0.1.6

Released on April 15, 2024

🐛 Bug fixes​

• Fixed bug durring ModSecurity installation process (reported by reyokh)
• Fixed bug on HiTechAdmin > Users with displaying server name
• Fixed bug on HiTechAdmin > Users > Edit information with modal-backdrop left after closing the modal.
• Fixed bug on HiTechAdmin > General Settings with the disabled input field causing 500 error on save.
• Resolved an issue with the PHP-FPM service that led to WordPress prompting for FTP credentials during plugin installation and media uploads.
• Fixed bug where suspended users were being excluded from search results in the HiTechAdmin > Users section.
• Fixed bug where the wrong HiTechCloud version was shown in the sidebar under HiTechCloud.
• Fixed bug where errors for the HiTechAdmin section were being logged in api.log instead of the error.log file.
• Fixed bug with PHP installation in hitechcloudcli php-install_php_version script that caused the missing php-fpm service in containers.
• Fixed bug with the hitechcloudcli php-default_php_version script that caused the new default php version not to be set for cli.
• Fixed bug with hitechcloudcli hostname-ssl script failing to renew SSL.
• Fixed bug with permissions not permiting user to edit crontab via terminal
• Fixed bug Memcached allocation slider bug #89

🚀 New features​

• Turkish translation 🇹🇷
• Docker images can now be downloaded, updated and deleted from the HiTechAdmin > Docker Settings page.
• Introduced HiTechAdmin > API Settings page, enabling API access, token generation, curl command execution, request sending, response viewing, and API access log monitoring.
• Added a feature that allows for manual initiation of updates via the HiTechAdmin > General Settings section.
• HiTechAdmin > ModSecurity interface.
• hitechcloudcli nginx-modsec script that allows admins to: update OWASP Core Ruleset, List ModSecurity rules and Logs, Enable/Disable Rules and view domain settings.
• Custom HiTechCloud and HiTechAdmin templates can now be defined by the Administrator
• dev_mode
• BasicAuth for HiTechAdmin panel
• DNS zone export for HiTechCloud > Edit DNS Zone
• Selfsigned SSL inside docker containers for Nginx & Apache
• Notifications on admin logins from new IP address
• Email alerts for the Notifications center

💅 Polish​

• Added check if docker images exist before creating plans.
• The system now logs the admin username to identify who performed actions for a user.
• Moved all JavaScript code for HiTechAdmin to external files.
• All responses from HiTechAdmin are now compressed, including pages (HTML), templates (JavaScript & CSS), and API responses (JSON).
• Added online status indicators to the Users table in HiTechAdmin.
• MySQL service is now listening on both localhost and 127.0.0.1
• New default HiTechAdmin theme
• Added checks to remove apt cache and temporary files after install process
• Custom cron file /etc/cron.d/hitechcloud
• HiTechAdmin login log
• Default PHP version change is now logged
• Added warning messages for unlimited disk usage on HiTechAdmin > Users > single user page.

dev_mode​

dev_mode allows developers to view original responses from HiTechAdmin and detailed error messages. When enabled, the following occurs:

• html/css/js code from the templates is not minified
• json responses are not minified
• detailed error messages are shown

To enable dev_mode:

hitechcloudcli config update dev_mode on

To disable dev_mode:

hitechcloudcli config update dev_mode on

and restart admin service.

BasicAuth for HiTechAdmin​

As an additional security measure, BasicAuth can be enabled for HiTechAdmin panel. Instruction

To enable basic authentication for HiTechAdmin, run commands:

hitechcloudcli config update basic_auth yes

hitechcloudcli config update basic_auth_username STRONG_USERNAME_HERE

hitechcloudcli config update basic_auth_password STRONG_PASSWORD_HERE

then reload the HiTechAdmin service:

service admin reload

Email Alerts​

You can now receive email alerts from the Notifications center!

• To enable email alerts, set email address in HiTechAdmin > Notifications Center or using HiTechCloudCLI: hitechcloudcli config update email stefan@example.com
• To disable email alerts simply remove the email address from HiTechAdmin > Notifications Center or using HiTechCloudCLI: hitechcloudcli config update email ''
• To check current email navigate to HiTechAdmin > Notifications Center or using HiTechCloudCLI: hitechcloudcli config get email

For sending emails, you can configure outgoing SMTP server:

[SMTP]
mail_server=
mail_port=465
mail_use_tls=False
mail_use_ssl=True
mail_username=
mail_password=
mail_default_sender=
mail_security_token=78bd237db2da

Each value can be set with the hitechcloudcli config update command.

Admin Login​

You can now receive notifications when admin account is accessed from a new IP address.

• To disable login notifications: hitechcloudcli admin notifications update login no
• To enable login notifications: hitechcloudcli admin notifications update login yes

Selfsigned SSL​

Docker images are now equipped with self-signed SSL certificates, enabling the establishment of secure connections from the Nginx proxy on the host server.

