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Syncplify Devs
January 10, 2023

Syncplify Server! v6.0.3 released

Today we released Syncplify Server! v6.0.3; here’s what’s new and improved in this version.

Fixed

Restoring from old V4/V5 backups in some cases did not import the virtual sites’ admin(s)
Restoring from old V4/V5 backups skipped the structure validation, causing potential issues editing the configuration down the road (some changes would not persist)
Occasional 15-second timeout of the control connection while transferring data over a PASV data connections (FTP protocol family only)
Unit validation of some SI (standard international system) numeric values
In some user profiles it wasn’t possible to import a user-supplied public key for PKI authentication

Improved

The “System ID” is now immutable even across multiple uninstall/reinstall cycles

New

There is now an easy-to-see top-screen notification when updates/upgrades are available with instructions on how to obtain them

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
December 24, 2022

Syncplify Server! v6.0.1 released

Today we released Syncplify Server! v6.0.1; here’s what’s new and improved in this version.

Fixed

Small bug that affected roughly 3% of all imports (restore) of old v4/v5 backup files when performing a migration-upgrade process
Bug in both SuperAdmin UI and Admin UI that occasionally prevented the correct saving of the settings for the external SMTP (mail) service configuration

Improved

Instantiation speed of the scripting and event-handling environment

Upgrading from v6.0.0 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
October 7, 2021

Upgrading to V6 is direct: no “intermediate upgrades” needed

From version 1.0 all the way up to version 5.1 (current at the time this article is being written) we’ve always implemented a step-by-step upgrade plan. This has some advantages in terms of code simplicity, but can make the user experience less pleasant.

Imagine, in fact, that you want to upgrade from V3 to V5: you’d have to upgrade from V3 to V4 first, and then from V4 to V5. It’s two upgrades, different from each other, each one with its own requirements and peculiarities.

Starting from V6, instead, you’ll be able to upgrade directly from all previous V4+ versions.

So… if you’re still running V4, you will be able to perform a direct upgrade from V4 to V6. And if you’re running V5, you will be able to upgrade directly to V6.

These direct upgrades cannot include versions 1.x through 3.x for strictly technical reasons. But all future versions (V7, V8, etc…) will feature the same direct upgrade process, as long as you’re running an original version now lower than V4.

V6 installation/update/removal on Windows (preview)

Installation, maintenance, and removal of Syncplify.me Server! has often been a semi-manual process all the way up to version 5.x (current version at the time this article is being written).

Version 6.0 aims to change that. We are streamlining the entire process, making it easier, fail-proof, and much more automatic than the past.

Here’s a short video that shows a fresh/new install of Syncplify Server! v6: