Universal Agent 6.8.0.0 Release Notes

Release Notes

Universal Agent release 6.8 contains the following high level features. For a complete list of all included features and fixes, please refer to the Universal Agent 6.8.x Maintenance list.

Architecture

Backlog ID

Title

Description
B-09365Add require_ssl option to Broker disallow UNVv2 legacy connectionsWhen setting the require_SSL Option on the broker level, all legacy UNVv2 protocol based sessions will be denied.
B-10367PKG - Enable command line support for Windows user mode installThere is now a command line based install available for a user-mode installation of Universal Agent
B-10789Include ssl_client_auth in uags.conf comments.

Update UA documentation to include the "client_Auth" option. 


B-11270Windows: package new python version within UAUpdate the UA based Python Version to Version 3.7 for supported Windows Platforms. 
B-11269UNIX: package new python version within UA (except HP-UX)

Update the UA based Python Version to Version 3.7 for Unix Platforms except HP-UX. 

B-11220Change min_ssl_protocol Default to TLS1_2 for Agent only components

Change the Default setting for "min_ssl_protocol" to TLS1.2 for all Agent components.

!CAUTION!

Changing the default setting as of UA 6.8.0.0

B-11486UAG Server - add peer authentication and enable_ssl to list of refreshable config parametersAdd configuration Parameter's "peer_auth" and "enable_ssl" to list of refreshable configuration Parameters.

Customer Focused

Backlog ID

Title

Description

B-11354

Certify IBMi Universal AgentThe Agent Version5.1 is now certified for i-OS 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4
B-10723Increase size of file that ops_copyfile can bufferFile size has been updated to 6 MB

Hybrid Cloud

Backlog ID

Title

Description
B-11264OMS: CA and CRL Config UControl Refresh Support - Implementation

Dynamic Refresh for Agent based certificates and the Revoke list

B-11265UAG: CA and CRL Config UControl Refresh Support - ImplementationDynamic Refresh for Agent based certificates and the Revoke list
B-11143Mark a LINUX Agent as "Transient" during startup

New Option for containerized Agents where the connection to a Universal Controller is marked as transient. When "stopping" the Agent (container) all references within the Controller will disappear. 

!CAUTION!

Using this option requires no direct references to an Agent to be used in any Definitions. Using variables and Clusters must be the option of choice.

B-11245Allow Broker start options to be provided by environment variables and command line option

The broker start options have been updated to support component start options now via command-line as well as provision the values via environment variables.

B-11151Allow component startup options to be controlled/overwritten during startup (Linux Intel)The broker start options have been updated to support component start options now via command-line as well as provision the values via environment variables.
B-11385Allow Transient option to be set via environment variableThe broker start options have been updated to support component start options now via command-line as well as provision the values via environment variables.
B-11425Linux : Do not write messages to agent.log when running in console modeWhen running in a containerized environment, ensure all Messages are retained within the container. Starting the Broker in console mode will ensure all messages are written as part of the Container log. 
B-06187Unix option for changing the security type during installation (Linux Intel)
B-09364UDM "open" statement should include a min_ssl_protocol optionThe UDM open statement requires now, based on B-09365 and B-11120 an option to allow the specification of which SSL protocol to be used, in case different from the default.
B-09464UBROKER: CA and CRL Config UControl Refresh Support - ImplementationSee B-11264 and B-11265
B-10724New Security = Inherit Option for UA server componentsAllow a new security option "inherit" to visualize properly that a parent application has taken control over the security context the Universal Agent is executed in. This option replaces the security=none option previously available.
B-10751UNVINST option not to start ubroker during UA install (Linux Intel)Change the UNVINST script to allow for an option not to start the UBROKER.
B-10788OMS Client Authentication Option to Not Verify HostnameFor SaaS based Controller implementation this new option allows skipping the host name validation, as on-premise Agents are usually non-visible to any cloud based Controller instance.
B-11137Linux/Unix : Prevent UAG8016E message when running UBROKER in Console ModeWhen running in Console mode the UBROKER issues a UAG8106E message unnecessarily. Avoid issuing this message when running in Console mode.