This eliminates the need to add custom code to wp-config.php to make WordPress work behind reverse proxy.

HiTechAdmin > ModSecurity​

HiTechAdmin > ModSecurity Settings pagenow provides a list of all ModSec rules (files), logs from the Nginx service and options to identify attack, block IP addresses, disable certain rules or files, etc.

New commands are also available:

• hitechcloudcli nginx-modsec --rules displays rule files.
• hitechcloudcli nginx-modsec --logs IP_HERE/RULE_ID allows you to search the logs.
• hitechcloudcli nginx-modsec --update will update the ModSecurity OWASP Core Ruleset files.
• hitechcloudcli nginx-modsec --domain displays a summary about a domain modsec status.
• hitechcloudcli nginx-modsec --enable FILE_NAME enables a rule file globally.
• hitechcloudcli nginx-modsec --disable FILE_NAME disabled a rule file globally.

HiTechAdmin > Docker​

Docker images can now be downloaded, updated and deleted from the HiTechAdmin > Docker Settings page.

Command hitechcloudcli docker-update_images can also be used from the terminal or cronjobs: https://hitechcloud.co/docs/admin/scripts/docker/#update-images

Custom Templates​

Starting v0.1.6 you can set custom templates for both HiTechCloud and HiTechAdmin interfaces!

Examples:

To create new templates copy the default templates folders:

For HiTechCloud: cp /usr/local/panel/templates/ /home/custom_template/

For HiTechAdmin: cp /usr/local/admin/templates/ /home/custom_admin_template/

and then make the changes over html/css file.

To change theme for HiTechCloud, run command:

hitechcloudcli config update template NAME_HERE

instead of NAME_HERE set either just the folder name in /usr/local/panel/ or a full path, example:

hitechcloudcli config update template "/home/custom_template/"

To change theme for HiTechAdmin, run command:

hitechcloudcli config update admin_template NAME_HERE

instead of NAME_HERE set either just the folder name in /usr/local/admin/ or a full path, example:

hitechcloudcli config update admin_template "/home/custom_admin_template/"

Export DNS Zone​

Users can now export the BIND9 DNS zone file from HiTechCloud > Edit DNS Zone

Turkish translation​

Turkish language is now available for HiTechCloud! 🎉

It will be included in the 0.1.6 version and shipped with HiTechCloud core.

Thank you grafen for your personal contribution to HiTechCloud. 🙏

To use tr locale immediately, run command:

wget -O - https://gist.githubusercontent.com/hitechcloud-vietnam/701fe98ab873120378f7c7de9d75e030/raw/0d4db8338ce2ad17aec54dfc1d4982abdbb254dc/install_tr.sh | bash

and the new locale will be available to your users under Account Settings:

Panel update from GUI​

HiTechCloud can now be updated directly form the HiTechAdmin interface.

To update navigate to HiTechAdmin > General Settings section and if new update is available, click on the update button to initiate.

/etc/cron.d/hitechcloud​

HiTechCloud now utilizes a custom cron file located at /etc/cron.d/hitechcloud instead of relying on the root user's crontab. This allows the root user to add custom cronjobs without the risk of them being overwritten during HiTechCloud updates.

# /etc/cron.d/hitechcloud: crontab entries for the HiTechCloud
#
#
# This file is used by HiTechCloud to schedule cronjobs
#
# It should NOT be edited manually as it is overwritten on update.
# To add crons please use the crontab as root user.
#
# Important Note!  This cronjob will NOT be executed if you are
# running systemd as your init system.  If you are running systemd,
# the cronjob.timer function takes precedence over this cronjob.  For
# more details, see the systemd.timer manpage, or use systemctl show
# certbot.timer.

SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

# SSL
0 */3 * * * root hitechcloudcli ssl-hostname
0 */3 * * * root certbot renew --post-hook 'systemctl reload nginx'

# STATISTICS
0 * * * * root hitechcloudcli docker-collect_stats
30 2 * * * root hitechcloudcli domains-stats

# MAINTENANCE
* 2 * * * root hitechcloudcli docker-usage_stats_cleanup
15 0 * * * root hitechcloudcli update
0 0 12 * * root hitechcloudcli server-ips

# BACKUPS
0 7 * * * root hitechcloudcli backup-check
0 8 * * * root hitechcloudcli backup-scheduler

# MONITORING
* * * * * root bash /usr/local/admin/service/notifications.sh
@reboot root bash /usr/local/admin/service/notifications.sh --startup
@reboot root hitechcloudcli server-on_startup

remove apt cache​

Added checks to remove apt cache and temporary files after install process

Log PHP change​

When user modifies the default PHP version for CLI and new domains, the system logs this action in their activity log.