Version 1.647
Released: 2023-02-??
evolution new
Apple-specific configuration profile for E-Mail AccountsAdded new action in the E-mail Accounts
table to download an Apple-specific configuration profile for each account. Installation of such profile would allow user to easily setup email account on their iPhone, iPad or Mac device.
evolution improved
Fatal Error Handling on Evolution start-upImprove Evolution fatal error handling: track application start-up sequence and show meaningful message about the cause of the fail. Updated page gives more context to user and allows to copy stack-trace and additional error metadata for reports.
New error reporting replaces the old and usually misleading Ooooops!
message.
evolution improved
Admin level maintenance task displayImprove how tasks are shown in the admin level maintenance
page by displaying how many and what tasks were completed. In addition, the check all
button now outputs details for all tasks completed.
evolution improved
Relative files compress in FileManagerFileManager compressed files relatively to the home root, leading to deeply nested structure inside archive. Updated behavior is to compress files relatively to the currently opened folder in FileManager.
evolution improved
Obsolete browser notificationBrowsers such as IE 11
are getting a blank page when trying to access DirectAdmin panel. We added an informative message that will display whether their browser is not supported by Evolution.
evolution improved
Menu Customization UI ChangesCustomize Menu page was using outdated menu structure for customizations, preventing further possible improvements in data formats and functionality. Page is completely revamped to work on current menu structure and unlock further improvements to the customizations.
evolution improved
Menu badges stylingUpdated styling of different menu updates badges across the Evolution layouts to make them look the same and follow the same logic.
evolution improved
More accurate menu searchMenu search function has increased matching threshold to lower the amount of returned results and hide the results that are not related to the search term.
This leads to more accurate search results.
evolution improved
Webalizer table improvementsWebalizer table was improved by changing width of domain
and subdomain
columns to fit contents nicely inside.
evolution improved
Allow access to SSL Certificates user level page when SSL is disabled for domainThe SSL Certificates
page is now accessible even when SSL for a particular domain has been disabled. Because of this, user can now once again re-enable SSL for that domain if needed.
evolution improved
Resource limits for user account infoReseller's My Users
page's Account Info
tab now displays resource limits.
Login Keys
evolution improved
New API endpoints in Improved Login Keys and Urls create, modify, list pages and processess to be more efficient and clear to the users.
versions.txt
custombuild improved
CloudLinux software versions in main With this release DirectAdmin stores CloudLinux software versions in the main versions.txt
file. Previous versions used to have separate file for CloudLinux software.
Main versions.txt
file is extended with the following entries:
mod_hostinglimits
1.0-39mod_lsapi
1.1-63mod_proctitle
0.1-7cl-php-litespeed
7.9
This allows CloudLinux software versions to be customized the same way as all other CustomBuild managed software. Via GUI or manually with custom_versions.txt
file.
CloudLinux specific patches are now bundled with CustomBuild and stored in /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild/patches/cloudlinux
.
improved
Notifications for DirectAdmin auto-updatesWhen DirectAdmin is auto-updated, system message gets send to all admins. This functionality is extended to be customizable based on a couple of new directadmin.conf
fields:
notify_on_autoupdate
(default1
) - controls whether system message gets sent on DirectAdmin auto-update to a newer version's release.notify_on_autopatch
(default0
) - controls whether system message gets sent on DirectAdmin auto-update to the same version's hotfix release.
improved
New document root location for sub-domainsFor all new sub-domains a default document root (location served by web-server) have changed from /home/{user}/domains/{domain}/{sub}
to /home/{user}/domains/{subdomain}/public_html
.
For example if user has example.com
domain, and creates sub.example.com
sub-domain. Document root for sub-domain will be domains/sub.example.com/public_html
instead of domains/example.com/sub
.
improved
Auto-detect disabled IPv6 in DA installerPrevious DA versions assumed IPv6 is always available and would always set ipv6=1
in the config unconditionally.
Starting this version DA installer will try to detect if OS has a working IPv6 stack. When it is not available IPv6 will not be enabled in directadmin.conf
.
evolution fixed
Fix menu search in refreshed layoutIf upon menu search user has been changing user mode, search results were not updated properly and user could have seen reseller entries on user level, etc.
It is fixed it by making a search dependent on user menu entries.
evolution fixed
Fix main search barPreviously main search bar would close automatically if user clicked any of the filter options. The issue was fixed by properly managing click outside main search bar events.
In-Progress
table in Admin Backup/Transfer
evolution fixed
Fix Every 30 secods selected rows in in-progress
backups table were unselected, due to data reload. Issue is fixed by properly restoring selection after the request.
evolution fixed
Fix E-Mail filters tableEmail filters page now loads the create new filter row correctly. Previously it would only appear after changing language or viewport.
evolution fixed
Show all vacation accountsWhen creating vacation message, generated API request would always pass the globally set items per page value as parameter. Because of this, not all mailboxes would end up being displayed.
Updated behaviour is to load all mailboxes.
evolution fixed
System info widget in dashboardSystem info widget was broken and was showing incorrect or none information at all. Now it is updated with new API endpoints and new visualisation for memory usage.
fixed
Log rotation for modsecurity with nginxLogfiles used by nginx modsecuryt were not being rotated due to modsecurity issue.
This version updates logrotate rules for nginx modsecurity files to take care of truncating the file by logrotate using copytruncate
directive.
evolution removed
Remove master login sidebar from "Refreshed"Master login sidebar in "Refreshed" layout was inconsistent with other layouts, as it was shown inside user layout, making it part of user UI and forcing user to switch between different interactions path on user change.
This update removes master login sidebar, replacing it with global component that is is used on other layouts, making the looks and placement consistent across layouts.
Security Questions
feature removed
Deprecated Security Questions feature is being deprecated starting this release. We recommend everyone to migrate to TOTP based Two-Factor authentication.
It will not be possible to enable security questions for accounts that were not using security questions before.
Editing Security Questions settings or adding new questions is no longer supported.
Users that have security questions enabled can continue using them or disable.
evolution removed
Table density optionRemoved configuration option for tables density.
removed custombuild
Auto-remove legacy CustomBuild pluginStarting this version DA installer will detect and automatically remove old CustomBuild plugin in favor of native CustomBuild integration.
Native CustomBuild integration is available only on Evolution skin.
removed custombuild
Deprecated mod_php, suphp and mod_ruid2 PHP modesWith this release running PHP in mod_php
, suphp
or mod_ruid2
mores are no longer supported.
If one of the deprecated mores are enabled CustomBuild will refuse to perform any software reconfiguration action.
We recommend switching to more modern PHP modes:
/usr/local/directadmin/custombuild/build set php1_mode php-fpm
/usr/local/directadmin/custombuild/build set php1_mode fastcgi
/usr/local/directadmin/custombuild/build set php1_mode lsphp
cloudlinux_beta
removedcustombuild
CustomBuild option Support for using beta CloudLinux versions by setting cloudlinux_beta
flag in CustomBuild options.conf
file is removed.
CustomBuild will always use non-beta CloudLinux software versions.
allow_subdomain_docroot_override
from directadmin.conf
removed
Removed option Option allow_subdomain_docroot_override
is removed, changing subdomain document root will be always allowed.