Parallels H-Sphere 3.1 Patch 1(Build 905) Release Notes

Copyright (c) 2008 by Parallels

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Parallels H-Sphere documentation and FAQ are available at http://www.psoft.net/HSdocumentation/

1. Installing Parallels H-Sphere

• 1.1 Installing Parallels H-Sphere Control Panel and *nix Servers
• 1.2 Installing Parallels H-Sphere Winbox

2. Upgrading Parallels H-Sphere

• 2.1 Updating Parallels H-Sphere Control Panel and *nix Servers
• 2.2 Updating Parallels H-Sphere Winbox

3. List of Packages Installed with Parallels H-Sphere

4. What's New

• 4.1 Changelog
  • Unix features and improvements in 3.1 Patch 1
  • Windows features and improvements in 3.1 Patch 1
• 4.2 Release Notes
• Unix features and improvements in 3.1 branch
• Windows features and improvements in 3.1 branch
• 4.3 Known Problems

5. Contact Information

1. Installing Parallels H-Sphere

1.1 Installing Parallels H-Sphere Control Panel and *nix Servers

Before you install Parallels H-Sphere:

• Please make sure to have your servers prepared as instructed in the Preparing Servers for Parallels H-Sphere Installation manual.

• If you are to install CP on a FreeBSD box, especially in case of multiprocessor architecture, please make sure you have the /etc/libmap.conf file on the CP box with this content.

• Config files for Apache, FTP, PHP, DNS, MySQL, and PostgreSQL should be customized indirectly via respective template files. Otherwise, all custom changes in major default configuration files are removed with each Parallels H-Sphere update! Please carefully follow the config file templates customization instruction!

Installation procedure:

1. Log into the server where you install Parallels H-Sphere as root:

   $ su -l

   Download the 3.1 Patch 1 (Build 905) install/update script:

   Linux:

   # wget http://download.hsphere.parallels.com/shiv/HS/releases/U31.0/U31.0P1/U31.0P1

   FreeBSD:

   # fetch http://download.hsphere.parallels.com/shiv/HS/releases/U31.0/U31.0P1/U31.0P1

   Important: You can also download installation/update script and packages alternatively from our mirror site at http://download2.hsphere.parallels.com/. More information in Parallels H-Sphere install/update script options

2. To start installation, run the install/update script with the install option:

   # sh U31.0P1 install

   Then, choose one of the options, depending on the installation mode:

   • Regular installation from scratch:

     1. Choose the cpinstall mode to install basic Parallels H-Sphere packages on the CP server to be able to run Parallels H-Sphere Control Panel. In the installer's command line type in the following command:

        cpinstall zone=SERVICE_ZONE ip=SERVICE_IP

        where SERVICE_ZONE is the service domain name (for example, samplehosting.com), and SERVICE_IP is the service domain IP.

        This will start the Control Panel installation process.

     2. Upon successful installation, run Parallels H-Sphere Control Panel at http://SERVICE_IP:8080/ in your favorite browser.

        Note: If you have problems with running Control Panel, please try to stop CP service and start it again.

     3. Log into Parallels H-Sphere Control Panel as admin with password admin. Later on you will be able to change the admin password.

     4. After you log in, you must enter your valid Parallels H-Sphere license purchased from PSoft. Otherwise, you won't be able to proceed with the installation.

     5. Run Parallels H-Sphere Installation Wizard which allows shaping your Parallels H-Sphere cluster by adding boxes and hosting services and configuring basic Parallels H-Sphere settings.

     6. To install Parallels SiteStudio with Parallels H-Sphere, run after the Parallels H-Sphere installation:

        # sh U31.0P1 install postinstall sitestudio

   • Installation with prepared Parallels H-Sphere configuration:

     It is possible to perform Parallels H-Sphere installation by importing a specially formatted config.xml file with all Parallels H-Sphere physical and logical servers' configuration.

     More on config.xml | Sample config.xml

     Run the install script with the install option. In the installer's command line, enter:

     install xml=CONFIG_XML_LOCATION [ skip-sitestudio ]

     Learn how to form config.xml by means of Parallels H-Sphere Installation Wizard in Control Panel.

Post-installation:

• When the installation is finished, Parallels H-Sphere Control Panel will be available at http://SERVICE_IP:8080
• Parallels H-Sphere install program doesn't set up missing service IPs. You should set them up manually.
• After Parallels H-Sphere is installed, it includes two accounts which may not be deleted:
  1. the admin account (login: admin, password: admin) to configure system settings. It is very highly recommended to change the password of the admin account after the installation and testing have been completed.
  2. the wwwuser account to manage the control panel domain, which is also used by the other servers of the system.

More on post-installation issues

1.2 Installing Parallels H-Sphere Winbox

Before the Parallels H-Sphere Winbox installation:

1. Prepare your Windows server to make sure it meets the requirements for Parallels H-Sphere installation.
2. SOAP property must be turned on in the hsphere.properties configuration file on the CP server. SOAP port 10125 must be opened in your firewall.
3. Parallels H-Sphere Winbox 3.1 and up is not compatible with Parallels H-Sphere 3.0 or lower! Update your Parallels H-Sphere first to the respective 3.1+ version.
4. If you use Windows 2003 R2 system, install the File Server Resource Manager component before Parallels H-Sphere installation.

