=============================================================================== == 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. =============================================================================== == Moodle Release Notes == =============================================================================== Wed Mar 13 10:45:53 MST 2013 - 1.8.2 - Moodle has been updated to version 2.4.3. - This is a bugfix update for a regression introduced in 2.4.2. See the full Moodle release notes for detail on the changes. http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.4.3_release_notes - This version of Moodle can only upgrade from Moodle version 2.2 or newer so upgrades are available from JumpBox version 1.7.3 and newer. If you have an older version of the JumpBox you will first have to upgrade to JumpBox version 1.7.6 and can then upgrade again to this release. - If upgrading you will be prompted to go through the Moodle upgrade wizard. In most instances simply clicking the button at the bottom of each page will be sufficient to complete the upgrade. Wed Mar 13 10:45:53 MST 2013 - 1.8.1 - Moodle has been updated to version 2.4.2. - This is a security and bugfix update. See the full Moodle release notes for detail on the changes. http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.4.2_release_notes - This version of Moodle can only upgrade from Moodle version 2.2 or newer so upgrades are available from JumpBox version 1.7.3 and newer. If you have an older version of the JumpBox you will first have to upgrade to JumpBox version 1.7.6 and can then upgrade again to this release. - If upgrading you will be prompted to go through the Moodle upgrade wizard. In most instances simply clicking the button at the bottom of each page will be sufficient to complete the upgrade. 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 Jan 17 16:07:44 MST 2013 - 1.7.11 - Moodle has been updated to version 2.4.1. - This is a security and bugfix update. See the full Moodle release notes for detail on the changes. http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.4.1_release_notes - This version of Moodle can only upgrade from Moodle version 2.2 or newer so upgrades are available from JumpBox version 1.7.3 and newer. If you have an older version of the JumpBox you will first have to upgrade to JumpBox version 1.7.6 and can then upgrade again to this release. - If upgrading you will be prompted to go through the Moodle upgrade wizard. In most instances simply clicking the button at the bottom of each page will be sufficient to complete the upgrade. Thu Dec 13 17:01:49 MST 2012 - 1.7.10 - Moodle has been updated to version 2.4.0. - This is update to Moodle has a long list of enhancements and bugfixes including performance improvements, better TinyMCE integration and a new set of icons. See the full Moodle release notes for detail on the changes. http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.4_release_notes - This version of Moodle can only upgrade from Moodle version 2.2 or newer so upgrades are available from JumpBox version 1.7.3 and newer. If you have an older version of the JumpBox you will first have to upgrade to JumpBox version 1.7.6 and can then upgrade again to this release. - If upgrading you will be prompted to go through the Moodle upgrade wizard. In most instances simply clicking the button at the bottom of each page will be sufficient to complete the upgrade. Wed Nov 14 10:11:50 MST 2012 - 1.7.9 - Moodle has been updated to version 2.3.3. - This is a general maintenance release including security updates. See the full Moodle release notes for detail on the changes. http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.3.3_release_notes - This version of Moodle can only upgrade from Moodle version 2.2 or newer so upgrades are available from JumpBox version 1.7.3 and newer. If you have an older version of the JumpBox you will first have to upgrade to JumpBox version 1.7.6 and can then upgrade again to this release. - If upgrading you will be prompted to go through the Moodle upgrade wizard. In most instances simply clicking the button at the bottom of each page will be sufficient to complete the upgrade. Thu Sep 13 16:12:57 MST 2012 - 1.7.8 - Moodle has been updated to version 2.3.2. - This version of Moodle can only upgrade from Moodle version 2.2 or newer so upgrades are available from JumpBox version 1.7.3 and newer. If you have an older version of the JumpBox you will first have to upgrade to JumpBox version 1.7.6 and can then upgrade again to this release. - This is a general maintenance release. See the full Moodle release notes for detail on the changes. http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.3.2_release_notes - If upgrading you will be prompted to go through the Moodle upgrade wizard. In most instances simply clicking the button at the bottom of each page will be sufficient to complete the upgrade. Fri Jul 13 12:20:51 MST 2012 - 1.7.7 - Moodle has been updated to version 2.3.1. - This version of Moodle can only upgrade from Moodle version 2.2 or newer so upgrades are available from JumpBox version 1.7.3 and newer. If you have an older version of the JumpBox you will first have to upgrade to JumpBox version 1.7.6 and can then upgrade again to this release. - This release brings improvements to file upload handling, repository aliases and a number of improvements to course pages. See the full Moodle release notes for detail on the changes. http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.3_release_notes - If upgrading you will be prompted to go through the Moodle upgrade wizard. In most instances simply clicking the button at the bottom of each page will be sufficient to complete the upgrade. Wed May 16 09:31:51 MST 2012 - 1.7.6 - Moodle has been updated to version 2.2.3. You should be able to restore from the JumpBox for Moodle version 1.0 and later. - This is a bug fix release with security fixes. See the full Moodle release notes for detail on the changes. http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.2.3_release_notes - If upgrading you will be prompted to go through the Moodle upgrade wizard. In most instances simply clicking the button at the bottom of each page will be sufficient to complete the upgrade. See the release notes for 1.6.0 if upgrading from a JumpBox release prior to 1.6.0. Tue Mar 13 15:13:15 MST 2012 - 1.7.5 - Moodle has been updated to version 2.2.2. You should be able to restore from the JumpBox for Moodle version 1.0 and later. - This is a bug fix release with security fixes. See the full Moodle release notes for detail on the changes. http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.2.2_release_notes - If upgrading you will be prompted to go through the Moodle upgrade wizard. In most instances simply clicking the button at the bottom of each page will be sufficient to complete the upgrade. See the release notes for 1.6.0 if upgrading from a JumpBox release prior to 1.6.0. Wed Jan 11 15:35:07 MST 2012 - 1.7.4 - Moodle has been updated to version 2.2.1. You should be able to restore from the JumpBox for Moodle version 1.0 and later. - This is a bug fix release with security fixes. See the full Moodle release notes for detail on the changes. http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.2.1_release_notes - If upgrading you will be prompted to go through the Moodle upgrade wizard. In most instances simply clicking the button at the bottom of each page will be sufficient to complete the upgrade. See the release notes for 1.6.0 if upgrading from a JumpBox release prior to 1.6.0. Tue Dec 13 14:16:09 MST 2011 - 1.7.3 - Moodle has been updated to version 2.2. You should be able to restore from the JumpBox for Moodle version 1.0 and later. - This update brings several new features including advanced grading methods, support for LMS LTI 1.1 and a new mobile theme. See the complete Moodle release notes for full detail: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.2_release_notes - If upgrading you will be prompted to go through the Moodle upgrade wizard. In most instances simply clicking the button at the bottom of each page will be sufficient to complete the upgrade. See the release notes for 1.6.0 if upgrading from a JumpBox release prior to 1.6.0. Thu Dec 1 16:41:09 MST 2011 - 1.7.2 - Moodle has been updated to version 2.1.3+. You should be able to restore from the JumpBox for Moodle version 1.0 and later. - This update is a bug fix update and includes fixes for several security issues. Upgrading is recommended for all users. See the complete Moodle release notes for full detail: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.1.3_release_notes - If upgrading you will be prompted to go through the Moodle upgrade wizard. In most instances simply clicking the button at the bottom of each page will be sufficient to complete the upgrade. See the release notes for 1.6.0 if upgrading from a JumpBox release prior to 1.6.0. Tue Nov 15 10:08:28 MST 2011 - 1.7.1 - Moodle has been updated to version 2.1.2+. You should be able to restore from the JumpBox for Moodle version 1.0 and later. - This update is a bug fix update and includes fixes for 12 security issues. Upgrading is recommended for all users. See the complete Moodle release notes for full detail: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.1.2_release_notes - If upgrading you