VALT 5.7.0
May 29th, 2023
General Changes
- Review page streamlined to improve performance
- VALT HTTPS Menu has been simplified
- VALT Configuration Menu now has option to Reconfigure VALT
- Dropped support for Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates via DNS
Technical Changes
- Updated OS from Ubuntu 20.04 (Fossa Focal) to Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish)
- Downgraded Wowza Streaming Engine version from 4.8.18+1 to 4.8.12+1
- Updated from PHP 7.4 to PHP 8.2
- Migrated to .deb package
- Changed video storage directory to /usr/local/valt/records
- Netplan configuration file uses updated 'routes' syntax in place of 'gateway4' syntax
- NTP is now configured by systemd-timesyncd instead of ntpd
- Docker has been removed
- RabbitMQ now runs as the debian package instead of a Docker container
- Symfony Composer now runs as the npm package instead of the debian package
- Crontab has been cleaned up to remove unnecessary cronjobs and replace outdated ones
- Created server configuration file
- Server maintenance scripts are now centralized to a single file of code
- Added logging capabilities for server maintenance activities
- Apache now correctly refers to a symlink instead of a live file
- Wowza Streaming Engine now uses pkcs12 format instead of jks format to store encrypted certificates and keys
Fixes
- Fixed a bug with container based video visibility
- Fixed a bug with additional groups based video visibility
- Wowza Streaming Engine performance issues in 4.18.18+1 have been addressed by downgrading to 4.8.12+1
