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new - a new feature has been released
fix - a bug fix has been released
improvement - an existing feature has been improved
platform - applies to the online SaaS version of SysWard
appliance - applies to the self hosted version of SysWard
agent - applies to the agent
Changelog
2022-03-29
platform
improvement
appliance
agent
- A bug has been fixed which incorrectly showed agents as dead, despite them recently checking in.
- Version
202203292061557601 of the agent now includes support for Rocky Linux 8, CentOS 8, and RHEL 8.
2022-03-28
appliance
fix - a bug fix has been released
- Version
2022.03.21.2014077176 of the appliance has been released addressing an issue with one of the helm charts in the installer that was causing failures.
2022-03-16
platform
improvement
agent
- Version
202203151984465400 of the agent has been released, addressing Ubuntu 21 and Debian 11 compatability issues
- Improvements to agent updates have been released and now default to using HTTPS when auto-upgrading
2021-11-28
platform
improvement
agent
- Support for Ubuntu 20 and 21 has been added - the agent should no longer error out when installing onto these versions
2021-10-11
platform
- Fix for agent histories causing an error on the dashboard if they were deleted
2021-05-30
platform
- Fix where dashboard count cards weren’t showing up if there were 0 security or regular updates pending
- Fix bug where dashboard wouldn’t load if agent histories were orphaned from an agent
- Billing page improvements so setInterval isn’t causing a browser hang / loop and crash
2021-05-30
appliance
- Appliance re-released with new frontend and backend to match cloud version
2021-01-05
platform
- Fix a bug where new users were unable to install the agent
2020-12-20
platform
- Cards on the dashboard are now clickable to filter on the status shown (dead, pending, security, job failures)
- Angular build improvements for the frontend
2020-12-13
platform
- Various improvements to billing integrations
2020-12-05
platform
- Bug fix on installer page, spelling error
- Various minor bug fixes
- Checkbox styling fixed so its not transparent
- Frontend upgraded from Angular 7 to 11
2020-11-26
platform
- Major re-design and revamp of both the backend and frontend; migration from Ruby on Rails to Go + Angular
- New dark theme layout for the application
- Performance improvements across the board
- 20% improvement on dashboard load time
- 1800% improvement on packages load time
- 700% improvement on agent page load time
- Improved subscription management page with better integration with Chargebee
- Better support portal integration with our Jira Helpdesk portal
2018-05-21
platform
appliance
- Initial backend re-write started
2018-05-21
platform
appliance
- Bug fix on applying group updates page
2018-05-13
platform
appliance
- Fedora 27 and 28 support added
- Oracle Linux 6 and 7 support added
- Amazon Linux 2 support added
2018-05-13
agent
- Agents will now randomly sleep for a few seconds before checking in to improve performance.
2018-05-13
platform
appliance
- Performance improvements for dashboard page
- Performance improvements for agents getting jobs on checkin
2018-04-29
platform
appliance
- Add table sorting for all pages that have information
2018-04-22
platform
appliance
- Various fixes around agent history showing up occasionally as JSON instead of a message
2018-03-27
platform
appliance
- Various package management bug fixes
2018-03-19
platform
appliance
- New 2FA method rolled out
2018-03-10
platform
appliance
- Added the ability to schedule jobs
2018-03-09
platform
appliance
- Added the ability to see when a reboot is required on a host in the agent listing
agent
- Added reboot detection if packages / new kernels are installed that require a restart
2018-03-08
agent
- Upgraded build pipeline to use new the new golang
dep tool for dependency management
- Bug fix for systems that had mis-behaving syslog daemons where a nil pointer would be returned when trying to log messages
2018-03-06
platform
appliance
- Add CVE counts to dashboards
- Bug fix for ‘Apply All’ updates
- Added the ability to upgrade CVEs from groups page
2017-11-27
platform
appliance
- Organizations can not customize the dead timeout for agents
2017-08-31
appliance
- Initial appliance release and announcement made, contact help@sysward.com if you would like to trial the appliance.
