v0.8.1 "Galileo"

This is a bugfix release for arkOS 0.8 "Galileo".

Genesis fixes

• b7ecf75 Fix typo preventing file manager downloads
• 24ec22e Fix bug preventing error submission to GRM
• 680fb4f Handle backup failure more gracefully
• d1f7798 Display and properly handle website updates
• d5c6e5c Fix setting user password on edit
• 57d61cb Properly display full name when no last name exists

v0.8.0 "Galileo"

• Migrate to Python 3.x (Core and Kraken)
• Full redesign and simplification using Semantic UI (Genesis)
• Serve a pre-compiled version of Genesis, removing the need for on-device builds
• Create File Shares services framework: allow automatic integration of shares and mounts for Samba, AFP and NFS
• ACME (Let's Encrypt) certificates available for request through Certificates framework
• Automatically forward ports for sites and services with your router, thanks to uPnP
• Notifications framework: send notifications to both the log, the API and the user
• WebSockets support for live notifications and model updates (Kraken and Genesis)
• Add IPv6 and HTTP/2 support by default for new websites
• Improve exception handling and logging, both inside and outside of threaded jobs
• New arkosctl command-line utility
• Disk usage added to Statistics
• Add custom firewall rules through the interfaces
• Version checks for apps, system and language packages
• Website 'extra options' and 'actions' now generated on-the-fly in Genesis
• Use GRM to test if domains are properly assigned and ports are open/forwarded (experimental)
• Create unit testing system (experimental) and include tests for LDAP integrations
• Improved deployment through arkosctl init commands and default configuration
• Style updates: Python to PEP8/flake and JavaScript through jslint
• Many, many bug fixes and performance improvements, and a holiday surprise!

v0.6.2

Bugfixes

• 5d5cc20 SSLv3 support removed in new websites due to POODLE vulnerability
• 6689791 User and group searches with no matches no longer fail with exceptions
• 6689791 File manager now properly evaluates UID/GID for users with capital letters in their username in Genesis
• 6689791 Websites with present metadata files but no serverblock are now ignored
• 3dd5bbd Webapp sources can now have .tgz extension
• 1808b7b Error reports now include plugin versions

Plugin Changes

• New plugins: db131a1 DokuWiki (thanks @heinzK1X!), 55b85ed Lychee (thanks @keybits!), 1110a18 Haste
• New versions: 2d58c5a Wallabag 1.8, 2801784 Ghost 0.5.2, 41b979d f8cbb7b Syncthing 0.10 (waiting on upstream package)
• c633592 [Wallabag 1.8.0-2] Properly implements SQLite3 database option; creates first user during site setup wizard
• 91e7051 [ownCloud 7.0.2-2] Update included NGINX rules for latest versions
• a89ce1e [MariaDB 2.7] Properly commit inserts when added via execute()
• 3124ade [SQLite3 2] Implement system group for access rights to databases
• 4cc12b8 [SSH 0.5] Ignore username capital letter conflicts

v0.6.1

Bugfixes

• Adding users no longer produces an error when trying to display the confirmation dialog
• Dropping databases no longer fails and will now always drop the correct database ;)
• NGINX reload failures after site edits now launch an alert rather than crashing the interface
• "Show hidden files" button no longer fails with an error if the user is in Anonymous mode
• First Run wizard no longer fails if cron or sudo aren't reachable right away
• Database user change permission dialog now properly closes and shows database lists
• Website metadata is now properly moved/edited on site changes
• First Run now forces logout on completion, evading various bugs including when using SSH plugin during the first session
• Group edit dialog now properly saves changes
• Networking, Databases and System Monitor panes no longer randomly crash when certain values aren't available
• Firewall plugin no longer randomly crashes when certain plugins are uninstalled
• Settings entered for Certificates (keytype and length) are now properly saved for use during the same session
• Websites pane Update function no longer causes crashes when used with certain site types
• server_names_hash_bucket_size value of NGINX config now editable via the Settings dialog in Websites pane
• Reverse Proxy sites no longer throw various errors when attempts made to remove them
• Hardware identification on boot no longer crashes on certain platforms
• Certificate info dialog no longer complains of missing value in list

v0.6 "Panoply"

