[ZendTo] ANNOUNCE: ZendTo beta released
Jules
Jules at Zend.To
Sun Jan 8 18:56:35 GMT 2017
I have just updated the installer on the website
http://zend.to/files/install.ZendTo.tgz
to fix a bunch of bugs found by the "shellcheck" utility, which I had
not known about before. Very useful!
Cheers,
Jules.
On 04/01/2017 16:23, Jules wrote:
> Happy New Year to you all!
>
> The latest beta 4.19-3 is now on the web site (see the
> zend.to/beta.php page to get started).
>
> I've fixed another couple of security bugs, and the rpm and deb files
> will tell you about upgrade_preferences_php if you are upgrading.
>
> Again, you will probably want to start with the installer, as it will
> save you a whole load of work if you're building a new server.
>
> Please do let me know of any problems.
>
> Thanks!
> Jules.
>
>
> On 22/12/2016 20:24, Jules wrote:
>> I've just put up 4.19-2 (beta) on the web site.
>> The app itself has not changed from 4.19-1, but I have added the
>> preferences.php auto-upgrader in /opt/zendto/bin.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jules.
>>
>>
>> On 21/12/2016 21:45, Jules wrote:
>>> And this time, I've even sent you the gzip-ped version (so your mail
>>> client can't screw with the perl code in it).
>>>
>>> On 21/12/2016 21:41, Jules wrote:
>>>> Ian and others,
>>>>
>>>> For your delight and delectation, I have automated the upgrading of
>>>> preferences.php.
>>>> I haven't done zendto.conf yet, but that will be dead easy compared
>>>> to preferences.php (which is of course arbitrary executable PHP code).
>>>>
>>>> A gzip-ped version of the script is attached. You will need to
>>>> gunzip upgrade_preferences_php
>>>> chmod +x upgrade_preferences_php
>>>> ./upgrade_preferences_php
>>>> and that will show you how to use it.
>>>>
>>>> Basically you give it your old preferences.php file, and the new
>>>> one I supply with the new version.
>>>> It will work out how to write your old settings into the new one
>>>> (including any other settings you might have added because you
>>>> might have extended ZendTo's features), and will output a new
>>>> preferences.php file on stdout (hence the ">" in the example
>>>> command it shows you).
>>>>
>>>> If it spots any obvious improvements that can be made, such as
>>>> using internaldomains.conf instead of a huge nasty regexp, it will
>>>> tell you about it. It will also set the version number and update
>>>> the copyright statement.
>>>>
>>>> Do read your new file before you use it, as it will have moved any
>>>> now-obsolete settings towards the top of the file and commented
>>>> them out.
>>>>
>>>> I'm pretty sure it does a fairly thorough job, but I'm sure you
>>>> will tell me what you think. :-)
>>>>
>>>> Happy Christmas!
>>>> Jules.
>>>>
>>>> On 20/12/2016 08:03, Elston, Ian wrote:
>>>>> Success!
>>>>> Well it got to the end of the installer... I'll continue testing
>>>>> later..
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there any quick way to migrate configs/templates from my
>>>>> current existing 4.11?
>>>>>
>>>>> This is much easier than before, thanks. How will updates be
>>>>> handled? Similar scripts?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> Ian Elston
>>>>> Networks & Developments
>>>>> The University of Bolton
>>>>> 01204 903971
>>>>> http://www.bolton.ac.uk
>>>>>
>>>>> ** SUPPORT QUERIES **
>>>>>
>>>>> Please contact x3444 or itsupport at bolton.ac.uk to report new
>>>>> faults or request updates on existing calls.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: zendto-bounces at zend.to [mailto:zendto-bounces at zend.to] On
>>>>> Behalf Of Jules
>>>>> Sent: 19 December 2016 16:30
>>>>> To: ZendTo Users <zendto at zend.to>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [ZendTo] ANNOUNCE: ZendTo beta released
>>>>>
>>>>> Ian,
>>>>>
>>>>> Don't tell me, it was a Ubuntu 16 box, right?
