2023.2 feature release

Itential is pleased to announce the 2023.2 feature release of Itential Platform, with several new functions and improvements to configure, manage, and deploy devices and services across your operational network.

Itential Platform

Core updates

Active User Visibility — When assigned the correct permissions, administrators can now see users who currently have an active login session and optionally log them out.

BullMQ support — Itential Platform 2023.2 introduces BullMQ support, a messaging service designed to provide a more seamless experience during Itential Platform deployment. Built on top of Redis, BullMQ replaces RabbitMQ, reducing the number of dependencies administrators need to install and manage as part of a deployment.

MongoDB performance enhancement — Itential Platform 2023.2 enables users to exceed the 16 MB limit for files stored in MongoDB through GridFS for applications executing workflows in the workflow engine. GridFS automatically breaks large files into individual pieces, storing them separately and improving platform performance.

SAML SSO support — The 2023.2 release provides the ability to authenticate to Itential Platform using SAML SSO. Users can authenticate once in their preferred identity management platform — such as Okta or Microsoft — and then connect to Itential Platform using their SSO credentials.

Automation Studio

Projects — Projects is a container-like environment where designers can collaborate to create workflows, forms, templates, and JSTs as a complete use case, rather than as individual assets within Automation Studio. Assets within a project appear in a single list, distinguishable by icons rather than separated by type.

Canvas enhancements — Itential Platform 2023.2 introduces canvas search, giving users the ability to find and highlight tasks on the canvas to quickly locate specific items. This release also includes reference management, which allows users to visualize the path of incoming and outgoing data.

Lifecycle Manager

Model and instance enhancements — Itential Platform 2023.2 enables users to import and export Lifecycle Manager instances between environments. Administrators can also take periodic backups of instances.

Configuration Manager and Operations Manager

Compliance for JSON and CLI arrays — Users can now set rules to specify required components or to define the order configuration rules must appear in. These enhancements add the ability to enforce the management of arrays.

Compliance reporting — Compliance reports can now be created and run as an automation, giving you the flexibility to schedule and trigger compliance checks. These automations allow you to group various Golden Configuration compliance checks into a single running effort.