Change Log for Plesk Onyx

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Change Log for Plesk Onyx

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Recent Updates:

Plesk Onyx 17.0.17

Update 74

Update 73

Update 72

Update 71

Plesk Onyx 17.5.3

Update 80

Update 79

Update 78

Update 77

Plesk Onyx 17.8.11

Update 64

Update 63

Update 62

Update 61

14 August 2019

Extension Updates

DigiCert SSL 1.6.2

  • Performance improvements. We strongly recommend that you update the extension.

Social Login 1.5.0

  • Added the ability to log in with a My Plesk account.

13 August 2019

Plesk Onyx 17.8.11 Update 64

  • Security improvements.
  • Plesk 12.5 can now be upgraded to Plesk 17.8 when Plesk 12.5 has a remote MySQL server added and set as default. (PPPM-10382)

Plesk Onyx 17.5.3 Update 80

  • Security improvements.

Plesk Onyx 17.0.17 Update 74

  • Security improvements.

9 August 2019

Extension Updates

Domain Connect 1.4.0

  • Users can now automatically configure mail DNS-records.
  • Users can now automatically configure DNS for subdomains.
  • Users can now use Domain Connect to verify their domains ownership for Bing Webmaster Tools.
  • The extension now supports SPFM records. This enables to update the existing SPF record with the rules from the SPFM record.

8 August 2019

Extension Updates

DigiCert SSL 1.6.1

  • Internal security improvements. We strongly recommend that you update the extension.

Plesk Migrator 2.17.5

  • Adjusted Plesk Migrator to support the maximum length of FTP usernames in Plesk 17.8 and later (32 characters).

WordPress Toolkit 4.2.2

  • Integration with Website Overview in Plesk Obsidian was updated, making sure that users can still access WordPress Toolkit quickly on each website.
  • Tools block was moved to a separate column on the website card for increased visibility and easier access.
  • Smart Updates no longer fails to update websites that have issues with infinite redirects. (EXTWPTOOLK-3328)
  • IDNs (international domain names) are now properly displayed on the Smart Update comparison screen. (EXTWPTOOLK-3239)
  • Website screenshots no longer disappear for reasons unknown when user is opening the Smart Update comparison screen. (EXTWPTOOLK-3260)
  • Update of multiple websites should not fail to start anymore in certain cases. (EXTWPTOOLK-3284)
  • WordPress Toolkit now exhibits more patience when connecting remote websites via plugin, ensuring that websites hosted on slower servers can be properly connected without timeouts. (EXTWPTOOLK-3278)

5 August 2019

Plesk Onyx 17.8.11 Update 63

Third-Party Component Updates

  • Updated PHP 7.3 to version 7.3.8.
  • Updated PHP 7.2 to version 7.2.21.
  • Updated PHP 7.1 to version 7.1.31.

Plesk Onyx 17.5.3 Update 79

Third-Party Component Updates

  • Updated PHP 7.2 to version 7.2.21.
  • Updated PHP 7.1 to version 7.1.31.

Plesk Onyx 17.0.17 Update 73

Third-Party Component Updates

Linux
  • Updated PHP 7.1 to version 7.1.31.

29 July 2019

Plesk Onyx 17.8.11 Update 62

  • It is now possible to change an add-on domain status and hosting type in a single API-RPC request. (PPPM-10455)
  • The Dropbox icon is now displayed correctly in Backup Manager after upgrading from earlier versions of Plesk and the Dropbox Backup extension. (PPPM-10776)

Third-Party Component Updates

Linux
  • Updated libcurl to version 7.65.3, which includes a fix for a major security issue. We strongly recommend that you update Plesk.
Windows
  • Updated libcurl to version 7.64.0, which includes fixes for a number of security issues. We strongly recommend that you update Plesk.

Plesk Onyx 17.5.3 Update 78

Linux
  • Updated libcurl to version 7.65.3, which includes fixes for a number of security issues. We strongly recommend that you update Plesk.
  • Updated 7zip to version 18.05, which includes fixes for a number of security issues. We strongly recommend that you update Plesk.

