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smoxy 2024.10-01 is available from November 12, 2024. This release includes numerous bug fixes, optimizations, enhancements, and new features.
We’ve completely overhauled how load balancer configurations are managed in smoxy to simplify and improve your experience. Previously, load balancer configurations were tied to individual sites, which often led to duplicated setups and extra work. Load balancer management has now been moved to the account level under the organization settings. This change reduces duplication and provides a centralized way to manage load balancers.
With this improvement, each load balancer can now be used across all sites. You can select a load balancer as the default traffic target for any site, and they can now also be chosen in Page Rules and Conditional Rules. This allows for a more efficient and consistent management of your servers in smoxy, while providing a much clearer overview of your entire infrastructure.
In addition to this, we’ve introduced Origins as a simpler alternative to load balancers. In many cases, a dedicated load balancer isn’t necessary, especially if you only have one server. You can now define an origin by giving it a name, specifying its protocol (HTTP or HTTPS), IP address, and port. This origin can then be used as the default traffic target, removing the need to create a load balancer for setups with a single server. Origins can also be assigned to load balancers, enabling you to manage them in a more modular way. Previously, you had to redefine each server for a load balancer repeatedly; now, origins link directly to load balancers, saving time and ensuring consistency.
To make this transition smooth, all existing configurations for load balancers and origins will be automatically migrated, so you don’t need to make any manual changes. For more details on the migration process, including where you can find your previous load balancers and some helpful workflows to clean up duplicated load balancers or origins, we’ve created a dedicated page that explains everything step-by-step.
Managing your domains and DNS records is now easier and more streamlined. We have combined the DNS and Domain Overview pages into a single, unified Domain Overview Page. This consolidation allows you to manage both your DNS records and SSL certificates in one place, making the process more intuitive and efficient.
We’ve also made an important correction to how domains and hostnames are handled in smoxy. Previously, you could add hostnames directly as "domains" to generate SSL certificates, which wasn’t technically correct. With this update, you will now add domains to generate wildcard SSL certificates, and hostnames will be assigned to sites. This adjustment ensures proper naming conventions and usage while retaining all the same functionality. For example, instead of assigning a domain to a site, you will now assign specific hostnames. This change clarifies the roles of domains and hostnames, helping you better organize your configurations without impacting how smoxy behaves.
As with the changes to load balancers, smoxy will automatically handle the migration of your existing configurations. This ensures a seamless transition without requiring additional effort on your part.
We’re excited to announce the introduction of a new site wizard, designed to simplify and speed up the process of setting up your first site in smoxy. The wizard is built with a user-focused approach, starting by asking, "What website do you want to optimize?" This question aligns with the way users typically think about optimizing their sites and sets the stage for smoxy to preconfigure much of the setup for you.
Using the provided website information, the wizard will automatically detect your origin server and prefill the necessary configuration. You can still adjust this if needed, but in most cases, the user won’t have to figure out their origin IP manually anymore. The wizard will also automatically add hostnames to your site, removing the need to configure them separately later. If additional hostnames are required, you can add them directly within the wizard.
The wizard also simplifies the SSL certificate setup process. smoxy will automatically create the necessary domain configuration to generate a wildcard certificate and will display only the required CNAME records that need to be configured for the certificate. This eliminates unnecessary steps and ensures users can focus on getting their site running smoothly.
While the site wizard currently focuses on streamlining the initial setup, we’re planning future updates to expand its functionality. In upcoming releases, the wizard will assist users with post-setup configurations, helping them manage real traffic through smoxy with ease. These enhancements are part of our ongoing effort to make smoxy as user-friendly and efficient as possible.
These updates represent a significant step forward in simplifying smoxy’s configuration process. By centralizing load balancer management, introducing origins, and refining how domains and hostnames are handled, we’ve reduced complexity and improved the clarity of your infrastructure setup. The new site wizard further accelerates onboarding, making it easier than ever for new users to get started.
We’re committed to providing the best possible experience for smoxy users. As always, your feedback is invaluable to us, and we look forward to continuing to refine and improve smoxy based on your needs.
smoxy 2024.10-01 is available from November 6, 2024. This release includes one enhancement.
🔁 Enhancement: The character limit for Page Rule and Conditional Rule names has been increased from 40 characters to 256 characters. This enhancement allows you to create more descriptive and meaningful names for your rules, making it easier to identify and manage them in complex configurations. Previously, the 40-character limit could restrict the ability to use detailed naming conventions. The extended limit provides greater flexibility for users managing a large number of rules.
smoxy 2024.10-02 is available from October 16, 2024. This release includes numerous bug fixes, optimizations, enhancements, and new features.
✅ Bug fix: Improved SSL certificate generation to reduce errors. (SP-1288 / SP-1139)
✅ Bug fix: Fixed an issue where certain actions triggered cache change events without content changes. Conditions were refined to keep the old cache when content is unchanged. The queue was also improved: when items are pending and no differences exist, no new entries are added to enhance performance. (SP-1271)
⚙️ Optimization: Certificates for wildcard domains (*.example.com) and root domains (example.com) are now generated simultaneously. This change halves the time needed for certificate creation, making the setup process significantly faster and more efficient. (SP-1079)
⚙️ Optimization: The nightly aggregation of KPIs, which are used to display request and cache hit data in the Sites widgets, has been significantly accelerated. (SP-1125)
🔁 Enhancement: smoxy has expanded its suite of front-end tests to improve the reliability and performance of the interface. The additional tests cover new scenarios and functions, ensuring stability and functionality in future updates. (SP-1372)
🔁 Enhancement: Based on user feedback, we’ve updated the terminology throughout the platform to clarify a point of confusion. The term “Organizations” has been replaced with “Accounts” to better align with how users understand the structure and use of the platform. This change has been applied across the entire smoxy interface, including all relevant documentation, menus, and settings.
