Important Plesk Obsidian Releases

[LarsK]

Hi @LarsK
The new version of the Plesk Migrator with fixed #PMT-4647 was published an hour ago. To use newer version, update Plesk Migrator to the latest version: Extensions -> Updates -> Checks now -> check 'Plesk Migrator' and update.

Thanks for the heads up, problem is fixed thanks!

 

[Anthony]

Plesk Obsidian RTM (18.0.19) has been published.

Hello,

This day has come, and I'm happy to announce the official release of the Plesk Obsidian Ready To Market (RTM, 18.0.19) version.

Release Notes: Change Log for Plesk

To help us make Plesk better fill a short survey https://pt-research.typeform.com/to/szWk8h

To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian

Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian

Highlights for the current build
Websites & Domains Lists

• Introduced a number of new features and improvements for the Dynamic List view mode in Websites & Domains:
  • Improved the layout of buttons and controls on domains' cards.
  • Replaced old color icons with new grayscale ones.
  • Improved the collapse and expand mechanism.
  • Extensions developers can now add tabs of their own extensions to domains' cards.
  • Extensions developers can now add buttons of their own extensions to particular button groups on the Dashboard tab of domains' cards.

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• Rolled back the changes made to Active List in the previous iterations to keep this familiar view mode for customers who do not want to use the new Dynamic list.

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Mail Autodiscovery

• Mail autodiscover can be now turned on and off for the whole server or for particular domains.

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• Mail autodiscover now works on Plesk for Windows. Users’ Microsoft Outlook and Thunderbird mail clients can now be automatically configured based on entered emails.
• Mail autodiscover now works for subdomains served only by Apache.

Good defaults

• Increased the default value of the PHP-FPM `max_children` setting to 10.
• Certain services (Plesk Autoinstaller, sw-cp-server, nginx, Apache, Postfix, ProFTPD, and Dovecot) can now use the server TLS cipher suite order instead of the client cipher suite order as it was before. On clean Plesk Obsidian installations, the server TLS cipher suite order is enabled by default. For upgraded installations, administrators can enable it manually for all server's services (using the `server_pref` utility) or for a particular service (using the `sslmng ` utility).
• The `pci_compliance_resolver` utility no longer causes security warnings in browsers because the utility now uses up-to-date SSL protocols and cyphers.
• Removed the Server Health Monitor component and replaced it with Advanced Monitoring.
• Excluded a number of outdated, insecure, or not popular extensions and components from the recommended and full presets.

Besides this:

• After upgrading Plesk Onyx to Plesk Obsidian, the following extensions will now be automatically installed: Repair Kit, SSL It!, PHP Composer, and Advanced Monitoring (replaces Server Health Monitor present in Plesk Onyx).
• Plesk administrators can now customize the mailbox quota notification email.
• Improved how the preview of automatic email notifications shows the email subject.
• ProFTPD now supports the DSO module How to build shared module for ProFTPd on Plesk for Linux server
• A new REST API now manages SmarterMail 100 or later, which is why mail users in SmarterMail 100 or later can now be renamed.
• Newly updated versions of PHP 7.3.9, PHP 7.2.22, PHP 7.1.32. Plesk for Windows: Node.js 8.16.1, Node.js 10.16.3.

 

[Yitzchok Wagner]

Plesk Obsidian RTM (18.0.19) has been published.

Hello,

This day has come, and I'm happy to announce the official release of the Plesk Obsidian Ready To Market (RTM, 18.0.19) version.

Release Notes: Change Log for Plesk

To help us make Plesk better fill a short survey https://pt-research.typeform.com/to/szWk8h

To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian

Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian

Highlights for the current build
Websites & Domains Lists

• Introduced a number of new features and improvements for the Dynamic List view mode in Websites & Domains:
  • Improved the layout of buttons and controls on domains' cards.
  • Replaced old color icons with new grayscale ones.
  • Improved the collapse and expand mechanism.
  • Extensions developers can now add tabs of their own extensions to domains' cards.
  • Extensions developers can now add buttons of their own extensions to particular button groups on the Dashboard tab of domains' cards.