>>>>>
>>>>> I've just put a new copy of the installer on the website.
>>>>> Please can you:
>>>>> rm -rf ~root/installZendTo*
>>>>> Download the new installer.
>>>>>
>>>>> Unpack it and run it as before.
>>>>> But when it asks you about each stage, just say "n" to the first 6
>>>>> stages, until you say "y" to the bit about installing ZendTo
>>>>> itself. Do that, and the 8th stage (SELinux) which you haven't
>>>>> done yet. As you're not going to be using SELinux (even the Ubuntu
>>>>> wiki admits it's not maintained for Ubuntu at all), that stage
>>>>> won't actually do anything.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you want to just run stage 7 on its own, without having to
>>>>> answer "n"
>>>>> to anything else, you can just run the "7-zendto.sh" script in the
>>>>> Ubuntu sub-directory directly. Provided you run it from
>>>>> *somewhere* within the installer's tree, it should find everything
>>>>> it needs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hopefully that will fix it!
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Jules.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 19/12/2016 14:44, Elston, Ian wrote:
>>>>>> I have installed and updated a Ubuntu server
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ran the install.sh
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All goes well until the "easy bit"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Last few lines of the script output....
>>>>>>
>>>>>> About to install ZendTo version 4.19-1 Drumroll please...
>>>>>> /tmp/install.ZendTo/Ubuntu/7-zendto.sh: line 43: cd:
>>>>>> /home/nads/zendto-build-store: No such file or directory
>>>>>> % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time
>>>>>> Time Current
>>>>>> Dload Upload Total Spent
>>>>>> Left Speed
>>>>>> 100 1088k 100 1088k 0 0 2142k 0 --:--:-- --:--:--
>>>>>> --:--:-- 2141k
>>>>>> dpkg: error processing archive
>>>>>> /home/nads/zendto-build-store/zendto_4.19-1.deb (--install):
>>>>>> cannot access archive: No such file or directory Errors were
>>>>>> encountered while processing:
>>>>>> /home/nads/zendto-build-store/zendto_4.19-1.deb
>>>>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>>>>> Building dependency tree
>>>>>> Reading state information... Done
>>>>>> 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 5 not to upgrade.
>>>>>> dpkg: error processing archive
>>>>>> /home/nads/zendto-build-store/zendto_4.19-1.deb (--install):
>>>>>> cannot access archive: No such file or directory Errors were
>>>>>> encountered while processing:
>>>>>> /home/nads/zendto-build-store/zendto_4.19-1.deb
>>>>>> Failed to install ZendTo deb package.
>>>>>> Exiting...
>>>>>> sudo -i /opt/zendto/bin/adduser.php
>>>>>> That will show you the syntax. Use it to add a single test user.
>>>>>> Then login to the website and drop off some files.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now go and configure ZendTo itself in
>>>>>> /opt/zendto/config/preferences.php and
>>>>>> /opt/zendto/config/zendto.conf
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> nads at zendto-test:/tmp/install.ZendTo$
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ian Elston
>>>>>> Networks & Developments
>>>>>> The University of Bolton
>>>>>> http://www.bolton.ac.uk
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ** SUPPORT QUERIES **
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please contact x3444 or itsupport at bolton.ac.uk to report new
>>>>>> faults or request updates on existing calls.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: zendto-bounces at zend.to [mailto:zendto-bounces at zend.to] On
>>>>>> Behalf Of Jules
>>>>>> Sent: 19 December 2016 10:14
>>>>>> To: ZendTo Users <zendto at zend.to>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [ZendTo] ANNOUNCE: ZendTo beta released
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've just posted an announcement and a new page of information on
>>>>>> the web site too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This page contains the low-down:
>>>>>> http://zend.to/beta.php
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Jules.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 18/12/2016 19:24, Jules wrote:
>>>>>>> Folks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have been spending the past few weeks/months getting ZendTo
>>>>>>> sorted out.
