• Unraid OS version 6.8.0-rc2 available


    limetech
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    Changes in [-rc2] are indicated in bold below.

     

    New in Unraid OS 6.8 release:

     

    The unRAIDServer.plg file (update OS) still downloads the new release zip file to RAM but then extracts directly to USB flash boot device.  You will probably notice a slight difference in speed of extract messages. [-rc2] The 'sync' command at the end has been replaced with 'sync -f /boot'.

     

    Forms based authentication
    If you have set a root password for your server, upon boot you'll now see a nice login form.  There still is only one user for Unraid so for username enter root.  This form should be compatible with all major password managers out there.  We always recommend using a strong password.  [-rc2] There is no auto-logout implemented yet, please click Logout on menu bar or completely close your browser to logout.

     

    Linux kernel 5.3

    • default scheduler now 'mq-deadline' [-rc2] but this can be changed via Settings/Disk Settings/Scheduler setting.
    • enabled Huge Page support, though no UI control yet
    • binfmt_misc support
    • added "Vega 10 Reset bug" [-rc2] and 'navi-reset' patches
    • [-rc2] added oot: Realtek r8125: version 9.002.02
    • more device drivers

     

    Some out-of-tree (oot) drivers are currently omitted either because the source code doesn't compile or driver doesn't work with the 5.3 kernel:

    • Intel ixgbe [does not build] (using in-tree driver)
    • Highpoint r750 [does not work]
    • Highpoint rr3740a [does not build]

     

    This is always the risk with including vendor-supplied drivers.  Until the vendor fixes their code we must omit their driver.

     

    md/unraid driver
    Introduced "multi-stream" support:

    • Reads on devices which are not being written should run at full speed.  In addition, if you have set the md_write_method tunable to "reconstruct write", then while writing, if any read streams are detected, the write method is switched to "read/modifywrite".
    • Parity sync/check should run at full speed by default.
    • Parity sync/check can be throttled back in presence of other active streams.
    • The "stripe pool" resource is automatically shared evenly between all active streams.

     

    As a result got rid of some Tunables:

    • md_sync_window
    • md_sync_thresh

    and added some tunables:

    • md_queue_limit
    • md_sync_limit
    • [-rc2] md_scheduler

     

    Please refer to Settings/Disk Settings help text for description of these settings.

     

    Remaining issue: some users have reported slower parity sync/check rates for very wide arrays (20+ devices) vs. 6.7 and earlier releases - we are still studying this problem.


    WireGuard support - available as a plugin via Community Apps.  Our WireGuard implementation and UI is still a work-in-process; for this reason we have made this available as a plugin, though the latest WireGuard module is included in our Linux kernel.  Full WireGuard implementation will be merged into Unraid OS itself in a future release.  I want to give special thanks to @bonienl who wrote the plugin with lots of guidance from @ljm42 - thank you!  I also should give a shout out to @NAS who got us rolling on this.  If you don't know about WireGuard it's something to look into!

     

    Guide here:


    WS-Discovery support - Finally you can get rid of SMBv1 and get reliable Windows network discovery.  This feature is configured on the Settings/SMB Settings page and enabled by default.

    • Also on same settings page is Enable NetBIOS setting.  This is enabled by default, however if you no longer have need for NetBIOS discovery you can turn it off.  When turned off, Samba is configured to accept only SMBv2 protocol and higher.
    • Added mDNS client support in Unraid OS.  This means, for example, from an Unraid OS terminal session to ping another Unraid OS server on your network you can use (e.g., 'tower'):
      ping tower.local
      instead of
      ping tower
      Note the latter will still work if you have NetBIOS enabled.

     

    User Share File System (shfs) changes:

    • Integrated FUSE-3 - This should increase performance of User Share File System somewhat.
    • Fixed bug with hard link support.  Previously a 'stat' on two directory entries referring to same file would return different i-node numbers, thus making it look like two independent files.  This has been fixed however there is a config setting on Settings/Global Share Settings called "Tunable (support hard links)".  [-rc2 ] Fixed the default value Yes, but with certain very old media and DVD players which access shares via NFS, you may need to set this to No.
    • Note: if you have custom config/extra.cfg file, get rid of it.


