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Bacula Web 8.9.0

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Davide Franco
Official maintainer

I'm pleased to announce that Bacula-Web 8.9.0 has been released.

This release includes several bugfixes, and a minor feature.

Please also note that it address a security issue with Smarty PHP template engine. Upgrading to latest version is highly recommended !

Release notes

For more details, the release notes is available on GitHub.

What's coming next ?

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

  • release frequency will be shorter (I'll change how I plan and prepare releases in the future)
  • more improvements with translations
  • and even much more ...

Download

Bacula-Web release 8.9.0 Composer package, and sha signature files are available using the link below

https://github.com/bacula-web/bacula-web/releases/tag/v8.9.0


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 ❤️