Assets Discovery v 7.0.0 release

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Hi Community,

We are excited to present Assets Discovery 7.0.0

In this release, you'll find new improvements and features:

Enhanced Agent Management

Now, you can seamlessly manage your agents directly from the Discovery Tool. Access data collected by agents on your host, monitor their status, and view their version numbers. Additionally, you have the capability to update all Discovery Agents connected to your Discovery tool directly from the interface itself, eliminating the need to update them individually.



Please note that the agent update feature will only be available for future releases (e.g., 7.0.0 -> 7.0.1 -> 7.X.X) due to changes in the serialization mechanism for agent communication.
It's important to ensure that the Discovery and Discovery Agent versions are aligned, so all agents must be upgraded to version 7.0.0 as well.

Simplified Discovery Installation and Updates

We're introducing MSI (Microsoft Installer) installers for Discovery, making it effortless to install and update the Discovery Tool and Agent. Simply download and use the MSI installers available on the Atlassian Marketplace to streamline the upgrade process for Discovery in the future.

Please be aware that the Discovery update mechanism has been modified. The auto-update feature within the Discovery app (accessible via the Update tab -> Update now button) will not upgrade the app to version 7.0.0. To update the app, please utilize the MSI installer.

This ensures a smooth and reliable update process, allowing you to seamlessly transition to version 7.0.0.

If you encounter any difficulties while upgrading the Discovery Agent to version 7.0.0, please attempt to reinstall the software or initiate the re-pair process. For SCCM configuration you can use PowerShell script:

$uri = "https://marketplace.atlassian.com/rest/2/addons/com.riadalabs.jira.plugins.insight-discovery/versions/latest?hosting=cloud"
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $uri -Method Get
$discoveryVersion = $response.name
$downloadPath = Join-Path -Path "$([System.Environment]::GetFolderPath(40))" -ChildPath "Downloads"
$packageSaveName = "assets-discovery-${discoveryVersion}.zip"
$outFilePath = Join-Path $downloadPath $packageSaveName
$extractFolder = Join-Path $downloadPath "ad-install"
$agentMsiPath = Join-Path $extractFolder "Discovery_Agent_Setup.msi"

Write-Host "Downloading ${discoveryVersion} to ${downloadPath}"
Invoke-WebRequest $response.vendorLinks.binary -OutFile $outFilePath

Expand-Archive $outFilePath -DestinationPath $extractFolder -Force

$params = '/i', $agentMsiPath, 'TARGETDIR="C:\Program Files\Atlassian\Discovery Agent"', '/qn'
msiexec $params
Wait-Event -Timeout 20 
msiexec $params

You can download Assets Discovery 7.0.0 from the Atlassian Marketplace

We hope you enjoy these enhancements and look forward to your feedback.


Cheers,

JSM Assets Discovery Team

[Volodymyr Batrukh]

In Assets Discovery 7.0.1 we fixed ability to run 7.x versions on Linux-based machines. You can download latest version from the Atlassian Marketplace.