Date:   May 01, 2018
To:         CA Release Automation Customers
From:     The CA Technologies Release Automation Product Team
Subject:  General Availability Announcement for Release Automation

On behalf of CA Technologies, we appreciate your business and the opportunity to provide you with high-quality, innovative software and services.  As part of our ongoing commitment to customer success, we regularly release updated versions of our products. Today, we are pleased to announce that CA Release Automation v6.6 is now available.

New features for CA Release Automation v6.6 include:

User and Permissions Management in the Release Operations Center

You can now manage CA Release Automation users and permissions in the Release Operations Center (ROC). Previously, you could only configure users and permissions in the Automation Studio.

Additionally, you can now define Directory Server endpoints in the ROC to import directory server users and groups. This capability saves you from providing the endpoint information either in a configuration file, or with every import operation.

REST APIs

REST APIs have been added to manage users and permissions to support the enhanced functionality.

New Certifications

Operating Systems

• Oracle Linux (OL) 7.3 and 7.4 is now supported in CA Release Automation versions 6.5 and later.
• CentOS 7.3 and 7.4 is now supported in CA Release Automation versions 6.5 and later.
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.3 and 7.4 is now supported in CA Release Automation versions 6.5 and later.
• Windows Server 2016 is now supported in CA Release Automation versions 6.5 and later.               

Databases

• Microsoft SQL Server 2016 is now supported in CA Release Automation versions 6.5 and later.
• Oracle Data Guard is now supported in CA Release Automation versions 6.5 and later.

New/Enhanced Integrations

• New action pack for Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3.
• New action pack for Kubernetes.
• New action pack for AWS CloudFormation.
• New action pack for Docker, Docker v2, was added for CA Release Automation 6.4 and later. Docker v2 is based on Java actions and not on the RDK. The existing Docker action pack, for RA 6.3 and earlier, was renamed as Docker v1.
• Updated action pack for Cloud Foundry. A new action was added: CF - Push Application Advanced. For more information, see the What's New section in the action pack documentation.
• Updated action pack for IBM WebSphere Application Server. Support was added for IBM WebSphere V9.
• Updated action pack for Oracle WebLogic. New actions were added to manage Store and Forward Agents, and work managers.
• Updated action pack for TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks. New actions were added to start and stop multiple TIBCO applications in parallel.
• Updated action pack for VMware vSphere. The Timeout parameter contained in the VM-Deploy VM From Template and VM-Power On VM actions now includes the time spent for fetching the IP and the host name.
• Released RDK v1.0.7. The new version contains multiple fixes of defects. For more information, see the What's New section in the RDK documentation.
• Released plug-in v 5.0.11 for Jenkins Plug-In. The new version contains multiple fixes of defects. For more information, see the What's New section in the action pack documentation.
• Released plug-in v 5.0.9 for JetBrains TeamCity. The new version contains multiple fixes of defects. For more information, see the What's New section.

Performance Improvements

Performance improvements have been made in the Deployments view and in the Administration views of the Agent management and permissions.

You can download your copy of CA Release Automation v6.6 online at https://support.ca.com/ where you can also utilize CA’s case management system. To install your product, follow the installation procedures for your product at DocOps.ca.com.  If you have any questions or require assistance, contact CA Customer Care online at http://www.ca.com/us/customer-care.aspx.

Should you need any assistance in understanding these new features, or implementing this latest release, our CA Services experts can help.  For more information about CA Services and how you can leverage our expertise, please visit www.ca.com/services. To connect, learn, and share with other customers, join and participate in our CA Release Automation CA Community at https://communities.ca.com/.

For a list of Education courses recommended by role, please visit the CA Learning Paths and select the desired product. We update courses based on functional impact as well as high-demand; therefore, courses created from previous releases may apply to the current release.

To review CA Support lifecycle policies, please review the CA Support Policy and Terms located at: https://support.ca.com/. 

Thank you again for your business.