Blesta 5.8 is now available! We added the option to include a free domain with qualifying hosting plan. We added a new Managed Accounts feature allows clients to invite other clients to manage their account with permissions. A new PayPal Checkout payment gateway was added, and we updated the importer to allow imports via CLI to avoid timeouts, and more!

SHA256 Sum

9e105f06ca1d4903b6a8e66c1b221637da606bf64aeafc835a67396ff27833f4

If upgrading from a release prior to 5.0, please review the version 5.0 announcement prior to upgrading. 5.0 was a major release and increased system requirements. ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR FILES + DATABASE PRIOR TO UPGRADING.

See the documentation for details on how to install or upgrade.

What’s new in 5.8?

• Added a Managed Accounts feature. Clients can invite other clients to manage their account.
• Added an option to offer a free domain with qualifying hosting package.
• Added a 1 minute interval to some automation tasks, including Process Service Changes, Process Renewals, Provision Paid Pending Services, and Unsuspend Services.
• Added an option to Packages to allow clients to select module group during checkout (Useful for location).
• Added an option to Custom Client Fields to include a link within the field name.
• Added a new PayPal Checkout non-merchant gateway.
• Added an option to preview client themes and templates by appending ?bltheme=THEME-ID, and/or ?bltemplate=TEMPLATENAME to the URL.
• Added a read-only option to Required Client Fields to prevent clients from changing those fields later.
• Updated the affiliate system to allow hidden packages (domain names) to be excluded from commissions.
• Updated the order system to observe custom order links when using the Domain and Other Order type.
• Updated the order system to reduce the number of steps during checkout when using only 1 non-merchant gateway.
• Updated the import manager to allow importing via CLI, improving reliability of large data sets.
• Updated the Two-Factor Authentication page for clients to show both Hex and Base32 keys in addition to the QR code.
• Updated the PHPIDS plugin to make it compatible with PHP 8.

See our beta announcement for more and the release notes for everything.

Developers

• Reminder: If you are a developer, we recommend updating your extensions to support PHP 8 if they don’t already. PHP 7.4 has been EOL since November 28th!

Sponsored Development

A big shout out to the following companies for sponsoring development for one or more items in this release.

• KnownHost

Sponsored development is a good way to support Blesta and get a shout out for your company! Interested? Reach out and say hello.

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We are pleased to announce the released of Blesta 5.7.1, which addresses bugs discovered in the 5.7 branch. A big thanks to everyone who participated in helping to make Blesta better by reporting and confirming bugs on our forums and discord chat, we appreciate your help!

The release notes are available at https://docs.blesta.com/display/support/5.7.1.

Always run /admin/upgrade in your browser or via CLI after updating the files for your installation. Patch releases may only be applied to the minor release to which it belongs. Only apply this patch if you are running 5.7.0. If you are running an earlier version, you must download the full release.

Download 5.7.1 Patch Download 5.7.1 Full

SHA256 Sum

% blesta-5.7.1.zip
5d470a35a577955ebf885ee2b6593b9adaefa20c9037e88d522e775da1981d9c

% blesta-5.7.0-5.7.1.zip
077d999496253ab6ad908de9f9c0992fbd0e2055781a84093d2ed87f460a93f3

To patch your installation, please follow the instructions for Patching an Existing Install from our user manual.

Blesta 5.7 is now available! More domain manager updates including the ability to push domains between clients and a new ConnectReseller domain registrar module. We added a new crypto payment gateway Coinbase Commerce, updated Proxmox to add LXC support, and added an Orders widget to client profiles. We also added a new highly requested Quotation system, and more.

SHA256 Sum

5c6651168856b3e00b36fb1ab007143cf51af0dfaf5ae164e7fba595ee36225f

If upgrading from a release prior to 5.0, please review the version 5.0 announcement prior to upgrading. 5.0 was a major release and increased system requirements. ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR FILES + DATABASE PRIOR TO UPGRADING.

See the documentation for details on how to install or upgrade.

What’s new in 5.7?

