=============================================================================== == General Documentation == =============================================================================== This document contains release specific notes for the accompanying JumpBox. More general information and documentation can be found on the JumpBox Documentation Wiki at http://www.jumpbox.com/ == Description of the concept == JumpBox virtual appliances are the easiest path to running server based applications. A JumpBox bundles the operating system with the application and all its dependencies into a single ready to run bundle. This allows you to focus on working with the application while not having to worry about getting it installed. It also means that the application can be deployed on any x86 platform regardless of what platform the application is written for. All that is required is the JumpBox, some virtualization software like VMware, a network that assigns dynamic IP addresses (most do), and a computer with enough RAM and disk space. == System requirements == * Windows, Mac or Linux with Virtualization software including: * VMware (http://www.vmware.com) * You can also download the free VMware player. (http://www.vmware.com/products/player/) * Parallels (http://www.parallels.com) * Any Virtualization platform that can import OVFs or VMDK based virtual machines. * Up to 14GB Free disk space for growable disks. * Minimum 1GB RAM, 2GB recommended. * A network that assigns dynamic IP address (most do) == Accounts == When you first boot your JumpBox the console will display an IP address that you should open with a web browser. That will then guide you through the setup process to configure a user account. This account will grant you access to the JumpBox administration interface and it will also be the account you use to log into the application for the first time. Immediately after JumpBox configuration you will be directed to the "Welcome Page". The welcome page contains the username you need to login to the application bundled with the JumpBox. Typically, the username will be 'admin' but deviations from this are always noted on the welcome page. This welcome page should remain accessible at: http://IPADDRESS/jb/welcome.html == Account Passwords == In general, there are three accounts on a JumpBox to start with: * Application Administrator * Linux System 'admin' User * JumpBox Admin Portal User After initial configuration, all three users will have the password chosen during configuration. If, during the course of using the JumpBox, any of these passwords are changed the other ones are NOT changed with it. We do not keep these passwords in sync after the initial configuration. The only other situation where these passwords are modified is during a JumpBox Restore. == Backup Limitations == The JumpBox backup and restore utilities perform a FULL backup of the entire application state and any additional items you have specified as shown in the "Backup Customization" section of this document. By default, these backups run at 1:30 AM. While the backup is running, the application will be inaccessible to ensure a consistent application state in the backup. For users who have added large amounts of data to their JumpBoxes, our backup tool may be inadequate. The time it takes to backup could become disruptively long or the JumpBox could have insufficient disk space to perform a backup at all. Users with these issues should consider utilizing their existing backup infrastructure where available. JumpBox Engineers can help identify the data that needs backing up and might be able to provide advice when installing third party backup agents. Please ask on the JumpBox forums or via email if you have purchased support. Details on the size restrictions and backup times vary considerably between applications so please see the application specific part of this documentation for details. The S3 based backup mechanism currently has a 5GB limit on the backup file size. If your backup exceed this you will receive an error. We are working on a resolution to this problem, though this falls into the realm where you are encouraged to utilize a third party backup solution. == Backup Customization == The JumpBox now provides a way for users to specify additional files or directories on the JumpBox that need to be backed up by the JumpBox backup mechanism. This can be accomplished on a registered JumpBox by correctly specifying the additional items in the /jumpbox/etc/user.yml. SSH into the JumpBox and refer to this file for usage details. There is also a tool to validate the user.yml file, this tool is: /jumpbox/bin/validate_user_yml It will check the syntax of the file and indicate what will be backed up. NOTE: The user.yml file must be correctly indented with two spaces for each indent level. So a correct example of a complete user.yml file