Installation procedure:

1. In admin CP, add Windows physical server.

   • Specify the name of administrative account (usually, hsadmin) and its password, so that CP is able to connect to the Windows box.
   • Add physical server groups. You can choose between three types Windows Web hosting, MS SQL hosting, or both MS SQL and Windows Web hosting.
   • If you want to add only one of two types: either Windows web hosting or MS SQL hosting, add custom physical server profile with the corresponding logical server group included.
   • If WINDOWS DEFAULT profile doesn't meet the requirements of your Physical server, reassign your physical server to necessary profile.

2. Add logical server for the box.

   Important: Make sure you created a custom A record for this logical server. For this, click Generate in front of Generate custom DNS records for this logical server in the logical server options.

3. If you are adding new Windows server to a NAT configured Parallels H-Sphere cluster, you must add this server's IPs to the ~cpanel/shiva/psoft_config/ips-map.xml file.
4. Install Parallels H-Sphere MSI package either of the ways:
   • Automatic install:

     1. Download Parallels H-Sphere Windows HsCore MSI package: HsCore_3.1.269.3124.msi.

        Here:

        • 3.1 is the Parallels H-Sphere Winbox version
        • 269 is the package build
        • 3124 is the package build timestamp (days from 1 Jan 2000)

     2. Run the HsCore installer and follow its instructions.

        Note: On this step you can choose the Parallels H-Sphere folder. By default, it is C:\Program Files\HSphere. After the installation you won't be able to change the Parallels H-Sphere location.

     3. In admin CP, go to E.Manager -> Update -> Update Boxes. Check your Winbox server and click Start Update to run Parallels H-Sphere Update Wizard to complete the installation. This will automatically update your Winbox.

        Important:

        • Parallels H-Sphere Winbox resources are installed by means of respective MSI packages.
        • Some third party Parallels H-Sphere services (like Miva or ColdFusion) won't be installed to the Windows server if the original software is absent on the box. First, install the third-party software, and then run the Update Wizard on this box again to install respective Parallels H-Sphere MSI packages (HSMiva, HSColdFusion, etc).
   • Bundles installation:

     Download and run the Windows server installation bundles in accordance with the hosting type:

     • Windows Web hosting: HS_WinHosting_Bundle_310P1.exe
     • MS SQL hosting: HS_MSSQL_Bundle_310P1.exe
     • Windows Web + MS SQL hosting: HS_WinHosting_MSSQL_Bundle_310P1.exe

5. Please contact support and inform us about the installation. This is required to get appropriate support from PSoft.

2. Upgrading Parallels H-Sphere

2.1 Upgrading Parallels H-Sphere Control Panel and *nix Servers

Follow these instructions to upgrade Parallels H-Sphere servers to 3.1 Patch 1 (Build 905) from the version 2.5 and up.

Consider this before you update Parallels H-Sphere:

• The upgrade won't work without a valid Parallels H-Sphere license to cover all accounts in the system!

• Please refer to the list of operating systems supported by Parallels H-Sphere.

  Warning:
  1. Update to Parallels H-Sphere 2.5 and up is not recommended for Parallels H-Sphere clusters with CP servers under FreeBSD 4.x up to FreeBSD 4.9, as these FreeBSD versions do not fully support Java 1.5.
  2. Parallels H-Sphere Winbox versions earlier than 2.5 won't work correctly with Parallels H-Sphere 2.5 RC 1 and up! In the same way, Winbox 2.5 RC 1 and up won't work with Parallels H-Sphere under 2.5!
  3. Serv-U FTP is no longer supported in Parallels H-Sphere Winbox 2.5 and up. If you are currently using it and would like to update to this version, first switch to MS FTP.
  4. We currently don't recommend updating Parallels H-Sphere to version 2.5 and up when there are 512 and more ColdFusion mappings on a Windows server (i.e., ColdFusion is turned on for more than 511 Winbox users)
  5. No update is any longer available for RedHat 7.3, RedHat AS/ES/WS, FreeBSD 4.11 since 3.1 Beta 1! All Parallels H-Sphere servers under these operating systems need to be migrated to other supported OS's before the update.

• Config files for Apache, FTP, PHP, DNS, MySQL, and PostgreSQL should be customized indirectly via respective template files. Otherwise, all custom changes in major default configuration files are removed with each Parallels H-Sphere update! Please carefully follow the config file templates customization instruction!

  If you update to Parallels H-Sphere 3.1 Patch 1+ from Parallels H-Sphere 2.5 or 3.0, your custom config file templates will be ignored! You need to recustomize them!

• Update on boxes with FreeBSD 5.3 and up will halt if the /hsphere directory is a symlink! Please re-partition your servers' HDD to move Parallels H-Sphere content to the /hsphere directory before you proceed with the update. Please refer to Preparing Servers: HDD Partitioning.

• If you have CP installed on a FreeBSD box, especially in case of multiprocessor architecture, please make sure you have the /etc/libmap.conf file on the CP box with this content.

• If you have a mail server running on the same box as the CP server, and CP server uses port 80, change CP port to 8080 in /hsphere/local/home/cpanel/apache/conf/httpd.conf or contact Parallels H-Sphere support.