26 July 2019

Extension Updates

WordPress Toolkit 4.2.1

  • Users should now be able to perform Smart Update on websites that have a lot of pages. (EXTWPTOOLK-3283)

25 July 2019

Extension Updates

Plesk DNSSEC 1.2.1

  • If a subscription does not have the “DNS management” permission, the DNSSEC button is no longer shown in Websites & Domains > domains that belong to the subscription. (EXTDNSSEC-50)
Linux
  • If a Plesk server does not have the BIND DNS server component installed, DNSSEC is now installed and its screen shows instructions how to install BIND. (EXTDNSSEC-53)

WordPress Toolkit 4.2.0

  • Users can now upload plugins and themes straight to their website when they open the plugin or theme installation dialog on the website card.
  • Website card now has a link to the corresponding domain in Plesk for easier navigation.
  • Smart Update speed was dramatically improved.
  • Screenshot comparison screens shown in Smart Update details were streamlined.
  • Updates screen was cleaned up and polished, eliminating various small UX issues.
  • Website card view was optimized, making the card a bit more compact.
  • WordPress Toolkit was finally shamed into regularly cleaning up wp-cli utility cache on a per-site basis.
  • The File Manager link on the website card is now more visible and prominent.
  • WordPress Toolkit now displays more details about the update process of WordPress core, plugins, and themes. This change also affects the Smart Update process, making it more transparent.
  • Sites can now be installed and cloned into non-empty directories (including directories with random .php files, mummified remains of ancient WordPress sites, and so on). Users will be warned and asked for confirmation if target directory is not empty.
  • The task responsible for checking and running automatic updates ( instances-auto-update.php ) was rescheduled to run between 1 AM and 6 AM randomly on each server to avoid causing power surges in datacenters.
  • Smart Updates: E-mail notifications about Smart Updates no longer include periods after HTML links (this could break certain links). (EXTWPTOOLK-1759)
  • Smart Updates: When users are launching Smart Update while the Smart Update license is expired, a proper message will be displayed in UI. (EXTWPTOOLK-2796)
  • Smart Updates: Confusing error message about needing a valid SSL/TLS certificate was unconfused. (EXTWPTOOLK-2599)
  • Smart Updates: The system now properly notifies users when Smart Update skips a website for some reason during mass update operation. (EXTWPTOOLK-2733)
  • Smart Updates: Select Page dropdown now properly displays full website URL of WordPress websites installed in a subdirectory. (EXTWPTOOLK-3224)
  • Smart Updates: Open in Plesk link no longer overlaps the Select Page dropdown in some cases. (EXTWPTOOLK-3203)
  • Remote websites with broken database connection are now correctly marked as broken in UI. (EXTWPTOOLK-2950)
  • CLI output for remote WordPress websites was made more consistent with the output shown for local WordPress websites. (EXTWPTOOLK-2921)
  • Clicking Help in Plesk will now take users to the right help page. (EXTWPTOOLK-3091)
  • Checking the security status under certain circumstances cannot destroy Plugins and Themes tabs in website cards anymore. (EXTWPTOOLK-2867)
  • Plugins can be added to sets via CLI without the TypeError error. (EXTWPTOOLK-3079)
  • When users were choosing to copy only the new database tables using Copy Data functionality, all tables were copied instead if one of the new tables didn’t have the table prefix. This despicable behavior was nipped in the bud. (EXTWPTOOLK-3123)
  • The URL of WordPress website installed on a wildcard subdomain is now displayed correctly. (EXTWPTOOLK-3086)
  • Scan functionality no longer can be broken by the potential data inconsistency mess left by WordPress websites installed via APS. (EXTWPTOOLK-3065)
  • Users cannot start the update process for a website that’s already being updated. (EXTWPTOOLK-3174)
  • Text placeholders are no longer displayed when looking for certain things in Plesk Search. (EXTWPTOOLK-3004)
  • Updating WordPress to a newer version on remote hosting with PHP 5.3 will now show a proper error prompt about PHP requirements. (EXTWPTOOLK-3190)

22 July 2019

Plesk Onyx 17.8.11 Update 61

  • When restoring a backup of a Plesk server with the Web Pro license installed, the warning about the failure to restore reseller plans is no longer shown (the Web Pro license does not include resellers management). (PPPM-9590)

Linux

  • When sent via Outlook or Thunderbird, the email messages in newly created mailboxes no longer get stuck in Outbox and are successfully moved to the Sent folder. (PPPM-9624)

Third-Party Component Updates

Windows
  • Updated 7zip to version 18.05.

