tentacle startup on 32-bit architectures
- 419 - Generate and save Tentacle certificate at installation to avoid endless regeneration
- 424 - Save Project Group Description field
- 411 - Show Project Disable checkbox
- 394 - Handle hostnames starting with api
- 405 - Allow backup intervals >= 24h
- 407 - UI fixes for rolling batch size
- 416 (partial) - Recreate indexes on Restore of backup to avoid race condition at startup
Changes in Octopus Server 2.0.6.950
Octopus Deploy 2 Release Candidate 3.
Changes in Octopus Server 2.0.5.933
Octopus Deploy 2.0 has been 6 months in the making, and a lot has changed since Octopus 1.6. Octopus 2.0 is a side-by-side upgrade; please view the upgrade guide for details.
Changes in Octopus Server 1.6.3.1723
- Faster Azure package uploads
- Increase private key size of Octopus X.509 certificates to 2048 bytes
- Fixes to Set-OctopusVariable when using long variable names