Release Notes

Encrypt the agent_user password added in the synthetic-driver.yml file:

1. Stop the agent.

2. Log in to PowerShell as an administrator and run this command:

   echo Appdynamics123 | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force | ConvertFrom-SecureString | Out-File <%FilePath%>

   CODE

3. Open the C:\appdynamics\synthetic-agent\synthetic-driver\scripts\windows\sudo.ps1 file and replace

   $user = $args[0]
   $password = $args[1]
   $credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PsCredential($user, (ConvertTo-SecureString $password -AsPlainText -Force))

   CODE

   with

   $user = $args[0]
   $credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PsCredential($user, ($(Get-Content <%FilePath%>) | ConvertTo-SecureString))

   CODE
4. Open the C:\appdynamics\synthetic-agent\synthetic-driver\conf\synthetic-driver.yml file and replace Appdynamics123 with agent_user at these locations:

• webdriverServerCommand > args

• preTestCommands > name: Reset IE cache > args

5. Start the agent.

Disable auto-logon.

If you disable auto-logon, PSA does not capture the default screenshots and does not compute the Visually Complete Time (VCT).

Workaround to install PSA in E Drive:

1. Open the \SyntheticAgentInstaller\install.ps1 file.
2. Update the drive path and replace C:\appdynamics with E:\appdynamics.
3. After the PSA installation:
   1. Edit the synthetic-driver.yml file located at E:\appdynamics\synthetic-agent\synthetic-driver\conf\

   2. Hardcode the CHROME_BINARY_PATH and CHROMEDRIVER_PATH parameters.

      Sample code before making the change:

      args: >
          rwdclient\connector.py --rwdclient-path rwdclient\rwdclient.py --debug --firefox-binary-path E:\appdynamics\browsers\firefox\firefox.exe
            --timeout %TIMEOUT% --server-url http://localhost:4444/wd/hub --log-from-chromedriver 1 --chrome-binary-path %CHROME_BINARY_PATH% --chromedriver-path %CHROMEDRIVER_PATH%
            --id %MEASUREMENT_ID% --outputDir %OUTPUT_DIR% --config %OUTPUT_DIR%/config.json --browser %BROWSER% --log-dir %AGENT_DISTRIBUTION%/log %BROWSER_ARGS%

      CODE

      Sample code after making the change:

      args: >
          rwdclient\connector.py --rwdclient-path rwdclient\rwdclient.py --debug --firefox-binary-path E:\appdynamics\browsers\firefox\firefox.exe
            --timeout %TIMEOUT% --server-url http://localhost:4444/wd/hub --log-from-chromedriver 1 --chrome-binary-path E:\appdynamics\browsers\chrome-83\chrome-win32\chrome.exe --chromedriver-path E:\appdynamics\scripting\chromedriver-83\chromedriver_win32\chromedriver.exe
            --id %MEASUREMENT_ID% --outputDir %OUTPUT_DIR% --config %OUTPUT_DIR%/config.json --browser %BROWSER% --log-dir %AGENT_DISTRIBUTION%/log %BROWSER_ARGS%

      CODE
   3. Save the the synthetic-driver.yml file.

None.

The vulnerability in Python v3.8.10 was introduced after the PSA v21.7.0 release.