View attachment 15853​

• Rolled back the changes made to Active List in the previous iterations to keep this familiar view mode for customers who do not want to use the new Dynamic list.

View attachment 15854
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Mail Autodiscovery

• Mail autodiscover can be now turned on and off for the whole server or for particular domains.

View attachment 15855
View attachment 15856​

• Mail autodiscover now works on Plesk for Windows. Users’ Microsoft Outlook and Thunderbird mail clients can now be automatically configured based on entered emails.
• Mail autodiscover now works for subdomains served only by Apache.

Good defaults

• Increased the default value of the PHP-FPM `max_children` setting to 10.
• Certain services (Plesk Autoinstaller, sw-cp-server, nginx, Apache, Postfix, ProFTPD, and Dovecot) can now use the server TLS cipher suite order instead of the client cipher suite order as it was before. On clean Plesk Obsidian installations, the server TLS cipher suite order is enabled by default. For upgraded installations, administrators can enable it manually for all server's services (using the `server_pref` utility) or for a particular service (using the `sslmng ` utility).
• The `pci_compliance_resolver` utility no longer causes security warnings in browsers because the utility now uses up-to-date SSL protocols and cyphers.
• Removed the Server Health Monitor component and replaced it with Advanced Monitoring.
• Excluded a number of outdated, insecure, or not popular extensions and components from the recommended and full presets.

Besides this:

• After upgrading Plesk Onyx to Plesk Obsidian, the following extensions will now be automatically installed: Repair Kit, SSL It!, PHP Composer, and Advanced Monitoring (replaces Server Health Monitor present in Plesk Onyx).
• Plesk administrators can now customize the mailbox quota notification email.
• Improved how the preview of automatic email notifications shows the email subject.
• ProFTPD now supports the DSO module How to build shared module for ProFTPd on Plesk for Linux server
• A new REST API now manages SmarterMail 100 or later, which is why mail users in SmarterMail 100 or later can now be renamed.
• Newly updated versions of PHP 7.3.9, PHP 7.2.22, PHP 7.1.32. Plesk for Windows: Node.js 8.16.1, Node.js 10.16.3.

How can I update?.
I have plesk 17.8.11 on Ubuntu 16.0.4band when going to the updates page it is greyed out.

 

[LarsK]

Plesk Obsidian RTM (18.0.19) has been published.

Hello,

This day has come, and I'm happy to announce the official release of the Plesk Obsidian Ready To Market (RTM, 18.0.19) version.

Release Notes: Change Log for Plesk

To help us make Plesk better fill a short survey https://pt-research.typeform.com/to/szWk8h

To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian

Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian

Highlights for the current build
Websites & Domains Lists

• Introduced a number of new features and improvements for the Dynamic List view mode in Websites & Domains:
  • Improved the layout of buttons and controls on domains' cards.
  • Replaced old color icons with new grayscale ones.
  • Improved the collapse and expand mechanism.
  • Extensions developers can now add tabs of their own extensions to domains' cards.
  • Extensions developers can now add buttons of their own extensions to particular button groups on the Dashboard tab of domains' cards.

View attachment 15853​

• Rolled back the changes made to Active List in the previous iterations to keep this familiar view mode for customers who do not want to use the new Dynamic list.

View attachment 15854
​

Mail Autodiscovery

• Mail autodiscover can be now turned on and off for the whole server or for particular domains.

View attachment 15855
View attachment 15856​

• Mail autodiscover now works on Plesk for Windows. Users’ Microsoft Outlook and Thunderbird mail clients can now be automatically configured based on entered emails.
• Mail autodiscover now works for subdomains served only by Apache.