    Other improvements/bug fixes:

    • Format - during Format any running parity sync/check is automatically Paused and then resumed upon Format completion.
    • Encryption - an entered passphrase is not saved to any file.  Also included an API for Unassigned devices plugin to open encrypted volumes.
    • Fixed bug where multi-device btrfs pool was leaving metadata set to dup instead of raid1.
    • Several other small bug fixes and improvements.
    • Numerous base package updates [-rc2] including updating PHP to version 7.3.x and Samba to version 4.11.x.

     

    Finally - please note that AFP is now deprecated and we plan to remove in Unraid 6.9 release.

     

    Version 6.8.0-rc2 2019-10-17

    Base distro:

    • aaa_elflibs: version 15.0 build 15
    • at-spi2-atk: version 2.34.1
    • binutils: version 2.33.1
    • gdk-pixbuf2: version 2.40.0
    • glib2: version 2.62.1
    • harfbuzz: version 2.6.2
    • icu4c: version 65.1
    • kernel-firmware: version 20191008_aa95e90
    • libX11: version 1.6.9
    • librsvg: version 2.46.1
    • libvirt-php: version 20190803
    • openssh: version 8.1p1
    • php: version 7.3.10
    • pkgtools: version 15.0 build 25
    • samba: version 4.11.0 (CVE-2019-10197)
    • sqlite: version 3.30.1
    • ttyd: version 20191001
    • wireguard: version 0.0.20191012
    • xfsprogs: version 5.2.1

    Linux kernel:

    • change schedulers from modules to built-ins
    • patch: navi_reset (user request)
    • oot: Realtek r8125: version 9.002.02

    Management:

    • add 'scheduler' tunable for array devices
    • fix shfs hard link initially reported as enabled but not actually enabled
    • nginx: disable php session expiration
    • unRAIDServer.plg (update OS) now executes 'sync -f /boot' instead of full sync at end of update
    • webgui: Improve Use Cache option
    • webgui: other minor text corrections
    • webgui: Dashboard: add up/down arrows to VPN tunnel traffic

     

    Version 6.8.0-rc1 2019-10-11

    Base distro:

