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April 9th, 2010 – 2.57 released (all versions)

All versions

Added new license expiry date coding to resolve the curl errors some people had

Fixed some issues with vnstats monitor display and initial stats generating right after install

Fixed Cpanel Xtra My Processes viewer to avoid blank display if the user logs out of cpanel then logs back in and tries to use it

Modified main page to automatically detect and fix fopen/url open errors that stopped Xtra from working correctly

Modified CSF installer to automatically add outgoing traceroute ports (can be disabled via csf admin by editing the csf config file and removing ports 33434:33523

Pro Suite Only

Added New Plugin – MegaStats

MegaStats is meant as a one stop shop for major important server info.Stats display includes up/down status of essential services, disk space usage,process tree, tmp files,free ram, apache and mysql threads, mysql queries, top processes (eg like running top via ssh), mytop and vnstats reports (if installed), connected users, open port info and even a process tree.

Soon to be added is an additional module that will allow megastats to report VPS specific info (although this version will work on all servers,
there’s additional VPS only info that will also be displayed in future).

After install, access via Xtra plugins section, the Misc menu or refresh screen and access via WHM Plugins section

Added more backend coding for themes, just doing final testing before release in a few days

April 1st, 2010 – 2.56 released (all versions)

All versions

Fixed Curl init error displaying – Expiry date coding removed till we sort out why it’s doing that on some servers

Fixed ImageMagick detection (note you must refresh the Xtra imagemagick page for it to recheck the status after installing/updating)

Fixed CPX Admin link on Misc menu to properly display if CPX (Cpanel Xtra) is installed

Changed CPX Admin link to display by default in WHM Plugins area (after refreshing browser). Can be turned off via CPX settings area.

Pro Suite Only

Added Repairs >> MySQL Database Repair – check and repair all server databases at once

Added >> Security >> RFX Networks >> LSM – Linux Socket Monitor

Added >> Security >> RFX Networks >> NSIV – Network Socket Inode Validation

Added precoding for new themes

March 27th, 2010 Extreme Edition V 2.55 Released (all versions)

All versions

Added new Turnkey Internet to domain search/register feature in Xtra and Cpanel Xtra

Added display of license and expiry date on main page

Updated vnstat monitor to version 1.10 (previous reported version of 1.6 was incorrect)

updated vnstat php frontend to version 1.5.1

updated vnmonitor installer to also include new versions for Virtuozzo and FreeBSDservers

Added vnstat monitor quick summary at bottom of page

Updated Multitail from version 5.2.2 to 5.2.6

Fixed problem with PRM detection once installed

Added IPaliases and bandmin to services, removed chkservd

Pro Suite Only

Lynis updated from 1.2.8 to 1.2.9

Account DNS Check plugin updated from version 1 to version 3

Added Misc >> Logs/info >> PHP Modules (for quick checks of installed php modules rather than reading full phpinfo)

Added Install >> GeoIP Lite Country

December 9th, 2009 Extreme Edition V 2.53 Released

All versions

-minor bug fixes
-fixed plugins page to work in FireFox (finally)
-modified menus to make more room
-Added Repairs >> Fopen / URL File Access repair (to allow easier fixing of that error when it pops up)
-Added Misc >> Mounted Partitions to list currently mounted partitions and the state they are mounted in.

Updated (all versions)

- APF updated to version 0.97
- VNStat monitor updated to version 1.6
- MyTop upgraded so mysql root pass can be set via interface rather than via ssh
- CSF firewall updated and modded to always install the latest version.
- RKHunter updated to version 1.3.6
- Minor updates to SIM and PRM
- Tripwire updated

Added or Updated (Pro Suite Only)

- Updated Lynis security Auditor

- Added Repairs >> File Repair Utility

- Added Install >> Brand new FFMPEG installer, installs/enables 20+ ffmpeg related things, runs smoothly from the web interface and provides a full log of what’s going on, also takes 50 megs instead of 300 and runs in approx 20-40 minutes instead of 60-120 minutes like before.

