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• Crontab has been cleaned up to remove unnecessary cronjobs and replace outdated ones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