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Bacula-Web 8.1.0

· 2 min read
Davide Franco
Davide Franco
Official maintainer

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

More infos​

Web server root has changed since v8.6.0

As of release v8.6.0, your web server root directory must point to the public directory (available at the root)

For example

/var/www/hmlt/bacula-web/public

If you are using a different location than /var/www/html/bacula-web, please adjust based on your web server configuration.

security vulnerabilities

Older versions of Bacula-Web have known security vulnerabilities. For the safest and most reliable experience, use the latest stable version with all recent fixes and improvements.

Docker images​

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

Bacula-Web official Docker images are available since release v8.7.0.

How to ?​

Install / upgrade

Installation or upgrade instructions are available in the official documentation.

Get help

Follow this link for further information.

Report a bug or ask for a new feature

You can submit a new bug report or feature request on the GitHub project

Contribute to the project ?

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

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

Thanks to the community​

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

Thanks for using and supporting the Bacula-Web project ❤️