- Added Security >> Server Auditors >> Mysql Performance – checks mysql performance and makes suggestions to improve it.

- New Plugins -

- Switch It cPanel theme changer – allows clients to change their own cpanel theme

- Account DNS Check – checks to see if all domains resolve to the server properly

- Log View – Slightly different version of our own log viewer with a bit of Apache Log Tail thrown in.

- Load / Bandwidth monitor – Monitors and records stats for CPU and memory usage as well as incoming and outgoing bandwidth usage

December 2, 2009 Extreme Edition V 2.52 Released

Cpanel Xtra (all versions)
Modifed Cpanel Xtra to no longer need use of the wheel group

Added “Setup” menu to allow turning Cpanel Xtra suphp compatible mode on/off and also turn on/off the Cpanel Xtra addon cgi in the WHM plugins menu.

Rewrote scripts to work with suphp if it is enabled in the Setup menu.

Added Domain availability checker for checking if a domain is registered or not.

Cpanel Xtra – Pro Suite Only:
Added Elitius Affiliate software
Added EyeOS desktop OS/Office Suite

November 23, 2009 Extreme Edition V 2.51 Released

Added (all versions):
Clean /tmp: Clean files out of /tmp and recreate the mysql socket if needed.
Connections: Ability to see servers recent connections, current connections and full apache status results.

CPanel Xtra Plugin:
Added ability to upgrade it rather than removing and readding it.
Added automatic license detection and setting.
Modified to automatically remove cpanel users from the wheel group if deactivating the plugin.

November 14th, 2009 Extreme Edition V 2.0 Released

Xtra Extreme Edition 2.0 is now available. CPX (CPanel Xtra) has now been added to Xtra as a plugin and a new Basic Suite has been released. Features added at this time are as follows:

GUI Improvements, including screenshots addeded to some features. Fixed MyTop GetLong error. Fixed Server and Firewall editors. Modded Shell Commander to automatically fill in user password. Changed modal window to something much prettier

Basic Suite (new features):

  • Tripwire
  • Snort
  • WhoIS IP lookup
  • Domain Availability Checker
  • CPanel Xtra plugin
  • Softaculous plugin

Pro Suite (new features):

  • Tripwire
  • Snort
  • WhoIS IP lookup
  • Domain Availability Checker
  • New Advanced Browser
  • Mega Monitor – Advanced MySQL based server monitor (beta version)
  • Lynis Security Auditor
  • System Benchmark tests
  • Memory Monitor – Find out who and exactly how much ram processes and users are using on your system
  • CPanel Xtra plugin
  • Softaculous plugin
  • RBL Checker plugin
  • EyeOS plugin
  • Precoding added for new upcoming plugins, WHM and CPanel themes and alternate Xtra GUI’s.
  • Precoding added for new features being released at months end

November 11, 2009 Extreme Edition V 2.0 Released: More details posted November 14th

March 9, 2009 Extreme Edition V 1.0 Released:

Xtra Extreme Edition is now available. In addition to new features virtually all existing features have been enhanced. Below are just some of the new features and enhancements made for this version.

New Features

  • Brand new GUI designed to be more user friendly, informative and fun.
  • New license setup means you can use your hostname, IP, domain or your own ssl cert to log into WHM and use Xtra (rather than the old IP only setup, as long as you log in as root you can use Xtra). Added a new option to test the license as well.
  • Completely new custom links system that avoids use of the cpanel dialog system to directly open links.
  • New style system, change colors on the fly right from the main page.
  • New menu system. All features can be accessed from any page so you spend less time navigating or searching for the feature you are looking for.
  • All cron jobs now controlled via the Xtra interface, no more setting them via command line.
  • Perl Modules: Fix/reinstall corrupted perl mods.
  • cPanel php: Recompile cpanels internal php
  • Install or remove Zend/Ioncube
  • Recompile/Upgrade php: Will recompile and/or upgrade php without having to use easyapache or recompile apache (useful if just upgrading to a slightly newer version of php, eg 5.2.8 to 5.2.9). Will recompile using last used build options.
  • Brand new FFMPEG installer. More reliable and installs more features.
  • Mytop now includes the ability to run and view it in your browser rather than having to run it via command line.
  • Unhide rootkit checker. Checks for hidden processes in several different ways.
  • Added new ability to schedule a daily cron to keep Xtra up to date automatically.

