This release introduces support for new operating systems and the aarch64 (arm64) architecture and includes significant upgrades to various dependencies. Please note, in-place OS upgrades are not supported. Attempting to do so will disrupt the functionality of your system.
The approved method for upgrading to a new OS and dependencies is by utilizing our backup and restore scripts. This has been designed to be a seamless process, resulting in minimal downtime of just a few seconds!
We strongly recommend performing a backup/restore during this update to fully benefit from the newly updated dependencies, particularly if you are still on Debian 10 or Ubuntu 20.04. Please remember that the backup script does not automatically update itself. This release includes a significant change to the backup script that is necessary for the mongo to postgresql conversion during a restore, so it's crucial that you download the latest version before attempting to initiate a backup.
We have successfully facilitated numerous backup/restore operations over the years. If you need additional assistance or if the process feels daunting, don't hesitate to reach out to our commercial support. We're here to help!
Please note that our backup/restore functionality supports transition not only between different operating systems but also between architectures! For instance, you can back up an Ubuntu 20.04 system on an x86 architecture and restore it to an Oracle Cloud Free Tier ARM architecture running Debian 12.
Please note that these upgrades are entirely optional. Existing installations will continue to operate normally and are still fully supported. If you don't wish to backup/restore to a new OS/arch then you can treat this update like any other standard update and just run the update script as usual.
We're also thrilled to announce that our Reporting feature has entered the feature freeze phase and is currently undergoing final testing. If all tests are successful, you can anticipate its release within this month!
Changelog
- The installer now supports Debian 12 and Ubuntu 22.04.
- Expanded installer support to include aarch64 (arm64). Testing has been successfully conducted on a variety of ARM cloud providers, including Oracle Cloud Free Tier Ampere, Hetzner Ampere, Azure, AWS, Google Cloud ARM-based instances, and Raspberry Pi 4.
- Postgresql has been upgraded to version 15 (applies to new installs and restores only).
- Eliminated the MongoDB dependency for MeshCentral, transitioning instead to Postgresql (applies to new installs and restores only). Huge thanks to @NiceGuyIT, @dinger1986 and @silversword411 for their help in making this happen.
- NodeJS has been upgraded to version 18 (applies to new installs and restores only).
- Resolved an issue where custom field arguments containing backslashes were not being properly escaped.
- Script Manager now allows you to customize your view by showing or hiding columns as needed.
- Python updated to version 3.11.4
- Various dependency updates.
PR's
- Update troubleshoot_server.sh by @dinger1986 in #1543
Full Changelog:
v0.15.12...v0.16.0
amidaware/tacticalrmm-web@v0.101.22...v0.101.25