• Custom server groups for name (DNS) logical servers are no longer supported! If you are upgrading from Parallels H-Sphere 2.4.3 or earlier versions, please remove all custom name server groups (including all respective logical/physical servers). Please refer to Server Groups for details.

• MySQL Updates.

  • If you are running MySQL version 3.x, please update to the latest MySQL 4.x version prior to updating Parallels H-Sphere to 2.5+.
  • Update MySQL v. 4.0 to 4.1: If your clients created databases/tables/fields in the tables with specific charset, please refer to the following documentation:
    - Character set upgrade
    - Connection Character Sets and Collations
  • The procedure of MySQL update from version 4.x to 5.0 is performed automatically. But it is reasonable to refer to the following documentation: - Upgrading from MySQL 4.1 to 5.0
    - mysql_upgrade - Check Tables for MySQL Upgrade
    - mysql_fix_privilege_tables - Upgrade MySQL System Tables
    

• If you are installing Parallels H-Sphere control panel on FreeBSD box running on multiprocessor computer architecture, create /etc/libmap.conf file. More in Preparing Servers for Parallels H-Sphere Installation.

• Since Parallels H-Sphere 3.0+, you can download installation/update script from our mirror site at http://mirror.psoft.net. More information in Parallels H-Sphere install/update script options

• Please make sure to update EasyApp with the respective collection package built for Parallels H-Sphere 3.1+.

Update procedure:

1. Make sure you have Parallels H-Sphere 2.4.3 Patch 11 or higher installed:
   

   # cat ~cpanel/shiva/psoft_config/HS_VERSION

   If you have an older version, update to Parallels H-Sphere 2.4.3 Patch 11 first and run a separate PostgreSQL update script to update PostgreSQL to 7.4.x version.
2. Download the 3.1 Patch 1 (Build 905) install/update script:
   Linux:

   # wget http://download.hsphere.parallels.com/shiv/HS/releases/U31.0/U31.0P1/U31.0P1

   FreeBSD:

   # fetch http://download.hsphere.parallels.com/shiv/HS/releases/U31.0/U31.0P1/U31.0P1

3. Stop Parallels H-Sphere using one of the following commands:
   Linux:

   # /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpdcp stop

   FreeBSD:

   # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apachecp.sh stop

   Stop Parallels SiteStudio ImageMaker by running:

   # /hsphere/shared/SiteStudio/imaker.sh stop

4. Run the update script:

   # sh ./U31.0P1

   You will see a help window with a prompt to enter update options.

5. Update Parallels H-Sphere.

   • If one of the following conditions is met:

     1. if you have customized versions of Parallels H-Sphere *nix packages or other system packages that you update via native OS package manager;
     2. if your default config files (Apache, PHP, mail, FTP, databases) are customized not by means of config file templates;

     Parallels H-Sphere update will be as follows:

     1. Update Parallels H-Sphere core (templates, classes, jars):

        cpupdate [OPTIONS]

     2. In case a, exclude respective packages from being updated by the Parallels H-Sphere update script. To do this, type:

        hspackages [ ips=<IP1>,<IP2>,...<IPN>] exclude=add:<pattern1>,<pattern2>,...<patternN> skip=preparing

        Here, <IPx> are physical server IPs, and <patternx> are packages to exclude. For detailed syntax see command line interface of the Parallels H-Sphere Updater wrapper.

        To make sure you have successfully excluded the packages, run:

        hspackages [ ips=<IP1>,<IP2>,...<IPN>] exclude=show skip=preparing

        Warning: Please be very careful in excluding the packages from the update list! You must have serious reasons to do this!

     3. In case b, type the following command to create default config file templates to be customized afterwards:

        hspackages ctemplates=php,httpd,ftpd,mysql,pgsql

        For syntax and details please thoroughly read about customizing config files by means of templates.

        Important: This command will create default config file templates in respective directories. After that, you should customize them according to the custom configuration you had before. Typical reasons for such customization may be the use of Zend Optimizer, ChiliASP, ColdFusion Apache modules, etc.

     4. Update Parallels H-Sphere related packages:

        hspackages

   • Otherwise, if neither a or b is met:

     • to update Parallels H-Sphere and Parallels SiteStudio, type:

       update [OPTIONS]

     • to update only Parallels H-Sphere, enter:

       hsupdate [OPTIONS]

     • to update only Parallels SiteStudio, enter:

       sitestudio [OPTIONS]

     Important: In Parallels H-Sphere 3.0 RC 1 and up the above mentioned options can be used very flexible with a variety of sub-parameters. For example, you may specify the ips=LIST_OF_IPs or groups=LIST_OF_LSERVER_GROUPS parameters to run the update only on particular physical servers to affect only particular logical server groups (Web, mail, etc.). Also if you run the update with the force parameter, new or updated packages will be installed by force, regardless of conflicts. More on Parallels H-Sphere update/install script options

   Note: After the update, you'll be able to add more servers or services to the cluster by following the Adding Servers and Services documentation.