• Added a new Quotation system.
• Added a new ConnectReseller domain registrar module.
• Added a new Coinbase Commerce cryptocurrency payment gateway.
• Added a new “Renewal Queue” section under Tools for service renewal management.
• Updated Proxmox to add support for LXC containers.
• Updated the Import Manager to use Generic Domains as a fallback module for WHMCS domain imports.
• Updated the Import Manager to include a mapping file for importing WHMCS CentovaCast services.
• Updated the Order plugin to add an Orders widget on client profile pages.
• Updated the Domain Manager to allow domains to be pushed from one client to another.
• Updated the Domain Manager to improve manual admin renewal of domains in advance.
• Updated the OVH Domains module to improve price sync with EUR pricing.
• Updated the Enom registrar module to base price sync on actual TLD cost.
• Updated the core to check the integrity of the Blesta.system_key and display a warning.
• Updated invoice voiding to show a confirmation dialogue if pending services are associated.
• Replaced the deprecated Swift Mailer with Symfony Mailer for outgoing email.
• We continued to improve PHP 8.1 support. Ioncube is supported on PHP 8.1, and 8.0/8.1 through SourceGuardian.

See our beta announcement for more and the release notes for everything.

Developers

• Service activation events Services.addAfter and Services.editAfter now include a service_activated boolean flag.
• Reminder: If you are a developer, we recommend updating your extensions to support PHP 8 if they don’t already. PHP 7.4 has been EOL since November 28th!

Sponsored Development

Sponsored development is a good way to support Blesta and get a shout out for your company! Interested? Reach out and say hello.

Stay Connected!

Like our Facebook page, join our Facebook group and Subreddit, follow us on Twitter, and join us in Discord.

We are pleased to announce the released of Blesta 5.6.1, which addresses bugs discovered in the 5.6 branch. A big thanks to everyone who participated in helping to make Blesta better by reporting and confirming bugs on our forums and discord chat, we appreciate your help!

The release notes are available at https://docs.blesta.com/display/support/5.6.1.

Always run /admin/upgrade in your browser or via CLI after updating the files for your installation. Patch releases may only be applied to the minor release to which it belongs. Only apply this patch if you are running 5.6.0. If you are running an earlier version, you must download the full release.

Download 5.6.1 Patch Download 5.6.1 Full

SHA256 Sum

% blesta-5.6.1.zip
4acf71e47eadf87f70479e650c42e3ad8c4f4f0c818774d9e4514790b1609b10

% blesta-5.6.0-5.6.1.zip
d19b8504dd9bfcf4cc2335d00adb7410017b3f23cb75f5183178b626738c1c68

To patch your installation, please follow the instructions for Patching an Existing Install from our user manual.

We’ve got your six! Blesta 5.6 is now available! More domain manager updates, including improvements to the importer and a new OVH domains registrar module. New payment gateways Payfast and BTCPay Server. Updates for existing extensions including staff only Knowledgebase articles, static URLs for the Download Manager, updates to the Order Plugin, cPanel, and Pterodactyl modules, and more.

SHA256 Sum

fc7d22530b6d1069ede7f9eab7d27986e9dd0e4118e08f73fe6d9155490e1340

If upgrading from a release prior to 5.0, please review the version 5.0 announcement prior to upgrading. 5.0 was a major release and increased system requirements. ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR FILES + DATABASE PRIOR TO UPGRADING.

See the documentation for details on how to install or upgrade.

What’s new in 5.6?

• Added a new OVH domains registrar module.
• Added a new Payfast payment gateway.
• Added a new BTCPay Server cryptocurrency payment gateway.
• Added the option to create Staff only Knowledgebase articles.
• Added descriptions for domain config options to help clients checking out.
• Updated the Import Manager to significantly improve importing domains from WHMCS.
• Updated the Import Manager to include a mapping file for SolusVM WHMCS services.
• Updated the Download Manager to add stable download URLs (think latest.zip).
• Updated the cPanel module to make use of the password generator and improve stats.
• Updated the Pterodactyl module to allow for unlimited swap and custom panel ports.
• Updated the Stripe Payments gateway to better handle error cases.
• Updated the Order Plugin to show a cart button for “domain and other” order form types in all cases.
• Updated Email templates to allow bulk editing of the From Name and From Email.
• Added support for PHP 8.1 with Ioncube. We continue to support PHP 8.0/8.1 with SourceGuardian.

See our beta announcement for more and the release notes for everything.

Developers

Reminder: If you are a developer, we recommend updating your extensions to support PHP 8 if they don’t already. PHP 7.4 has been EOL since November 28th!

Sponsored Development

A big shout out to the following companies for sponsoring development for one or more items in this release.

• Benno Wulf Systems
• Packet Rabbit, Inc.

Sponsored development is a good way to support Blesta and get a shout out for your company! Interested? Reach out and say hello.

Stay Connected!

Like our Facebook page, join our Facebook group and Subreddit, follow us on Twitter, and join us in Discord.