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Syncplify Devs
July 14, 2023

Syncplify Server! v6.2.3 released

Importance of this update: MINOR
Fixed
  • A glitch in the Linux installer (for x86 architectures) prevented installation on Ubuntu when more than one locale was installed in the OS, now the installation works properly
  • Block-list pagination didn’t work if you had more than 100 block-list items, now it works
Improved
  • Improved logging on connection rejection reasons and block-list addition reasons
  • CORS configuration now guarantees that the minimum functional values are always present

IMPORTANT NOTE: those who are running the “worker” system service under a different account (not System or LocalSystem) will need to re-configure the service to run under such account after upgrading from any version number <= 6.1.12)

Upgrading from v6.x.y is a simple and fairly automatic process: simply download the latest version from the official download page, and install it over the existing version, all of your settings and license will be kept.

If, instead, you’re upgrading from an older (v4/v5) version, you find the upgrade instructions in our knowledge base.

Thank you all for trusting our software with your secure file transfers!

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Syncplify Devs
March 19, 2023

Syncplify Server! v6.0.23 released

Importance of this update: NORMAL
Fixed
  • Restore/import from V4/V5: group accounts are now imported without square brackets
  • The “encrypted” switch for VFSs now behaves as expected
  • Poor performance of file uploads via WebClient! (HTTPS protocol) has been completely resolved (all other protocols were never affected by this)
Improved
  • Editing of SuperAdmin, Admin, and User accounts
  • Better choice of initial location (directory) for log files when a new virtual site is created (existing virtual sites are not affected nor changed)
  • Manual was greatly improved, new pages and sections were added
  • The sliding-window used to feed the real-time dashboard is now double-buffered for much better performance and a lot less context-switches

Upgrading from v6.0.x is a simple and fairly automatic process: simply download the latest version from the official download page, and install it over the existing version, all of your settings and license will be kept.

If, instead, you’re upgrading from an older (v4/v5) version, you find the upgrade instructions in our knowledge base.

Thank you all for trusting our software with your secure file transfers!

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Syncplify Devs
June 18, 2021

JSON structured logs

Log files are system administrators’ best friends. Well, they are if they are understandable and useful. The problem with most log files, including most of the so-called “human-readable” ones, are very badly structured, and ultimately only truly understandable by a machine.

For that reason, in the past few years JSON-structured log files have become all the rage. Because they are easily understandable by a human being, and extremely fast to parse for a computerized log analyzer.

So, yes, in Syncplify Server! v6 you will find JSON-structured logs that look pretty much like this:

{
    "time":"2021-06-18 13:31:46.781",
    "level":"info",
    "nodeId":"peaceful-booth",
    "sender":"ssh2_sftp-handler",
    "sessionId":"bCrx5QKuNao73CB9UQTURU",
    "clientIp":"127.0.0.1",
    "serverIp":"127.0.0.1",
    "serverPort":22,
    "protocol":"ssh2_sftp",
    "username":"test",
    "method":"SESSION-START",
    "uriStem":"",
    "uriQuery":"",
    "status":200,
    "cliToSrvBytes":0,
    "srvToCliBytes":0,
    "userAgent":"SSH-2.0-FileZilla_3.52.2"
 }{
    "time":"2021-06-18 13:31:46.786",
    "level":"info",
    "nodeId":"peaceful-booth",
    "sender":"ssh2_sftp-handler",
    "sessionId":"bCrx5QKuNao73CB9UQTURU",
    "clientIp":"127.0.0.1",
    "serverIp":"127.0.0.1",
    "serverPort":22,
    "protocol":"ssh2_sftp",
    "username":"test",
    "method":"LIST",
    "uriStem":"/",
    "uriQuery":"",
    "status":200,
    "cliToSrvBytes":0,
    "srvToCliBytes":0,
    "userAgent":"SSH-2.0-FileZilla_3.52.2"
 }{
    "time":"2021-06-18 13:31:48.257",
    "level":"info",
    "nodeId":"peaceful-booth",
    "sender":"ssh2_sftp-handler",
    "sessionId":"bCrx5QKuNao73CB9UQTURU",
    "clientIp":"127.0.0.1",
    "serverIp":"127.0.0.1",
    "serverPort":22,
    "protocol":"ssh2_sftp",
    "username":"test",
    "method":"SESSION-END",
    "uriStem":"",
    "uriQuery":"",
    "status":200,
    "cliToSrvBytes":0,
    "srvToCliBytes":0,
    "userAgent":"SSH-2.0-FileZilla_3.52.2"
 }

In addition to that, while older versions of our software only supported logging to file or syslog, the next major version will support 4 log targets: file, syslog, database, or stdout.

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