Core Updates

• Complete redesign and restructuring of application's visual interface; including new tables, menus and widgets, and redesign of First Run wizard
• Applications transitioned to "App Store", organized by categories and showing logos/screenshots where applicable
• Supervisor services framework integrated into core: Operate and control Supervisor services from the Services pane, just like for regular system services
• App installs/uninstalls/verifications are now smoother and executed more efficiently
• App installs and uninstalls will now install/uninstall all required dependency apps as necessary
• Help subsystem: display a custom help page for each plugin/framework currently being used (actual contents coming soon)
• Filesystems
  • Filesystems, both regular and encrypted, are now generated much faster
  • Allow user customization of default filesystem encryption methods
• File Manager
  • Redesign and addition of new options in toolbar
  • Added "Go" menu to quickly jump between important HD locations ("Points of Interest")
  • Allow opening of text files in Notepad by clicking the file name
• Certificates
  • Improved speed for certificate generation and assignment
  • Display additional info about certificates and keys, including SHA1 and MD5 fingerprints
  • Certificates are now created with group access rights for the system ssl-cert user, allowing apps to access them properly
• Websites
  • Allow one-click updates for websites that don't know how to update themselves
  • Databases now created in the backend rather than from plugin code itself
  • Websites that support multiple database types now offer the choice to the user as to which to use on install
  • Set file upload limits from within the app
• Databases
  • Allow upload SQL file to database and download SQL file as backup
  • Updates to SQL execution display
• Additional First Run options and system information for Cubieboard2 and Cubietruck
• Create option on bug report page for automatically sending in bug reports to Genesis developers
• Most system information calls in Statistics, Services, Task Manager and Filesystems moved from shell calls to Python psutil
• Moved to Core: Notepad, Packages, Scheduled Tasks, Supervisor, Task Manager, Terminal
• Removed Logs plugin in favour of revamped Notepad plugin
• Updates to frameworks that Genesis uses regularly, including Bootstrap 3, jQuery, pyte and CodeMirror
• Added Font Awesome as a possible choice for in-app icons
• Some sections now allow the "Enter" button to advance rather than requiring a click to "OK" or "Next" etc.
• Many alert messages have been clarified, both in appearance and language used

App Updates

• Added File Sync app: based on Syncthing, an open-source replacement for BitTorrent Sync
• Added Mumble Server and Etherpad apps (thanks @heinzK1X!)
• Added Gitweb app
• Calendar/Contacts: Improved initial setup and operation, thanks in large part to Supervisor core integration
• MariaDB & SQLite3: Functional updates to how database queries are executed and displayed
• Mailserver: Database backend moved to SQLite3, resulting in significant performance improvements
• Transmission: allow editing of all configuration file options
• Basic Website: improve database selection, creation and install process
• All webapps updated to latest versions
• Removed Execute app in favour of Terminal
• Removed Advanced Users app and migrated some features into core Users pane

Bugfixes

• Logouts now function properly
• Filesystems can now be properly and consistently mounted/unmounted
• Improvements to synchronous status message system, fixing disappearing alert messages after a few seconds
• All services, regardless of running state, now properly show in the Services pane
• Buttons and other elements behind generated tooltips are no longer blocked from access once the tooltips disappear
• Scrolling to top now works properly in additional browsers
• Packages plugin now properly posts its status information to messages instead of saying nothing
• All website types can now be properly removed without giving list index errors

v0.5.1

Core Updates

• Filesystems overhaul
  • Filesystems plugin moved to Core
  • Allows creation of regular and encrypted file containers
• Points of Interest (POI) framework
  • Records locations of file containers, mounts
  • Lays groundwork for future integration into File Manager and Webapps frameworks
• Language Assistants API
  • Allows creation of helper plugins to streamline common operations per language, global installs of prerequisites, etc
• Architecture and board type is now tracked and identified via a mechanism on startup
• Webapps: HTTP hits to sites on standard ports (80/443) now redirect to HTTPS when SSL is enabled
• Webapps can be installed via git clone or unzipping ZIP archives
• Created framework to ease communication and passing orders between non-core plugins
• Date and time formats now customizable via the Genesis Settings plugin
• Widget added to track temperature in the System Monitor (Raspberry Pi only)

Plugin Updates

• ownCloud can now be installed to custom data directories and POIs
• Ghost blogging webapp plugin added
• Calendar/Contacts server plugin (Radicale) added
• Supervisor process control plugin added
• XMPP chat server (Prosody) plugin added
• SparkleShare file hosting system plugin added
• Wallabag RSS reader webapp plugin added
• Reverse Proxy webapp plugin added
• Language assistant plugins added for PHP, Ruby, Python, NodeJS
• Miscellaneous updates and edits to ownCloud, WordPress, MariaDB, Jekyll, Basic Site

Bugfixes

• Plugins can now be removed without throwing errors during validation checks
• An old reference to a PHP config file that caused errors when starting Nginx has now been completely removed
• The Networking plugin no longer crashes when using OpenVPN tunnels
• Installing Python modules doesn't fail as spectacularly
• Certificates can now be assigned/unassigned if there was an error assigning/unassigning prior
• System time is now properly set when using the button in System Settings
• System time is now properly checked for when Genesis starts
• Webapp package downloads now properly raise errors if an HTTP error is encountered
• Downloading the plugin list on boot now properly returns errors if they are encountered
• Networking plugin only greps for IPv4 address instead of failing sometimes if an IPv6 one was found too
• SSL certificates are now properly signed by the generated certificate authority
• Names for SSL certificates are now properly checked for forbidden characters before generation/assignment
• Certain names including the word "test" can now be used with Jekyll and Basic sites
• Networks that are enabled in the Networking plugin are now more clearly distinguished
• Errors are no longer thrown when a user tries to log out when they are in Anonymous mode