6. Update PostgreSQL:

   hspackages postgres

7. If you have faced problems on the stage of running post-configuration scripts, you don't need to resume the update from the beginning. Choose the deploy mode to install and run post-configuration scripts once more:

   deploy [OPTIONS]

   More about Parallels H-Sphere update/install script options.
8. Upgrade your Winbox to 3.1 Patch 1 (Build 905).
9. Parallels H-Sphere update script will automatically launch Parallels H-Sphere CP after the update. Check if Parallels H-Sphere is running, and if not, start CP Apache:
   Linux:

   # /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpdcp start

   FreeBSD:

   # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apachecp.sh start

10. Start ImageMaker if your Parallels H-Sphere is integrated with Parallels SiteStudio, for Linux & FreeBSD:

    # /hsphere/shared/SiteStudio/imaker.sh start

11. Check the version of Parallels H-Sphere by executing the following command on your CP box:

    # cat ~cpanel/shiva/psoft_config/HS_VERSION

    
    You will see a line similar to this:
    

    HS_VERSION = 3.1.905

    Where:
    
    3.1 is the version of Parallels H-Sphere,
    905 is the Parallels H-Sphere build.
    

After you have updated Parallels H-Sphere, please make sure you meet the following requirements:

• Winbox Update. Upgrade Winbox to Parallels H-Sphere 3.1 Patch 1. Parallels H-Sphere Winboxes of earlier versions are not compatible with Parallels H-Sphere Control Panel 3.1 and up.

• Customization. If you have custom Parallels H-Sphere templates, you may probably need to update them according to changes introduced in this version.

• Ownership. In Parallels H-Sphere 2.5 RC 3 and up HTML pages, images, Javascript and CSS files and respective directories have cpanel:httpdcp ownership. Parallels H-Sphere updater checks and automatically sets correct ownership and permissions on respective default and custom files and directories. Please make sure however that newly created custom files have correct ownership and permissions (this does not relate to Parallels H-Sphere packages).

• Web Payments. If you are updating from Parallels H-Sphere versions earlier than 2.5 Beta 1, please update the format of instant payment notification URL in affected Web payment systems' settings.

• Web traffic calculation and log rotation. Parallels H-Sphere 2.5 Beta 1 and up introduces a completely different approach in Web traffic calculation and log rotation. Now it takes into account both incoming and outgoing traffic. Therefore, after you upgrade from versions earlier than 2.5 Beta 1, your clients may find their traffic increased.

• VPS.

  1. If you host VPS on your Parallels H-Sphere and update from version 2.4.x, you must run the VPS converter tool with the --all option to convert all VPS plans and accounts to comply with VPS resource implementation in Parallels H-Sphere 2.5 and up.
  2. After you have updated Parallels H-Sphere, please also make sure you run Steps 3-9 of the Parallels H-Sphere VPS update instruction.

• IMP Horde (Webmail). Having updated the package, make sure to migrate your Horde histories data into a separate table, located in Horde database (introduced in a new Horde version).

• DBD::mysql Perl driver. If you want to update DBD::mysql driver or system Perl version, make sure to execute the script that updates DBD::mysql driver.

• DNS Zone Duplication. (Update from Parallels H-Sphere 2.4.x) If during the Parallels H-Sphere update DNS zone duplication takes place, Bind update from 8.x to 9.3.x will be skipped. Then, after the Parallels H-Sphere update is over, you need to resolve the DNS zone duplication problem, run the updater again and choose the hspackages option in the update script to update Bind.

• Set up Kronolith Reminders: If you use Kronolith reminders, make sure to set up them.

2.2 Upgrading Parallels H-Sphere Winbox

This guide instructs how to upgrade Parallels H-Sphere Windows software to 3.1 (Build 904) from the version 2.5 and up.

Prior to Parallels H-Sphere Windows update:

1. Parallels H-Sphere Windows 3.1 and up is not compatible with Parallels H-Sphere 3.0 or lower.
   • Before you update Parallels H-Sphere Winbox, you must first update Parallels H-Sphere to the respective 3.1+ version.
   • When updating Parallels H-Sphere Winbox from version 2.4.3 or below, update it first to 3.0 Patch 5, and only then to 3.1+.
2. Open SOAP port 10125 for data communication between Control Panel and Windows server.
3. If you are going to use Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, make sure to install SharePoint before upgrading Parallels H-Sphere Winbox.
4. We currently don't recommend updating Parallels H-Sphere Winbox when there are 512 and more ColdFusion mappings on a Windows server (i.e., ColdFusion is turned on for more than 511 user domains).

Update procedure:

1. If you update from Parallels H-Sphere 2.5 or 3.0:

   1. Download Parallels H-Sphere Windows HsCore MSI package: HsCore_3.1.269.3124.msi.

      Here:

      • 3.1 is the Parallels H-Sphere Winbox version
      • 269 is the package build
      • 3124 is the package build timestamp (days from 1 Jan 2000)
   2. Run HsCore and follow its instructions.
   3. Restart Parallels H-Sphere Winbox.
   4. Restart IIS.

2. In admin CP, go to E.Manager -> Update -> Update Boxes. Check your Winbox server and click Start Update to run Parallels H-Sphere Update Wizard. This will automatically update your Winbox.

   Important:

   • If you update from Parallels H-Sphere 2.5 or 3.0, Parallels H-Sphere home folder (for example, C:\HSphere or C:\HSphere.NET) will be moved to C:\Program Files\HSphere.
   • If you update Winbox 2.5 or 3.0 with EasyApp installed, Update Wizard will build an MSI package out of EasyApp applications and install them into a new location. An older collection package will be uninstalled.
   • Parallels H-Sphere Winbox resources are installed by means of respective MSI packages.

