Updating to version 8.0.0

Version 8.0.0 will update your system to the latest appcd, which will provide you with the following benefits;

• Installation requirements reduced by 50%. Recommended minimum hardware requirements are now: 2GB RAM minimum, 4GB recommended, 40GB disk, 2CPU cores or vCPUs.
• Faster website creation
• All website users will be added to your host system's /etc/passwd and therefore their processes will be easier to identify when running "ps" or "top"
• Ability to "su" into a website's container
• LiteSpeed and OpenLitespeed web server support
• Customer SSH now uses your system's built in SSH server - sessions automatically enter their application container
• Customer cron jobs now use your system's built in crond - jobs are automatically executed within the customer's application container
  
• Additional scheduled feature releases

We have carried out significant automated testing for updating from all existing Enhance versions to the latest 8.0.0.

However, as this is a fundamental change before proceeding to updated to versions 8.0.0 please note;

• We strongly recommend that you check the integrity and completeness of your website backups.
• Each server will be updated in turn - appcd will be installed using apt before any other changes are made
• Websites on your Enhance cluster will go offline for a short period of time, one server at a time. Downtime will be between 30 seconds and 10 minutes depending on sever load and number of sites. Downtime of this kind due to an update is a one-off.
• The upgrade will take longer than most normal upgrades due to the amount of changes
• Websites will retain the existing major version of PHP but the patch version may change
• All other website settings will be retained
• Other server roles will not be affected
• Existing sshcd, apachecd and all phpcd containers will be removed as they are no longer required
• Installing this update will enable your system's "ufw" firewall if currently disabled. All necessary ports will be allowed automatically.
  
• Your primary SSH port will be changed from 2222 to 22. You should use port 22 to administer your system after the update.
• If you think the update has stalled or failed, please contact support - please do not restart your server.

You can update your Enhance version in your control panel by visiting Platform settings > Software updates.

This update is not a security release and you do not need to urgently update.