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  • Author: Appian Corporation
  • Type: Utility
  • Support: This plug-in or utility is not supported by the author. The content is free to use with a licensed product, but it is made available as-is and Community supported.
  • Industry: All Industries
  • Compatible Version(s): 25.1
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  • Cost: Free
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Automated Import Manager (AIM) Client

 

This utility is planned to be archived later this year. The features provided by it are available out of the box (OOTB) in Appian versions 23.2+. For more information, refer to the Deployment APIs documentation.

Overview

This utility automates the process of inspecting the application, executing DDL scripts, updating CDTs, republishing the appropriate datastores, and importing the application.

With the Automated Import Manager Client, users can automatically deploy applications and package contents (either applications from Appian OR packages generated from the Automated Versioning Manager) to any environment. This utility provides the scripts that support triggering deployments from an external CI tool or deploy from the command line.

Key Features & Functionality

Automated Import Manager:

  • Inspect Application: This tool will automatically mimic the "Inspect" functionality that exists within Appian
  • Validating Application Content: In addition to inspecting the application, the tool will ensure all CDT dependents are included to avoid objects pointing to older versions. (This feature is only available on Appian 7.9 and above)
  • Execute DDL Scripts: DDL scripts can be uploaded and automatically executed. NOTE: For Microsoft SQL Server, only Transact-SQL statements are valid.
  • Execute Migrations with Flyway: Flyway is a tool used for managing database migrations. It makes it easier to track SQL script versions and not re-execute SQL scripts that have already been run. If a Flyway directory is provided, the Automated Import Manager will automatically execute migrations against the corresponding datasource. Learn more about Flyway here.
  • Update CDTs: Users are no longer required to delete CDTs before updating them, this tool will perform this step automatically
  • Import Application and admin console configuration: Automatically import an application with an optional customization file
  • Republish Datastores: After application import, datastores will be automatically published or republished
  • Add Patches: Automatically add patch contents to a specified existing application

For more information, please see visit: https://community.appian.com/w/the-appian-playbook/198/deployment-automation

Note: This utility does not support Java version 9.0. 

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  • After updating aim client v2.6.0, getting below error now
    Error while reading the Progress File from disk

  • We've also just upgraded one of our environments to Appian Version 25.1 and can no longer run inspect jobs on Gitlab due to not having the latest plugin. Where are we supposed to download this from because there is no link here?

  • in reply to Appian AppMarket

    Can you confirm the maven dependency for appian json rpc

  • After upgrading Appian to 25.1 our automated flyway deployment pipeline is failing. How to download v2.6.0 ?

  • We are experiencing the same issue with Appian 25.1. 24.4 was fine.  however after upgrading the plug in to 2.6.0 , now we are noticing another error 

    Since updating to Appian 25.1 we get this error: [WARNING] Invalid cookie header: "Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=2CC10E30A8AA4EB3B9BD64CB76682BE6.node1; Max-Age=0; Expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:10 GMT; Path=/suite; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=None; Partitioned; HttpOnly". Invalid 'expires' attribute: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:10 GMT 2025-04-10 19:46:09,013 - java.lang.IllegalStateException: The deployment post request was not successful. Response is:<!DOCTYPE html>

    followed by 

    Error 404 - Page Not Found

    Sorry, we can not find what you are looking for.



    2025-04-17 12:28:15,205 - Port set to 443
    282025-04-17 12:28:20,903 - Status: Failed. Current step: . Error message: Error while reading the Progress File from disk..
    29Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

     

  • in reply to markg0321

    hello mark, i am experiencing same issue, i tried updating the plug in to 2.6.0 and now i am seeing a different issue as shown below...

    2025-04-17 12:28:15,205 - Port set to 443
    282025-04-17 12:28:20,903 - Status: Failed. Current step: . Error message: Error while reading the Progress File from disk..
    29Error: Process completed with exit code 1.
  • in reply to Appian AppMarket

    How can we get the updated version, there is no download button. Thanks !

  • Says this listing is archived and there is no download link on the page. 

  • v2.6.0 Release Notes
    • Replaced metaparadigm json rpc with appian json rpc to make the plugin compatible with Appian 25.1+ versions.

  • We are running into issues using this with Appian 25.1. 24.4 was fine. Anyone else experiencing this issue?

    Since updating to Appian 25.1 we get this error: [WARNING] Invalid cookie header: "Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=2CC10E30A8AA4EB3B9BD64CB76682BE6.node1; Max-Age=0; Expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:10 GMT; Path=/suite; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=None; Partitioned; HttpOnly". Invalid 'expires' attribute: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:10 GMT 2025-04-10 19:46:09,013 - java.lang.IllegalStateException: The deployment post request was not successful. Response is:<!DOCTYPE html>

    followed by 

    Error 404 - Page Not Found

    Sorry, we can not find what you are looking for.

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