3. Please contact support and inform us about the upgrade. This is required to get appropriate support from PSoft.

3. Packages Installed with Parallels H-Sphere

This is the list of latest stable packages for Parallels H-Sphere 3.1 Patch 1 (Build 905).

Linux/FreeBSD rpm/tgz package list for Parallels H-Sphere 3.1 Patch 1 (Build 905) is located here: http://download.hsphere.parallels.com/shiv/HS/releases/U31.0/U31.0P1/pkglist.priv

Windows MSI package list for Parallels H-Sphere 3.1 Patch 1 (Build 905) is located here: http://download.hsphere.parallels.com/shiv/HS/releases/U31.0/U31.0P1/win_pkglist.priv

Important: Some packages may be updated after you have installed/updated to this Parallels H-Sphere version! To update packages to their latest stable versions, run Parallels H-Sphere updater with the hspackages option.

Supported operating systems:

• RedHat Enterpise Linux 3.x, CentOS 3.x, White Box Enterprise Linux 3.x
• RedHat Enterpise Linux 4.x, CentOS 4.x, White Box Enterprise Linux 4.x
• RedHat EL 4.x, CentOS 4.x, White Box EL 4.x (x86_64)
• RedHat Enterpise Linux 5.x, CentOS 5.x
• RedHat EL 5.x, CentOS 5.x (x86_64)
• FreeBSD 5.5
• FreeBSD 6.1, FreeBSD 6.2
• Windows 2000/2003

List of all Linux/FreeBSD operating systems supported by Parallels H-Sphere

RedHat Enterpise Linux 3.x, CentOS 3.x, White Box Enterprise Linux 3.x

Download location: http://download.hsphere.parallels.com/shiv/HS/RHES3/

RedHat Enterpise Linux 4.x, CentOS 4.x, White Box Enterprise Linux 4.x

Download location: http://www.psoft.net/shiv/HS/RHES4/

RedHat EL 4.x, CentOS 4.x, White Box EL 4.x (x86_64)

Download location: http://www.psoft.net/shiv/HS/RHES4_64/

RedHat Enterpise Linux 5.x, CentOS 5.x

Download location: http://www.psoft.net/shiv/HS/RHES5/

RedHat EL 5.x, CentOS 5.x (x86_64)

Download location: http://www.psoft.net/shiv/HS/RHES5_64/

FreeBSD 5.5

Download location: http://www.psoft.net/shiv/HS/FBSD55/

FreeBSD 6.1, FreeBSD 6.2

Download location: http://www.psoft.net/shiv/HS/FBSD61/

Windows 2000/2003

Download location: http://download.hsphere.parallels.com/shiv/HS/WINDOWS/

4. What's New

4.1 Changelog

Legend:     [+]  Added new features       [*]  Improvements       [-]  Fixes

Unix features and improvements in 3.1 Patch 1:

1. [+]  Updated System Packages:

   • hsphere-mail-service-4-42
   • hsphere-webmails-h2.5-2_33
   • hsphere-phpmyadmin-2.11.7.1-2
   • hsphere-bind-9.4.2.1-1
   • hsphere-apache2-h3.1-2.2.9-3
   • hsphere-cpanel-apache2-2.2.9-1
   • hsphere-apache-shared-h3.1-1_4
   • hsphere-update-2.1_28
   • H-Sphere PHP 5.2.6 packages
   • hsphere-config-mysql-1.1_7

2. [+]  Added SiteStudio support for FBSD 6.3.

3. [+]  Added PDO Mysql and Pgsql drivers implementation in apache.

4. [*]  Redesigned default site pages (user skeletons) according to Parallels style.

5. [-]  Added deletion date to e-mail notifications on suspension sent to end users.

6. [-]  Fixed invoices which didn't state clearly if the user is charged or refunded upon the plan change

7. [-]  Eliminated adding mailing list addresses with dots

8. [-]  Eliminated problem with error message appearing in user control panel after successful removal of a billing profile.

9. [-]  Changed credit card type Switch to Maestro UK.

10. [-]  Prevented possibility of domain renewals in case the total cost exceeds user's credit limit.

11. [-]  Fixed a problem related to win2unix PlatformChange direction.

12. [-]  Fixed a bug with platform change process during deletion of child resources.

13. [-]  Fixed domain registrar lookup function invoked when registering domains via the user control panel.

14. [-]  Platformchange package made compatible with H-Sphere 3.1 branch.

15. [-]  Fixed adding TXT record with '=' symbol.

16. [-]  Changed mod_security rules configuring

17. [-]  Added possibility to change H-Sphere Logo Image URL. However width and height cannot be changed in XP Reloaded design

Windows features and improvements in 3.1 Patch 1:

1. [*]  Redesigned default site pages (user skeletons) according to Parallels style.

4.2 Release Notes

Legend:     [+]  Added new features       [*]  Improvements       [-]  Fixes

Unix features and improvements in 3.1 branch:

1. [+]  Added experimental support for FreeBSD 6.3. Not to be used on production servers!

2. [+]  Introduced new XP Reloaded design

3. [*]  Rewritten TT system templates to have the proper appearance when switching between designs (skins).