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

v0.4.1

Bugfix Release

• FIXED: When a plugin is removed, it is now immediately removed from the Applications list (a refresh is still required before it is removed from the sidebar)
• FIXED: The First Run wizard now checks for plugin dependency and conflict like the Applications manager does
• FIXED: The Settings page no longer shows SSL options, requiring users to go through the new Certificates framework, to reduce confusion and errors
• FIXED: The Package Manager plugin no longer allows checking Info of packages that are not installed (limitation of pacman)
• FIXED: The user created during the First Run wizard is now properly added to the sudo group
• FIXED: Custom websites added with the PHP flag now properly have PHP enabled
• FIXED: If a System Monitor widget encounters an error while loading, it can now be removed via a "Clean Up" button that appears
• FIXED: Automatic resizing of the SD card now works (for real this time!)
• FIXED: The WordPress plugin no longer comments out the keys obtained via the WP API
• FIXED: Changing SSH options now properly restarts the SSH daemon
• FIXED: The embedded webapp functionality (like Transmission uses) now properly redirects to HTTP/HTTPS depending on app settings and Genesis SSL status
• FIXED: The "Generate Certificate" form no longer bothers with an error if the form is cancelled
• FIXED: The terms "reload", "restart" and "reboot" in various functions of Genesis have been revised and clarified

v0.4

Core Updates

• Security API/Framework completed:
  • Enables a configurable firewall, blocking traffic by default and only allowing through the services that you need
  • Allow services to be available the entire Internet, only to your local area network, or to nobody at all
  • Enables a defence system (Fail2ban) for individual plugins that allows intrusion attempts to be detected and mitigated
• Certificates API/Framework completed:
  • Allows the generation and management of self-signed SSL certificates
  • Automatically assign an SSL certificate to a plugin or a webapp, enabling SSL on that service
• Long-running processes can now display status messages instead of the stock loading spinner
• Plugin and webapp installation displays status messages during installation
• Plugins with associated running services (daemons) now feature a button for easy access to start/stop/restart
• Plugins with associated web applications to manage them can now have a redirect in Genesis
• Webapps Framework Updates:
  • Integration with Security framework: webapp ports are automatically registered to the firewall
  • Integration with Certificates framework: SSL enabled when a certificate is provisioned for a specific webapp. Custom actions can occur for SSL enable/disable depending on webapp type
• More detail given to user confirmation before dangerous operations
• Config option added to reduce RPi memory split
• Root password can now be set via the First Run wizard

Plugin Updates

New plugins to manage:

• Jekyll static site and blog generator
• Transmission BitTorrent client (thanks @wwilson!)

Other changes:

• Executing commands via Shell plugin is now done as the logged-in user and not root

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Applications pane will now stop you if you try to install a plugin before its dependency, or to remove it while others depend on it
• Fixed: Webapps pane will now stop you from installing a webapp if it requires a database service that is not running
• Fixed: SSL can now be properly enabled in Genesis
• Fixed: Disk resizes properly take effect after the first run
• Fixed: Custom website installs via the Webapps plugin work now
• Fixed: Webapps can now have their name changed and still work
• Fixed: Samba plugin now has basic functionality (has not been reviewed yet, though)
• Fixed: Users created through the First Run wizard and user plugins now have home directories and control over them
• Fixed: Shebangs are now properly rewritten in all modules

v0.3

Core Updates

• Webapps API/Framework completed:
  • Add and remove websites, automatically downloading from source and formatting as necessary
  • Automatically generate nginx serverblocks based on given information
  • Activate and serve new sites on-the-fly
  • Manage nginx and PHP server processes when needed
  • Modular framework for easily adding and managing new webapp types
• Databases API/Framework completed:
  • Add and remove databases
  • Add, remove and modify permissions for database users
  • Execute database commands
  • Modular framework for easily adding new database types in the future
• In-App updates:
  • When an update is detected, the app will display a message
  • Updates can be installed from the Config menu automatically
  • Can manually check for new updates
• Performance greatly improved for Services plugin
• Plugins stand out more when they cannot be activated at runtime
• Plugin dependency checks are faster and less resource-intensive
• HTTP requests no longer printed to logfiles, to lessen logspam
• User created in First Run wizard now automatically a sudoer
• Users given the option to purge server data associated with dependencies on app removal

Plugin Updates

New plugins to manage:

• MariaDB/MySQL databases
• SQLite3 databases
• Wordpress installations
• ownCloud installations
• Custom Website installations

Other changes:

• SSH plugin performance and accuracy improved
• DNS and Hosts plugins removed, merged into core Networking plugin

Bugfixes

• Fixed: only remove plugin dependencies on removal if the plugin is the last one that requires those dependencies
• Fixed: Terminal plugin responds to keypresses once again (thanks @explorigin)
• Fixed: news widget articles were not sorted by date
• Fixed: the system monitor no longer crashes when a widget raises an exception; the exception is logged and the widget is disabled
• Fixed: dotted-line widget handle shows up again
• Fixed: issuing multiple modify/delete calls in one AJAX session blacked the screen and/or gave wrong results
• Fixed: Network plugin widget no longer crashes on empty lines