Plesk 8.4 Update on May 15th

[begore]

I notice there's an update to the base packages of plesk for May 18th... is there a changelog anywhere that tells us what's in these updates?

 

[crispy78]

I wouldn't update...
This update has lead to several problems on our system and that of others.

The changelog is probably something like this:
- have changed the sourcecode so it'll show the Parellels logo on each menu
- some other changes made so you buy an support-package because your system will present some error after updating

 

[DerFalk]

can you post which os you have?

 

[crispy78]

My OS is Suse 10.2

 

[crispy78]

is there a changelog anywhere that tells us what's in these updates?

New Features
* Categories in Application Vault – Browse applications by certain categories - like “Web/Blog†or “Collaboration/Portals†within the Application Vault.
* DomainKeys support – Provide additional AntiSPAM protection with DomainKeys technology – currently used by Gmail, Yahoo, Verisign, and others.
* 4PSA VoipNow integration - Plesk 8.4 provides integration with 4PSA VoipNow solution.
* Database users prefix – Include a prefix for all database users within a certain domain for increased security and easy searching.
* Import/Export Database Backup - Plesk allows you to back up and subsequently restore your databases on a per-domain basis.
* New Plesk events - New API events generated upon domain and client template creation, update or removal are available.
*Ability to block domain creation in foreign DNS zone - Provide customers with increased security level by forbidding clients to create domains that are subdomains of another domain. This prevents that such unauthorized subdomains can be used for spam (and thus original domain holder will be blamed), phishing and exploiting XSS vulnerabilities.
* Extended branding options - Plesk allows you to change browser window title though Plesk GUI.
* Application Packaging Standard (APS) CGI support - Complete support of APS CGI applications.
* ProFTPd 1.3.1 Update – Improve security through use of ProFTPd 1.3.1.
* Horde 3.1.7 Update – Update version of Horde to version 3.1.7.
*SPAW 2.0 Update – Update of version of SPAW editor (WYSIWYG editor of HTML files in File Manager component) to version 2.0.
* DotNetNuke 4.8.2 Update – Upgrade of DotNetNuke package to version 4.8.2.
openSuSE 10.3 Support – Use openSuSE 10.3 (both i386 and AMD64 platforms) including installations in Parallels Virtuozzo Containers environment with the Parallels Plesk Control Panel for Linux/Unix.
* Fedora 8 Support - Use Fedora 8 (both i386 and AMD64 platforms) including installations in Parallels Virtuozzo Containers environment with the Parallels Plesk Control Panel for Linux/Unix.
* Parallels Plesk Sitebuilder 4.2 Support – Update of Parallels Plesk Sitebuilder to version 4.2.
* Simple DNS Plus 5.0 Support – Update of Simple DNS Plus to version 5.0.
* ColdFusion 8 Support – Use ColdFusion 8 with the Parallels Plesk Control Panel (now available for both platforms).
* SmarterMail 5 Support – Use SmarterMail 5 the Parallels Plesk Control Panel.
* CommuniGate Pro 5.2 Support - Use CommuniGate Pro 5.2 with the Parallels Plesk Control Panel.
* MailEnable 3.14 Support - Use MailEnable 3.14 with the Parallels Plesk Control Panel.
* Merak 9.2.1 Support - Use Merak 9.2.1 with the Parallels Plesk Control Panel.
* Parallels branding – Use the new Parallels Plesk Control Panel which includes the new Parallels logo and branding.
* Parallels Plesk Billing (formerly ModernBill) integration – Use new Parallels Plesk Billing (formerly ModernBill) with the new Parallels Plesk Control Panel. Parallels Plesk Billing is an automated web-based recurring billing application.

(Source: http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/Plesk8.4/Doc/plesk8.4_whatsnew.htm)




We had some problems with the update.
We where so sick en tired of it, searching the web for sollutions time after time. Fixing one problem, creating a new one.
We decided to completely setup our server again, OS + Plesk.
Then we updated to 8.4 and without any problems (so far).

I wouldn't recommend updating unless you are/where planning to setup your server again from cratch.