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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

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 ❤️