18 July 2019

Extension Updates

Let’s Encrypt 2.8.2

  • The ‘rsa-key-size’ setting in the ‘panel.ini’ file now again sets an RSA key size. (EXTLETSENC-714)
  • The webmail client of an add-on domain is no longer changed to the client of the main domain (or even disabled if webmail was disabled for the main domain) when any of the following actions are done to the SSL/TLS certificate of the main domain: issuing, manual or automatic renewal, enabling “Keep websites secured”, or unassigning. (EXTLETSENC-603)

Repair Kit 1.2.0

  • Added a new feature “MySQL Process List” (Beta). Users can now see:
    • The list of processes being handled by the local MySQL server.
    • The MySQL process details: what queries are being processed and how much resources they consume.To try the new feature, go to Tools & Settings > MySQL Process List (Beta) (under “Assistance and Troubleshooting”).
  • Made a number of UX improvements.

17 July 2019

Extension Updates

Plesk Migrator 2.17.4

  • When migrating to Plesk from the latest version of cPanel that has MySQL 5.7 installed, database users are now also migrated and the applications work correctly after the migration. (PMT-4627)

11 July 2019

Extension Updates

SSL It! 1.0.1

  • If SLL It! is available for a domain, the domain screen in Websites & Domains can no longer show the duplicate “SSL/TLS Certificates” link that leads to the old interface for managing SSL/TLS certificates. (EXTSSLIT-535)
  • TLS protocols and ciphers can now be again synced with Mozilla: a more stable configuration of protocols and ciphers is used at the moment. (EXTSSLIT-539)

8 July 2019

Plesk Onyx 17.8.11 Update 60

  • Security improvements.

Linux

  • The Postfix local now reports an error when Dovecot experiences issues delivering emails. (PPPM-8328)

Windows

  • Fixed the issue with restoring large mailboxes from backups. (PPPM-10628)
  • For Plesk installed on Windows in Portuguese, files’ permissions can now be changed in File Manager. (PPPM-10672)

Third-Party Component Updates

  • Updated PHP 7.3 to version 7.3.7.
  • Updated PHP 7.2 to version 7.2.20.
Linux
  • Added the debuginfo packages for PHP 7.2 and 7.3.
  • Improved stability by fixing the PHP-FPM segmentation faults in fpm_event_epoll_wait . (PPP-43093)

Plesk Onyx 17.5.3 Update 77

Third-Party Component Updates

  • Updated PHP 7.2 to version 7.2.20.
Linux
  • Added the debuginfo packages for PHP 7.2 and 7.3.
  • Improved stability by fixing the PHP-FPM segmentation faults in fpm_event_epoll_wait . (PPP-43093)

4 July 2019

Extension Updates

Let’s Encrypt 2.8.1

  • It is now possible to issue wildcard SSL/TLS certificates from Let’s Encrypt if the BIND DNS server component is not installed. (EXTLETSENC-558)

Git 1.1.2

  • Fixed the look of the Git section on the “Add Domain” screen. (EXTGIT-85)
  • Pulling updates no longer fails with the “Call to a member function websiteOverviewUrl() on null” error. (EXTGIT-88)

1 July 2019

Plesk Onyx 17.8.11 Update 59

  • It is now again possible to open a website by clicking the “Open” link on the “Domains” screen in Service Provider view. (PPPM-10670)

Third-Party Component Updates

Plesk Onyx 17.5.3 Update 76

Windows

  • It is now again possible to log in to phpMyAdmin by a direct URL after the features.phpMyAdmin.loginForm.enabled setting was enabled in the panel.ini file. (PPPM-9825)

Third-Party Component Updates

Windows
  • Updated MySQL 5.6 to versions 5.6.44.
  • Updated MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.3 to version 5.3.13.