Good defaults

• Increased the default value of the PHP-FPM `max_children` setting to 10.
• Certain services (Plesk Autoinstaller, sw-cp-server, nginx, Apache, Postfix, ProFTPD, and Dovecot) can now use the server TLS cipher suite order instead of the client cipher suite order as it was before. On clean Plesk Obsidian installations, the server TLS cipher suite order is enabled by default. For upgraded installations, administrators can enable it manually for all server's services (using the `server_pref` utility) or for a particular service (using the `sslmng ` utility).
• The `pci_compliance_resolver` utility no longer causes security warnings in browsers because the utility now uses up-to-date SSL protocols and cyphers.
• Removed the Server Health Monitor component and replaced it with Advanced Monitoring.
• Excluded a number of outdated, insecure, or not popular extensions and components from the recommended and full presets.

Besides this:

• After upgrading Plesk Onyx to Plesk Obsidian, the following extensions will now be automatically installed: Repair Kit, SSL It!, PHP Composer, and Advanced Monitoring (replaces Server Health Monitor present in Plesk Onyx).
• Plesk administrators can now customize the mailbox quota notification email.
• Improved how the preview of automatic email notifications shows the email subject.
• ProFTPD now supports the DSO module How to build shared module for ProFTPd on Plesk for Linux server
• A new REST API now manages SmarterMail 100 or later, which is why mail users in SmarterMail 100 or later can now be renamed.
• Newly updated versions of PHP 7.3.9, PHP 7.2.22, PHP 7.1.32. Plesk for Windows: Node.js 8.16.1, Node.js 10.16.3.

I had some problems with the upgrade from RC4 to RTM. Made a thread: Issue - Unable to update Plesk Obsidian 18.0.18 to 18.0.19 (RTM)

 

[Anthony]

@Yitzchok Wagner

1. Make sure you set 'Early adopter' release tier in the Tools&Settings -> Update Settings

2. Run Daily Maintenance script ('plesk daily' in terminal)

 

[learning_curve]

A quick question for @Anthony Is there an updated version of the 'Software Requirements for Plesk Obsidian page, more specifically THIS section of that page? i.e. one that gives the exact contents of the RTM (18.0.19) build? The data available via the link is out of date (as you know) but if Onyx users are busy debating Obsidian? Early Adopter OR General Release? then knowing in advance, exactly what's inside the RTM (18.0.19) build in this area might just be the decider...

 

[Anthony]

@learning_curve,

Software Requirements for Plesk Obsidian page, more specifically THIS section of that page? i.e. one that gives the exact contents of the RTM (18.0.19) build? The data available via the link is out of date

This page is specifically for Obsidian release. During the last few months, we've tried to keep it up-to-date but could miss something. What is specifically outdated? Also (insider info), we have plans to fully redesign this page to make it more useful and always up-to-date w/o manual updates.

 

[Rar9]

What are the default spf settings? Can someone post a screenshot as Google mx tells me that dmarc not set correctly

 

[Anthony]

Since Plesk Obsidian RTM has arrived, this thread will be used for announcing of monthly Obsidian releases updates further.

If you have questions, please address them in specific forum branches newly created for these purposes:

• Plesk Obsidian for Linux
  
• Plesk Obsidian for Windows

 

[Anthony]

Plesk Obsidian GA (18.0.20) has been published.

Hello,

I'm glad to announce the official release of the Plesk Obsidian General Availability (GA, 18.0.20) version.

Release Notes: Change Log for Plesk Obsidian
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian
To help us make Plesk better fill a short survey https://pt-research.typeform.com/to/szWk8h

Highlights for the current build

• Plesk administrators can now specify the desired weekdays and time range when Plesk auto-updates are installed.
• Mail autodiscover can be now turned on and off for particular service plans.
• Set "Comodo (free)" as the default ModSecurity rule set. On OSes where "Comodo (free)" is absent, the default rule set will be "OWASP (free)".
• Added pagination to the Dynamic List view mode.
• The Plesk default password strength policy will be set to "Strong" starting from November 19th, 2019. See the details.
• Improved the load speed of screenshots of websites' landing pages in the Dynamic List view mode.
• Returned to the three-digit versioning scheme (x.y.z), where an update is specified as a separate number, for example, Plesk 18.0.19 Update 2.
• If the SmarterMail server is used, users can now back up and restore their mail via IMAP.
• New updates of PHP 7.3.10, PHP 7.2.23, Courier-IMAP 5.0.8, Roundcube 1.3.10, MailEnable 10.27, BIND 9.14.6.