will be prompted to go through the Moodle upgrade wizard. In most instances simply clicking the button at the bottom of each page will be sufficient to complete the upgrade. See the release notes for 1.6.0 if upgrading from a JumpBox release prior to 1.6.0. Thu Sep 15 16:05:14 MST 2011 - 1.7.0 - Moodle has been updated to version 2.1.1+. You should be able to restore from the JumpBox for Moodle version 1.0 and later. - This update is a bug fix update and includes fixes for 6 security issues. Upgrading is recommended for all users. See the complete Moodle release notes for more detail: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.1.1_release_notes - If upgrading you will be prompted to go through the Moodle upgrade wizard. In most instances simply clicking the button at the bottom of each page will be sufficient to complete the upgrade. See the release notes for 1.6.0 if upgrading from a JumpBox release prior to 1.6.0. Thu Jul 14 12:33:18 MST 2011 - 1.6.4 - Moodle has been updated to version 2.1+. You should be able to restore from the JumpBox for Moodle version 1.0 and later. - This update adds a new question engine, improved support for mobile devices and many other bug fixes. See the complete Moodle release notes for more detail: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.1_release_notes - If upgrading you will be prompted to go through the Moodle upgrade wizard. In most instances simply clicking the button at the bottom of each page will be sufficient to complete the upgrade. See the release notes for 1.6.0 if upgrading from a JumpBox release prior to 1.6.0. Mon May 16 16:29:19 MST 2011 - 1.6.3 - Moodle has been updated to version 2.0.3+. You should be able to restore from the Moodle JumpBox version 1.0 and later. - This update contains minor bug fixes. See the complete Moodle release notes for more detail: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Release_Notes - If upgrading you will be prompted to go through the Moodle upgrade wizard. In most instances simply clicking the button at the bottom of each page will be sufficient to complete the upgrade. See the release notes for 1.6.0 if upgrading from a JumpBox release prior to 1.6.0. Thu Mar 3 14:51:25 MST 2011 - 1.6.2 - Moodle has been updated to version 2.0.2+. You should be able to restore from the Moodle JumpBox version 1.0 and later. - This update focuses on bug fixes and security issue resolution. See the complete Moodle release notes for more detail: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Release_Notes - If upgrading you will be prompted to go through the Moodle upgrade wizard. In most instances simply clicking the button at the bottom of each page will be sufficient to complete the upgrade. See the release notes for 1.6.0 if upgrading from a JumpBox release prior to 1.6.0. Wed Feb 9 15:57:44 MST 2011 - 1.6.1 - Moodle has been updated to version 2.0.1. You should be able to restore from the Moodle JumpBox version 1.0 and later. Release notes are available here: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Release_Notes - This update has 80 bug fixes for the 2.0 release. - If upgrading you will be prompted to go through the Moodle upgrade wizard. In most instances simply clicking the button at the bottom of each page will be sufficient to complete the upgrade. See the release notes for 1.6.0 if upgrading from a JumpBox release prior to 1.6.0. Fri Dec 10 17:00:56 MST 2010 - 1.6.0 - Moodle has been updated to version 2.0. You should be able to restore from the Moodle JumpBox version 1.0 and later. Release notes are available here: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Release_Notes - If upgrading you will be prompted to go through the Moodle upgrade wizard. In most instances simply clicking the button at the bottom of each page will be sufficient to complete the upgrade. - This is a major update to Moodle and there have been a large number of enhancements made so reviewing the release notes prior to upgrading is a very good idea. There be issues on upgrade with themes, plugins and other code customizations. Fri Oct 29 13:49:23 MST 2010 - 1.5.1 - Moodle has been updated to version 1.9.10. You should be able to restore from the Moodle JumpBox version 1.0 and later. Release notes are available here: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Release_Notes - This is a security and bugfix release for over 110 issues. Moodle recommends upgrading. - If upgrading from a JumpBox version 1.1.14 or newer you will be prompted to go through the Moodle upgrade wizard. In most instances simply clicking the button at the bottom of each page will be sufficient to complete the upgrade. Restoring from JumpBox versions prior to 