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Bacula-Web 8.6.3

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Davide Franco
Davide Franco
Official maintainer

I'm pleased to announce that Bacula-Web 8.6.3 has been released.

This is maintenance and bugfix release which include fixes and improvements of PHP version >= 8.0. It also fixes a dependency issue with smarty/smarty for users using PHP > 7.4.

Release notes​

For more details, please read Bacula-Web v8.6.3 release notes on GitHub.

What's coming next ?​

Here's a short list of what you could expect from next releases

  • Next release will deprecate PHP version 7.3, at least PHP 7.4 will be supported (see https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php)
  • Translations will be improved on some pages
  • More filtering options will be available on backup/client reports
  • Job files report will be improved and provide a better user experience.
  • Installing and upgrading Bacula-Web will be much easier ;)
  • and even much more ...

Download​

Bacula-Web release 8.6.3 Composer package, and sha signature files are available using the link below

https://github.com/bacula-web/bacula-web/releases/tag/v8.6.3

Tested platforms​

This release have been tested on the plateform listed below

  • FreeBSD 14.0 using PHP 8.0.25
  • Centos 8 Stream using PHP 7.4
  • Centos 8 Stream using PHP 8.0
  • Debian 11 (Bullseye) using PHP 7.4
  • Debian 11 (Bullseye) using PHP 8.1
  • Debian 10 (Buster) using PHP 8.0
  • Fedora 36 using PHP 8.1.12
  • Fedora 37 using PHP 8.1.12
  • Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa) using PHP 7.4.3
  • Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy JellyFish) using PHP 8.1
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

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

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 ❤️

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