Automatic package updates for On-Premises Control Room

Configure the On-Premises Control Room settings to get package updates from the Cloud automatically or only when the Control Room is updated manually.

Seamless package update capability is part of our effort to make innovations and enhancements readily available to you. This capability in the Automation 360 platform provides you predictable, qualitative, and non-disruptive access to the latest innovations and enhancements.

When this seamless update capability is enabled, the Control Room can download new packages and new versions of existing packages from Automation Anywhere Cloud when they are released on a regular and predictable release cadence. Newly downloaded package versions are automatically set as default packages so that customers can start using these package versions on an ongoing basis as the packages become available.

Note: To automatically download newly released package versions, the Control Room uses the following URL and port number:
  • URL: https://aai-artifacts.my.automationanywhere.digital/packages/<package-jar-file-name>
  • Port number: TCP 443 (HTTPS)

Note that this capability has no impact on existing bots. Existing bots continue to run unchanged. These new package versions are also backward-compatible with the existing platform version.

Configure packages for On-Premises

Ensure that you are logged in to the On-Premises Control Room as administrator.

  1. Navigate to Administration > Settings > Packages.
  2. Click the Edit option.
  3. Select one of the following options for updating the packages:
    • Enable and set as default: Is enabled by default and is used to automatically set the latest version of the packages as the default version.
      Note: A new package version is downloaded and installed if one or more actions (refreshed with the latest enhancements and capabilities) of the package are compatible with your Control Room version. Each action of a package specifies the minimum Control Room version required for that action to work.
    • Enable: To manually set the default version when the packages are updated.
    • Disable: To prevent any automatic update of a newer version of the packages.

      If this automatic package update is disabled, a notification is displayed for these packages in the Manage > Packages page to notify you that an updated version is available. Such notifications are displayed only for packages that are part of your Control Room installation.

    This is applicable for new packages downloaded from the Cloud and the Control Room update.

  4. Click Save changes.