DeployEZ Pre-release Versions
Overview
New implementations and upgrades that are installed by Govern Professional Services (PS) and upgrade teams will often install pre-release versions of Govern. Pre-release versions of the Govern application can contain features that are in the current branch for early testing in our clients’ production environments. Although still in active development, they are supported. Users of pre-release versions will note that some features encountered may be subject to change while they are designated as prerelease.
Accessing Govern Pre-release versions
Pre-release versions can be accessed in through a setting in the DeployEZ parameters screen.
To view pre-release versions of Govern…
- Open DeployEZ.
- If you have the Always ask before opening this file option selected, click Run to allow the update.
- DeployEZ will open to the Main Menu.
- In the DeployEZ Main Menu, double click on the large green DeployEZ icon on left hand side of the window.
- The DeployEZ Parameters screen will be displayed.
- Under the General tab, you will see the option for Include pre-releases.
- Click to select this checkbox.
- To save your setting, click Save.
- Click Exit to close the Parameters screen and return to the Main Menu
Viewing Pre-release Versions for Deployment
Once this Include pre-releases option has been enabled, you will be able to view and download pre-release versions of Govern for your deployment packages. Follow the steps required to download binaries from Azure DevOps.
To view the pre-release versions…
- In the Main Menu screen, click to select one of the download options.
- Click Next.
- In the List of Found Applications screen, you will note Govern build versions with a -pr suffix; these are pre-release versions.
- Click to select the required build version(s).
- To download the selected version(s), click Next.
When the selected versions have been downloaded, you will be returned to the Main Menu screen. You can then proceed to creating your deployment using the standard steps.
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