4. [*]  Added possibility to add new type of physical server (non unix or windows)

5. [*]  Updated Parallels H-Sphere VPS to 2.0-0.b7 with VPS Templates made a billable resource managed from CP and migration from FreeVPS to OpenVZ

6. [*]  Changed Parallels SiteStudio package version to 1.8b-65

7. [*]  Support of Apache 2.2.x, with a possibility to switch between Apache 1.3.x and 2.2.x

8. [*]  Advanced PHP configuration:

   • Multi-version PHP modes on Unix box with mixed 4 and 5 versions
   • Added possibility to switch between PHP 4 and PHP 5 and choose among libphp, cgi, and fastcgi modes for PHP 4/5 for Unix-hosted domains.

9. [*]  Added customizable config file templates for Apache 2.2.x and PHP 4/5 for Apache 2.2.x. Apache, PHP and FTP custom config file templates need to be recustomized after the update to H-Sphere 3.1.

10. [*]  ExtraPacks: packs of preset bundled resources to be offered to end users.

11. [*]  Simplified plan wizards

12. [*]  Setting max values for resources directly in Plan Wizard.

13. [*]  Enhanced domain management: Introduced new Hosting Alias and Mail Service Alias resources as a replacement to the deprecated Domain Alias resource. It makes possible to assign a domain to be either a hosting domain alias to another domain with the "Hosting" resource turned on, or a mail domain alias to a domain with "Mail Service" enabled, or both. Besides, it's possible now to register via domain registrars those domains which are to be used as domain aliases.

14. [*]  Rebuilt EasyApp package with the respective collection for H-Sphere 3.1+

15. [*]  Ruby On Rails support (requires manual installation)

16. [*]  Implemented possibility to configure FTP over SSL/TLS for shared IPs with shared SSL enabled

17. [*]  H-Sphere Jail: users are granted SSH access within their home directories, a chrooted shell environment with a set of widely used utilities and file managers:

    • Utilities: a range of commands such as cat, echo, ln, mkdir, ps, vi, grep, awk with dependent libraries.
    • File managers: mc, ytree, vifm

18. [*]  Updating physical boxes from CP Web interface

19. [*]  Physical Server Profiles: sets of update rules to be assigned to an individul *nix/Windows physical server or to a group of physical servers.

20. [*]  Resource Prerequisites:

    • Some resources (like SSL, FrontPage, Throttle, Ruby On Rails, etc.) can be enabled or disabled for selected logical server groups despite their availability on physical boxes. These resources are called resources with prerequisites
    • H-Sphere periodically checks resource prerequisites availablity, showing results in admin CP
    • Enabling/disabling of resources with prerequisites automatically affects end users, without a need of editing respective plans

21. [*]  Added possibility to stop, start or restart services on a physical server via admin CP

22. [*]  Human signup validation

23. [*]  Extended functionality of suspending and resuming accounts.

24. [*]  Web access control to particular directories of a domain's DocumentRoot.

25. [*]  Mail SMS resource: forwarding email to SMS to any number of recipients, without excessive content, with filtering sender addresses and setting the size and number of messages.

26. [*]  Autoresponder mail resource improvements:

    • On the Admin CP level:
      - autoreply is provided if SENDER originating IP corresponds to a target recipient IP or Subnet only
      - autoresponder is blocked globally if wildcard pattern engine is not enabled for specific mail resource
    • On the User CP level: identifying the list of recipients allowed to get replies on the mail resource level

27. [*]  Added cron for removing all mail relays on a chosen mail server

28. [*]  Added validation for virtual mail resoures on mail relay servers. For this, provided the procedure of synchronous creation/removal of pseudo users on a mail relay server for respective mail resources of the main mail server.

29. [*]  Possibility to bind custom skill icon sets to a particular plan

30. [*]  WebShell 4.4.3 with Web 2.0 driven WebShell Protect Wizard.

31. [*]  New mechanism of SiteStudio user authentication: now SiteStudio is isolated from H-Sphere database, runs under the separate studio user and on a separate Tomcat server.

32. [*]  No install/update any longer available for RedHat 7.3, RedHat AS/ES/WS, FreeBSD 4.11 since 3.1 Beta 1. All H-Sphere servers under these operating systems need to be migrated to other supported OS's before the update.

33. [*]  Added possibility to automatically generate registrar extra info using registrar_extra_params.xml

34. [*]  Added cron to correct expiration dates by requesting domains' status on a registrar

35. [*]  Updated the scheme of fetching box info: to speed up the process, the info on different boxes is fetched simultaneously. Now if the box is not responding for a long time, H-Sphere queries it more rarely.

36. [*]  Moved HSInst project to JAXB 2.0

37. [*]  Provided possibility to create PayPal payment subscriptions from user control panel

38. [*]  Improvements in updating boxes from admin CP:

    • added possibility to update physical Windows boxes
    • improved getting the initialization script from CP during the Unix box update

39. [*]  System Service Management: now admin is notified on any change (stop/start/restart) applied to a service

40. [*]  Added possibility to update VPS Core Templates and get their info from user CP.

41. [*]  Added skipcachk and skipsachk Qmail parameters

42. [*]  Added sorting of mail forwads and alias subscribers on the Add/Edit mailobject page

43. [*]  Set default mailing list subscribers sort order by email.

