📄️ Start Release
To start the Release server, open a command prompt or terminal, point to the XLRELEASESERVER_HOME/bin directory, and execute the appropriate command:
📄️ Shut Down Release
Before shutting down Release ensure that no critical processes or tasks are active. When Release restarts, it will place active tasks in a failed state.
📄️ Connect to Deploy Servers
To configure connections between Release and Deploy servers, click Connections under Configuration from the navigation pane, and go to the Deploy Server section.
📄️ Choose a Host Type and Connection Type
The remoting functionality in Deploy and Release uses the Overthere framework to manipulate files and execute commands on remote hosts. To determine which type of Overthere host to create and which connection type to use, follow these guidelines described in Remoting plugin and Overthere framework.
📄️ Set up SSH
The remoting functionality for Deploy and Release supports the SSH protocol for connecting to a Unix, Microsoft Windows, or z/OS hosts. To connect to a remote host using the SSH protocol, you must to install an SSH server on that remote host. For more information, see Remoting plugin and SSH protocol.
📄️ Using CIFS, SMB, WinRM, and Telnet
Remoting functionality for Deploy and Release supports the CIFS and SMB protocols for file manipulation and WinRM and Telnet for process execution. For more information, see Deploy Remoting plugin and Release Remoting plugin.
📄️ Logging
By default, the Digital.ai Release server writes information, such as: warnings, errors, and log messages to your terminal output and to XLRELEASESERVER_HOME/log/xl-release.log.
📄️ Configure System Messages
Starting Digital.ai Release 8.6.1, it is possible to create system messages which are displayed under the menu bar. This can be useful in several scenarios, including:
📄️ Configure File Upload Properties
In Release you can configure the file upload properties. File upload properties are used to set a limit for the size of uploaded files and to restrict content accepted by Release.
📄️ Configure the Release Session
Release timeout
📄️ Configure HTTP GZIP Compression
You can configure GZIP compression in Release. GZIP compression is used to decrease the size of server responses and save bandwidth usage. There is a small overhead of server CPU usage to compress content. It is enabled by default, but you may want to adjust the settings depending on your use case.