BOA-2.0.2 Edition

We are happy to release BOA-2.0.2 - this Big Edition includes many new features, five new platforms, eight updated platforms, new Drupal core versions and many fixes and improvements introduced in the last six weeks since previous Edition.

### Stable Edition BOA-2.0.2
### Date: Thu Feb 9 14:00:00 EST 2012
### Installs Aegir 2.0.2

# Note on new and updated platforms and new Drupal core:

  All 6.x and 7.x platforms have been updated with latest core,
  so they are all in fact new in this BOA Edition, but we list here
  only really new platforms or those with new version released
  since last BOA Edition, with one exception: we list also basic
  6.24.1 and 7.12 platforms as new.

  Please note that instead of waiting for 6.25, we already
  included patches required to fix major issues with 6.24:

  http://drupal.org/node/1425868
  http://drupal.org/node/1425260

  Our Pressflow 6.24.1 +Extra version includes not only listed
  above patches, but also a few extra, performance related
  patches discussed here:

  http://groups.drupal.org/node/187209

  Note also that we renamed too basic Acquia 7.x platform to
  Ubercart 3.x platform. It is based on the same acquia install
  profile, but includes all contrib modules required for any
  basic Ubercart 3.x site.

  NOTE: before you will try to upgrade any of your sites,
  please read our important how-to:

  http://omega8.cc/the-best-recipes-for-disaster-139
  http://omega8.cc/are-there-any-specific-good-habits-to-learn-116
  http://omega8.cc/managing-your-code-in-the-aegir-style-110

  REALLY, PLEASE READ IT TO AVOID SOME HEAVY HEADACHES!

# New Octopus platforms:

  Drupal 7.12 ------------------ http://drupal.org/drupal-7.12
  NodeStream 2.0-alpha6 -------- http://nodestream.org
  OpenPublish 3-alpha3 --------- http://openpublishapp.com
  Pressflow 6.24.1 ------------- http://pressflow.org
  Ubercart 3.0.1 --------------- http://ubercart.org

# Updated Octopus platforms:

  Acquia Commons 2.4 ----------- http://acquia.com/drupalcommons
  Commerce Kickstart 1.3 ------- http://drupalcommerce.org
  ELMS 1.0-alpha6 -------------- http://elms.psu.edu
  Open Atrium 1.2.1 ------------ http://openatrium.com
  Open Deals 1.0-beta7 --------- http://opendealsapp.com
  Open Outreach 1.0-beta7a ----- http://openoutreach.org
  ProsePoint 0.43 -------------- http://prosepoint.org
  Videola 1.0-alpha2 ----------- http://videola.tv

# New features:

  * Barracuda now supports Debian Lenny to Squeeze major upgrade.
    Of course you should create full backup image before running
    this major system upgrade, just in case, but all the rest
    is fully automated - it is enough to set advanced configuration
    option in Barracuda to _LENNY_TO_SQUEEZE=YES and run Barracuda
    as usual. It will upgrade your system to Squeeze and re-build
    everything, with almost no downtime during the upgrade.
    You will still need to reboot the server when it will complete
    all upgrades.

    Important: Debian Lenny reached EOL on February 6, 2012.
    Details: http://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/2012/msg00001.html

  * All new 7.x sites now run on latest PHP-FPM 5.3.10 by default.
    For existing sites it is enough to re-verify them in your
    Aegir control panel to get them on PHP-FPM 5.3.10 automatically.

    All existing and new 5.x sites run on the old PHP-FPM 5.2.17
    version by default and you can't change that.

    You can still choose between PHP-FPM 5.2.17 and 5.3.10 for
    all your 6.x sites - just let us know via http://omega8.cc/support
    that you wish to switch to 5.3.10 - but make sure first that all
    your 6.x sites are fully PHP 5.3 compatible. By default all
    6.x sites still run on PHP-FPM 5.2.17.

    Of course you could choose 5.3.10 for 6.x sites on one Octopus
    instance and 5.2.17 on another - on the same server. Just one more
    reason to use Octopus built-in intelligence :)

    All of this works the same both for Aegir Master Instance
    and all Aegir Satellite Instances.

  * Both Speed Booster, Boost and Redis/Memcached supports separate
    caches per mobile device, so it is safe to use separate themes
    or content for mobile devices. We use simple logic to determine
    the kind of device and there are separate cache bins for
    mobile-tablet, mobile-smart and mobile-other.
    You can review it here: http://bit.ly/wYz6PG

  * Purge module is now enabled by default in all 6.x and also 7.x
    sites. Now Speed Booster works like a Boost - it expires
    immediately the cache for any node/page as soon as it has been
    edited or comment added. It also automatically expires the cache
    for the homepage and RSS feed at once - but only when the node
    is promoted to the homepage. You no longer need to wait
    up to one hour for Speed Booster cache expiration. Plus, unlike
    in Boost, it purges all separate caches for all mobile devices
    along with non-mobile cache, at once. Now you have a good reason
    to disable Boost and use our crazy fast Speed Booster only.

  * You can use GeoIP data provided by your Nginx server
    in your custom code or modules with variables:
    $_SERVER['GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE'] and $_SERVER['GEOIP_COUNTRY_NAME']
    to display content or block depending on the visitor's country.
    You can check/review it from your location also on command line
    with: 'curl -I http://your-domain' - you will see GeoIP headers.

  * You can safely manage Clients/Users attached to hosted sites
    in your Aegir interface. Make sure that all sites have its
    associated Client! Otherwise the site will be listed as available
    for all Clients/Users you have added. The site can lost its
    association with Client after Clone task if there is any
    non-alphanumeric value in the Client name, like &.

  * CloudFlare specific header 'CF-Connecting-IP' is now supported
    out of the box and available as standard $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']
    in all 5.x, 6.x and 7.x platforms without any contrib module.

  * You can disable both Boost and Speed Booster on the fly
    by adding ?nocache=1 to any URL. Useful for debugging.

  * Speed Booster offers now also ESI microcaching, as explained
    in this article: http://groups.drupal.org/node/197478.
    This may enhance not only anonymous visitors, but also
    logged in users experience, since it allows you to separate
    microcache for ESI/SSI includes (valid for just 15 seconds)
    from both default Speed Booster cache for anonymous visitors
    (valid by default for 3 hours, unless purged on demand via
    recently introduced Purge/Expire modules) and also from
    Speed Booster cache per logged in user (valid for 60 seconds).
    The ESI module is included in all 6.x platforms but is not
    enabled and not configured automatically, so please consult
    its documentation for details on how to use it properly.

    Now you have three different levels of Speed Booster cache
    to leverage and deliver the 'live content' experience for
    all visitors, and still protect your server from DoS or
    simply high load caused by unexpected high traffic etc.

  * Automatic configuration of options required when Barracuda
    detects _VMFAMILY=AWS (Amazon EC2).

  * Both _NGINX_WORKERS and _PHP_FPM_WORKERS are now configurable.

  * You can avoid overwriting /etc/mysql/my.cnf with empty
    control file: $ touch /etc/mysql/custom.my.cnf

  * You can avoid overwriting /opt/etc/php.ini on upgrade
    with empty control file: $ touch /opt/etc/custom.php.ini

  * You can avoid overwriting /usr/local/lib/php.ini on upgrade
    with empty control file: $ touch /opt/etc/custom.php.ini

  * You can avoid overwriting /opt/local/etc/php53.ini on upgrade
    with empty control file: $ touch /opt/etc/custom.php53.ini

  * You can avoid overwriting /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root on upgrade
    by adding your extra/custom entries in the extra file:
    $ nano /var/xdrago/cron/custom.txt

  * You can avoid overwriting your CSF configuration on upgrade
    with empty control file: $ touch /var/log/custom.csf.log

# New o_contrib modules:

  * taxonomy_edge-6.x-1.3 (with core patch)
  * taxonomy_edge-7.x-1.1 (with core patch)
  * purge-6.x-1.x
  * purge-7.x-1.x
  * expire-6.x-1.x
  * expire-7.x-1.x

# Changes:

  * Nginx upgrade to 1.0.12
  * Lshell upgrade to 0.9.15-beta1
  * Percona upgrade to 5.5.19
  * Chive upgrade to 1.0.2
  * Git upgrade to 1.7.9
  * Suhosin upgrade to 0.9.33
  * Textile upgrade to 2.3
  * Mytop is now installed by default.
  * Drush based method for sites cron is more reliable and now set by default.
  * More compact naming for platforms in Octopus.
  * Speed Booster cache per logged in user now valid for only 60 seconds.
  * Speed Booster anonymous cache now valid for 3 hours, unless purged.
  * Extra $_COOKIE[OctopusCacheID] has been removed.
  * We use $cache_uid from parent map (Nginx) in fastcgi_cache_key.
  * Forced external caching only for Pressflow 6 core.
  * Octopus installs by default: D7P D7S D7D D6P D6S D6D OAM.
  * We no longer need to force Percona on Oneiric. MariaDB also works.
  * We no longer need to force MariaDB on Lenny and MariaDB Natty on Oneiric.
  * We no longer need to use Percona for Maverick on Natty and Oneiric.
  * We use _THIS_DB_HOST=localhost by default.
  * Secure/restricted access to manage users/clients is open by default
    in every Aegir Satellite Instance also for the extra non-uid=1 admin.
  * Users in every Aegir Satellite Instance are protected with userprotect
    and protect_critical_users modules.
  * Some default SQL limits have been increased.
  * The insecure D7 plugin manager is now forced as disabled by default.
  * The hosting_platform_pathauto module is now enabled in Aegir by default.
  * The provision_boost module is now added and enabled in Aegir by default.

# Fixes:

  * Simplified Nginx config with 'modern', 'octopus' and 'legacy' templates.
  * Removed duplicate code and fixed caching logic for D5, D6 and D7.
  * Fixed logic for ESI microcache and Boost cache.
  * Removed imageinfo_cache module. It breaks platforms with imagecache module.
  * Disable deslash in globalredirect to avoid redirect loop.
  * Load IonCube also in php-cli.
  * Use core version in paths for all platforms.
  * Make sure that 301 redirects are only microcached - 5 seconds by default.
  * Do not run duplicate PHP-FPM rebuild on upgrade when there is
    no new DB server version installed/available.
  * Set boost_ignore_htaccess_warning to 1 by default.
  * Use provision_civicrm 6.x-1.x branch instead of outdated master.
  * Fix for broken regex on lshell.conf update per user.
  * All broken symlinks in the clients directory now deleted daily.
  * All broken symlinks in the lshell user home directory now deleted daily.
  * Avoid breaking Aegir upgrade because of high load.
  * Set correct loglevel for Redis to avoid useless I/O noise.
  * Add curl as allowed command to lshell default config.
  * Use faster download instead of git for Pressflow core.
  * Issue #1432668 - Octopus username should never start with a digit.
  * Issue #1408972 - Make nginx rewrites compatible with audio module.
  * Issue #1428990 - Load memcache in php-cli.
  * Issue #1408200 - AgrCache breaks aggregation and should be removed.
  * Issue #1420758 - Make sure that Nginx config includes are really used
                     on initial Barracuda install.
  * Issue #1418608 - Add --with-xmlrpc in the PHP-FPM build by default.
  * Issue #1396204 - Add GeoIP support in Nginx by default
  * Issue #1394152 - Build PHP-FPM with --enable-calendar by default.
  * Issue #1392498 - Do not overwrite CSF configuration on Barracuda upgrade.

# Recommendations:

  * Use _FORCE_GIT_MIRROR=github because it is 10x faster than others.

You can read full changelog as always at: http://bit.ly/newboa

Enjoy!