would look like the following: --- filebackup: # This is a comment /etc/php5/apache2/php5.ini: {} /usr/local: exclude_file: /admin/usr-local.exclude == Application Specific Documentation == This JumpBox Platform README may be accompanied by additional information in an application specific section below. Also found below is JumpBox platform and application specific Release Notes. These may contain important information so make sure to skim to those sections. Additional application information is available on the JumpBox Wiki: http://wiki.jumpbox.com/ == Virtual Machine Resources == This JumpBox has default settings that may be too low for some user's needs. You may consider raising the amount of RAM allocated to the JumpBox or adding a virtual CPU if your platform supports it. == Virtualization Platforms == For details on how to use your JumpBox on a specific virtualization platform please visit the JumpBox Documentation Wiki: http://wiki.jumpbox.com/doc/virtualization == JumpBox Help and Information == If you have trouble with your JumpBox please check our wiki for tutorials, FAQs and other important information: http://wiki.jumpbox.com/ If you are still experiencing difficulty post a question on our forums at: http://www.jumpbox.com/forums/ For details on purchasing support from JumpBox see: http://www.jumpbox.com/support/ To keep up to date with JumpBox see our blog at: http://www.jumpbox.com/blog/ == Notices == JumpBox is a registered trademark of JumpBox Inc. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. =============================================================================== == JumpBox Runtime Release 1.7 == =============================================================================== Release 1.7-58 Notable Changes ------------------------------ - Many upstream updates from Ubuntu. - The kernel is now updated to the backported Natty kernel to resolve the ESX 4.1 issues some users were still experiencing. Release 1.6-41 Notable Changes ------------------------------ - Upstream updates from Ubuntu. This contains updates up to USN-1080-1. Release 1.6-39 Notable Changes ------------------------------ - Upstream updates from Ubuntu. This is now Ubuntu Lucid 10.04.2 and contains updates up to USN-1065-1. Release 1.6-31 Notable Changes ------------------------------ - This is still an Ubuntu Lucid based release, however a number of things have changed, these are outlined below. - This release now uses the linux-generic-pae kernel for compatibility with vmware ESX 4.1, this unfortunately breaks compatibility with older virtualization platforms that lack PAE support. - Non VMware disks and configuration files have been removed. This means that compatibility with other platforms can only be achieved by the use of those platforms VMDK import processes or through the use of OVFs. Please check the JumpBox Blog and Website for more information on these changes. - [Update] All JumpBoxes now have three disks. A two GB root disk, a two GB /usr disk and a 10GB /storage disk. Release 1.5-23 Notable Changes ------------------------------ - This has been a production release for at least several versions, our apologies for not indicating as much in these release notes. - All JumpBoxes now have a larger, 2GB, root disk by default. - The hostname is now displayed in the virtual console after setup. Release 1.5-17 Notable Changes ------------------------------- - *** THIS IS A BETA RELEASE, FOR EVALUATION USE ONLY *** - Has known issue with error handling when setting invalid email relay. - The default amount of RAM allocated to the JumpBox has been increased to a minimum of 512 MB, some JumpBoxes may use more. - Fixed intermittent NFS related backup issue from 1.5-13. - Time sync with the host has been disabled and replaced by the NTP time server, this requires that the JumpBox have network access. If outbound networking is not available you can use your own NTP server or reenable the virtual host based time sync on VMware based platforms. - We have fixed the "First Boot Method" for getting a larger storage disk as described here: http://wiki.jumpbox.com/doc/runtime/faq/larger_storage_disk Release 1.5-13 Notable Changes ------------------------------- - *** THIS IS A BETA RELEASE, FOR EVALUATION USE ONLY *** - This is the first Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 LTS based release of a JumpBox. - Has known intermittent issue with NFS based backups and restores. Retrying in the event of failure works. =============================================================================== == Alfresco Release Notes == =============================================================================== Tue Mar 5 09:41:32 MST 2013 - 1.8.0 - This is a maintenance release. The included version of the application has not changed. Thu Aug 23 16:10:53 MST 2012 - 1.7.4 - The JumpBox has been updated to Alfresco 