Plesk Onyx 17.0.17 Update 72

  • Plesk was switched to its own APS catalog that contains only the most popular, important, and latest applications.
  • SELinux enabled in Plesk on CentOS 7/Red Hat EL7 no longer hinders restoring server backups(PPPM-10683)

Third-Party Component Updates

Windows
  • Updated MySQL 5.6 to versions 5.6.44.
  • Updated MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.3 to version 5.3.13.

Extension Updates

Plesk Migrator 2.17.3

Linux
  • Migration of domains that have mixed-case names to Plesk 17.8 no longer fails on the step of copying content. (PMT-4621)

27 June 2019

Extension Updates

Node.js 1.3.5

Linux
  • Added support for Node.js 12 (except CentOS 6, Debian 7.x, Ubuntu 12.x).
  • Added support for Node.js 10.
  • Updated Node.js 8.x to version 8.16.0.

Ruby 1.3.8

  • Ruby 2.6 is now supported.
  • Ruby 2.5 is now supported.
  • Ruby 2.4.x was updated to version 2.4.6.
  • Ruby 2.3.x was updated to version 2.3.8.

24 June 2019

Plesk Onyx 17.8.11 Update 58

  • Security improvements.
  • Fixed Apache unavailability caused by the installation of Update 57. (PPPM-10630)

Windows

  • Plesk now prevents users from creating invalid DNS records that could cause the BIND service to crash. (PPPM-10403)

21 June 2019

Extension Updates

Advisor 1.6.0

  • Extension developers can now integrate their own extensions with Advisor by:
    • Adding recommendations to use their own extensions. For reference, use the source code of the Advisor Integration Example extension.
    • Adding ratings for these recommendations. The Plesk team updates the ratings promptly on demand without launching a new version of Advisor.
  • Removed using the Atomic Advanced rule set from the list of recommendations.
  • The extension is now hidden for all additional users. (EXTADVISOR-428)

20 June 2019

Extension Updates

WordPress Toolkit 4.1.1

  • Handling of wp-cli timeouts was improved to avoid putting innocent WordPress sites into quarantine.
  • WordPress Toolkit can now connect remote WordPress sites hosted using Bitnami WordPress images from Amazon Marketplace and other cloud marketplaces. (EXTWPTOOLK-3003)
  • Successful update of WordPress core from 5.2.1 to 5.2.2 no longer displays an error in WordPress Toolkit UI. (EXTWPTOOLK-3040)
  • WordPress Toolkit no longer slows down dramatically when connecting individual remote WordPress sites if their wp-config.php has read-only access permission. (EXTWPTOOLK-3007)

18 June 2019

Extension Updates

Plesk Migrator 2.17.2

  • The extension is now compatible with Plesk Obsidian.
  • Databases can now be migrated to target Plesk servers on Windows in which the “Chinese (Simplified, China)” language is set as the system locale. (PMT-4570)

Extensions Catalog 1.8.0

  • Extensions whose licenses were installed in Plesk are now automatically installed. Turn this behavior on or off in the panel.ini file by adding the following lines:
  [ext-catalog]  
  extensionAutoInstall = true/false

Docker 1.4.2

  • The extension now handles situations when the docker service is stopped to avoid logging extra errors.

17 June 2019

Plesk Onyx 17.8.11 Update 57

  • Security improvements.

Linux

  • Added support for Node.js and Ruby applications inside CageFS. To use these applications inside CageFS, install the passenger-cagefs package and follow the instructions in its README file.

Plesk Onyx 17.5.3 Update 75

  • Plesk was switched to its own APS catalog that contains only the most popular, important, and latest applications.

