Release notes for AWS App2Container

Fixed an issue where the containerize command would fail due to spaces in Windows service names.

Improved error handling when integrating with FireLens for deployments to Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS).

Improved the handling of file system changes during the creation of application archives.

Improved error handling for updating the Amazon ECS service when you deploy to Amazon ECS.

Addressed an issue when files aren't found with the extract command.

Improved detection for subnets when you deploy to Amazon ECS in an existing VPC.

Improved error handling for invalid CPU and memory configurations when you deploy to Amazon ECS on AWS Fargate.

Addressed an issue where removing some sections from the pipeline.json file could cause App2Container to crash.

Improved error handling when customized base images are used in the containerization process.

Improved error handling when customized base images are used in the containerization process.

Fixed an issue where Windows deployments to Amazon ECS on Amazon EC2 could fail.

Fixed an issue where the analyze command would fail due to having wildcard expressions which contain square bracket characters ([ or ]) in the application's name. For more information, see about_Wildcards in the Microsoft documentation.

Fixed an issue where the generate app-deployment command could fail if the container image was untagged.

Fixed an issue where the inventory command could encounter a runtime exception.

Fixed an issue where generating a pipeline in AWS CodePipeline for Windows applications could fail.

Fixed an issue where containerization doesn’t wait long enough for health checks to pass.

Improved error handling for missing IAM permissions during deployment.

Fixed a bug with handling quotation marks in the paths for Windows services.

Fixed an issue with generated pipelines in AWS CodePipeline where builds could fail.

Fixed an issue where deployments to Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service would fail in some newer AWS regions.

Fixed an issue where Application Load Balancers would not be created when deploying to Amazon EKS.

Fixed a bug where the remote analyze command was unable to access files on the application server if they required a second hop to a network drive.

Fixed a bug where remote workflows weren't successfully completing with Microsoft Azure DevOps pipelines, even with Windows Server 2019 worker machines.

Fixed a bug where deployments to Amazon EKS could indicate they were successful when the application container didn't function properly.

Improved error handling for when the operating system or architecture of the container image doesn't match that of the server running the Docker engine.

Fixed a bug where the containerize command failed to handle Linux applications with the \n, \r, \t, \b, \f, or \v characters defined in environment variables.

Fixed a bug where deploying to Amazon EKS was failing when the existing stack could not be updated.

Fixed a bug where some App2Container commands would not complete for machines without internet connectivity.

Removed the unnecessary creation of an Amazon EC2 key pair when you deploy to Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) on AWS Fargate.

Improved how errors are handled when AWS CloudFormation fails to create and update stacks.

Fixed a bug that caused the analysis phase to fail during discovery of database connection files over networked drives.

Fixed a bug that prevented detection of all ports for Windows services.

Changed how quotation marks are handled in the paths for Windows services.

Fixed a bug that caused Windows services to use an incorrect health check.

Changed how arguments are handled for the executable that a Windows services is using.

Fixed a bug that caused the generated name of S3 buckets for CodePipeline integration to be too long.

Fixed a bug that caused Azure DevOps pipelines for Linux applications to use an unsupported agent image.

Fixed a bug where a named profile would be required for the containerize command, even when you don't use an input archive from Amazon S3.

Fixed a bug so that you can use the generate app-deployment command while you specify the --deploy flag to prevent failure of S3 bucket validation.

Fixed a containerization issue when the application runs as a non-root user.

Clarified error messaging when the containerize command fails while using the --build-only flag.

Clarified error messaging related to analyze command failures in Windows.

Fixed an issue causing a duplicate s3 pipeline bucket name across different accounts with same app id.

Fixed an issue when containerizing an application running as a different user on Linux.

Added properties for CPU and memory limit configuration.

Added properties for ingress configuration with an AWS Application Load Balancer or using NGINX with an Network Load Balancer.

Added properties to set up DNS records for the deployed application.

Added properties to use with an AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) certificate for HTTPS deployments.

To better reflect inclusive language, the default git branch name is now main.

