Server News

open-sTeam server 2.8 released

Robert Hinn — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:15:04 +0200

The new stable version 2.8 of the open-sTeam server software has been officially released today.

Improvements of the new version are:

COAL serialization with native code (performance improvement)
fixed compiling of native code on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
added filtering and pagination methods to the search module, containers, user and group mailboxes and annotations
some LDAP improvements (e.g. support for structural groups)
fixed an issue where the cachesize setting would be ignored
added support for decorations on objects (allows for dynamically extending objects with functionality)
RSS feeds now have a content namespace
added support for iconsets (iconsets are packages/modules that can define default icons for objects)
all server.log output will now be prepended with a timestamp
smtp, security and slow_requests log files will now be rotated, too
improved init.d scripts (stabilized the restart option, even if the server takes so much time for shutdown that the script times out)
build process cleaup
various stability improvements

The new 2.8 server version will automatically perform some updates on the database when started for the first time. The first server start with the new version might therefore take some time until the updates have been completed, so you should prepare for some downtime before updating.

The new server sources can be downloaded in the download section. Packages for Debian Linux 4.0 (Etch) and Ubuntu Linux 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) are available in the respective download sections and in our apt-repository. Packages for openSUSE Linux 10.3 and 10.2 and SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 are available in the respective download sections and in our rpm-repository.

sTeam server 2.4 released

Robert Hinn — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:50:02 +0100

The new stable version 2.4 of the open-sTeam server software has been released today, replacing the previous 2.2 series. The improvements of the new version are:

improved LDAP support (mapping arbitrary LDAP attributes to sTeam attributes, non-persistent attribute mapping)
better synchronization between persistence layers (e.g. LDAP)
mail improvements (mailing is now threaded, sent-mail folder support has been introduced)
database modifications to support backup via mysqldump
user and group lookup tables for faster searches
object paths lookup table for faster searches
test-suites for stability checks during development

The new 2.4 server version will automatically perform some updates on the database when started for the first time. Since this modifications update some tables, your MySQL server might need free disk-space the same size as your current steam database size. The first server start with the new version will also take some time until the updates have been completed, so you should prepare for some downtime before updating.

The new server sources can be downloaded in the download section, the new Debian Linux packages are available in our apt-repository and in our Debian Linux download section.

Roadmap 2.5

Thomas Bopp — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:56:11 +0100

The sTeam development team started working on steam 2.5 (steam 2.4 will be released soon). The development focus will be on speed improvements.

coal.so Module implements COAL in C
Analysing CPU usage (profiling)
Support for different Databases (MySQL, Postgres, DB/2) This support will only be for saving - searching will be mysql dependent The reason is to allow easy integration of other databases in the future
Optimized Saving of objects (save queue becomes too large, too many attributes saved twice)
threaded ldap usage with lastModify timestamp checking in background
Improved filepath with annotation and version path

Optional:

Support for JMS (Java Messaging Services) for easier integration of java applications

enhanced testsuites and release management

Thomas Bopp — Sun, 28 May 2006 19:51:49 +0200

In order to improve the server stability and have less problems with side-effects of code the testsuite of the steam server has been improved in our current development version. This means there are much more tests including mail sending and using http-client facility to access the server and check for correctness.

Quality Management has also been improved for steam releases. We established some workflows for stable and testing releases including manual testing and installation procedures.

sTeam updated to 2.3

Thomas Bopp — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:45:34 +0200

CVS branches for steam-2_2 and steam-2_3 have been created. Our demo server has been updated to use steam 2.3.

Latest changes in 2.3 are better support for Events in services. A new lucene search index is in preparation.

Release Candidate for sTeam 2.2

Thomas Bopp — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:04:17 +0200

The new server distribution is finished. Today the package has been successfully installed on our local sTeam machine. You can get this package from the Download page.

Please note that this is not the final release. We will upload the final version in a couple of days (if everything works fine).

Changes

Pike 7.6 supported (7.6.69 and better)
Improved event handling (and some bug fixes)
New logging module, output http logs in standard format (eg awstats compatible).
Fixed factory and attribute registration
Mail System Fixes: some bugs and less spam-scores
Configuration Interface improved: expect less confusion with config files
Many bug fixes

sTeam switches to latest Pike-Release

Thomas Bopp — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 20:56:32 +0100

We are happy to announce a new server release, which will be compatible with the newest
Pike-Releases. The result will be better conformance to the HTTP protocol and enhanced speed. We already updated our demo server, which also serves this web page.

Especially, the WebDAV interface benefits from this new Release. Apple WebDAV's performance is very much improved and Novell Webdrive and Netdrive Clients are able to connect now.