2017-08-02
platform
- Checkin API performance improvements to fix sporratic 500 errors
2017-07-30
platform
- Add the ability to upgrade CVE & Security patches
2017-07-29
platform
- Added an upgrade button to apply CVE patches
2017-07-19
platform
- Updated support and contact forms to use new Zendesk and Zoho forms
2017-07-10
platform
- Performance and detail enhancement to CVEs
2017-07-06
platform
- Updated CVE listing pages
- Added CVE counts to agent listing page to provide more detail on inspanidual agents
- Added CVE tab to agents detail page
2017-05-14
agent
- Add the ability to unregister the agent from the command line
-unregister
2017-05-07
agent
- Fix CentOS and Debian version information reported by agent
2017-05-06
agent
- Convert agent builds to use Glide instead of Godep
- Update to Go 1.8
2017-05-05
platform
- Updated CVE details pages
- Improved performance on CVE detection
2017-04-09
platform
- Update supported OSs on main website
2016-06-19
platform
- Users can now disable or enable email alerts (enabled by default)
2016-04-06
platform
- Users can now sort by package name and priority under pending updates
2016-03-12
platform
- Fixed a bug on the held/installed packages page where holding/unholding wouldn’t work in certain browsers
- Sub pages inside the agent view are now directly linkable
2016-02-22
platform
- Ability to select inspanidual packages for installation/upgrade
2016-02-07
platform
- Add support for custom hostname being filtered on
agent
- Fix a bug with Ubuntu agent not detecting certain distro names properly
- Add
-hostname and -custom-hostname flags to set them in the dashboard
2015-12-17
platform
- Fix security and update counts
2015-12-12
Agent Upates
- Add the ability to tag an agent at runtime with
-group flag
2015-12-01
agent
- Fix a bug with Debian based systems and counting security related packages
2015-11-07
platform
- New feature: CVE alerts now show in the dashboard when vulnerable software is detected by SysWard
2015-09-27
platform
- Performance improvements on agent checkin (before: 150ms average, after: 5ms)
agent
- Bug fix that was causing agent to hang on spotty connections and never finish running
- OpenSUSE and SUSE are now supported operating systems
2015-09-10
platform
- SUSE and OpenSUSE support added
2015-05-17
platform
- New design released with UI and overview improvements
- Custom hostnames can now be set for display within the UI
- User auditing to track who has done what in the control panel
agent
2015-05-07
platform
- Fix small spelling error
- Add loading indicator to packages page
2015-04-22
platform
- New feature: User auditing released
2015-03-30
platform
- Improvements to auditing to log when packages are held
2015-03-29
platform
- Add support for group, os, and checkin sorting
- Custom hostnames can now be set by just clicking on the agent hostname
2015-03-20
agent
- Agent now supports HTTPS proxying
2015-03-18
platform
- Fix UI bug where scrollbar would show up when no content was scrollable
- Adjust ‘dead agent’ timeout to 10 minutes
- Agent history is now searchable
2015-03-17
platform
- UI improvements and better failed jobs page
- Preserve ordering and sorting when upgrading a package
2015-02-26
platform
- New feature: Packages page gives package overview for all systems
2015-02-09
platform
- Fix display issues with Ubuntu/CentOS icons on dashboard
- Fix ordering on pricing page
2015-01-24
platform
- PayPal is now a supported payment method
2014-12-23
platform
- Performance improvements to the agent API
- Performance improvements to the dashboard
2014-10-24
platform
- Users can now set their timezone
- Agent list can now be exported as a CSV
- Added sorting to security/regular update counts on agent list
- CentOS/RHEL are now both supported
agent
- CentOS/RHEL are now both supported
2014-10-23
platform
- Various performance improvements
2014-10-18
agent
- Apt will now choose to keep the old config instead of dpkg’s
2014-10-09
platform
- Organization owners can now remove users from their org
2014-09-29
platform
- Jobs can now be cancelled before they run
2014-09-28
platform
- Agent list can be filtered using hostname and group filters
2014-09-26
platform
- New feature called Organizations allow you to invite multiple people to your account under a organization name.
- Cleanedup display of IPv4/IPv6 on agent lists
2014-08-09
platform
- Improvements to the package view page for agents/servers
- Fix small grouping issue on packages
2014-07-23
platform
- Display manually upgraded packages (user logged into server and upgraded something)
- Better failure reporting - email alerts on job failures
2014-07-20
platform
- Fix sorting of agents on list page
2014-07-14
platform
- Ability to only apply security updates
- Various backend enhancements
2014-07-11
platform
- Added ability to setup 2 Factor Auth for all users
- Fix pending update counts
2014-06-12
platform
- Ability to hold and unhold packages
- UI improvements