Fixed a duplicate port issue with the analyze command.

Fixed an issue with uploading large log files with the upload-support-bundle command.

Fixed an issue with Firelens logging for Linux ECS deployments.

Fixed an Amazon EKS deployment issue where Windows applications could be stuck in the ContainerCreating state.

Fixed an issue that can happen when App2Container deploys new application containers to Amazon EKS within an existing VPC.

Improved run time exception handling for AWS Secrets Manager secret retrieval.

Fixed a containerization issue for complex applications that use a cooperating application.

Fixed a Windows application issue that occurs when the file path is longer than 260 characters.

Fixed an issue that can occur when App2Container archives input from S3 URLs during containerization.

Fixed a containerization issue for Java 17 applications on Amazon Linux 2.

Added an error message response when you attempt to install App2Container from a version of the PowerShell command line interface that App2Container doesn't support. To run commands in PowerShell, App2Container requires version 5.0 or above.

Fixed an issue when Kubernetes authenticates with the latest version of the AWS CLI.

Addressed an issue that occurs when analyzing ports used by the Windows Service.

Addressed an issue with application analysis when some Linux applications might not progress during a port connectivity test.

Addressed an issue with large Windows applications that caused the Windows CodePipeline to fail.

Added validation for S3 bucket name during init.

generate app-deployment

remote configure

Added validation for PowerShell Version less than 5.0.

Fixed analyze command to handle paths with %SystemDrive%.

Fixed publicApp parameter issue in the deployment.json file.

Added user validation for existing Jenkins pipelines.

Fixed an issue with incremental deployments on failed CloudFormation stacks.

Fixed intermittent failure of Amazon EKS deployments on Windows.

Fixed an issue with the upgrade command that caused the download to time-out.

Fixed an Amazon ECS deployment issue caused by the wrong version of Windows 2016 being used as the base AMI.

Fixed an issue with selecting the container image for Amazon ECS when Firelens logging is enabled.

Fixed issue with application analysis that missed application ports bound to a loopback.

Improved tagging for EC2 instances created by SSM documents.

Fixed containerize command issue with lowercase Windows drive names.

Fixed deployment issue for Docker image tags.

Fixed repeated ports in the analysis.json file.

Fixed server backup issue for IIS site with encrypted password.

Fixed Windows Active Directory issue for containerization and deployment.

Reclassified DockerInvalidImageError for clarity.

Fixed App Runner deployment error that occurs when the local App Runner container is still running at deployment time.

Fixed containerization error when analysis.json has escaped characters.

Fixed containerization of Windows applications that use a secondary drive mount.

Clarified some messaging on actionable errors.

Fixed an issue that resulted in incorrect analysis of RHEL Java processes.

Fixed issues related to symbolic links in the application server that resulted in larger than necessary image sizes.

Fixed issue related to symbolic links during containerization.

Fixed issue related to spaces in paths in Dockerfiles.

Fixed issues related to the Windows remote setup script.

Fixed containerization issue on Linux when unidentified base image uses default image.

Added exclusion for AWS credentials when containerizing Linux applications.

Updated CloudFormation templates for Amazon EKS deployments to address previous issues.

Fixed internal/user error classification.

Fixed upgrade errors to point to the correct log file.

Added an explicit check to validate use of Docker version 17.07 or above.

Removed execution role in template if Windows is specified.

Fixed template to reflect CloudFormation API change.

Fixed autocomplete installation bug.

Fixed dark font for Windows errors.

Improved error messaging for command execution errors.

Fixed containerize error where included file is not valid.

Fixed handling for .NET Windows app running on alternative drives (not C).

Fixed COPY command failure in DockerFile.

Access denied error now throws user error.

Added automatic removal of characters that are not allowed in AppId.

Optimized Windows container image size for websites with multiple apps.

Fixed error handling for input arguments validation.

Fixed Dockerfile generation failure when dynamic logging is enabled.

EKS CloudFormation templates are now compatible with the new CloudFormation custom resource API.