    • aaa_elflibs: version 15.0 build 11
    • acpid: version 2.0.32
    • at-spi2-atk: version 2.34.0
    • at-spi2-core: version 2.34.0
    • atk: version 2.34.1
    • bash: version 5.0.011
    • btrfs-progs: version 5.2.2
    • bzip2: version 1.0.8
    • ca-certificates: version 20190826
    • cifs-utils: version 6.9
    • cryptsetup: version 2.2.1
    • curl: version 7.66.0
    • dbus: version 1.12.16
    • dbus-glib: version 0.110
    • dhcpcd: version 8.0.6
    • docker: version 19.03.3
    • e2fsprogs: version 1.45.4
    • encodings: version 1.0.5
    • etc: version 15.0
    • ethtool: version 5.3
    • expat: version 2.2.9
    • file: version 5.37
    • findutils: version 4.7.0
    • freetype: version 2.10.1
    • fuse3: version 3.6.2
    • gdbm: version 1.18.1
    • gdk-pixbuf2: version 2.38.2
    • git: version 2.23.0
    • glib2: version 2.62.0
    • glibc-solibs: version 2.30
    • glibc-zoneinfo: version 2019c
    • glibc: version 2.30
    • glu: version 9.0.1
    • gnutls: version 3.6.10
    • gtk+3: version 3.24.10
    • harfbuzz: version 2.6.0
    • haveged: version 1.9.8
    • hostname: version 3.22
    • hwloc: version 1.11.13
    • icu4c: version 64.2
    • intel-microcode: version 20190918
    • iproute2: version 5.3.0
    • iptables: version 1.8.3
    • iputils: version 20190709
    • irqbalance: version 1.6.0
    • less: version 551
    • libICE: version 1.0.10
    • libX11: version 1.6.8
    • libXi: version 1.7.10
    • libXt: version 1.2.0
    • libarchive: version 3.4.0
    • libcap-ng: version 0.7.10
    • libcroco: version 0.6.13
    • libdrm: version 2.4.99
    • libedit: version 20190324_3.1
    • libevdev: version 1.7.0
    • libevent: version 2.1.11
    • libgcrypt: version 1.8.5
    • libgudev: version 233
    • libjpeg-turbo: version 2.0.3
    • libnftnl: version 1.1.4
    • libnl3: version 3.5.0
    • libpcap: version 1.9.1
    • libpciaccess: version 0.16
    • libpng: version 1.6.37
    • libpsl: version 0.21.0
    • librsvg: version 2.44.14
    • libseccomp: version 2.4.1
    • libssh2: version 1.9.0
    • libtasn1: version 4.14
    • libusb: version 1.0.23
    • libvirt-php: version 0.5.5
    • libvirt: version 5.7.0 (CVE-2019-10161, CVE-2019-10166, CVE-2019-10167, CVE-2019-10168)
    • libwebp: version 1.0.3
    • libzip: version 1.5.2
    • logrotate: version 3.15.1
    • lsof: version 4.93.2
    • lsscsi: version 0.30
    • lvm2: version 2.03.05
    • lz4: version 1.9.1
    • mkfontscale: version 1.2.1
    • mozilla-firefox: version 68.0.2 (CVE-2019-11751, CVE-2019-11746, CVE-2019-11744, CVE-2019-11742, CVE-2019-11736, CVE-2019-11753, CVE-2019-11752, CVE-2019-9812, CVE-2019-11741, CVE-2019-11743, CVE-2019-11748, CVE-2019-11749, CVE-2019-5849, CVE-2019-11750, CVE-2019-11737, CVE-2019-11738, CVE-2019-11747, CVE-2019-11734, CVE-2019-11735, CVE-2019-11740, CVE-2019-11754, CVE-2019-9811, CVE-2019-11711, CVE-2019-11712, CVE-2019-11713, CVE-2019-11714, CVE-2019-11729, CVE-2019-11715, CVE-2019-11716, CVE-2019-11717, CVE-2019-1 1718, CVE-2019-11719, CVE-2019-11720, CVE-2019-11721, CVE-2019-11730, CVE-2019-11723, CVE-2019-11724, CVE-2019-11725, CVE-2019-11727, CVE-2019-11728, CVE-2019-11710, CVE-2019-11709)
    • nano: version 4.5
    • ncurses: version 6.1_20190720
    • net-tools: version 20181103_0eebece
    • nettle: version 3.5.1
    • nghttp2: version 1.39.2
    • nginx: version 1.16.1 (CVE-2019-9511, CVE-2019-9513, CVE-2019-9516)
    • nodejs: version 10.16.3
    • nss-mdns: version 0.14.1
    • ntp: version 4.2.8p13
    • openldap-client: version 2.4.48
    • openssh: version 8.0p1
    • openssl-solibs: version 1.1.1d
    • openssl: version 1.1.1d
    • p11-kit: version 0.23.18.1
    • pcre2: version 10.33
    • php: version 7.2.23 (CVE-2019-11042, CVE-2019-11041)
    • pixman: version 0.38.4
    • pkgtools: version 15.0
    • procps-ng: version 3.3.15
    • qemu: version 4.1.0 (CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130, CVE-2019-11091)
    • qrencode: version 4.0.2
    • rpcbind: version 1.2.5
    • rsyslog: version 8.1908.0
    • samba: version 4.10.8 (CVE-2019-10197)
    • sdparm: version 1.10
    • sessreg: version 1.1.2
    • setxkbmap: version 1.3.2
    • sg3_utils: version 1.44
    • shadow: version 4.7
    • shared-mime-info: version 1.12
    • sqlite: version 3.29.0
    • sysvinit-scripts: version 2.1
    • sysvinit: version 2.96
    • talloc: version 2.3.0
    • tdb: version 1.4.2
    • tevent: version 0.10.1
    • ttyd: version 1.5.2
    • usbutils: version 012
    • util-linux: version 2.34
    • wget: version 1.20.3
    • wireguard: version 0.0.20190913
    • wsdd: version 20180618 build 2
    • xauth: version 1.1
    • xclock: version 1.0.9
    • xfsprogs: version 5.2.1
    • xkeyboard-config: version 2.27
    • xorg-server: version 1.20.5
    • xrandr: version 1.5.1
    • xterm: version 348
    • xwininfo: version 1.1.5
    • zstd: version 1.4.3

    Linux kernel:

