Hey y’all,
OttoFMS version 4.6.0 was just published!! In this version we’re overhauling offsite backups, expanding the developer api, and fixing more bugs! Check out the full changelog for more details.
Offsite Backups
Offsite backups are great if you want to move backups off of your server and keep them in a safe external location. With version 4.6.0 we’re overhauling offsite backups! Previously OttoFMS allowed you to create a single offsite location with a single offsite backup schedule. This was great if you wanted to backup all of your files or only a subset, but if you had multiple sets of files that needed to go to different locations or that needed to be backed up at separate times it did not work well.
With version 4.6.0 we enable you to have multiple offsite locations and multiple offsite schedules. Each schedule can go to a different offsite location, bucket, and path on the offsite, meaning you can be extremely specific about which files get sent where.
This version also allows you to publish a build to an offsite location and deploy a build back from that offsite location (coming soon to OttoDeploy) which could be a great way to get around certain network constraints.
There are also a few fixes with behavior surrounding offsite backups, as well as improved logging.
Developer API
The developer API has a new suite of APIs to work with webhooks, new endpoints to manage OttoFMS settings, more details in the API key endpoints, and improved documentation as a whole. Check out the developer APIDocs for specifics.
Misc. Fixes
Finally this version includes a variety of miscellaneous fixes, including:
- post-deployment and pre-build script timeouts are now longer by default and have env variables that can manage the default timeout. they can also be set on a per-script basis in the API.
- New Debug logging which can help track down the source of issues.
- Fixed some crashes in the Data API proxy
Check out the changelog for the full list of changes. As always, let us know if you have any issues installing or using the new version. Report back on all the cool things you can do with Offsite backups now! Thanks y’all!
-Kyle