44. [*]  Added Load Balanced server support (missing in H-Sphere 3.1 Beta 1)

45. [-]  Improved processing of qmail config parametres by removing redundant blanks

46. [-]  YAFV Core changes: added processing of the 'onLoad' and 'onResize' attributes in the <body> tag.

47. [-]  Corrected the appearance of total values representing a refund operation in invoices: added brackets to the total sum

48. [-]  Eliminated problem when saving physical server parameters failed on FreeBSD box

49. [-]  Hidden disable e-mail confirmation option in trouble ticket if Admin enabled Don't send confirmation emails for received Trouble Tickets in Tech Support Settings.

50. [-]  Fixed problem with registration of .EU and .DE domains using Enom registrar

51. [-]  Fixed system behavior after adding Extra Package in administrative interface: now administrator will be prompted to a page with the list of available Extra packages.

52. [-]  Fixed Parallels H-Sphere Installation Wizard when an error occured while disabling NAT configuration.

53. [-]  Changed message type from Error to Info when adding a VPS network gateway.

54. [-]  Changed Parallels H-Sphere logo

55. [-]  Changed message type appearing after succesful creation of Markup Plan from Error to Info

56. [-]  Fixed problems with an empty page loading upon adding of new mail relays

57. [-]  Fixed Admin mail relay

58. [-]  Fixed problem with automatic domain renewal for accounts with "Check" payment type.

59. [-]  Fixed problem with logging into reseller master admin account.

60. [-]  Added server-side validation for the Change Password feature

61. [-]  Fixed log info displaying for Update Packages wizard

62. [-]  Fixed problem when DNS Records in DNS Zone Instant Alias configuration were cached and deleted.

63. [-]  Solved problem with setting Start date for MRTG when adding Dedicated Servers to accounts.

64. [-]  Fixed problem processing reseller refund with the "0" end-user fee

65. [-]  Added access to FM_updateExemptionCode in BillingInfoObject class to remove the inability to edit tax exemption codes in moderation section.

66. [-]  Added backup resource 100% refund calc

67. [-]  Added Auto Resuming icon in No Menu design

68. [-]  Converted ELECTRON CC Brand to UKE when the payment request is generated

69. [-]  Fixed syntax error on the antivirus management page

70. [-]  Fixed the problem with insignificant errors produced to Parallels H-Sphere log while editing resource prices in a plan.

71. [-]  Fixed VPS account in Expressia design not showing VPS Details icon

72. [-]  Improved javascript code in affiliate links page

73. [-]  Fixed syntax error in psoft.hsphere.resource.RedirectResource

74. [-]  Fixed loading of an empty page when trying to edit Web Access controls

75. [-]  Fixed a problem with error message in Parallels H-Sphere log once the request reboot page is loaded after commence a dedicated server reboot request

76. [-]  Fixed appearance of error message in the Parallels H-Sphere log after requesting IP for dedicated servers

77. [-]  Fixed behavior of XML API when signing up with domain registration. Fixed initvalue parameter names of Opensrs registrar

78. [-]  Fixed problem with displaying the following irrelevant error messages:

    • while submitting the "Remind Password" page
    • when turning Check acceptance on in the Administrative interface
    • when enabling mail SSL support
    • upon setting up backup services for a dedicated server
    • when changing account preferences
    • when editing knowlegebase entry category
    • when setting individual extra package prices for plans
    • when restoring default DNS records
    • when enabling/disabling Email Notifications
    • when users enable/disable invoices receiving by e-mail
    • when changing SSI Ecec state for Windows based accounts
    • when editing/adding new settings for All Domains, Enom, and OpenSRS registrars

79. [-]  Fixed changing of Dedicated Server Internal server ID param value

80. [-]  Added getting localized price for Reseller End User Support

81. [-]  Fixed mailing list trailer creation

82. [-]  Fixed reseller charge description when end user increases quota

83. [-]  Renamed service pwgetquota to unixserver to synchronize with manage-service script returns

84. [-]  Joined all taxes info into a single line to avoid loss of precision in the process of rounding up each tax position.

85. [-]  Fixed mail reports' caching.

86. [-]  Corrected user procedure for ticket change.

87. [-]  Corrected the constructor MySQLDatabase(ResourceId rId) to avoid errors when loading the resource in case field locked_by in the hsphere database contains empty string

88. [-]  Changes to speed up creating mailbox objects via the XML API interface

89. [-]  Fixed description label for apache_security2 parameter in Physical Server Parameters section

90. [-]  Solved problem with generating Trouble Tickets when signing up for a plan with the Domain transfer feature disabled

91. [-]  Corrected templates to show domain names of stopgap domains with dedicated IPs properly it will show the real names instead of IPs)

92. [-]  Knowledgebase export fixes

93. [-]  Fixed creation of resellers with username length more than 18 symbols

94. [-]  Fixed ownership of mlist-suspend.sh and mlist-resume.sh scripts

95. [-]  Fixed problem with line separator for uploading files edited in Windows editors

96. [-]  Removed Urchin4 from prerequisites for Windows hosting

97. [-]  Fixed problem with receiving and parsing of SSL certificates from Comodo

98. [-]  Set US decimal and group separators, decimal number pattern to fix the problem with balance shown in localized format