 

[Anthony]

Hello,

I'm glad to announce the next version of Plesk Obsidian 18.0.21.

Release Notes: Change Log for Plesk Obsidian
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian
To help us make Plesk better fill a short survey https://pt-research.typeform.com/to/szWk8h

Highlights for the current build

Dynamic List view is the default on new installations / promoted for existing servers
Dynamic List view, introduced in Plesk Obsidian, is now the default view on all new Plesk Obsidian installations.
The change is introduced via promo at the top of Websites & Domains screen, which launches a short guided tour through the new view:


Mail autodiscovery supports Apple Mail
Plesk mail settings autodiscovery can now automatically configure Apple Mail on Mac OS, iOS, and iPad OS. The mobile configuration file is generated via GET request from an email client program to the following URL:

http(s)://<domain>/email.mobileconfig?emailaddress=<email>

The output file is an Apple PLIST (Property List) XML with all the necessary settings.

Right now we are working on support for Apple mail clients auto-discovery in Plesk GUI.

Besides this
Changed and clarified the consent form text shown when a user is prompted to subscribe to the Plesk newsletter. Plesk administrator will see the new consent form and the suggestion to subscribe on their next login to Plesk or right after updating to Plesk Obsidian.


Revamped and updated the default pages shown to visitors of domains without hosting, as well as the Plesk default web page.

• Verified that the Plesk mail autodiscovery feature is fully compatible with the default Android.
• On newly deployed Ubuntu 18 servers, connections to Plesk are now secured with TLS version 1.3. On Plesk Obsidian servers updated from an earlier Plesk version (including earlier Plesk Obsidian versions), you can secure connections to Plesk with TLS version 1.3 by running the `plesk bin server_pref -u -ssl-protocols "TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3` command.
• Updated PHP used by Plesk to version 7.3.11 to secure Plesk against a vulnerability found in earlier PHP versions.
• Changed and clarified the consent form text shown when a user is signing up for a Plesk trial.
• Plesk servers created via cloning now take less time to initialize.
• On Debian 9 and Ubuntu 18 servers, the "Atomic Standard" and "Atomic Advanced" ModSecurity rulesets.
• Updates of Horde, IMP, Ingo, Kronolith, Mnemo, Passwd, Pear, and Turba (Plesk for Linux).
• Updated Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable to version 14.16.27033 (Plesk for Windows).

 

[dash]

Hello,

I'm glad to announce the next version of Plesk Obsidian 18.0.23!

Release Notes: Change Log for Plesk Obsidian
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian
To help us make Plesk better fill a short survey https://pt-research.typeform.com/to/szWk8h

Highlights for the current build
Mail Auto-discovery and Mail Improvements

• Now we have a very nice helper for end-user to configure his mail client for mailbox on Plesk!
• For Apple Mail user will scan QR code using the phone's camera. The Microsoft Outlook, Gmail and Thunderbird clients will be configured automatically when the user enters the email in the email client (this information is shown to the customer).
• New UI options allow to specify a custom domain name used for mail auto-discover. The specified domain name will be used as an incoming and outgoing mail server for mail connections and auto-discovery on the server's level ("Tools & Settings" > "Mail Server Settings"). Mobile configuration files are now signed with domain or server certificate, so no extra confirmation dialogs are required from the end-user side.
• Plesk now automatically checks whether the SMTP ports 25 and 587 used for sending mail are filtered. If Plesk detects such an infrastructural problem it will recommend possible ways to resolve the issue. (This improvement is available for all Plesk Onyx and Plesk Obsidian versions)

SSL Management

• Users can buy or assign SSL/TLS Certificate for Webmail even for a domain without physical hosting. SSLIt! with support of Let's Encrypt certificates comes later.
• Plesk resellers can now use the XML API "certificate" operator to generate, install, and remove SSL/TLS certificates.