>>>>>>> I have *hopefully* fixed the security vulnerabilities that
>>>>>>> anyone has
>>>>>>> told me about. So you out there with pen-testing tendencies,
>>>>>>> please do
>>>>>>> have a go at the new version and let me know what you find!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The most major thing is I have written a new installer for ZendTo,
>>>>>>> instead of trying to maintain VM images.
>>>>>>> I find most people these days need to put it into an otherwise bare
>>>>>>> server image prepared by someone in their IT department. Trying to
>>>>>>> start from a VM image, and then trying to shoehorn in all your
>>>>>>> corporate setup round it was a pain.
>>>>>>> As was installing it by hand with just the rpm/deb file.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So now there is a shiny new installer. It assumes a bare server
>>>>>>> system
>>>>>>> to start with, logged in as root.
>>>>>>> I have tested it on
>>>>>>> CentOS 5
>>>>>>> CentOS 6
>>>>>>> CentOS 7
>>>>>>> RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
>>>>>>> RedHat Enterprise Linux 6
>>>>>>> RedHat Enterprise Linux 7
>>>>>>> Ubuntu Server 14
>>>>>>> Ubuntu Server 16
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It installs all the necessary software, entirely automatically
>>>>>>> rebuilds PHP to support big uploads (where necessary), sets up
>>>>>>> ClamAV,
>>>>>>> mail delivery, SELinux, AppArmor, Apache, usage stats, pretty
>>>>>>> much everything.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It talks to you throughout the process, and will ask you the odd
>>>>>>> question. If you want to pause, just Ctrl-S it. If you want to
>>>>>>> re-run
>>>>>>> bits of it, you can run any of the 8 components individually, no
>>>>>>> problem at all. Take a look round the structure, it's very
>>>>>>> straightforwards (but non-trivial to write!). When you want to
>>>>>>> update
>>>>>>> PHP, for example, just re-run the component that rebuilds PHP.
>>>>>>> It will
>>>>>>> work out the latest versions for itself.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> SQLite3 is now the default database to use, as it's by far the
>>>>>>> easiest
>>>>>>> and simplest and works on everything except CentOS/RedHat 5.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To get started: download, unpack and run the installer with
>>>>>>> curl -O http://zend.to/files/install.ZendTo.tgz
>>>>>>> tar xzf install.ZendTo.tgz
>>>>>>> cd install.ZendTo
>>>>>>> ./install.sh
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It will fetch the deb/rpm file as appropriate. But if you just want
>>>>>>> the deb/rpm and nothing else, they are in
>>>>>>> http://zend.to/files/zendto-4.19-1.noarch.rpm
>>>>>>> http://zend.to/files/zendto_4.19-1.deb
>>>>>>> http://zend.to/files/ZendTo-4.19-1.tgz
>>>>>>> The file at
>>>>>>> http://zend.to/files/ZendTo-Version
>>>>>>> will tell you the latest version number (during the beta test).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> P.S. If you've walked through the installer the slow way, and
>>>>>>> want to
>>>>>>> run it quickly with no questions at all, add '--defaults' to the
>>>>>>> command line of either ./install.sh or any of its components.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please do tell me how you get on! Any
>>>>>>> questions/queries/problems, get
>>>>>>> in touch on this list.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers, and Happy Christmas!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jules
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jules
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Julian Field MEng MBCS CITP CEng
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 'Ever since the dawn of civilization, people have craved for an
>>>>>> understanding of the underlying order of the world: why it is as
>>>>>> it is, and why it exists at all. But even if we do find a
>>>>>> complete
>>>>>> theory of everything, it is just a set of rules and
>>>>>> equations. What
>>>>>> is it that breathes fire into the equations, and makes a
>>>>>> universe
>>>>>> for them to describe?' - Stephen Hawking
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>> Jules
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>> Jules
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> Jules
>
Jules
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