99. [-]  Fixed problem with displaying the status of the external payment transaction

100. [-]  Redesigned Dedicated Server purchase confirmation screen

101. [-]  Solved problem when the same dedicated IP could be assigned to different objects

102. [-]  Fixed errors appearing when adding Dedicated Servers to accounts

103. [-]  Solved problem with domain registration options for Mailonly, Dedicated Server and VPS plans

104. [-]  Updated Filer validation function for the Load Balanced servers configuartion page

105. [-]  Improved the mail_domain init resource of mail_service resource to synchronize with Unix plan

Windows features and improvements in 3.1 branch:

1. [+]  Added application pool identity patch

2. [*]  PHP updated to version 5.2.5

3. [*]  Toughened launch condition for ColdFusion package: now it requires Parallels H-Sphere 3.1 RC 1 or higher

4. [*]  Fixed bug with missing PostgreSQL and MySQL ODBC drivers after 3.1 fresh install

5. [*]  Imporvements and fixes in Windows installation bundles

6. [*]  Implemented new model of H-Sphere Winbox installation/update: H-Sphere Windows services are installed/updated from MSI packages.

7. [*]  Introduced H-Sphere Winbox installation and update from admin CP by Update Boxes Wizard.

8. [*]  All communication between CP and H-Sphere Windows services is now performed only by SOAP protocol (port 10125). Removed all older ASP scripts for the following resources:

   • MSSQL
   • MSSQL usage loader
   • Urchin 4
   • Miva Empresa 5
   • SSL

9. [*]  Modified the AWStats resource to work with regular transfer logs for each domain, instead of creating one accumulative log file in a special awstats subdirectory

10. [*]  Changed the upload feature of the Anonymous FTP resource: when the resource is disabled, the upload subdirectory becomes inaccessible for reading and writing

11. [*]  Modified ASP.NET to avoid dynamic recompilation caused by machine.config changes

12. [*]  Removed outdated ASPSecured resource

13. [*]  Added support for Urchin 5.7

14. [*]  Implemented new Urchin CGI scheme: now the tool responsible for collecting logs for Urchin server is linked to every virtual host via virtual directory launched in terms of particular anonymous account.

15. [-]  Fixed bug caused to break Parallels H-Sphere 3.0 ColdFusion service site instead of removing it

16. [-]  Added HsQuotas uninstallation (particularly required for upgrading MsSQL box from Parallels H-Sphere 3.0)

17. [-]  Changed AWStats collecting rules in line with possible processing problems

18. [-]  Changed EasyApp collection files disposition scheme: now all files are located at a predefined place. As a result, Parallels H-Sphere service restart is no longer required after EasyApp or custom collection package installation.

19. [-]  Fixed several redirect and web derictory issues

20. [-]  Minor fixes in installation framework

21. [-]  Fixed problem with installing HsCore package over Parallels H-Sphere before 3.1 versions

22. [-]  Revised installation framework to avoid installation/upgrade procedure performance penalty

23. [-]  Fixed bug in HsPHP package causing problems with PHP scripts if register_globals or cgi.fix_pathinfo settings in php.ini file are customized

24. [-]  Fixed bug in HsPHP package when session files were stored to wrong location for PHP applications working under virtual directories

25. [-]  Fixed problem with memory leak appearing during rotation of large http log files

26. [-]  Fixed the change of MSSQL database and transaction log file quotas ratio

27. [-]  Fixed displaying domain alias on the FTP page

28. [-]  Fixed bug in HsLogModule with transferring log files for suspended virtual hosts

29. [-]  Fixed wrong IUSR accounts assigning to virtual host if such account wasn't removed previously

30. [-]  Fixed resuming vitual hosts

31. [-]  Fixed managing FrontPage resource on Windows with non-US locale

32. [-]  Corrected displaying of CGI resource for windows plan if AWStats is enabled

33. [-]  Fixes related to new Urchin CGI scheme:

    • Processing of Urchin4 resource during content move is now skipped
    • Domain name in the IP parameter is passed if Urchin is installed on Windows box.

34. Fixed bug with incorrect (empty) application pool for IIS 6 Web Application

4.3 Known Problems

Unix:

1. In libphp mode PHP scripts run under httpd, while in CGI/FastCGI mode under their user, and this may cause possible permission conflicts when switching between PHP modes.
2. PHP settings redefined at the level of the Apache VirtualHost (VH) configuration (in case of customized VH templates) will be ignored in CGI/FastCGI mode.

Windows:

1. FTP subaccounts are unable to log on to the File Manager (WebShell)
2. After the "content move" process anonymous FTP virtual hosts aren't removed from the "source" server.
3. "Default web site" and entries below can prompt access credentials because authentication for "default web site" is set to allow only "integrated windows authentication". The problem appears after upgrading Parallels H-Sphere Winbox from 3.0 to 3.1.
4. When HsMiva, HsColdFusion, HsUrchin are not installed on winbox, it causes "!" critical warning near win_hosting logical server. However, it doesn't affect the workability of winbox.

5. Contact Information

Parallels Headquarters
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Suite 200
Renton, WA 98057
USA
Phone: +1 (425) 282 6400 
Fax: +1 (425) 282 6444 
World Wide Web: http://www.parallels.com

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