Usability and User Interface Improvements

• Built-in HTML notifications from Plesk are improved.
• Small improvements on Panel Notifications pane and controls.
• Improved presentation of long-running tasks in the Plesk UI.
• Updated the Dynamic View to make it render better on mobile devices.
• The "Server Error" screen has been updated to better match the Plesk Obsidian look and feel.

Besides this

• When updating Plesk, Plesk installer now checks for issues with missing dependencies and duplicated packages before starting the update.
• 60 bugfixes based on our customer's reports.
• Updated Postfix to version 3.4.8. (Plesk for Unix)
• Updated Dovecot to version 2.3.9.2. (Plesk for Unix)
• Updated Python to version 2.7.17. (Plesk for Windows)
• Updated BIND to version 9.14.8. (Plesk for Windows)
• ASP.NET Core 3.0 is now supported.
• Microsoft SQL Server 2019 is now supported.
• Plesk Cloning operation stability improvements.
• Added the ability to simultaneously fix the permissions for a folder as well as every other folder in the path via the plesk bin repair CLI utility:
  plesk bin repair --directory-permissions -directory "<path to the folder>" -fix-parent-dirs
• Emails sent via sendmail (including auto-reply) now have a DKIM signature (if DKIM signing is enabled server-wide and for the sender's domain).

 

[dash]

Hello,

I'm glad to announce the next version of Plesk Obsidian 18.0.24!

Release Notes: Change Log for Plesk Obsidian
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian
To help us make Plesk better fill a short survey Plesk Obsidian Feedback

Highlights for the current build
Plesk Obsidian Stability

• Accidentally removed SSL/TLS certificates are now automatically restored from the Plesk database when a domain's hosting settings are changed.
• File indexing was improved for the purposes of creating Plesk backups.
• 43 bug-fixes based on our customer's reports.

Third-party Components

• (On Windows) Updated Node.js 12 to version 12.14.1
• (On Windows) Updated MySQL ODBC connector 5.3 to version 5.3.14

Usability and Look & Feel

• Updating Plesk Onyx to Plesk Obsidian now also replaces the old default pages with brand new ones introduced in Plesk Obsidian 18.0.21 (unless the default pages have been customized, in which case they are not replaced).
• Plesk Administrator can now force all subscriptions to only use the Dynamic, Active, or Classic list by `panel.ini` file.

 

[dash]

Hello,

I'm glad to announce the next version of Plesk Obsidian 18.0.25!
Release Notes: Change Log for Plesk Obsidian
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian
To help us make Plesk better fill a short survey Plesk Obsidian Feedback

Highlights for the current build
Support of modern Operation Systems

Plesk now supports CentOS 8/RHEL 8!

• Installation: Quick Start
• Migration: Introduction
• Note that a number of limitations exist: Does Plesk support CentOS 8/RHEL 8?

Plesk Obsidian Security

• The 'Strong' password policy strength will be set by default for new Plesk installations since Plesk Obsidian 18.0.25 version.

Note: Customers with not the latest versions of WHMCS (<7.8.3) might experience problems provisioning to new Plesk Obsidian servers. In such a case, WHMCS should be upgraded to the latest update, or relax Plesk password policy.

GDPR compliance changes

• As a part of GDPR compliance changes: added the cookie information banner shown the first time users log in to Plesk.
  Users can now also set their cookie preferences in Plesk (using the corresponding button on the banner or going to
  **Tools & Settings** > **Cookies in Plesk**.

All cookies that are used by Plesk panel are listed on the following page: Plesk Cookie Policy

Plesk Obsidian Stability

• Mail Auto-discovery: support of Microsoft 2019/O365 configurations.

Newer versions of Microsoft Outlook 2019/O365 firstly connect to Microsoft servers which already asking for a configuration from Plesk directly.

This caused issues when customers tried to use mail auto-discover features with Outlook 2019/365. To fix this, we've implemented the second way of mail auto-discover based on the adding of DNS SRV records.

• 26 bug-fixes based on our customer's reports.