4.0.e. - Alfresco 4.0.e contains a single change to update the SOLR SSL certificate. Platform updates were also applied. See the full alfresco release notes for detail: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Community_4.0.e_Release_Notes - Upgrade on restore is possible from prior JumpBox releases version 1.1.10 or newer. Wed May 16 09:29:07 MST 2012 - 1.7.3 - This is an maintenance release. The included version of Alfresco has not changed. Mon Feb 13 15:09:29 MST 2012 - 1.7.2 - The JumpBox has been updated to Alfresco 4.0.d. - Alfresco 4.0.d is a bugfix release that addresses over 60 issues. See the full alfresco release notes for detail: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Community_4.0.d_Release_Notes - Upgrade on restore is possible from prior JumpBox releases version 1.1.10 or newer. Fri Jan 6 12:09:45 MST 2012 - 1.7.1 - The JumpBox has been updated to Alfresco 4.0.c. - Alfresco 4.0.c is a bugfix release that addresses over 300 issues. See the full alfresco release notes for detail: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Community_4.0.c_Release_Notes - Upgrade on restore is possible from prior JumpBox releases version 1.1.10 or newer. Wed Nov 2 12:08:29 MST 2011 - 1.7.0 - The JumpBox has been rebuilt for Alfresco 4.0.b and includes Alfresco, Share and the Web Content Management Quickstart. - Alfresco 4.0 is major revision to Alfresco with new features for publishing content to social networks, FTP access to the repository and a significant revision to the Share user interface. There is a long list of changes in this release so see the full release notes for detail: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Community_4.0.a - Share is available under http://your_ip/share - WCM quick start is available under http://your_ip/wcmqs - Alfresco Document repository is available under http://your_ip/ - It should be possible to restore from backups generated by versions 1.1.4 and up of the JumpBox for Alfresco. - The application code has been moved from /opt to /var/data/alfresco and now runs under the system default Tomcat and the tomcat6 user. - The WCM virtual_tomcat deployment server is no longer included. Thu Jun 9 16:31:59 MST 2011 - 1.6.2 - This is an maintenance release. The included version of Alfresco has not changed. Mon Feb 28 15:04:25 MST 2011 - 1.6.1 - Alfresco has been updated to version 3.4.d. - This release of Alfresco is primarily a bug fix update. See the Alfresco release notes for details on the fixed issues: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Community_3.4.d - It should be possible to restore from backups generated by versions 1.1.4 and up of the Alfresco JumpBox. Fri Dec 3 10:48:21 MST 2010 - 1.6.0 - Alfresco has been updated to version 3.4.b. - This release of Alfresco contains a number of behind the scenes changes and enhancements to Alfresco Share and Alfresco Web Editor. See the Alfresco release notes for details. - Complete release notes are available here: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Community_3.4.b - It should be possible to restore from backups generated by versions 1.1.4 and up of the Alfresco JumpBox. - The Web Quick Start application has been included in this release. Tue Oct 26 10:58:15 MST 2010 - 1.5.0 - Alfresco has been updated to version 3.4.0a. - This release of Alfresco contains a number of behind the scenes changes and enhancements to Alfresco Share see the Alfresco release notes for details. - Complete release notes are available here: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Community_3.4.a - It should be possible to restore from backups generated by versions 1.1.4 and up of the Alfresco JumpBox. - The Alfresco Studio application is no longer included in the Community edition of Alfresco or the JumpBox. - The Web Quick Start sample application is not included in this release of the JumpBox. - The JumpBox is now based on the 10.04 Lucid version of Ubuntu Linux Fri Jul 9 11:15:09 MST 2010 - 1.1.11 - Alfresco has been updated to version 3.3.0g. - This is a minor release of Alfresco. - Complete release notes are available at the following URL: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Community_Edition_3.3g - It should be possible to restore from backups generated by versions 1.1.4 and up of the Alfresco JumpBox. Tue May 4 14:47:28 MST 2010 - 1.1.10 - This is an maintenance release. The included version of Alfresco has not changed. Tue Apr 20 15:48:57 MST 2010 - 1.1.9 - Alfresco has been updated to version 3.3.0. - This is a major new release of Alfresco. - Complete release notes are available at the following URL: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Community_Edition_3.3 - It should be possible to restore from backups generated by versions 1.1.4 and up of the Alfresco JumpBox. - This version includes Full Implementation of CMIS 1.0 Specification, New