Purge tool change log

This is the changelog of the purge tool.

The purge tool is used to remove data from bonita archive tables. It is useful for big production environments.

2.0.0 - October 24, 2024

Breaking changes:

Java 17+ is now required to run the tool.
Properties in the application.properties file have been renamed. Please update your configuration file accordingly.

New features:

Improve the CLI user experience.
Add a new list command to list the archived process instances that can be deleted.
Add a new delete command to delete archived process instances with more options for better flexibility.
The delete command now supports 2 deletion modes: batch-delete and copy-truncate.
Delete operation is now executed in batch for a better control of the deletion process.
Add a new option to the delete command to set the batch size.
Add a new option to the delete command to set a timeout interval between each batch.
Add a new option to the delete command to use a period (e.g.: 1d, 2w, 3m, 4y) instead of an exact date timestamp to filter instances.
Process definition id is now optional in the delete command.
Add a new delete-fileinput-content command to delete archived contract file input content (Not supported for SQL Server).

Fixes:

Others:

Fixes:

robustness: prevent the tool from being launched from bin folder. Tool must be run from root folder by launching bin/bonita-purge-tool. If not, the tool will exit with a specific error message.

Now the tool MUST be run from the root folder by calling:

bin/bonita-purge-tool[.sh/.bat]

It cannot be run from the bin/ folder anymore.

Fixes:

Others:

fixes :

Fix: add methods to drop index if created at tool startup, this way allowing to re-run a previously stopped run without being blocked

Others :

fixes :

fixes :

fix(arch_contract_data_backup): fix deletion of arch_contract_data_backup (#35) @educhastenier

fixes :

This is the first production-ready version of Bonita Purge Tool. Tested on:

PostgreSQL
MySQL
Oracle database
MS SQL Server