Third-party Components

• (on Linux) Updated ProFTPD to version 1.3.6c, which includes a fix for a [security issue](NVD - CVE-2020-9273).
  We strongly recommend that you update Plesk.
• (on Windows) Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server are now shipped with PHP 7.4.
• (on Windows) Updated Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server to version 17.5.1.1.

Usability and Look & Feel

• It is now possible to check for Plesk updates on the Home screen.

 

[dash]

Hello,

I'm glad to announce the next version of Plesk Obsidian 18.0.26!

Release Notes: Change Log for Plesk Obsidian
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian
To help us make Plesk better fill a short survey Plesk Obsidian Feedback

Highlights for the current build
Hosting and Panel Improvements

• Domains with the "Forwarding" hosting type now support HTTPS

This Job Story covers a common request in the nowadays - every connection should be secured.

• (Linux) Roundcube webmail 1.4.

New modern responsive Elastic UI is enabled by default.

• Which domain to use to access Plesk via the standard HTTPS port can now be configured via the Plesk GUI.

Go to **Tools & Settings** and look for **Customize Plesk URL** (under "General Settings").

• Manage hidden features in Dynamic list view using panel.ini file

[dynamicList]
enableFeatures = webusers, sitebuilder, sitecopy

Plesk Obsidian Stability

• 30 bug-fixes based on our customer's reports.
• Fixed UI issues with Plesk Obsidian servers protected by CloudFlare with RocketLoader enabled.
• Stability Improvements on Centos 8

Security and Third-party Components
Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

• Updated phpMyAdmin to version 5.0.2.
• (Linux) Updated Dovecot to version 2.3.9.3.
• (Linux) Updated Roundcube to version 1.4.3. New responsive Elastic UI is enabled by default.
• (Windows) Updated .NET Core 3.1 to version 3.1.3.
• (Windows) Updated .NET Core 2.1 to version 2.1.17.
• (Windows) Updated IIS URL Rewrite Module to version 7.2.1993.

 

[dash]

Hello,
I'm glad to announce the next version of Plesk Obsidian 18.0.27!

Release Notes: Change Log for Plesk Obsidian
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian
To help us make Plesk better fill a short survey Plesk Obsidian Feedback

Highlights for the current build
Hosting and Panel Improvements

• WebP Support for PHP packaged by Plesk team
• It is now possible to hide the "Cookies" link found on the login screen by adding the following lines to the `panel.ini` file:

[gdpr]
cookieSettings.loginFormEntrypointEnabled = false

• It is now possible to enable beta support for dynamic IP addresses by adding the following lines to the `panel.ini` file (not recommended for use in production, please report any issues you encounter on the [Plesk Forum](https://talk.plesk.com)):

[network]
dynamic_ipv6 = on

Plesk Obsidian Stability

• 30 bug-fixes based on our customer's reports.
• Updating Plesk no longer results in system packages and installed extensions being updated as well, which should decrease the number of failed updates.
• (Windows) Running the `plesk repair fs` command now also checks for missing, corrupted or outdated Plesk files.

Security and Third-party Components
Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

• Updated Horde to version 5.2.22
• (Linux) Updated OpenSSL used by nginx to version 1.1.1g.
• (Windows) Updated SpamAssassin to version 3.4.4.
• (Windows) Updated OWASP ModSecurity CRS to version 3.2.0.
• (Windows) Updated MariaDB to version 10.3.22 (both for the Plesk database and for customers’ websites).
• (Windows) Updated plesk-engine PHP to version 7.3.17.
  (Windows) Updated Git to version 2.26.2.

 

[dash]

Hello,
I'm glad to announce the next version of Plesk Obsidian 18.0.28!

