Changelog

Version: 3.9.0

Released: 23 Aug 2020

Changes:

Minor release which fixes various CVE’s due to usage of old libraries.

Version: 3.8.6

Released: 08 Jul 2020

Changes:

Patch release which fixes an issue of not showing the VAC version.

Version: 3.8.5

Released: 27 Mar 2020

Changes:

Mongo driver has been upgraded to 2.14.3.
SSL support for self signed certificates.
Various small fixes in reqards to RRD issues.

Version: 3.8.4

Released: 13 Nov 2019

Changes:

Fixes a bug where parameters in the database were multiplied. If parameters are handled in VAC through the Web based UI, please review parameters for all parameter sets in VAC (Configure -> Parameters(gray button) -> Edit -> [Review all values]), then press ‘Save Changes’ even if no changes were made. Repeat for each parameter set. This will update the database correctly.
Support for missing parameters in VCP4.1 clock_step mse_delay_writes mse_membuf_pool mse_membuf_size mse_nuke_limit mse_pad_writes mse_prune_factor mse_prune_loop pool_sslbuffer ssl_buffer startup_timeout thread_pool_reserve
Support for missing parameters in VCP6.0 allow_exec backend_local_error_holddown backend_remote_error_holddown crypto_buffer h2_header_table_size h2_initial_window_size h2_max_concurrent_streams h2_max_frame_size h2_max_header_list_size object_mutex_slots scoreboard_active scoreboard_enable thread_pool_watchdog vsm_publish_interval
Bad things graph no longer present 0.5 as 500m

Version: 3.8.3

Released: 28 Aug 2019

Changes:

Upgraded the Mongo Java driver to 2.13.2
Added various log calls throughout the code to help with support
VCL editor improvements
Added the options to secure the unrestricted /stats endpoint if a rest_api_token is set in the defaults file

Version: 3.8.2

Released: 28 Mar 2019

Changes:

Fix a Purger bug concerning client SocketTimeouts.

Version: 3.8.1

Released: 2 Oct 2018

Changes:

Introduce MongoClient connection string.
Enable ReadOnly User to view VCL and Parameters set.
Bug fix for VAC not allow passwords containing special characters.
Other minor bug fixes.

Version: 3.8.0

Released: 13 August 2018

Changes:

Proper logging for systemd.
Minor bug fixes and other various improvements.

Version: 3.7.0

Released: 28 June 2018

Changes:

Full responsive, changes in layouts and modern look.
Minor bug fixes and other various improvements.
systemd compliant packages for CentOS / RHEL 7.

Version: 3.6.2

Released: 25 May 2018

Changes:

Fix a purger bug where socket connections were not soaked acrross multiple requests.

Version: 3.6.1

Released: 23 May 2018

Changes:

Fix a purger bug where multiple requests on the same connection were not handled.

Version: 3.6.0

Released: 14 March 2018

Changes:

Compatibility with Varnish 6 through the Varnish agent 6.
Introduces ability to register a Varnish node directly into a existing group.
Fixes the broken scroll in the parameters list.
Ignoring casing when comparing parameters in VAC, avoiding unnecessary pushes to an instance.
Prevent close of parameters view without saving.
Show restart groups messages individually per node.
Correct notification on group restart.
Fixes broken API documentation link in support page.
Parameter editor uses new notification system.
User view uses new notification system.
Handles health icons more gracefully.
Better handling of the parameters deploy message.
Better interpolation for past data graphs when a node is dead in a group.
Better ban pagination.
Fix for user API parsing bug.
Display private badge when a VCL is private to the group private VCL.
Fixes issue where login was triggered multiple times.
Fixes issue where group was not uploaded.
Updated references to VCP 6 in the UI. Linking in Support page and bans page.
Better handling of summary errors in the configure page.
Fixes issue where Parameters didn’t show correct group.
Fixes group displays and response for params.
New Parameters schema response. (groups/groupNames attributes) API documentation
Displays information in how to register a Varnish instance.
Handles group deletion not leaving node with null references.

