snikket-server/CHANGELOG.md

Snikket Server changelog

UNRELEASED

• Increase shared file size limit from 16MB to 100MB
• Allow configurable storage quota for shared files
• Initial support for "limited" user accounts
• Support for group chat notifications on iOS
• Configurable port range for TURN service
• Ability to see basic server metrics in the web admin interface
• Support for advanced monitoring/alerting via Prometheus

Upgrading

If you are using a reverse proxy in front of Snikket, ensure it can handle the new upload limit (for example, in nginx the client_max_body_size option).

beta.20210519

• Allow custom HTTP bind interface
• Add docker health checks
• Fix warnings about obsolete letsencrypt user
• Add bootstrap API to create initiatal invite in an automated way
• Switch to libunbound for DNS resolution (more robust)
• Add environment variables to disable/replace the built-in TURN service

beta.20210205

• Fix destruction of circle group chats when a circle is deleted or fails to be created
• Add circle group chats to bookmarks of newly-added members
• Add trailing '/' to invite URLs for compatibility with some URL parsers

beta.20210202

• Support for Raspberry Pi and other ARM-based systems
• Add HTTP admin API for web portal
• Add support for user groups (circles)
• Switch to multi-container architecture (see note below)
• Add support for update and security notifications
• Increase file sharing limit from 10MB -> 16MB

Upgrading

If you are upgrading from a previous version, this version requires updates to your docker-compose.yml. You can find a new version here.

Make a backup of your current docker-compose.yml if desired, then put the new one in its place. For example:

mv docker-compose.yml docker-compose.old.yml
wget -O docker-compose.yml https://snikket.org/service/resources/docker-compose.beta.yml
docker-compose pull
docker-compose up -d --remove-orphans

You may also want to check out our new repository of scripts to help manage a self-hosted Snikket instance: snikket-im/snikket-selfhosted

alpha.20200624

• Add support for generating account recovery links
• Fix group chat creation glitches
• Increase file sharing limit from 1MB -> 10MB
• Enable Prosody admin shell for debug purposes

alpha.20200525

• Fix for the TURN service auth configuration that prevented some A/V calls from working

alpha.20200513

• Add STUN/TURN service to facilitate audio/video calls (see note below)
• Restrict 'General Chat' to local users only
• Fix hanging on docker stop

If you are upgrading from a previous version, this version requires some changes in how you run Snikket. Please see the upgrade notes!

alpha.0

• Initial release!