New TurnKey Canvas version (12.0)

Changes:

  • Initial public release of TurnKey Canvas.
  • Canvas related:
    • Canvas LMS and nodejs installed from latest upstream version. Redis server installed from Squeeze backports as required.
    • Set Canvas admin password and email on firstboot (convenience, security).
    • Set Canvas domain to serve on first boot (convenience).
    • Pre-configured to use MySQL (recommended for production).
    • Includes Canvas automated jobs daemon initscript (disabled by default).
    • Includes Apache pre-configured with passenger support, with SSL support out of the box (performance, security).
  • Regenerates all secrets during installation / firstboot (security).
  • MySQL related:
    • Set MySQL root password on firstboot (convenience, security).
    • Force MySQL to use Unicode/UTF8.
  • Includes postfix MTA (bound to localhost) for sending of email (e.g. password recovery). Also includes webmin postfix module for convenience.

Major component versions

canvas-lms revision db0034c (upstream archive)
rails 2.3.14
ruby-enterprise 1.8.7-2012.02
ruby 4.5
ruby-dev 4.5
apache2 2.2.16-6+squeeze7
mysql-server 5.1.63-0+squeeze1
redis-server 2.4.15-1~bpo60+2 (backported package)
build-essential 11.5
imagemagick 8:6.6.0.4-3+squeeze3

Note: Please refer to turnkey-core's changelog for changes common to all appliances. Here we only describe changes specific to this appliance.

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New TurnKey Appengine Python version (12.0)

Changes:

  • Initial public release of TurnKey Linux AppEngine Python.
  • Google App Engine configurations
    • Preconfigured cgi, webapp and django appengine application templates - /var/www/appengine/template-*
    • Template-Django is preconfigured for NoSQL: - http://www.allbuttonspressed.com/projects/djangoappengine
    • Includes welcome page with useful information and link to offline documentation.
  • Includes TurnKey Web Control panel with useful information, references, and link to offline documentation (convenience).
  • Regenerates all secrets during installation / firstboot (security).
  • Includes python imaging library (PIL) for appengine Image API.

Major component versions

google_appengine 1.6.5
google-appengine-docs 20120228
template-django pulled from upstream repo: 2012-05-03
antlr_python_runtime 3.1.3
lighttpd 1.4.28-2+squeeze1
postfix 2.7.1-1+squeeze1
python-imaging 1.1.7-2

Note: Please refer to turnkey-core's changelog for changes common to all appliances. Here we only describe changes specific to this appliance.

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New TurnKey AppFlower version (12.0)

Changes:

  • Initial public release of TurnKey AppFlower.
  • Set AppFlower admin password on firstboot (convenience, security).
  • Regenerates all secrets during installation / firstboot (security).
  • MySQL related:
    • Set MySQL root password on firstboot (convenience, security).
    • Force MySQL to use Unicode/UTF8.
    • Includes PhpMyAdmin (listening on port 12322 - uses SSL).
  • SSL support out of the box.
  • Includes php-xcache PHP opcode cacher / optimizer (performance).
  • Includes postfix MTA (bound to localhost) for sending of email (e.g. password recovery). Also includes webmin postfix module for convenience.

Major component versions

appflower 1.2 (upstream archive)
apache2 2.2.16-6+squeeze7
mysql-server 5.1.63-0+squeeze1
phpmyadmin 4:3.3.7-7

Note: Please refer to turnkey-core's changelog for changes common to all appliances. Here we only describe changes specific to this appliance.

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