Syncplify Server! v6.2.12 released

Importance of this update: SECURITY HOT-FIX
What’s changed?
  • Fixed a vulnerability in one of the libraries used by the web UIs (SuperAdmin, Admin, and WebClient); for the record, this vulnerability was only exploitable in npm (node.js) so within the context of our software was non-exploitable, but we figured it would be better to update that 3rd-party library to its newer and bug-free version anyway.
  • Upgraded Go compiler, standard library and toolchain to the latest 1.21.2

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!


Syncplify Server! v6.2.8 released

Importance of this update: HOT-FIX
What’s changed?
  • A bug was accidentally introduced in v6.2.7 release which prevented it from saving changes to the “globalconf” page in the SuperAdmin UI: such bug has now been fixed

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!


Syncplify Server! v6.1.12 released

Importance of this update: MINOR
Fixed
  • Fixed first activation of 2FA for additional SuperAdmin accounts from within the SuperAdmin account that creates them (self-enrollment already worked as expected)

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!


Syncplify Server! v6.1.9 released

Importance of this update: NORMAL
Fixed
  • The Zip function in the scripting language now correctly supports Windows and Linux compatible encrypted zip archives
  • Several minor glitches in the UIs (SuperAdmin and Admin) have been fixed, if you experienced some issues with the UIs this is definitely an update you want to perform

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!


Micro-introduction to V6’s PowerShell Module

Alright, so you are interested in managing Syncplify Server! V6 (the upcoming version, currently in development at the time this post is being written) via PowerShell.

You’re in luck. We have a PowerShell Module for that. But how do you get started?

Here’s a bare-bone micro quickstart for you. More will come with the official documentation when it’s ready.

Let’s take a look at the configuration first:

Pretty empty, uh? So, with Get-SS6Configuration you can see what’s in your PowerShell Module’s current configuration. Let’s populate it a little bit.

First of all, you’ll have to set your API base URL, your SuperAdmin (or Admin, it depends on what you want to do) username and password, and – if you’re using a self-signed certificate – you’ll also have to skip the certificate’s validation. You can do all of that with this command:

Set-SS6Configuration -Username "sa" -Password "your_password_here" -BaseUrl "https://127.0.0.1:6443/api/v1" -SkipCertificateCheck

Now let’s see what happens when we call Get-SS6Configuration again:

Good, but we still need an Access Token to call the actual server’s API, and in order to get such Token we need to log in (which returns the token) and then set the token in the above configuration. Fortunately PowerShell allows us to do so with just 2 lines of code:

$res = Invoke-SS6SaLogin
Set-SS6Configuration -AccessToken $res.token

We’re good to go. Since we logged in as a SuperAdmin (by calling Invoke-SS6SaLogin) we can now invoke any SuperAdmin API as documented. Let’s try to acquire our own SuperAdmin profile for example:

This, together with the documentation of every module function you find in our PowerShell Module’s GitHub repository, should get you started very quickly and easily.


Updated Syncplify Server! V6 PowerShell Module (Open Source)

Yes, you’re reading this correctly. As part of the new trajectory of our company, we have begun to open source some of the components and modules that are not part of our core intellectual property.

One of the first repositories we decided to publish is the PowerShell Module to administer an instance of Syncplify Server! V6 via command line.

You can find the module repository on GitHub here: https://github.com/syncplify/ss6powershelladmin

For those who don’t want to deal with source code, and just want to install the module in PowerShell, you can do this by typing a single line in your PowerShell:

Install-Module SS6AdminModule

And here’s a screenshot for the curious minds out there: