=============================================================================== == 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. =============================================================================== == Elgg Release Notes == =============================================================================== Wed May 8 13:27:42 MST 2013 - 1.8.2 - Upgraded elgg to version 1.8.15. This is a general bugfix update that also brings significant changes to how the application works with Twitter. See the full release notes for detail: http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/cash/read/227/elgg-1815-released - Upgrade on backup restore possible from JumpBox version 0.9 or higher Wed Mar 20 12:29:43 MST 2013 - 1.8.1 - Upgraded elgg to version 1.8.14. This is a security update for the Profile tool. See the full release notes for detail: http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/cash/read/225/elgg-1814-and-1719 - Upgrade on backup restore possible from JumpBox version 0.9 or higher 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. Wed Feb 6 16:12:58 MST 2013 - 1.7.13 - Upgraded elgg to version 1.8.13. This is a security update for the Twitter widget. See the full release notes for detail: http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/cash/read/223/elgg-1813-and-1717 - Upgrade on backup restore possible from JumpBox version 0.9 or higher Tue Jan 8 09:57:21 MST 2013 - 1.7.12 - Upgraded elgg to version 1.8.12. This is a bugfix update with minor enhancements to performance and caching. See the full release notes for detail: http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/brett/read/220/elgg-1812-released - Upgrade on backup restore possible from JumpBox version 0.9 or higher Tue Dec 11 16:08:44 MST 2012 - 1.7.11 - Upgraded elgg to version 1.8.11. This is a security and bugfix update. See the full release notes for detail: http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/steve/read/219/elgg-1811-bugfix-release http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/brett/read/218/elgg-1810-released-with-security-enhancements - Upgrade on backup restore possible from JumpBox version 0.9 or higher Wed Nov 14 10:21:01 MST 2012 - 1.7.10 - Upgraded elgg to version 1.8.9. This is a security update. See the full release notes for detail: http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/steve/read/216/elgg-189-and-1716-released - Upgrade on backup restore possible from JumpBox version 0.9 or higher Tue Oct 23 15:51:31 MST 2012 - 1.7.9 - This is a maintenance release. The included version of the application has not changed. Wed Jul 18 13:11:37 MST 2012 - 1.7.8 - Upgraded elgg to 1.8.8 which is a bug fix update to 1.8.7. See the release notes for both release for detail on the changes since the last JumpBox release: http://trac.elgg.org/query?milestone=Elgg+1.8.7 http://trac.elgg.org/query?milestone=Elgg+1.8.8 - Upgrade on backup restore possible from JumpBox version 0.9 or higher Wed Jun 27 13:35:05 MST 2012 - 1.7.7 - Upgraded elgg to 1.8.6 which contains over 40 bug fixes. See the release notes for detail: http://trac.elgg.org/query?status=closed&group=resolution&milestone=Elgg+1.8.6 - Upgrade on backup restore possible from JumpBox version 0.9 or higher Tue May 22 14:52:17 MST 2012 - 1.7.6 - Upgraded elgg to 1.8.5 which is a security update for 3 issues. See the the release announcement for detail: http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/evan/read/209/elgg-185-released - Upgrade on backup restore possible from JumpBox version 0.9 or higher Wed May 2 15:04:46 MST 2012 - 1.7.5 - Upgraded elgg to 1.8.4 which is a bug fix release for over 70 issues including some security fixes. See the the full release notes for detail: https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/blob/1.8.4/CHANGES.txt - Upgrade on backup restore possible from JumpBox version 0.9 or higher Fri Jan 20 16:05:59 MST 2012 - 1.7.4 - Upgraded elgg to 1.8.3 which fixes bugs and adds a few minor enhancements like Etag headers for icons, JavaScript and CSS files and a server information page to help admins. See the the full release notes for detail: https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/blob/1.8.3/CHANGES.txt - Upgrade on backup restore possible from JumpBox version 0.9 or higher Wed Jan 4 14:56:34 MST 2012 - 1.7.3 - Upgraded elgg to 1.8.2 which has over 60 bugfixes. See the the full release notes for detail: https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/blob/1.8.2/CHANGES.txt - Upgrade on backup restore possible from JumpBox version 0.9 or higher Fri Dec 2 15:53:29 MST 2011 - 1.7.2 - Upgraded elgg to 1.8.1 which has a long list of enhancements and bug fixes but no major new features. See the the full release notes for details. https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/blob/1.8.1/CHANGES.txt - Upgrade on backup restore possible from JumpBox version 0.9 or higher Mon Oct 17 16:50:20 MST 2011 - 1.7.1 - Upgraded elgg to 1.8.0.1 which is a major revision to Elgg bringing a long list of changes including a new default theme, redesigned admin section, sticky forms and a new menu system. See the complete release notes for the full list of changes: http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/brett/read/190/elgg-180-released - Upgrade on backup restore possible from JumpBox version 0.9 or higher Thu Aug 25 11:00:23 MST 2011 - 1.7.0 - Upgraded elgg to 1.7.11 which is a security update recommended for all users. - Upgrade on backup restore possible from JumpBox version 0.9 or higher - Elgg release notes available here: http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/brett/read/189/elgg-1711-released Fri Jul 22 15:04:30 MST 2011 - 1.6.2 - Upgraded elgg to 1.7.10 which is a security update recommended for all users. - Upgrade on backup restore possible from JumpBox version 0.9 or higher - Elgg release notes available here: http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/brett/read/186/elgg-1710-released Thu Apr 28 09:56:32 MST 2011 - 1.6.1 - This is a maintenance release. The included version of the application has not changed. Mon Jan 17 11:12:03 MST 2011 - 1.6.0 - Upgraded elgg to 1.7.6 which is a security update. - Upgrade on backup restore possible from JumpBox version 0.9 or higher - Elgg release notes available here: http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/brett/read/161/elgg-176-released-with-security-enhancements Tue Sept 13 22:22:20 MST 2010 - 1.5.0 - Initial production release on the Ubuntu Lucid platform - Upgraded elgg to 1.7.3 - Upgrade on backup restore possible from 0.9 - Elgg release notes available here: http://docs.elgg.org/wiki/Version_1_7 Tue May 18 16:59:20 MST 2010 - 0.9 - Initial BETA release of this application. - In the "Site Settings" tab of the "Administration" page, the there is a checkbox that enables "HTTPS logins." Do not enable this checkbox, or the application will prevent any user from logging in. To make this JumpBox secure, choose one of the options in the "SSL" page in the JumpBox Administration Portal. - There are known, intermittent issues with NFS backups. A fix is expected before the 1.0 release.