[1.0.0-beta2] - 2025-10-15

Major Beta Update - Production-Ready Release

This second beta release builds upon the solid foundation of beta1, incorporating 17 additional releases (0.9.14 through 0.9.30) with significant enhancements in internationalization, database management, backup systems, and overall platform stability.

New Features

Internationalization & Localization

Multi-language Support: Complete internationalization for both Admin and Client panels
Language Coverage: Full support for English, Bulgarian, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, and Serbian
Comprehensive Translation: All UI elements, notifications, navigation, and user-facing text fully localized
Dynamic Language Switching: Real-time language switching with persistent user preferences

Advanced Database Management

MySQL/MariaDB Settings: Complete database configuration page with tabbed interface, health monitoring, and profile management
Database Profiles: Create, save, import/export, and manage multiple database configuration profiles
Database Health Dashboard: Real-time status monitoring, visual metrics, disk usage tracking, and error reporting
Database Metrics: Comprehensive performance monitoring with manual refresh capabilities
Streamlined Database Wizard: One-flow database, user, and privilege creation process
Enhanced Validation: Per-account database name validation with localized notifications

Backup & Recovery System

Filesystem Backups: Complete backup management per domain - list, create, restore, and delete operations
Database Backups: Per-database backup management with full restore capabilities
Account Export/Import: Full hosting account backup with compressed archives and JSON metadata
Comprehensive Coverage: Backups include domains, DNS records, mailing lists, IP blocks, hotlink protection, and more
Agent Integration: Preparation for bolt-agent powered backup operations

Enhanced Security & Access Control

License Management Improvements: Advanced license validation with cached performance and edge case handling
Admin Access Control: Granular license-based access with essential pages always accessible
Trial License System: Improved trial request handling with clearer validation and success flows
Session Management: Enhanced impersonation handling and SSO login improvements

Web Services & Hosting

Virtualhosts Support: Complete virtual host management via bolt-agent integration
SSL Certificate Management: Improved certificate issuance and domain validation
Hotlink Protection: Redesigned protection management with per-domain enable/edit/delete actions
PHP-CGI Wrapper: Enhanced PHP execution with improved error handling
FTP Management: Unlimited FTP support when plan limits are set to 0

Analytics & Monitoring

GoAccess Integration: Enhanced performance and reliability with per-domain statistics
Raw Access Logs: Fixed and fully functional log access
Visitor Logs: Restored and improved visitor tracking
Centralized Logging: Per-user log directories with proper permissions
Apache Access/Error Logs: Fixed log parsing and display issues

API & Integration

REST API Endpoints: New database management API for hosting accounts
Remote Command Execution: Bolt Agent integration for distributed operations
Enhanced Validation: Improved API key management and security

Improvements & Enhancements

User Interface & Experience

Modern UI Design: Refreshed trial interface with blue/green palette and responsive dual-CTA
Enhanced Navigation: Clean reordered admin menu with tree dots for quick actions
Improved Modals: Enlarged PHP version change modal and better form layouts
Status Indicators: FPM Status and Installed badges for PHP versions
Better Notifications: Clear in-app notifications for all operations with success/failure feedback

Performance & Reliability

Cached License Validation: Performance improvements through intelligent caching
Database Connection Reliability: Improved MySQL root connection handling with host/port specification
Service Health Monitoring: Real-time health checks with visual status indicators
Error Handling: Enhanced error reporting and user feedback across all modules

Configuration & Management

Profile Management: Unified profile system across MySQL, PHP, and Apache configurations
Default Seeding: Automatic seeding of default system profiles for easy setup
CLI Commands: Added command-line tools for profile application and management
Centralized Settings: Unified configuration management with consistent interfaces

Bug Fixes

Critical Fixes

PowerDNS Integration: Fixed credential assignment and bolt-agent communication issues
IPv6 Support: Resolved network setup issues and SSL hostname configuration problems
Session Management: Prevented stuck sessions during impersonation and admin SSO
Database Operations: Enhanced reliability of database user management and privilege assignment

System Stability

Service Restart: Improved service management and restart procedures
Log Permissions: Fixed per-user log directory permissions and access issues
Certificate Issuance: Resolved domain certificate generation and validation problems
Installation Process: Fixed IPv6-related installation issues and improved setup reliability

Data Integrity

Database Relationships: Prevent deletion of databases with assigned users and vice versa
Ownership Validation: Enforced ownership checks for all database and user operations
Name Validation: Stricter validation for database and user names (length and character restrictions)
Backup Consistency: Improved backup data integrity and restoration reliability

Refactoring & Code Quality

Architecture Improvements

Centralized Actions: Unified client database/user actions with consistent behavior patterns
Navigation System: Centralized navigation groups with translatable labels and titles
Base Classes: Common base classes for settings pages with unified title/navigation properties
Service Abstraction: Improved service layer abstraction for better maintainability

Localization Infrastructure

Translation System: Comprehensive translation infrastructure supporting dynamic language switching
String Extraction: Converted all hard-coded UI text to translatable strings
Translation Helpers: Added sync helpers and management tools for translation maintenance
Consistent Terminology: Standardized terminology across all interfaces and languages

Technical Achievements

This beta2 release represents:

17 additional releases of focused development since beta1
Complete internationalization supporting 8 languages
Production-grade backup system with comprehensive coverage
Advanced database management with health monitoring and profiles
Enhanced security model with granular access control
Improved stability through extensive bug fixes and optimizations

Migration Notes

From Beta1 to Beta2

Database schema updates for license caching and additional fields
New profile system requires seeding of default configurations
Language preferences will reset to default (English) - users can re-select
Backup directories will be reorganized for per-user access

Configuration Updates

MySQL settings page renamed to "Database Settings" for clarity
New TTL default of 3600 seconds for DNS records
IPv6 (AAAA) records disabled by default in DNS templates
Language switcher now includes all 8 supported languages

System Requirements

PHP 8.1+ with required extensions
MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.3+ (SQLite 3.x also supported)
Apache 2.4+ with mod_rewrite enabled
Linux server environment (Ubuntu 20.04+/CentOS 8+ recommended)
Minimum 4GB RAM, 40GB disk space (increased for backup storage)
Bolt Agent for advanced features (automatically installed)

This beta2 release represents significant maturity in the AdminBolt platform. We encourage thorough testing in staging environments before production deployment. Community feedback is essential for the final 1.0.0 release.

Support & Community

Documentation: Updated comprehensive guides available
Community Forum: Active support and discussion channels
Issue Tracking: GitHub issues for bug reports and feature requests
Professional Support: Available for enterprise deployments

Note: This release consolidates 17 versions (0.9.14-0.9.30) of continuous development, representing hundreds of improvements, bug fixes, and new features since the initial beta1 release.