TurnKey Django Live CD Changelog

What's new in TurnKey Django Live CD 15.1

Jan 11, 2019
  • Rebuild to resolve inadvertant removal of mariadb during sec-updates

New in TurnKey Django Live CD 15.0 (Sep 18, 2018)

  • Upgraded to Python3 Django
  • Upgraded to latest Stretch version of Django (1.10.7).
  • Replace MySQL with MariaDB

New in TurnKey Django Live CD 14.2 (Jul 30, 2018)

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

New in TurnKey Django Live CD 13.0 (Oct 31, 2013)

  • Django:
  • Latest Debian Wheezy package version of Django.
  • Updated legacy settings [#65, #117].
  • Removed hardcoded version in online documentation link.

New in TurnKey Django Live CD 11.1-lucid-x86 (Jan 25, 2011)

  • Transitioned to mod_wsgi from mod_python (performance).
  • Tweaked settings.py to be more dynamic.
  • Configured email settings.
  • Added settings_dev.py (sets DEBUG=y and uses SQLite if DEVELOPMENT=y).
  • Completely restructured Django project:
  • Project moved to /var/www/project (was /var/www/django-sites[/apps]).
  • Admin symlink moved to /media/admin from admin_media.
  • Apache site renamed to django (was django-sites).
  • Added python-django-doc and configured for offline access.
  • Set Django admin email and password on firstboot (convenience, security).
  • Set MySQL root password on firstboot (convenience, security).
  • Force MySQL to use Unicode/UTF8.
  • Set postfix MTA myhostname to localhost (bugfix).

New in TurnKey Django Live CD 2009.10-hardy-x86 (Oct 25, 2009)

  • Upgraded Django and pinned to update directly from Debian (security).
  • Added Turnkey web control panel (replaces welcome page). Also provides example Django application using template and static media urls.
  • Added postfix MTA (bound to localhost) to allow sending of email from web applications (e.g., password recovery). Also added webmin-postfix module for convenience.
  • di-live (installer) MySQL component:
  • Added support for complex passwords (LP#416515)
  • Added CLI options (user/pass/query/chroot)
  • Bugfix: Removed build systems hostname from mysql user table.
  • Regenerates all secrets during installation / firstboot (security).

New in TurnKey Django Live CD 2009.03-hardy-x86 (Mar 29, 2009)

  • improved django passwords and secrets generation mechanism (security):
  • database password is now randomly generated, and regenerated during installation
  • regenerate more secure secret key during installation
  • major component versions:
  • python-django 1.0.2-1
  • mysql-server 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4
  • apache2 2.2.8-1ubuntu0.5
  • python2.5 2.5.2-2ubuntu4.1

New in TurnKey Django Live CD 2009.02-hardy-x86 (Mar 3, 2009)

  • Rebuilt on top of TurnKey Core, the new common base for all software appliances, which is assembled from Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS packages.
  • A bugfix in the daily auto-updates mechanism.
  • Significant usability and security enhancements: confconsole support for systems with multiple NICs, password-free login in demo mode, SSL support, database password setting during installation, no passwords in demo mode, many generically useful Webmin modules, and improved embedded documentation.
  • There are many other changes.

New in TurnKey Django Live CD 2008.12.09-hardy-x86 (Dec 15, 2008)

  • Updated to latest django version - 1.0.2
  • Regenerate django secret during installation
  • Regenerate ssh keys during installation
  • Allow the user to set the mysql root password during installation
  • Fixed manual partitioning support in the installer (#LP301251)
  • Configuration console now saves the default route when configuring a static ip so the settings are not lost between system restarts (#LP303498)
  • Includes iptables, webmin-firewall module and exemplary configuration