New features
Release 9.0.0
Jenkins support
An official Jenkins plugin is now available for Data Control Tower, joining the existing ServiceNow and Terraform integrations. This plugin helps automate the use of data in your CI/CD pipelines and includes support for provisioning and destroying VDBs.DCT Toolkit
We’ve launched a new command line interface (CLI) offering, the DCT Toolkit. The DCT Toolkit allows for remote operation and control of Data Control Tower via your local terminal. Over time, this will replace the previously available DxToolkit.Infrastructure wizard
The create infrastructure flow now supports adding Windows standalone and cluster hosts, as well as Linux cluster hosts. This is expanded from the previous flow that supported standalone Linux hosts. This differs from the workflow on the Continuous Data engine in that it represents a single place to create environment host connections for all connected Delphix engines.Provisioning wizard
The data provisioning workflow now includes additional database types, including Oracle Single Instance Multi-tenant, Oracle Multiple Instance Single Tenant, and SQL Server Multiple Instance Single Tenant.Operations dashboard improvements
Previously, all users could view all operations run by any user on the Operations page. Role-based access can now be provided to different users, showing only operations the user has access to. Simplified text is now used to define the Type column, as well as the Type and Engine Name in the details page.Activity Audit Log Summary report
The Activity Audit Log Summary provides a high-level audit log summary capturing the utilization of DCT by displaying user activity and the historical count of actions executed within the platform.Replication mappings
This feature helps users differentiate between replicated objects and original objects, in the case of parent and replicated engines, both are registered with DCT.
Release 8.0.0
Operations dashboard
Monitor and manage enterprise data activities in real time using a new central view. This provides visibility to the current status across the full complement of Delphix transactions, including provision, refresh, teardown, and compliance jobs.Provisioning wizard enhancements
The data provisioning wizard has been expanded to support additional types, including Oracle Single Instance Linked CDBs and Microsoft SQL Server Single Instance workflows. This will now allow you to provision more data types directly from Data Control Tower.Advanced search tags support
The advanced search capabilities now support all user-generated tags. You can use personalized tags related to your unique business needs to refine your search results, such as team names or other specific data points.
Release 7.0.0
Provision VDB UI
Extending the Developer Experience capability in DCT, users can now provision single-tenant Oracle databases from the user interface using an intuitive wizard workflow.Refresh VDB UI enhancements
The VDB list can now be opened in a searchable, paginated list selector from within a dialog by clicking the select button in the input. Additionally, refreshing a VDB by a bookmark is now available.VDB template import
Importing and removing imported VDB templates from connected engines is now an available action from the "VDB Config Templates" page.Environment details enhancements
Managing cluster environment infrastructure has been made easier with the ability to edit host details directly from the page.
Release 6.0.0
Developer Self-Service UI
Developers and admins now have the ability to centrally orchestrate common Continuous Data and developer operations from the DCT UI. This includes the ability to refresh, rewind, bookmark, and bookmark share (refresh to relative). This functionality also exposes the notion of time flows (non-active timelines), which is a critical tool for viewing past work on a VDB, such as the chronology of test results.Central compliance orchestration
The compliance job UI now enables job orchestration and reporting. This includes Job Copy and Execute functions as well as a complete historical job execution log within each compliance job’s details view.Bookmark UI
Developers and admins now have added visibility of bookmarks, both globally and contextualized, to individual VDBs. These visualizations are dual purpose; for administrators, these screens help with reporting and tagging on bookmarks, while for developers, these screens act as a catalog of actionable data references.Global Bookmark List
View all bookmarks across your entire connected Delphix ecosystem. This screen will show bookmarks for both single VDBs and VDB groups.VDB Bookmark List
See all bookmarks tied to this individual VDB. This is helpful for sharing bookmarks with team members who have a compatible VDB (same parent and provision point).Environment details page
Users can now orchestrate common environment actions via the DCT UI including enable, disable, environment refresh, and delete, as well as editing host details. Note, editing host details is only applicable to standalone environments at this time.Access visibility
Object detail pages will include an access tab that provides visibility to user access and the associated permissions for each user. This is a critical enabler for permissions visibility and auditing.Copy/delete functionality on role scopes
Scoped roles can now be copied and deleted within the DCT UI. This will enable easier administration, especially around the use of custom roles, as admins can now copy and modify new roles from templates.External Postgres DB support
DCT now supports the use of an external Postgres database to house DCT metadata. Previously, DCT supplied and managed its own database, requiring persistent storage within the container platform.