Version: 3.5.0

Released: 5 October 2017

Changes:

New VCL schema response. API documentation
Updated Cache API response. API documentation
Fixes upgrade fails from 3.3.0 to 3.4.0 or 3.4.1 when a group has no caches
Adds a VclCommitHistory and using it to provide compilationData and deployedData.
Improves UI usability and feedback by using Backend fetches using promises.
Splits some of the html elements into smaller templates to reduce footprint.
Fixes Snippets not rendering when being clicked.
Fixes “Save changes” doesn’t reset to correct state.
Fixes “Save changes” does not save all changes
Error checking on VCL’s is improved at the API level.
Removes groupName and group from the vcl entity.
Improves the rendering and location of the “diff box” for each commit.
Creates a separate view for the vcl editor node compile and deploy table.
Shows an individual message per node in the bans.
Makes panic messages readable and able to copy to the clipboard
Introduces a new VCL name format: vclName_yyyyMMdd_HHmmss_commitIdHash
Fixes issues with the list of resources while authenticated, via the API.
Have the compilation error and highlight properly
Fixes issue while on a new VCL, and when back to the active tab.
Fixes issue with the VCL name validation not showing when a wrong name is used.

Version: 3.4.1

Released: 6 July 2017

Changes:

Prevents debian installations to override the existing defaults file
SuperFastPurger curl request hangs in 3.4.0

Version: 3.4.0

Released: 27 June 2017

Changes:

SuperFastPurger Handles case-sensitive custom headers in the SFP purger
SuperFastPurger Fixes Responses that where invalid for nodejs clients purger.
SuperFastPurger Fixes the content-length that caused problems in nodejs
SuperFastPurger Adds the reqnum to the response in the purger.
When proxied, accept X-Forwarded-For to set the ip address of the node
Graphs on “live” now use total instead of average in a group.
VCL Diff functionality is working properly. (not working in 3.3.0)
Removes /versionjson endpoint /version now accepts Content-Type: application/json and text/plain
HTTP 500 errors are now properly shown in the UI, to be able to dismiss and proceed.
Fixes conflicting data when querying cache endpoints and caches in a group.
Distinguishes between varnish and varnish-plus in the UI
When both hits and misses and hits for pass are zero, NaN was returned rather than 0.
Copy and paste in the terminal now works.
Fixes issue with text encoding in VCL.
Fix for rendering graphs when no active nodes.
Improves graphs, when one node is not coherent in a group.

Version: 3.3.0

Released: 17 November 2016

Changes:

Fixes invalid XSS filter for VCL using VCL_synth with javascript tags
Fixes terminal for Safari browsers
VCL deploy will also add the commit hash to the VCL name, when hashed for the Varnish instance. Re-deploy in VCL might be needed to fix inconsistency warning
Past data UI reads RRD_conf.xml for updated configuration.
New message page UI.
Parameters for Varnish 4.1.
Ban end point, now returns Content-Type json.
Improve the security of password reset.
Super fast purger + custom varnishd listening port. Dealing with the removal of listen_address in Varnish >= 4.1. Check API reference for more information.
Better JSON of the VCL deploy message.
API endpoint status/all now shows the license.
VAC Guide and changelog available in support page.