    • version 5.3.6
    • default scheduler now mq-deadline
    • CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC: Kernel support for MISC binaries
    • CONFIG_DEBUG_FS: Debug Filesystem
    • CONFIG_HUGETLBFS: HugeTLB file system support
    • CONFIG_ICE: Intel(R) Ethernet Connection E800 Series Support
    • CONFIG_IGC: Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I225-LM/I225-V support
    • CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_IPOIB: Mellanox 5th generation network adapters (connectX series) IPoIB offloads support
    • CONFIG_SCSI_SMARTPQI: Microsemi PQI Driver
    • CONFIG_WIREGUARD: IP: WireGuard secure network tunnel
    • patch: fix_vega_reset (user request)
    • patch: increase BLK_MAX_REQUEST_COUNT from 16 to 32
    • oot: LimeTech md/unraid: version 2.9.10 (multi-stream support)
    • oot: Highpoint rsnvme: version v1.2.16_19_05_06
    • oot: Tehuti tn40xx: version 0.3.6.17.2
    • oot: omitted: Intel ixgbe [does not build] (using in-tree driver)
    • oot: omitted: Highpoint r750 [does not work]
    • oot: omitted: Highpoint rr3740a [does not build]

    Management:

    • fix btrfs bug where converting from single to multiple pool did not balance metadata to raid1, and converting from multiple to single did not balance metadata back to single.
    • auto-mount hugetlbfs to support kernel huge pages
    • emhttpd: do not write /root/keyfile if encryption passphrase provided via webGUI
    • fstab: mount USB flash boot device with root-only access
    • nginx.conf: configure all nginx worker threads to run as 'root'.
    • start/stop WireGuard upon server start/shutdown
    • support forms-based authentication
    • shfs: support FUSE3 API changes; hard links report same st_ino; hard link support configurable
    • support disabling NetBIOS, and set Samba 'min server procotol' and 'min client protocol' to SMB2 if disabled
    • support WS-Discovery method
    • support mDNS local name resolution via avahi
    • extract OS upgrade directly to USB flash
    • webgui: Revamp Banner Warning System
    • webgui: Fix custom case png not surviving reboot
    • webgui: Enhanced display of network settings
    • webgui: Open banner system to 3rd party apps
    • webgui: Modified notify script to allow overriding email recipients in notification settings
    • webgui: Allow Safari to use websockets
    • webgui: Select case correction + replace MD1510 for AVS-10/4
    • webgui: Font, Icon and image cleanup
    • webgui: Added AFP deprecated notice
    • webgui: Changed config folder of TELEGRAM
    • webgui: Add share access to user edit
    • webgui: Added cache and disk type to shares page
    • webgui: Aligned management page layout
    • webgui: Added conditional UPnP setting on Management page
    • webgui: Support wireguard plugin in download.php
    • webgui: Added UPnP to access script (to support WireGuard plugin)
    • webgui: Made notify script compatible with 6.8 new security scheme
    • webgui: Fixed misalignment of absent disk on Main page
    • webgui: Update ArrayDevices.page help text
    • webgui: show warning on login page when browser cookies are disabled
    • webgui: Fixed docker container update state
    • webgui: Added VM XML files to diagnostics
    • webgui: Telegram notification agent: enable group chat IDs, update helper description
    • webgui: Integrate CAs Plugin Helper
    • webgui: Switch download routine to be PHP Curl
    • webgui: Change PluginHelpers download to be PHP Curl
    • webgui: dockerMan - Deprecate TemplateURL
    • webgui: Fixed: footer always on foreground
    • webgui: Plugin Helpers: Follow redirects on downloads
    • webgui: dockerMan: Redownload Icon if URL changes
    • webgui: If a page is loaded via https, prevent it from loading resources via http (ie, block mixed content)
    • webgui: Ensure spinner always ontop
    • webgui: Allow outside click to close popups
    • webgui: Use complete HTML documents in popups
    • webgui: Standardize on lang="en"
    • webgui: Added 'F1' key to toggle help text
    • webgui: Main page: consolidate spin up/down action and device status into one
    • webgui: support changed tunables on Disk Settings page
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    Updated to -RC2.  Can't stay logged in.  Every couple of minutes I am kicked out of the GUI and back to the login screen. 

     

    Closed browser, tried again; same thing.  Rebooted client, tried again; same thing.

     

    Diagnostics attached in case they are useful.

     

     

     

    medianas-diagnostics-20191018-0145.zip

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    Also experiencing the same problem with random log outs, even when doing something on the server.

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    2 minutes ago, jbartlett said:

    Just as a FYI, I can't actually tell what's bolded and what's not.

    I find it easier to tell the difference with the light theme. That's what I normally use but I switched to dark temporarily and found that it's difficult to see the difference between bold text and regular.

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    15 minutes ago, jbartlett said:

    Just as a FYI, I can't actually tell what's bolded and what's not.

    You can crtrl-F search for "-rc2".  Experimenting with this method of editing the release notes.

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