⭐ New Feature: Unified Sites page for managing zones and domains. (SP-1103)
The introduction of the Sites page is part of smoxy’s efforts to become even more user-friendly. By combining zones and domains in one place, management is clearer and more efficient.
This change is the first step in a series of improvements. In the near future, domain management will also be overhauled to make smoxy even more intuitive and powerful.
The Sites page marks the beginning of these optimizations, simplifying how you configure and monitor your web applications in smoxy.
⭐ New Feature: Maintainers and owners can now upload their own SSL certificates for domains. (SP-1250)
⭐ New Feature: A greeting window is now displayed on the first login in smoxy. The window provides direct links to creating new sites, accessing documentation, and contacting support, helping you get started with configuring and using smoxy. (SP-1289)
smoxy 2024.10-01 is available from October 01, 2024. This release includes numerous bug fixes, optimizations, enhancements, and new features.
✅ Bug fix: Resolved an issue where DNS entries could be listed twice.
✅ Bug fix: Added missing translation for the time range in the trial sticky note, ensuring it is now properly displayed in all supported languages.
✅ Bug fix: Resolved an issue in the HTML Hit-Rate dashboard graph where disabling bypasses caused tooltips to break and no longer display numbers. Additionally, sharing the graph now functions correctly when bypasses are disabled. (SP-1246)
⚙️ Optimization: The Traffic Widget has been disabled for certain customers. This decision was made after feedback indicated that the widget led to confusion in interpreting traffic data. We are working on enhancements to improve clarity and functionality.
⚙️ Optimization: The Smallfry and MPE methods have been removed from image optimization, as they offered no significant benefits and were sometimes slower.
⚙️ Optimization: The minimum TTL (Time-to-Live) for DNS entries is now set to one minute.
🔁 Enhancement: Implemented a confirmation modal for clearing the cache (SP-1247)
🔁 Enhancement: The tag badges in the breadcrumb navigation for zones and tags have been updated.
🔁 Enhancement: Several spelling mistakes have been corrected.
🔁 Enhancement: The images used in smoxy have been compressed to improve loading times.
🔁 Enhancement: The verification code for email addresses during registration is now valid for a longer period.
🔁 Enhancement: Some browser titles have been adjusted.
🔁 Enhancement: Multiple feature descriptions have been revised to make their functionality clearer.
🔁 Enhancement: It is now possible to delete domains within an organization. The delete link from the Domain Wizard has been removed, as it was often overlooked.
🔁 Enhancement: Various font changes have been made to improve readability.
🔁 Enhancement: Duplicate links have been removed from the footer.
🔁 Enhancement: Filter elements are now hidden when only one entry is available.
🔁 Enhancement: The number of DNS entries has been removed from the DNS zone overview page.
🔁 Enhancement: Breadcrumbs for Page and Conditional Rules have been updated to better reflect the current position in the smoxy Hub.
🔁 Enhancement: The cache clearing modal now displays two example URL formats below the input field to help users understand how to correctly input URLs. (SP-1244)
🔁 Enhancement: The Basic Auth setting can now be enabled or disabled at any time, without the need for a user to exist, allowing for more flexible configuration. (SP-1222),
🔁 Enhancement: The “Dashboard” tab has been removed from the Domain Detail pages, as it was unnecessary and had no relevant use case for customers. (SP-1266)
⭐ New Feature: DNS Record Export to BIND Format (SP-1138)
You can now export your DNS records from smoxy directly to a .txt file in BIND format. This feature simplifies backups and migrations by providing a standardized export of all DNS entries for a specific zone.
The export includes essential DNS record types (A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, etc.), along with TTL values, making it compatible with BIND and other DNS management systems that support this format.
To use this feature, navigate to the DNS zone you wish to export, click the dropdown icon next to the “Add DNS-Records” button, and select the “Export” option. Your DNS records will be downloaded as a .txt file in BIND format, ready for immediate use or backup.
⭐ New Feature: Added a toggle to show or hide all subdomains in the domain overview of a zone, giving users more control over how subdomains are displayed. (SP-1241)
smoxy 2024.09-01 is available from September 10, 2024. This release includes numerous bug fixes, optimizations, enhancements, and new features.
✅ Bug fix: Field validation for the target domain in redirect zones has been adjusted so that domains can now be entered with the schema “https://”. Previously, this caused confusion due to an error message related to special characters in the schema. (SP-1213)
✅ Bug fix: Resolved an issue where a hostname removed from a load balancer still appeared afterwards. (SP-1219)
✅ Bug fix: Basic Auth configurations are now correctly copied to the new zone when duplicating a zone. (SP-1221)
✅ Bug fix: When importing DNS entries, the TTL values were sometimes provided without a time unit. (SP-1227)
✅ Bug fix: Fixed a display issue where the checkbox to mark a load balancer as primary had an incorrect description. (SP-1234)
⚙️ Optimization: Changes were made to smoxy API session handling to generate fewer sessions. (SP-1192)
🔁 Enhancement: Sidebar navigation was revamped to make frequently used functions more prominent and improve usability. (SP-1102)
🔁 Enhancement: The field length for the “HTTP Response Header” setting was significantly increased, allowing for the storage of multiple different response headers. (SP-1198)
🔁 Enhancement: A graphic in smoxy registration was replaced. (SP-1239)
🔁 Enhancement: The arrangement of fields in smoxy registration was slightly adjusted. (SP-1240)
⭐ New Feature: A new widget is now displayed in the sidebar to visualize monthly traffic usage. This widget is currently only for visualization purposes and does not affect smoxy usage. (SP-1232)
