5.0.08: Service Pack 8 for version 5.0

Service Pack 8 is now available for BMC Release Process Management (BRPM) version 5.0. This service pack includes enhancements.

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Release notes and notices

Deprecated and discontinued features

Enhancements

This service pack includes the following enhancements:

User interface updates

Service Pack 8 now displays the total count of users who are currently online.

For more information, see Navigating the interface.

Provision to remove component properties from an application

You can now delete specific component properties within an application.

For more information, see Managing properties.

Updates to the keystore password

You can now encrypt the keystore password present in the standalone-full*.xml file using Credential Store utility.

For more information, see Encrypting keystore password in the standalone.xml file.

Third party software updates

Service Pack 8 of BRPM is bundled with the following third-party software version:

AdoptOpenJRE8u322
WildFly Application Server 26.1.2

For more information, see System requirements.

Downloading the service pack

This patch includes the full installer of BRPM. For download instructions, see Downloading the installation files.

Changes to support WildFly Application Server

Support for WildFly Application Server was introduced in BRPM version 5.0.03.004. If you are upgrading from version 5.0.03.003 or earlier, note these changes:

Feature or change	Version 5.0.03.003 or earlier	Version 5.0.03.004 and later	Reference
Change in the BRPM Home Directory	<RLMInstallDir>\releases\<versionNo>\RPM	<RLMInstallDir>\releases\<versionNo>\RPM\portal.war\WEB-INF
Automation job concurrency and other product settings moved	Present in the torquebox.yml file	Present in the wildfly.xml file	Performance tuning
Change in the standalone file names	standalone.xml standalone-ha.xml (for clusters)	standalone-full.xml standalone-full-ha.xml (for clusters)
Change in the location of deployment information	RLMInstallDir/server/jobss/standalone/deployments/RPM-knob.yml contains the deployment information.	This information is now contained in the CURRENT_RPM_PATH environment variable in the <RLMHome>/bin/start.sh file.	Applying hotfix
STOMP Host URL	Needed by Requester UI	No longer required
Running the rake tasks	Run from the following directory: <RLMInstallDir>\releases\<versionNo>\RPM	Run from the following directory: <RLMInstallationDirectory>\releases\<versionNo>\RPM\portal.war\WEB-INF
Configuration settings for JBoss and HornetQ	RLMInstallDir/server/jobss/standalone/configuration/standalone.xml RLMInstallDir/server/jobss/standalone/configuration/standalone-ha.xml (for clusters)	No longer required. Settings are added to the standalone-full.xml and standalone-full-ha.xml files.	Performance tuning
Changes in <RLM_HOME>/bin/start.sh, <RLM_HOME>/bin/stop.sh	A stand-alone instance does not need binding to the node name and IP address.	Contains information about the binding of a stand-alone instance to the node name and IP address Contains BRPM deployment information Warning: Do not copy these files from the existing installation. If you have customized these files in the existing installation, make those changes in the upgraded environment again.