v0.5

Core Updates

• File Manager plugin overhaul
  • File Manager plugin moved to Core
  • Allows upload/download of files from the browser window
  • Upload/download of folders from browser window, to and from archive formats (.tar.gz, .zip, .tar.bz2, etc)
  • Hide hidden files by default, show/hide with push of a button
  • Directories can now be added absolutely and recursively
• Certificates plugin
  • Allow upload of externally-purchased SSL certs
  • Generate certificate authority (CA) and allow to download
  • Allow custom key lengths and types
  • Better field validation
• Major overhaul of plugin metadata infrastructure, access and management (in preparation for future updates)
• Change reposerver API to interact in JSON, and removed unnecessary string evaluations to improve security
• Network plugin overhaul: field verification, improved code, improved error handling, and simplified interface
• Move system options to new System Settings page. Allow for management of Beacon and Logrunner, change hostname and timezone, etc
• System time management: Check for time continuity on startup, see time difference on System Settings page and force check
• Database plugin now allows setting of root passwords for database engines that allow this. DB operations must now be done after a successful login, and root passwords must be set on first use
• Improved field and naming verification in the Databases plugin
• Created python-nginx module for parsing serverblocks, and switched Webapps plugin to use it, resulting in performance and reliability improvements on adding/editing sites
• Improved field and naming verification in the Webapps plugin, integrated it with new updates to the Database plugin (root logins), use the locally-understood hostname as default site address, and allowed adding sites based on subdomain
• Updated JS/AJAX to more easily allow file uploads in plugins and core
• Log plugin list retrieval errors with reasons
• Prompt to remove the home folder when user is removed
• Prompt the user to stay on the Genesis webpage if they try to close it in their browser while an operation is taking place
• Security rule processing is done on boot instead of on first page load, reducing wait time
• Password verification added in JS
• Improved fetching status message queue and displaying of messages
• Improved logging of core login attempts, and added fail2ban rules for Genesis, manageable via Security plugin
• Services can now be enabled/disabled from the Status buttons of ServiceControlPlugins
• Show only the last 50 lines of action in bug reports, to improve accessibility and reduce spam
• Updated PHP plugins to use xCache instead of APC in keeping with Arch convention
• Python modules are now installed if they are missing (reload still needed to use them, though)
• Login screen has a new colour and logo

Plugin Updates

• MariaDB plugin now uses Python MySQL plugin instead of using shell calls
• SQLite3 plugin now uses Python SQLite3 plugin instead of using shell calls
• Custom websites now added via the "Basic Website" plugin
• Basic Websites: PHP sites based in "htdocs" subfolder
• Samba plugin: removed obsolete options, simplified interface and operation
• Transmission plugin: RPC-whitelist option can now be edited

Bugfixes

• Naming conflicts are now correctly captured in the Webapps, Databases, and Certificates plugins
• Network plugin fields will no longer randomly throw errors (due to better field validation and read testing)
• Package Manager plugin now uses separate UIs for each tab, making Search function more intuitive
• SQL execution via the Databases plugin now properly formats errors in the execution dialog
• First Run wizard no longer allows forbidden characters in user creation
• Password updates no longer need to be effectuated by clicking the evil little green checkmark
• ownCloud plugin now enables the proper PHP modules when a new site is installed
• ownCloud plugin now does not throw errors on use of xCache
• ownCloud custom SSL certificate is now added to ca-certificates when generated
• Webapps plugin no longer crashes if a site wasn't expected to have SSL but does
• Time is now more reliably checked in the Certificates plugin when generating an SSL cert
• SSH plugin no longer crashes on every little significant thing (like unexpected usernames)
• Certificates plugin now no longer (occasionally) fails to generate a second certificate
• Disk usage widget only has one line named "Total" now instead of two
• Reload/restart terminology has been clarified, once again
• Scripts and stylesheets from core loaded first before those from plugins