Release 5.0.1
Enhancements
Data scoped Access Group
Enhancement in roles
Associated permissions in roles are changed from 'string' type to 'permission object' type. For details, see the Role schema in the API References.Custom roles
In addition to the 5 pre-seeded fixed roles (Admin, Monitoring, DevOps, Masking, and Owner), DCT provides flexibility to create new custom roles as per user need. Users (Accounts) can create new custom roles by encapsulating any combination of permissions. The custom roles can be configured through a UI configuration screen (screenshot below), in addition to a set of APIs to manage roles. For details, see the API References.
Updates to existing RBAC model
For better usability and allow to set more granular permissions there are following enhancements in the RBAC model:Renamed Access Group "Policy" to Access Group "Scope"
Renamed the following APIs related to Access Group actions
Add scope to an Access Group
POST: /access-groups/{accessGroupId}/policies → POST /access-groups/{accessGroupId}/scopes
Remove scope from Access Group
DELETE /access-groups/{accessGroupId}/policies/{policyId} → DELETE /access-groups/{accessGroupId}/scopes/{scopeId}
Get Access Group scope
GET /access-groups/{accessGroupId}/policies/{policyId} → GET /access-groups/{accessGroupId}/scopes/{scopeId}
Update Access Group scope
PATCH /access-groups/{accessGroupId}/policies/{policyId} → PATCH /access-groups/{accessGroupId}/scopes/{scopeId}
Add object tags to Access Group scope
POST /access-groups/{accessGroupId}/policies/{policyId}/object-tags → POST /access-groups/{accessGroupId}/scopes/{scopeId}/object-tags
Remove object tags from Access Group scope
POST /access-groups/{accessGroupId}/policies/{policyId}/object-tags/delete → POST /access-groups/{accessGroupId}/scopes/{scopeId}/object-tags/delete
Add objects to Access Group scope
POST /access-groups/{accessGroupId}/policies/{policyId}/objects → POST /access-groups/{accessGroupId}/scopes/{scopeId}/objects
Remove objects from Access Groups scope
POST /access-groups/{accessGroupId}/policies/{policyId}/objects/delete → POST /access-groups/{accessGroupId}/scopes/{scopeId}/objects/delete
Renamed the "everything" flag to "scope_type"
In order to make it more understandable, we have renamed the everything flag to scope_type. There are three possible values for scope_type i.e. SIMPLE, SCOPED and ADVANCED. The value SIMPLE corresponds to everything=true and SCOPED corresponds to everything=false. The value ADVANCED for scope_type is new enhancement to setting permissions which allows users to set permissions (e.g. READ, DELETE) for an object. There is more information about ADVANCED scope in next section.Access Group Scope: Advanced scope type
In Add objects to access group scope API, now user can define permissions level checks as well for an object. For example, earlier when object_id and and object_type are provided in request payload, all permissions that are defined in scope are applied to this object. But now user can define specific permissions.
Masking jobs
CRUD APIs, COPY, Connectors CRUD
Masking job execution
Connector Credentials
Execution API
Custom roles
Accounts can create new instances of role encapsulating any combination of permission.
Role name must be unique.
Custom roles can be updated. Accounts can add or remove permissions to/from the custom roles.
Custom roles can be deleted. (If they are not associated with any Access Group).
Release 4.0
Environment Overview List
Un-virtualized Source Sizing Report
Global VDB Templates
Scoped Access Control
LDAP/AD and SAML/SSO Configuration UI
Release 3.0
Cluster Node (RAC) management APIs
Ability to disable username/password authentication globally
LDAP/Active Directory groups
CDBs/vCDBs APIs
VDB Provisioning / update for EDSI (AppData) platforms
Engine registration wizard
Access Groups Management UI
Compliance Engine Management
Release 2.2
Deployment
Introducing Kubernetes and OpenShift support
APIs
Registration of Continuous Compliance Engines
Masking Connectors
“Move Masking Job”
Masking of mainframe objects
Provisioning enhancements for Oracle multi-tenant and RAC
LDAP/Active Directory authentication
Password management
Initial access management by Permissions, Roles, Policies, and Access Groups (permissions applied to all objects of a type e.g. Stop VDB permission on all VDBs)
Distributed tracing and logging (Trace ID propagated down call stack)
Bulk delete of tags
UI
Continuous Data
Added tag support to the Infrastructure page
New dSources page
New VDBs page
Insights
Added an export behavior to the Storage Summary report
New dSource Inventory report
New VDB Inventory report
Admin
New Accounts page