1.1.13 will upgrade silently Tue Sep 21 09:43:39 MST 2010 - 1.5.0 - This is a maintenance release. The included version of the application has not changed. - This JumpBox is now based on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. Mon Jun 14 20:19:27 MST 2010 - 1.1.14 - Moodle has been updated to version 1.9.9. You should be able to restore from the Moodle JumpBox version 1.0 and later. Release notes are available here: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Release_Notes - This is a security and minor bugfix release. Moodle recommends upgrade. Fri Mar 26 12:21:34 MST 2010 - 1.1.13 - Moodle has been updated to version 1.9.8. You should be able to restore from the Moodle JumpBox version 1.0 and later. Release notes are available here: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Release_Notes - This is a minor bugfix and improvement release. Mon Nov 30 18:39:05 MST 2009 - 1.1.12 - Moodle has been updated to version 1.9.7. You should be able to restore from the Moodle JumpBox version 1.0 and later. Release notes are available here: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Release_Notes - This release contains multiple security improvements. Users should read release notes for full details. Mon Oct 26 10:05:24 MST 2009 - 1.1.11 - Moodle has been updated to version 1.9.6. You should be able to restore from the Moodle JumpBox version 1.0 and later. Release notes are available here: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Release_Notes - This release includes Safe Exam Browser integration, and various other bugfixes and improvements. Thu Oct 15 09:25:04 MST 2009 - 1.1.10 - This is a maintenance release. The included version of the application has not changed. - This release fixes a problem that caused some Moodle data to be omitted from backups. If you have an older version of Moodle and want to apply this fix, visit: http://wiki.jumpbox.com/doc/app/moodle Sat May 16 19:22:21 MST 2009 - 1.1.8 - Moodle has been updated to version 1.9.5. You should be able to restore from the Moodle JumpBox version 1.0 and later. Release notes are available here: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Release_Notes - This release includes improvements to the Grade Book and Spam Cleaner. Mon Apr 6 13:37:53 MST 2009 - 1.1.7 - The JumpBox for Moodle now includes Dimdim Web Conferencing integration. - The included version of Moodle has not changed. - You should be able to restore from the Moodle JumpBox version 1.0 and later. - Documentation for the Dimdim Web Conferencing module can be found at the following URL: http://softlayer.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/dimdim/User_Guide_for_Dimdim_Web_Meeting_module_in_Moodle_v4_5.doc Mon Feb 2 14:31:25 MST 2009 - 1.1.6 - Moodle has been updated to version 1.9.4. You should be able to restore from the Moodle JumpBox version 1.0 and later. Release notes are available here: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.9.4_release_notes Thu Oct 30 10:52:39 MST 2008 - 1.1.5 - A problem relating to Unicode has been resolved. A few other minor improvements have been made. Thu Oct 16 15:30:11 MST 2008 - 1.1.4 - Moodle has been updated to version 1.9.3. You should be able to restore from the Moodle JumpBox version 1.0 and later. Mon Sep 22 20:31:27 MST 2008 - 1.1.3 - No application specific updates. Check the Platform Release section for details. Sun Jul 27 17:59:48 MST 2008 - 1.1.2 - Security update. The version of the included application has not changed, but the JumpBox has been released to fix a vulnerability in PHP. Mon Jul 21 18:03:19 MST 2008 - 1.1.1 - Moodle has been updated to version 1.9.2. You should be able to restore from the Moodle JumpBox version 1.0 and later. Thu Jun 26 10:44:23 MST 2008 - 1.1.0 - Initial release of this application on the JumpBox 1.1.0 Platform. - The Moodle version did not change. Users should be able to restore from this JumpBox version 1.0 and later. Fri May 2 09:28:50 MST 2008 - 1.0 - Public production release of the Moodle 1.9 JumpBox. This should be able to restore from previously released versions. Mon Mar 31 19:37:39 MST 2008 - 0.9.3 - ******** WARNING ******** ** This is release is either beta or experimental. It should not be relied ** upon for production use. ******** WARNING ******** - The Moodle JumpBox was upgraded to Moodle version 1.9. Wed Jan 23 14:41:18 MST 2008 - 0.9.2 - ******** WARNING ******** ** This is release is either beta or experimental. It should not be relied ** upon for production use. ******** WARNING ******** - The Moodle JumpBox was upgraded to Moodle version 1.8.4. Tue Dec 11 10:11:52 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 Moodle Version 1.8.3 JumpBox.