New and Changed XPRESSO Features
The following table provides information about new features and other notable functional changes since the last (development) release of XPRESSO. Where appropriate, changes are mapped to the appropriate area in the User Guide to provide additional details.
For information about feature/functional changes made in previous releases of XPRESSO, see the XPRESSO Changelogs.
For changes made in previous releases of XPRESSO not covered in this User Guide, contact the XPRESSO technical support team @ xpresso-support@cisco.com.
DevX Release v21.8 - September 2021
Important notice: pyATS Project Plugin and pyATS Report Plugin Requirement Removed | Pipeline Plugin required (see details below)
| New Enhancement |
Description |
See ... |
| pyATS Project Plugin and pyATS Report Plugin Requirement Removed | Pipeline Plugin required |
pyATS Project Plugin and pyATS Report Plugin are no longer required to run XPRESSO jobs on jenkins, they have been replaced with a pipeline job. The Pipeline Plugin is required to run pipeline jobs, please ensure this is available on you jenkins server before upgrading. |
Jenkins Plugin |
| CRFT and Btrace |
XPRESSO now allows you to enable/disable CRFT and Btrace that are TWO different features, and can be enabled separately or together to collect data. |
CRFT and Btrace |
| Manifest Execution |
XPRESSO now allows you execute a cloud run based off a pyATS Docker Image Manifest. This feature is supported through the UI and public REST API as well. |
Submit Manifest Request (Public REST API) |
| Polaris Image Build |
XPRESSO now supports Polaris Image Build. NFS storage for a specified period and 3 way merge using a git reference and base reference (optional) are also included as part of this. Builds can be triggered through the UI or directly through public REST API. |
Build Polaris Image (Public REST API) |
| Devat Execution Support |
Xpresso now supports Devat Execution. |
Devat Integration Steps |