Enhanced Features

  • New browser and file editing methods. Now when you edit a file you no longer get redirected just to the browser. Just edit your file, save, close the modal window and you’re right back at the feature where you left off.
  • Editors section will only show editors for things that are installed (eg if you have APF installed it will show the APF editors, if not it will hide them).
  • Features that take a long time to run/install now run in a new window so you can minimize them and get back to using WHM and/or Xtra without having to wait or open a new browser instance of WHM.
  • Fix home, quotas and everything now combined into “Account Fixes” so there’s one script instead of 3.
  • Mini Monitor: Copyright removed, better inteface and ability to set cron and cron time via the interface rather than manually via command line.
  • Virtual Network Monitor: Added BSD option, better coding for php frontend and their new beta web stats cgi.
  • Multitail updated to latest version.
  • Mytop updated to latest version and new web interface feature rather than running via command line only.
  • Watchmysql updated and working properly.
  • APF combined with BFD and updated to latest version.
  • rkhunter updated and now you can view results as it runs and/or view results without using the log viewer. Installer and run features combined.
  • chkrootkit hunter updated. Install and run features combined.
  • Nobody check updated and enhanced to allow you to manage the cron job and time it runs.
  • SIM and PRM updated to latest versions
  • Dos Deflate improved and deny list link fixed.
  • On Guard: Fixed and improved. Added ability to manage the cron job via Xtra rather than via command line only.
  • Mod Evasive: Improved and now supports both apache 1.x and 2.x
  • Log Viewer now opens logs in a new window for best viewing ability.
  • View bandmin without having to re-enter Xtra all the time, just close the modal window and you’re back where you left off.
  • Shell commander: new 2.1 version opens in a modal window so you can use it just like bandmin above without having to re click the WHM Xtra link to get back to Xtra.
  • Forwarder finders combined into one tool and lycos checking now added for a total of 6 forwarder finders all in the one tool.
  • PHPInfo: complete new setup for that to get around WHM’s false reporting of php environment. Now accurately depicts the exact php setup.
  • Added courier and dovecot to the mail section for upgrade/reinstall

October 14, 2008 Jax Edition V 4.1 Released:

Minor improvements and updated some scripts

April 14 , 2008 Jax Edition V 4.0 Released:

  • New Style system with more relevant color style choices.
  • Removed some graphics to speed things up for mobile users
  • New faster loading tooltips and more info links now work in a newer faster way
  • RKhunter updated to 1.3.2 – Note: has some bugs in detecting the new version but it will install and run
  • Chkrootkit updated to 0.48
  • Multitail updated to 5.2.1
  • Custom links description and name modified to allow spaces and special chars (no more breaking Xtra!!!) Ignore the note about not using them, I forgot to remove that
  • Added loading bars to some pages that take a few seconds to load while looking up info
  • Install tools now includes install Zend Optimizer and install Ioncube loaders server wide (Note these really just run cpanel scripts that exist already so if they don’t work not our fault
  • Viewlogs now also includes the ability to grep in apaches access and error logs for whatever you want, handy for looking for hack attempts or specific errors related to a domain
  • FFMPEG installer updated for new ffmpeg-php version (new installer coming soon)
  • Various other code tweaks for speed etc
  • Added more precoding for new themes, styles and upcoming features.

November 22 , 2007 Jax Edition V 2.3 Released:

  • Modified installer for automatic php url_access fixes
  • Modified FFMPEG installer to correct changes made by authors
  • Misc Tools: Added VN Stat monitor and php frontend for it