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