Repository Document Library, Share Site Data Lists, Sites and Repository Library Enhancements and many other new features. Tue Mar 30 17:01:17 MST 2010 - 1.1.8 - This is an improvement release. The included version of Alfresco has not changed. - This release includes the Alfresco SharePoint (VTI) plugin. - It should be possible to restore from backups generated by versions 1.1.4 and up of the Alfresco JumpBox. Thu Dec 3 11:04:52 MST 2009 - 1.1.7 - Alfresco has been updated to 3.2r2. - Complete release notes are available at the following URL: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Community_Edition_3.2r2 - It should be possible to restore from backups generated by versions 1.1.4 and up of the Alfresco JumpBox. - If you are currently running a version of the JumpBox prior to 1.1.4, you should upgrade via an intermediate version. Backups made by version 1.1.1 and prior will not work correctly. Mon Oct 26 17:28:52 MST 2009 - 1.1.6 - Alfresco has been updated to 3.2r. - Complete release notes are available at the following URL: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Community_Edition_3.2r - It should be possible to restore from backups generated by versions 1.1.4 and up of the Alfresco JumpBox. - If you are currently running a version of the JumpBox prior to 1.1.4, you should upgrade via an intermediate version. Backups made by version 1.1.1 and prior will not work correctly. Mon Oct 5 17:07:16 MST 2009 - 1.1.5 - This is a security release. The included version of Alfresco has not changed. - This JumpBox can restore from backups generated by versions 1.1.1, 1.1.2 and 1.1.4 of the Alfresco JumpBox. Thu Jul 30 14:59:19 MST 2009 - 1.1.4 - Alfresco has been updated to 3.2 and the WCM component has be added. - The Alfresco Share application should function as expected. - The Alfresco Web Studio application is known not to function in this release. We will work to remedy this. - Before you can preview a Web Project in Alfresco WCM you will need to follow these instructions: http://wiki.jumpbox.com/doc/app/alfresco/faq/preview - To get started using WCM on this JumpBox please see these instructions: http://wiki.jumpbox.com/doc/app/alfresco/faq/wcm - The Alfresco Samba (Windows Share) server is now functional and running by default. - Internationalization does not work in this release, we will work to remedy this. - Additional information about this release can be found on the JumpBox Wiki, linked to above and questions can be asked in this thread in the forums: http://www.jumpbox.com/node/1680 - This JumpBox can only restore from backups generated by versions 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 of the Alfresco JumpBox. (Version 1.1.3 was never publicly released.) Mon Dec 29 15:21:44 MST 2008 - 1.1.2 - Alfresco has been updated to 3.0.0c. - This JumpBox can only restore from backups generated by versions 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 of the Alfresco JumpBox. If the restore takes more than 10 minutes, reboot the JumpBox. - Under certain cirumstances the post-configuration JumpBox Welcome Page may not properly show the status of Alfresco. If, after four minutes, Alfresco has not appeared to start, please proceed to http://IPADDRESS/ as it may have actually started. This issue will only occur imediately after the initial setup. Tue Oct 14 10:51:35 MST 2008 - 1.1.1 - Alfresco has been updated to 3.0.0b. - This JumpBox cannot restore from previous versions of the JumpBox for Alfresco. We hope to be able to release an updated version that fixes problem soon. - The post-configuration JumpBox Welcome Page may not properly show the status of Alfresco if you view the welcome page over SSL. This depends on your browser, and most people will not encounter this since the welcome page is not displayed over SSL by default. Tue Jul 1 16:51:10 MST 2008 - 1.1.0 - Initial release of this application on the JumpBox 1.1.0 Platform. - The Alfresco application version has not changed. This JumpBox should be able to restore from 0.9 and newer JumpBoxes. Wed Jan 2 17:14:39 MST 2008 - 1.0.1 - No application specific updates. Check the Platform Release section for details. Mon Dec 10 14:21:33 MST 2007 - 1.0 - Initial public release of Alfresco version 2.1. It should be possible to upgrade from the 0.9 beta release. - We have updated the RAM allocated to this JumpBox to 512MB, it is still possible that some users will have needs that exceed this allocation. Feel free to increase it at your discretion. Wed Nov 7 13:49:39 MST 2007 - 0.9 - ******** WARNING ******** ** This is release is either beta or experimental. It should not be relied ** upon for production use. ******** WARNING ******** - Initial public Beta release of Alfresco Version 2.1 JumpBox. - We recommend that you increase the Memory allocation to this JumpBox to at least 512MB of RAM in your virtualization software.