OPI software 1.1 Released
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 7:02 am
After some delays we are proud to finally present the first major update of the OPI software. We had some late problems with the installer that caused the delay our apologies for this.
This upgrade is mainly a bug fix upgrade with a lot of upgraded packages. Because of the size of the upgrade this upgrade can be a bit bumpy. The complete upgrade should take about 15 minutes depending on internet connection speed.
During the upgrade the upgrade the webserver at OPI will shut down and restart a bit later and this will result in that any user currently logged in will be automatically logged out.
Because of some problems with cached web pages it is highly recommended to empty your browser cache if things act strange or if you seems to not have gotten the upgrade in a day or two.
As always, please get back to us with comments and questions. Tell us what works and what doesn't what is good and what is not.
Whats new in this release
Added functionality to enable shell access on OPI (SSH)
Added functionality for dynamic and dhcp network settings.
Read more about this below.
Updates
Owncloud upgraded to 6.0.5
All latest updates to Ubuntu applied
Notable fixes
SMTP relay bug fixed which made setting an outgoing SMTP server impossible under certain circumstances.
Improved functionality in OC contacts web app.
Some performance enhancements in OC. Cronjobs for background execution.
Backend system have enhanced error recovery. The system now restarts if it should terminate for some unwanted reason.
Upload limits in web based filemanager increased and execution timeout increased to ease uploads. (Should hopefully also fix some problems on file synchronization)
Bugfixes for improved internationalization.
Plus many small fixes all over the system.
Upgrading
Upgrades are done automatically if enabled. This is done once a day without the need for user intervention. This upgrade however is quite big and installing takes a long time approximately 15 minutes. During this the webserver will be shut down for quite some time and because of this you will be locked out of OPI during this and you will have to login again after the upgrade.
Further more pages are usually quite heavily cached in the web-browser and if you are not noticing any changes in the web admin UI you might have to empty your browser cache manually to get the latest version loaded.
Installer image
A new installer image is provided and is available here:
http://download.openproducts.com/opi/install/image-1.1/
To reinstall OPI follow the information provided here (Re)Installing OPI
New features
Shell access
Shell access is enabled via SSH in the admin interface under ”Network Configuration” and the new ”Shell Access” tab.
When enabled there will be sent an email with the generated root password to all users in the admin group. It is of course a good idea to log in and change this.
Network settings
Network settings is found in the admin interface under ”Network Configuration” and “Network Settings”
There is now a choice between dynamic IP (DHCP) and Static IP configuration.
Note however that if you change the IP number the web interface will stop responding and you will have to reload the page or possibly manually change the address in the browser. Further more it is recommended to do any IP number changes only when logged in locally on your LAN since any port forwards done in the router might not get updated.
This upgrade is mainly a bug fix upgrade with a lot of upgraded packages. Because of the size of the upgrade this upgrade can be a bit bumpy. The complete upgrade should take about 15 minutes depending on internet connection speed.
During the upgrade the upgrade the webserver at OPI will shut down and restart a bit later and this will result in that any user currently logged in will be automatically logged out.
Because of some problems with cached web pages it is highly recommended to empty your browser cache if things act strange or if you seems to not have gotten the upgrade in a day or two.
As always, please get back to us with comments and questions. Tell us what works and what doesn't what is good and what is not.
Whats new in this release
Added functionality to enable shell access on OPI (SSH)
Added functionality for dynamic and dhcp network settings.
Read more about this below.
Updates
Owncloud upgraded to 6.0.5
All latest updates to Ubuntu applied
Notable fixes
SMTP relay bug fixed which made setting an outgoing SMTP server impossible under certain circumstances.
Improved functionality in OC contacts web app.
Some performance enhancements in OC. Cronjobs for background execution.
Backend system have enhanced error recovery. The system now restarts if it should terminate for some unwanted reason.
Upload limits in web based filemanager increased and execution timeout increased to ease uploads. (Should hopefully also fix some problems on file synchronization)
Bugfixes for improved internationalization.
Plus many small fixes all over the system.
Upgrading
Upgrades are done automatically if enabled. This is done once a day without the need for user intervention. This upgrade however is quite big and installing takes a long time approximately 15 minutes. During this the webserver will be shut down for quite some time and because of this you will be locked out of OPI during this and you will have to login again after the upgrade.
Further more pages are usually quite heavily cached in the web-browser and if you are not noticing any changes in the web admin UI you might have to empty your browser cache manually to get the latest version loaded.
Installer image
A new installer image is provided and is available here:
http://download.openproducts.com/opi/install/image-1.1/
To reinstall OPI follow the information provided here (Re)Installing OPI
New features
Shell access
Shell access is enabled via SSH in the admin interface under ”Network Configuration” and the new ”Shell Access” tab.
When enabled there will be sent an email with the generated root password to all users in the admin group. It is of course a good idea to log in and change this.
Network settings
Network settings is found in the admin interface under ”Network Configuration” and “Network Settings”
There is now a choice between dynamic IP (DHCP) and Static IP configuration.
Note however that if you change the IP number the web interface will stop responding and you will have to reload the page or possibly manually change the address in the browser. Further more it is recommended to do any IP number changes only when logged in locally on your LAN since any port forwards done in the router might not get updated.