10 June 2019

Plesk Onyx 17.8.11 Update 56

Linux

  • Fixed issues related with removing subscriptions. (PPPM-10195)

Windows

  • Plesk File Manager no longer occasionally fails to unpack ZIP archives. (PPPM-9893)

3 June 2019

Plesk Onyx 17.8.11 Update 55

Third-Party Component Updates

  • Updated PHP 7.3 to version 7.3.6.
  • Updated PHP 7.2 to version 7.2.19.
  • Updated PHP 7.1 to version 7.1.30.

Plesk Onyx 17.5.3 Update 74

  • Updated PHP 7.2 to version 7.2.19.
  • Updated PHP 7.1 to version 7.1.30.

Plesk Onyx 17.0.17 Update 71

  • Updated PHP 7.1 to version 7.1.30.

30 May 2019

Extension Updates

WordPress Toolkit 4.1.0

  • You can now connect remote WordPress installations to WordPress Toolkit and manage them without having SSH root access to the remote host. To access this feature, use the “Connect [Beta]” button on the WordPress website list and provide your WordPress administrator credentials. This feature is a part of the overall Remote Management functionality, so it’s available only for Server Administrators as a beta feature.
  • WordPress websites are now put into quarantine if WordPress Toolkit is not able to properly access certain important files. WordPress Toolkit could not manage such websites previously, since WordPress installation list froze if these websites were encountered. This should also address issues with connecting remote servers with such websites.
  • WordPress Toolkit now provides more information about broken websites to help users identify the website and troubleshoot the problem.
  • Remote Management functionality was improved and updated based on the user feedback.
  • Clone and Copy Data operations now handle absolute paths in WordPress database. (EXTWPTOOLK-2601)
  • Smart Update procedure is now more patient, so it has much less chance to fail because of a timeout. (EXTWPTOOLK-2723)
  • Smart Update purchase button is not available to end users anymore. Only server administrators can now purchase or upgrade Smart Update license, as intended. (EXTWPTOOLK-2730)
  • Smart Update procedure steps now communicate better with each other, so issues encountered by one step are now immediately displayed and do not leave the next steps hanging in the dark until the timeout. (EXTWPTOOLK-2734)
  • Rollback of security measures that modify wp-config.php file won’t have a chance of breaking the WordPress website anymore. (EXTWPTOOLK-2824)
  • There was a small chance that WordPress website could be accidentally deleted due to inconsistency of WordPress Toolkit database. It would be very painful, so this chance was extinguished. (EXTWPTOOLK-2686)
  • Remote Management feature now checks if PHP interpreter on remote server has all required PHP extensions before trying to connect the website. (EXTWPTOOLK-2677)
  • Remote Management feature now displays a proper error message if SSH key contents are not valid. (EXTWPTOOLK-2729)
  • Customers with multiple subscriptions can now install WordPress on one of them if another subscription does not have the “Database server selection” permission enabled. (EXTWPTOOLK-1940)
  • If you were constantly seeing the confusing “Unable to find the task responsible for the currently running update process. Try running the update again.” message when trying to run the updates, you can breathe a sigh of relief now, as we have identified and fixed the root cause of this annoying behavior. (EXTWPTOOLK-2694)
  • It’s now possible to clone WordPress located in a particular directory to a directory with the same name in a new subdomain. (EXTWPTOOLK-2906)
  • Users should no longer see the “Something went wrong” error when trying to select a domain during the cloning. (EXTWPTOOLK-2823)
  • WordPress Toolkit no longer tries to activate themes installed through a set. (EXTWPTOOLK-2621)
  • Major WordPress autoupdates no longer fail due to timeout. (EXTWPTOOLK-2925)
  • Customers won’t be seeing the empty “Plugin/theme set” menu during the WordPress installation if the “Allow customers to use sets when they install WordPress” global option is turned off. (EXTWPTOOLK-2692)
  • Server Administrators, on the other hand, will be seeing the proper contents of the “Plugin/theme set” menu during the WordPress installation if the “Allow customers to use sets when they install WordPress” global option is turned off. (EXTWPTOOLK-2693)
  • Users can now clone WordPress installations located in a subdirectory to the virtual folder root of their subscription. (EXTWPTOOLK-2939)

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