Release 2.0

Posted 6 months ago by Lars Kjaersgaard

Lars Kjaersgaard
Lars Kjaersgaard Admin

General

  • migFx is upgraded to Net 7.0

  • Studio and Portal are redesigned to align with the new Hopp visual identity


Studio

  • A number of changes to improve user experience

  • Event Severity has been refactored into 2 separate notions: Impact (Critical, Advisory, Information) and Disposition (Full discard, Partial discard, Retain). The current severity is mapped like so (a refactor utility is provided for existing Source- and Target Maps, see below):


Visual Studio extension

  • The extension is now communicating with the Portal for both authorization and for debug and deploy of migration engines


Portal

  • A number of changes to improve user experience

  • Addition of Api endpoints required by the Visual Studio extension for deploy and debug of migration engines

  • ItemMgr
    • new option added to ItemType called "Default Owner" to allow automatically setting the current user as the Owner of a new Item


DataServices

  • Metadata Providers and Valueset Providers now expose a timeout parameter for the execution of the sql statement related to the metadata/valueset


Director Client decommissioned

  • Director Windows client application is fully replaced by Operations inside the Portal application


Installation and Refactoring 

Artifacts can be downloaded from the download page here: Version 2.0

  • Database
    • Please back up all databases before running refactor scripts
    • Run attached MigrationDb.11.0.sql script in all Migration databases
    • Run attached ProjectDb.05.0.sql script in all Project databases
    • Run attached UtilityDB.1.0.sql script in Utility databases
      • NOTE: only if all Migration and Project database were updated with above scripts. This utility DB script is removing some functions that are needed in previous DB versions.
    • Run attached MigFx.PortalDb.Setup.sql in the Portal database
    • Run attached MasterDb.04.sql in the Master database
    • If ItemMgr is installed: Run attached MigFx.ItemMgrDb.Setup.sql script in the ItemMgr database
    • If Dashboards is installed: Run attached MigFx.DashboardsDb.Setup.sql script in the Dashboards database

  • Studio Source- and Target Maps
    • A value must be provided for the new Timeout parameters for Metadata and Valueset Providers in any DataService
       
    • A refactor utility is provided to refactor Studio Source- and Target Maps in order to separate the current Severity into a combination of Disposition and Impact. Please run this command after reinstall of Studio:  

      (Studio Install Path)\MigFx.Studio.Refactor SplitSeverity --DataSource (sql server instance) --InitialCatalog (repository database) --WorkingFolder (temporary working folder) --Commit --CommitMessage "Split Severity into Disposition/Impact"  

    • Current Severity values will be refactored in accordance to the table above

  • Net 7.0
    • All Net 6.0 applications are upgraded to Net 7.0
    • Ensure the Net SDK 7.0 is installed on all servers
    • Reinstall Director Agent on all Execution Servers
      • NOTE: Please preserve the MigFx.Agent.dll.config file before uninstall and restore after install
    • Any extensions developed in-house should be upgraded to Net 7.0 (Portal extensions, Data Services extensions, etc.) 
      • The following NuGet Packages should be upgraded, if referenced:
        • AutoMapper: Version=12.0.1 
        • AutoMapper.Collection: Version=9.0.0
        • Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore: Version=7.0.10


  • Visual Studio Engine Projects
    • Upgrade to Net 7.0
    • Ensure that NuGet Package Reference versions are correct
      • Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer: Version=7.0.10
      • System.Data.SqlClient: Version=4.8.5


  • Workstations
    • Visual Studio 2019 is no longer supported
      • Upgrade to Visual Studio 2022, minimum release 17.7 (required for Net 7.0)
    • Reinstall VsExtension.2022.vsix
      • In Visual Studio Tools/Options, set the Portal URL to the address used to access the Hopp Portal
        • Hint: The address to the Portal is the one that is currently set in the Director Client options. Just add the prefix with https://
    • Uninstall Director Client (decommissioned)
    • Reinstall DataServices Extensions (if installed)
      • Sql Server
      • Oracle
      • DB2

  • Master Server  
    • Uninstall Director ClientService (decommissioned)
    • Reinstall Director Runtime

    • Redeploy Portal and all extensions

      • For this deploy, do not preserve your version of wwwroot/index.html but instead deploy the new version and update the base tag after deploy

    • Update the appsettings.json file of the Portal
      • Connection strings as described below
      • If present, remove these settings
        • Hosting (entire section)
        • Authentication/ShowPII
        • Authentication/ValidateIssuer
        • Authentication/UseBasePathAsIssuerUri

      • Add to the Authentication section:
        • PortalUrl = the url entered in the browser to access the portal (previously Hosting/BasePath)


  • Execution Servers

    • Reinstall DataServices Extensions (if installed)
      • Sql Server
      • Oracle
      • DB2
    • Update the Master connection string in the MigFx.Agent.dll.config file of the Director Agent Service as described below


  • Changes to connection strings
    • Due to a changed default for Sql Server connection encryption by Microsoft in Net 7.0, all connection strings should be updated
    • This concerns the following connection strings
      • The app config of the Director Agent Service on all execution servers
      • All connection strings in the Portal appsettings.json file
      • The Default Connection Options in the Configuration: Operations/Runtime/Config section of the Portal
    • There are the following alternatives
      • Either add the property Encrypt=false (it is the default for this property that has been changed to true by Microsoft)
      • Or add the properties Encrypt=true and TrustServerCertificate=true
      • Or add the properties Encrypt=true and TrustServerCertificate=false. In this case it is necessary to install a trusted certificate on the Sql Server



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