Release Notes: Change Log for Plesk Obsidian
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian
To help us make Plesk better fill a short survey Plesk Obsidian Feedback

Highlights for the current build
Hosting and Panel Improvements

• By default, Plesk is now automatically secured with an SSL/TLS certificate from Let’s Encrypt. See more details: Plesk Single Server Post-install Configuration
• PHP shipped with Plesk now supports Argon2
• The Plesk administrator can now disable all promotions in Plesk by adding the following lines to the `panel.ini` file:
  [promos]
  enabled = false

Plesk Obsidian Stability

• 110 bug-fixes based on our customer's reports.
• Updating Plesk no longer results in system packages and installed extensions being updated as well, which should decrease the number of failed updates.
• Running the `plesk repair fs` command now also checks for missing, corrupted or outdated Plesk files.
• Running the `plesk repair fs` command now shows a clearer message if suspicious ownership of files
  and directories is detected in the root directory of a domain. (PPPM-4400)
  - [-] If the [AUTO_INCREMENT issue]( An operation fails in Plesk: SQLSTATE[23000]: Integrity constraint violation: 1062 Duplicate entry 'X' for key 'PRIMARY') appears,
  the Plesk administrator can now fix it by running the `plesk repair db -y` command. (PPP-49217)
• Websites' screenshots in Dynamic View are now rendered significantly faster. (PPPM-11589)

Security and Third-party Components
Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

• Updated sw-engine PHP to version 7.3.18.
• Updated Horde to version 5.2.23.
• (Linux) Rebuilt PHP 7.4.7 on CentOS 7/RHEL 7/CloudLinux 7 because of the Oniguruma update.
• (Linux) Updated Dovecot to version 2.3.10.1.
• (Linux) Updated Roundcube to version 1.4.6.
• (Windows) Updated ASP.NET Core 3.1 to version 3.1.15.
• (Windows) Updated ASP.NET Core 2.1 to version 2.1.19.
• (Windows) Updated MariaDB to version 10.3.23 (both for the Plesk database and for customers’ websites).
• Updated MariaDB Connector/C to 3.1.8.
• Updated BIND to version 9.16.3.
• Updated Node.js 12 to versions 12.18.0.
• Updated Node.js 10 to versions 10.21.0.

 

[dash]

Hello,
I'm glad to announce the next version of Plesk Obsidian 18.0.29!

Release Notes: Change Log for Plesk Obsidian
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian
To help us make Plesk better fill a short survey Plesk Obsidian Feedback

Highlights for the current build
Hosting and Panel Improvements

• Ubuntu 20 LTS is now supported! User can install new Plesk on Ubuntu 20 LTS server and use Plesk Migrator to transfer data.
• Introduced the new option “Fix incorrectly set sender for outgoing mail” that significantly reduces the likelihood of outgoing emails landing in spam (if DKIM and SPF are also enabled and properly set up). If the option is enabled, Plesk fixes incorrect sender headers and the envelope-sender address for outgoing mail.
• The list of domains in Dynamic List view now has indents for domain aliases and subdomains.
• Increased the load speed of Dynamic List view.
• The backup process now correctly calculates server space necessary for a backup by ignoring files configured to be skipped during backing up.
• When a user changes a website’s PHP handler, Plesk now informs that this change will make the website unavailable for a number of seconds.
• It is now possible to hide “Skins and Color Schemes” and “Interface management” in Restricted Mode.

Plesk Obsidian Stability

• 42 bug-fixes based on our customer's reports.
• Repair Kit can now detect and fix the database inconsistency: missing entries in IpAddressesCollections.
• Increased SecResponseBodyLimit of ModSecurity: certain websites in Plesk can no longer become unavailable because of the “ModSecurity: Output filter: Response body too large” error.

Security and Third-party Components
Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

• (Linux) Updated nginx and the sw-cp-server service to version 1.18.0.
• (Linux) Updated Kronolith to version 4.2.29.
• (Linux) Updated Roundcube to version 1.4.7.
• (Windows) Updated ASP.NET Core 3.1 to version 3.1.6.
• (Windows) Updated ASP.NET Core 2.1 to version 2.1.20.
• (Windows) Updated Horde to version 5.2.23.
• (Windows) Updated BIND to version 9.16.4.

 

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Hello,
I'm glad to announce the next version of Plesk Obsidian 18.0.30!

