Product update: Virtuozzo PowerPanel Update 1 (7.0.4-30)¶

1. Overview¶

The update for Virtuozzo PowerPanel introduces new features as well as stability and usability fixes.

2. New Features¶

• Ability to repair containers. If a container malfunctions, you can start it in the repair mode, access its contents, and try to fix it. For more details, see the User’s Guide. (PP-564)

• Ability to attach VE backups to restore particular files. For more details, see the User’s Guide. (PP-565)

• Ability to check for PowerPanel updates. You can now check for updates at any time using the ‘vzapi-installer check-upgrade’ command. For more information, see the Administrator’s Guide. (PP-585)

• Ability to disable reinstall functionality for end users. For instructions, see the Knowledge Base article. (PP-593)

• REST API documentation. The documentation for the PowerPanel REST API is now available. (PP-632)

3. Bug Fixes¶

• The ‘vzapi’ command to reset the backup limit to 0 could fail. (PP-578)

• A wrong config parameter was documented for instance default backup limit. (PP-580)

• VEs could become unmanageable after some time. (PP-592)

4. Known Limitations¶

• The container repair functionality requires all compute nodes to run Virtuozzo Hybrid Server 7.5.

• The VE backup attach functionality requires all compute nodes to be configured for local backup storage.

5. Installing the Update¶

Install the update by running ‘yum update vzapi-installer && vzapi-installer upgrade http://repo.virtuozzo.com/pp/releases/2.0.4/x86_64/os/Packages/p/pp-release-2.0.4-3.vl7.noarch.rpm’.

The JSON file with the list of new and updated packages is available at https://docs.virtuozzo.com/vza/VZA-2020-074.json.