JetPatch 3.1 Release Notes

Version: 3.1
Date: March 2016

JetPatch 3.1 brings more power and better visibility. Continued additions to the new operational compliance dashboard now allow you to quickly view exceptions in your tool and agent environment and drill down to fix them.

New Features

JetPatch version 3.1 includes the following new features along with some general enhancements:

• New Compliance Dashboard
• Import AWS Specific Tags
• Restart Services
• Organizational Password Change
• Improved Role Based Access Control

New Compliance Dashboard

• Get a visual overview of your open exceptions, either by type or severity, and click on environment highlights to get an idea of the open exceptions trend.
  

Import AWS Specific Tags

• Choose to import only specific tags from AWS into JetPatch

Restart Services

• Easily restart management tools with one click, instead of separately stopping and starting them

Organizational Password Change

• Easily change passwords for all JetPatch users and servers by running a utility script that disables account passwords for the duration of the change process, and then re-enables them
• Create your own custom password rollover procedure using our REST API
• Improved Role Based Access Control
• Specify user access for each management tool, instead of having a separate set of access definitions for each tool version (per tool permission)
• Allow users to control all rules without having to become a super-admin through a new policy admin permission

Enhancements

1. Official support for Red Hat 7
2. Compliance grid UI improvements and a new personalized view for users
3. Policy rule window now includes 'Modified by’ column and management tool icons
4. JetPatch installation improvements and support for installing Red Hat 7 JetPatch servers
5. First-time user creation and end user license agreement for first-time users
6. Changes to RPM upgrades to facilitate JetPatch servers that are on stand-by
7. Minor Textual Changes