Release Notes: Change Log for Plesk Obsidian
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian

Highlights for the current build
Hosting and Panel Improvements

• The Plesk login page can now show a notification what hostname to use for logging in to avoid the warning about an untrusted connection. The notification is shown when a user logs in to Plesk using the server IP address, while the server is secured with a valid SSL/TLS certificate from Let’s Encrypt.
• G Suite can now be set up with the Plesk DNS service because it is now possible to set an MX priority value to 1 in the Plesk interface.
• Dynamic List view now shows a number of subdomains and domain aliases (if any) and a number of pages they occupy.
• Increased the load speed of the Dynamic List view.
• Improved the look of the empty list of Plesk UI notifications.
• (Linux) Plesk now supports VERP-style email addresses. The corresponding setting (“Enable email subaddressing”) is enabled by default in Tools & Settings > Mail Server Settings (under “Mail”) on new Plesk Obsidian installations.

Plesk Obsidian Stability

• 40 bug-fixes based on our customer's reports.
• The plesk repair web -php-fpm-configuration command can now detect PHP-FPM misconfigurations and fix them by removing obsolete PHP-FPM configuration files.
• Made integration with phpMyAdmin more robust.
  Note: phpMyAdmin files are now located in /usr/local/psa/phpMyAdmin

Security and Third-party Components

• To enhance security, Plesk now generates a random prefix for a temporary server hostname.
• To mitigate the Apache and nginx symlinks vulnerability, the “Restrict the ability to follow symbolic links” option is now enabled by default for new service plans and new custom subscriptions. Learn more about mitigating the symlinks vulnerability.
• Dropped support for the File Sharing feature. File Sharing is no longer available in Plesk Obsidian by default.
• Added support for MariaDB versions 10.4 and 10.5. See KB Article for details: How to upgrade MySQL 5.5 to 5.6/5.7 or MariaDB 5.5 to 10.x on Linux?

Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.
We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

• (Linux) Updated Roundcube to version 1.4.8.
• (Linux) Updated Postfix to version 3.5.6.
• (Windows) ionCube Loader 10.4.1 is now shipped with PHP 7.4.
• (Windows) Updated BIND to version 9.16.6.
• (Windows) Updated ASP.NET Core 3.1 to version 3.1.8.
• (Windows) Updated ASP.NET Core 2.1 to version 2.1.22.
• (Windows) Updated MariaDB to version 10.5 (both for the Plesk database and for customers’ websites).
• (Windows) Updated libcurl to version 7.71.1.

 

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Hello,
I'm glad to announce the next version of Plesk Obsidian 18.0.31!

Release Notes: Change Log for Plesk Obsidian
To know what's new in Plesk Obsidian release see What's New in Plesk Obsidian
Plesk Obsidian Update Notes Important Facts About and How to Update to Plesk Obsidian

Highlights for the current build​

Hosting and Panel Improvements​

• A custom TTL value can now be configured for individual DNS records.
• The “X-Powered-By” header can now be removed from pages served by Plesk servers by adding the following lines to the panel.ini file:
  [webserver]
  xPoweredByHeader = off
• Mailman links are now served via HTTPS
• Added the option to validate newly created backups via the checksum to the Dropbox Backup and Amazon S3 Backup extensions
• CloudLinux 8 is now supported!

Plesk Obsidian Stability​

• 30 bug-fixes based on our customer's reports.
• The plesk repair installation command is now available in Plesk Obsidian for Windows

Security and Third-party Components​

• The path to the ASP.NET dynamic compilation temporary file storage location can now be specified on the “Websites & Domains” > “ASP.NET Settings” page. By default, the path is set to “%plesk_vhosts%<domain name>\tmp”.

Plesk continues to deliver fresh and modern versions of supplied and supported third-party software.

We strongly recommend staying up2date with Plesk!

• (Linux) Updated phpMyAdmin to version 5.0.3.
• (Linux) Updated Phusion Passenger to version 6.0.6.
• (Windows) Updated ModSecurity to version 2.9.3.
• (Windows) Updated MariaDB 10.5 to version 10.5.6.
• (WIndows) Updated MariaDB 10.3 to version 10.3.25.
• (Windows) Updated Node.js 12 to versions 12.18.4.
• (WIndows) Updated Node.js 10 to versions 10.22.1.