Version: 3.2.1

Released: 30 June 2016

Changes:

RRD_conf.xml is re-read after a VAC service restart
Addresses XSS concerns in both API and UI
User that issued ban is listed on the UI and API
VCL in a group show deployed label and the content that is deployed.
Better distinction between VCL and VCL in a group
Multiple Health endpoint to minimize calls
Speedometer fix to show proper percentage within group
When issuing an empty ban, the empty ban show in the list

Version: 3.2.0

Released: 31 March 2016

Changes:

New role User.
Users can now be specific to a group or groups.
New permissions schema.
Groups scopes, so users can only see what belongs to them.
Varnish 4 parameter set by default.
Reference to mongodb-org and updated documentation.
Minor improvements in the UI
Several bug fixes

Version: 3.1.0

Released: 2 September 2015

Changes:

Past data in the UI
VCL commit history in the UI
New graphs in the configure page in the UI
New percentage graph for cache hit, miss, hitpass in UI and API
Select primary group feature in the UI
Duplicate parameter
Filter by message in the UI
Minor improvements in the UI
Several bug fixes

Version: 3.0.4

Released: 24 July 2015

Changes:

API support of Roles
New User interface: Roles and new dialog
Support for varnish-agent use of hostnames for AWS purposes
Several bug fixes
Minor UI improvements

Version: 3.0.3

Released: 3 December 2014

Changes:

UI redesign
Varnish 4 compatible
Several other bugs

Version: 3.0.2

Released: 6 April 2014

Changes:

Ubuntu init script: Invalid content.
Overview: Change bandwidth label
Upgrade: upgrading from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1 made the init script disappear
Changed default TTL for object cache in purger

Version: 3.0.1

Released: 28 March 2014

Changes and bug fixes:

Overview: Bandwidth axis doesn’t handle large values
RRD: out of memory with backing up to mongo
Bans: fix escape characters
Historical Data Counters time inconsistency
Overview: Limit the averages to two decimals
Configure: Edit and save active VCL, possible to deploy unsaved VCL
Firefox doesn’t render correctly user page, message page and bans.
Missing VCL and parameter status
Parameter: we need to keep active tab highlighted on menu in parameter view
Adding a second varnish cache to a group will not inherit the active VCL immediately
UI: Collapse messages to make it easier to read through them
Versioning: bottom version numbers.
Configure: VCL editor doesn’t correctly parse backend response when save is used more than once.
overview: real time counters labels
Configure: unclear message when failed to deploy VCL

Version: 3.0.0

Released: 15 September 2013

Changes:

VAC API implementation
backend re-architecture
frontend re-architecture
integration with varnish-agent 2.2

Version: 2.0.1

Released: 22 February 2013

Changes:

ping included in vagent2
integration with vagent2
in memory rrd to improve performance and scalability
websocket refactor to improve performance and stability
scheduler refactor to improve performance
user password updates bug fixes
password reset api included

Version: 2.0.3-11

Released: 6 December 2012

Changes:

removed redundant default VCL deployment

Version: 2.0.3-10

Released: 5 December 2012

Changes:

re-try when response fails too

Version: 2.0.3-9

Released: 4 December 2012

Changes:

cache timeout now resets on retries

Version: 2.0.3-8

Released: 3 December 2012

Changes:

instrumentation in header and warning logs

Version: 2.0.3-7

Released: 27 November 2012

Changes:

super high performance purger
less verbose cli warning
configurable host
init script fix for non rpm and deb builds
un-configured caches fixed

Version: 2.0.3-6

Released: 27 November 2012

Changes:

improved warning logs

Version: 2.0.3-5

Released: 5 November 2012

Changes:

changed default client thread setting to support high concurrency out of the box
added db cache TTL as a configurable item in default file

Version: 2.0.3-4

Released: 26 October 2012

Changes:

ulimit set in init script
accepting threads don’t close when out of file descriptors

Version: 2.0.3-3

Released: 26 October 2012

Changes:

db cache added

Version: 2.0.3-2

Released: 19 October 2012

Changes:

fix bug with empty request on connection close

Version: 2.0.3

Released: 2 October 2012

Changes:

Super Fast Purger

Version: 2.0.2

Released: 30 August 2012

Changes:

Rounding errors
Telnet/CLI stability issues
VCL editor error reporting

Version: 2.0.0

Released: 2 May 2012

Version: 1.0.0

Released: 14 December 2011

Initial version