SME10 Roadmap

Work in progress

This page provides the roadmap objectives and status updates for SME Server version 10

Wishlist

A selection of improvements and or additions to SME Server 10 has to be made from the wishist

Current suggestions:

• SME Server 10 is to be considered a MAJOR update
• SME Server 10 based on upstream Centos 7
• Updated Horde Framework to 5.2
• Improved Samba 4 support
• Improvements to Backup and Restore

• encrypted backup (for cloud purpose and others)

• Updated packages to latest releases at the time of ISO release
• new version of qpsmtpd 0.96
• MySQL replaced with MariaDB
• systemd as the default init
• The boot loader is now grub2
• Move server manager to Mojolicious
• ibays

• merger ibays with Shared folders Bugzilla:9568
• The contrib Shared folder offers many new features which enhance a lot the file sharing. We will be winners if we can have this contrib in the sme core
• finish tmp folder integration Bugzilla:9568
• better integration of php and httpd setting per ibay Bugzilla:

• Cloud awareness

• Market development and usage of services and software are changing quickly. One of them being 'Cloud' and all xaaS related services
• Being able to deploy SME Server as a Virtual Machine (VPS) in ServerGateway mode with an ISP that only offers 1 Network interface
• Patch available, Proof of concept applied on production servers Bugzilla:7200
• ease backup to cloud Bugzilla:9517

• SSL Certificates

• integrate Let'sencrypt certificates Bugzilla:8676 Bugzilla:9196
• redesign apache configuration to handle SNI [[Bugzilla:1775 Bugzilla:8693
• panel for certificates Bugzilla:9196 Bugzilla:8185

• MTA to MTA delivery

• implement encrypted sending of emails Bugzilla:9349
• find a way to adapt to new smarthosts Bugzilla:9050

see all final changes on : https://wiki.contribs.org/SME10Changes

Pre-Alpha

Development has beend performed using COS7 minimal and rebuild packages from SME 9.0 and any other needed repo.

Create SME 10 packages

• Build all SME Server packages on COS7, see Sme10BuildQueue
• Cleanup SME 10 packages
• Import package into SME10

status: completed on 2016-03-18

SME 10 Alpha 1

• Status: completed on 18-03-2016

Goal

• first iso with limited hardware support for install
• horde webmail excluded of iso because of anaconda conflicts
• functional systemd integration
• bootloader

SME 10 Alpha 2

• Status: completed 09-08-2016

Goal

• improve installation process of the iso
• Koozali branding
• Hoirde back on the anaconda install
• few improvements and fixes see release

SME 10 Alpha 3

• Status: WIP

• Please add bug references to be able to track status and progress. Bugzilla:10164

Goal

• improve anaconda integration
• fix proxy Bugzilla:79
• fix and improve backup/restore issues Bugzilla:9090 Bugzilla:8783 Bugzilla:9127
• startup process and config db tidying
• Horde consolidation Bugzilla:9600
• qpsmtpd 0.96 verification of the integration Bugzilla:10126 Bugzilla:10123 Bugzilla:10139 Bugzilla:10112
• qmail fix Bugzilla:9884
• fix to prevent qmail and qpsmtpd to loop Bugzilla:9705
• avoid reboot after most upgrades Bugzilla:8705
• update yum repos Bugzilla:10156
• ease access to and fix translation Bugzilla:10121 Bugzilla:9724
• bug reporting template Bugzilla:8783
• improve security Bugzilla:10110 Bugzilla:10108
• fix quota reporting Bugzilla:10211
• import and build Samba 4 with DC support Bugzilla:9751 Bugzilla:9817 Bugzilla:10155
• samba 4 import required rpms from epel Bugzilla:10104
• free SSL integration Bugzilla:10080

Difficulties encountered during update from previous versions

you might encounter an error for a missing key for REMI rpms.

Public key for php-pear-1.10.3-1.el7.remi.noarch.rpm is not installed

solution: pick one of those:

yum update smeserver-yum --enablerepo=smeupdates-testing -y
signal-event yum-update
yum update --enablerepo=smeupdates-testing
signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot

alternatively you could

yum update --enablerepo=smeupdates-testing --exclude=php-pear
signal-event yum-update
yum update --enablerepo=smeupdates-testing
signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot

or

yum update --enablerepo=smeupdates-testing --nogpgcheck

SME 10 Alpha 4

• Status:

• Please add bug references to be able to track status and progress.

Goal

• SSL management
• multiple SSL certificate compatibility
• free SSL certificate integration
• Samba 4 integration
  • DNS backend for Samba4 Bugzilla:8638
  • User account authentication with Active Directory and AccountsDB Bugzilla:8660
  • update e-smith-lib for Samba 4 Bugzilla:8688
  • Samba 4: Home directory Bugzilla:8703
  • Remove smbpasswd and WINS pieces for Samba 4 Bugzilla:8674
  • Qmail updates for Samba 4 Bugzilla:8670
  • Proftpd and active directory authentication Bugzilla:8663
  • e-smith-pptpd updates for Samba 4 Bugzilla:8690
  • e-smith-base updates due to Samba 4 WINS/smbpasswd removal Bugzilla:8690
  • e-smith-backup updates for Samba 4 -- wins and smbpasswd Bugzilla:8689
  • Bootstrap-Console update for Samba 4 Bugzilla:8668
  • Add SSSD daemon for Samba 4 local authentication Bugzilla:8687
  • smeserver-qpsmtpd changes for Samba 4 Bugzilla:9807
  • Consider removing /sbin/e-smith/samba_check_password Bugzilla:9700
  • Update password functions in esmith::util for Samba 4 Bugzilla:9804
  • update e-smith-quota to process quotas for active directory users Bugzilla:9800
  • Update console startup module for Samba 4 (smb) Bugzilla:9822
  • System Initialization and Re-Configuration with Active Directory Bugzilla:9662
  • Remove Samba Parts from esmith::Util for Samba 4 Bugzilla:9651
  • Reconfigure shadowcopy for Samba 4 Bugzilla:9712
  • Reconfigure recycle bin for Samba 4 Bugzilla:9713
  • Modify user events/actions and server-manager panel Bugzilla:9802
  • Evaluate registry fragments in server-resources for Samba 4 Bugzilla:9708
  • e-smith-openssh modifications for Samba 4 Bugzilla:9806
  • Add createADUser function to esmith::Util Bugzilla:9801
  • esmith::AD perl module for interacting with Active Directory Bugzilla:8665
  • Include dnscache and tinydns config in smeserver-samba for Samba 4 DNS queries Bugzilla:9711
  • e-smith-LDAP + Samba 4 Bugzilla:8675
  • Pseudonyms handling with Active Directory Bugzilla:9653
  • missing win10samba.reg and maybe other changes between e-smith-samba and smeserver-sambaBugzilla:10177

SME 10 Alpha 5

• Status:

• Please add bug references to be able to track status and progress.

Goal

• merge shares and ibays
• move admin Maildir

SME 10 Beta 1

• Status:

• Please add bug references to be able to track status and progress.

Goal

• new server-manager

SME 10 Beta 2

• Status:

• Please add bug references to be able to track status and progress.

SME 10 RC 1

• Status:

• Please add bug references to be able to track status and progress.