Johnny Upgrades

[HelioHost]

We have a whole mess of software upgrades to announce on the Johnny server:

• Apache 2.2.23
  
• PHP 5.3.17
  
• MySQL 5.5.22
  
• cPanel 11.32.2
  
• mod_wsgi 3.4
  
• php intl 1.1.0
  
• php fileinfo 1.0.5
  
• suPHP
  

Some of these services were still running really old outdated versions and hadn't been updated in literally years. MySQL, for instance, was still running version 5.0.96. The Johnny server seems to be running a lot more smoothly since the upgrades, but only time will tell if this will have a lasting effect on the uptime and stability. A lot of the upgrades that were performed were actually requested by members of the community so be sure to make a suggestion if you think there is something missing. php intl was requested here, php fileinfo was requested here, and MySQL 5.5+ was requested here. Thank you to all the members of the community who have taken their time to make a post requesting an upgrade. It really helps to have your feedback on prioritizing what needs to be done and in what order.

 

As always Johnny is our more cutting edge experimental server so of course it's going to get upgraded to the newer versions first. Stevie, as is quite evident through the uptime images below, is our stable server focused on maximizing uptime. Not only do new versions need to be tested thoroughly worldwide, but they also need to be tested thoroughly here at Heliohost to see how they perform on our systems. Once we are satisfied that these upgrades won't adversely affect the stability or uptime of Stevie, he will receive a similar treatment.

[MadFish]

Did you also upgrade Tomcat? Is all upgrades done? Is it ready for use?

[HelioHost]

How very astute of you to notice before the news was even posted. See http://www.helionet.org/index/topic/13508-java-upgrade/

[IshaanRodrigues]

Thx a lot guys for the efforts you'll put in...!!

Really Greatful...