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Release 2.0.00

November 2019

This Maintenance release contains and introduces new under the hood system updates and improvements.

System

A number of core systems were upgraded to improve system performance & scalability and to extend the platform lifetime support.

● PHP has been upgraded from version 5.5 to version 7.3 for improved performance and security. The underlying PHP framework has also been upgraded from version 2 to version 3.

● The Apache PHP daemon has been switched from mod_php to PHP-FPM for optimised performance and to introduce multi-threading capability.

● The Ubuntu Operating System and a number of other subsystems were upgraded for security and performance. Ubuntu has been upgraded from version 14.04 to version 18.05 LTS.

● Oracle MySQL 5.5 has been replaced with Percona MySQL 5.7 to increase performance, optimised monitoring and more robust replication.

● Freeradius has been upgraded from version 2 to version 3 to introduce a new level of radius resilience, performance and scalability.

Hotfix 1

08 November 2019

The following improvements were made:

Improvements

● Added additional logging details in the midnight cron to gain more insight into Suspensions and Cancellations, and roll-over functions.

●Customer VOIP phone line management and details have been streamlined and optimised.

Bug Fixes

● Fixed issue where some Top-up notifications weren’t pulling through.

● Fixed issue where trial top-up users could not connect the following day.

● Fixed issue where some processes in the midnight cron were not being completed.

Hotfix 2

28 November 2019

The following improvements were made:

  • Improved the auditing function in Cancellations and Suspensions on the customer widget

Recurring Billing

● In previous versions, only one invoice could be sent out per customer per month. Multiple invoices can now be sent to customers without any recurring entry being billed twice.

● The Remove Billing button now correctly removes all generated and unauthorised invoices.