Bacula-Web 8.1.0

I'm really pleased to announce that Bacula-Web 8.1.0 has been released.

This is a minor feature and bug fix release.

Highlight

• General
  • Jobs overview, volumes and pools report pages can now be paginated
  • the config option is not used anymore, it will not be visible anymore in General settings page
  • Link to GitHub project added to header menu
  • New tool bwc (Bacula-Web console). User authentication back-end is now setup by the user after installation More details here
  • For people using Apache web server, mod_rewrite is part of requirement
  • Jobs, Pools and Volumes report pages are now paginated
  • Pie charts now does not display value with decimal
• Jobs report page
  • Jobs with duration > 1 day now display correct duration
  • Disabled link to backup job report if job type is not backup
  • Add missing status (Verify found differences) for Verify jobs
• Test page
  • Remove useless test for pear-db
• Volumes report
  • Add missing status icon for "Used" and "Purged" volumes
  • New: Filter volumes which are in the changer (library)
  • New: Filter volumes by pool
• Settings
  • Fixed "General" and "Users" tabs
• Documentation
  • Add missing permissions steps in "Install from archive" chapter
    • General improvements and content update
    • Update final step (use of Bacula-Web console)
    • Fixed/updated instruction for permissions in chapter
• Development
  • Add datatables/datatables Composer requirement
  • Update JQuery from version 3.2.1 to 3.3.1
  • Update moment/moment from version 2.20.1 to 2.22.2
  • Update Symfony/process from version 3.4.4 to 3.4.12
  • General code improvements

Fixed bugs

• 0000220 [bug-php] Pie charts values should not use decimal
• 0000251 [bug-php] Job duration > 1 day looking weird
• 0000252 [documentation] Missing permissions steps in Install from archive chapter
• 0000264 [bug-php] Only see volume status icon when status is append
• 0000268 [bug] Problem using job name link if not backup job
• 0000269 [bug-php] Status icon not displayed for verify jobs
• 0000270 [bug-html] Tabs doesn't work in Settings page

New feature(s)

• 0000141 [feature] Pagination in report pages
• 0000244 [feature] Filter volumes in changer
• 0000263 [feature] Filter volumes by pool on Volumes report

This release fix 7 bugs and add 3 new features

Release notes

For further details, please read the Bacula-Web 8.1.0 release notes

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Change on Web server public folder

Kind reminder, since release v8.6.0, Apache, Nginx or Lighttpd document root folder muse be set as below

WEB_SERVER_ROOT/bacula-web/public

In the example above, you can replace WEB_SERVER_ROOT by /var/www/html (adapt to your environment

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How to install / upgrade ?

The installation or upgrade instructions are available in the official documentation.

Docker images

Latest Bacula-Web Docker images (linux/amd64 and linux/arm64) are available at Docker Hub

tip

Docker images are available only since release v8.7.0.

How to get help ?

They are several options to get help

• use GitHub discussions to ask a question or give a feedback
• read the FAQ

Found a bug, or need a new feature ?

You can submit a new bug report or feature request on the GitHub project (please read the bug report guideline)

How to contribute ?

Bacula-Web is an open source project, mostly maintained on my spare time with the great help from community users.

If you're willing to contribute to the project, have a look at the contribution guide

Security notice

warning

Some versions of Bacula-Web have CVEs due to identified security vulnerabilities, detailed in the security page.

I strongly encourage anyone using Bacula-Web to continue using the latest stable releases, which include bug fixes and security patches.

Thanks to the community

I thank all contributors for your feedback, help, and precious contributions. Without you, this release wouldn't be possible.

Thanks for using and supporting the Bacula-Web project ❤️