_posts/2016-07-23-anope-204-release.md

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   3 title: Anope 2.0.4 Release
   4 author: Adam
   5 category: 2016
   6 # date: 2016-07-23T23:35:47+00:00
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   9 Anope 2.0.4 has been released, which contains bug fixes, and several new features, including support for building on GCC 6.
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  11 The notable changes includes:
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  13 Add notice rpc method to XMLRPC
  14 <br/>
  15 Fix access check in cs_updown to not allow actions on users with equal access
  16 <br/>
  17 Fix randomnews to work when there are more than 'newscount' random news
  18 <br/>
  19 Fix crash from handling nick introduction collisions on unreal4
  20 <br/>
  21 Add support for GCC6
  22 <br/>
  23 Fix handling /join 0 on ratbox
  24 <br/>
  25 Fix saset display to update the account of the proper user
  26 <br/>
  27 Fix nickserv/confirm to send account and +r when appropriate
  28 <br/>
  29 Fix chankill to not add duplicate akills
  30 <br/>
  31 Allow nickserv/maxemail to disregard gmail style aliases when comparing emails
  32 <br/>
  33 Fix chanserv/mode when setting listmodes with CIDR ranges
  34 <br/>
  35 Fix reported expiry time when the time is divisible by 1 year
  36 <br/>
  37 Clearify botserv repeat kicker help and allow setting repeat times to 1
  38 <br/>
  39 Send vident/vhost with SASL login
  40 <br/>
  41 Add support for SASL reauth
  42 <br/>
  43 Fix log and database backup directories to be properly created by the installer
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  45
  46 All users are recommended to upgrade.
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  48 MD5 Sum: 63c1c0c617d473e24de21593c529dbc5  <a href="https://github.com/anope/anope/releases/download/2.0.4/anope-2.0.4.exe">anope-2.0.4.exe</a><br/>
  49 MD5 Sum: e5e9ecb5aa5c49850666cf38b6f51b2c  <a href="https://github.com/anope/anope/releases/download/2.0.4/anope-2.0.4-source.tar.gz">anope-2.0.4-source.tar.gz</a><br/>
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  51
  52 The news post for the 2.0 branch is reproduced below for those not yet on 2.0. There is no new information here for users already on 2.0.
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  55
  56 We are proud to announce that after five years of development our latest stable release, Anope 2.0, is now available for download.
  57
  58 With this release we are deprecating the 1.8 branch and no longer recommend users use it.
  59
  60 <b>Overview of changes from 1.8 to 2.0:</b>
  61
  62 Use an account style system instead of the old NSNickTracking option, which allows you to stay logged in no matter what nick you are on.
  63 <br/>
  64 Fantasy support for all commands.
  65 <br/>
  66 Can assign core pseudo clients (such as ChanServ) to channels.
  67 <br/>
  68 A built in web panel.
  69 <br/>
  70 Persistent channels, which allows services bots to stay in empty channels.
  71 <br/>
  72 Channel passwords replaced with founder level access (QOP, or the FOUNDER access level).
  73 <br/>
  74 OWNER access levels added, defaults to access level 9999.
  75 <br/>
  76 The option to use a flags based channel access system.
  77 <br/>
  78 Ability to authenticate via SSL certificates
  79 <br/>
  80 Autojoin channels on authentication (ns_ajoin)
  81 <br/>
  82 Significantly more advanced logging system, choose what is logged and where it is logged.
  83 <br/>
  84 Support for other optional database backends, such as SQL and Redis.
  85 <br/>
  86 Granular command configuration. Configure which command is on what service, what it's called, and who can use it.
  87 <br/>
  88 Configurable opertypes, which allows defining new services operator levels (Root, Admin, Oper, etc.) and what permissions each has.
  89 <br/>
  90 Ability to authenticate users against external databases, such as by SQL or LDAP.
  91 <br/>
  92 Capability to switch between different encryption methods.
  93 <br/>
  94 DNSBL support.
  95
  96
  97 <b>Installation instructions for Linux/UNIX:</b>
  98
  99 Anope 2 requires CMake to be built. On most systems you can simply install the package from your package manager, eg. sudo apt-get install cmake or sudo yum install cmake.
 100
 101 First, enable any extra modules you want by executing the 'extras' script. Extra modules generally depend on other libraries, such as MySQL, and are not enabled by default due to their dependencies. Then run:
 102
 103 ./Config
 104 <br/>
 105 cd build
 106 <br/>
 107 make
 108 <br/>
 109 make install
 110
 111 <b>Upgrading instructions:</b>
 112
 113 1) Install Anope 2 to a separate directory from your old install (such as ~/services2)
 114
 115 2) Copy 1.8's databases to the 'data' directory of your new install.
 116
 117 3) Configure services, the configuration files are located in the 'conf' directory.
 118
 119    Anope 2 uses a different configuration file format from 1.8, you will have to reconfigure them completely.
 120 <br/>
 121    Use your old configuration as a reference.
 122
 123 4) While configuring, be sure to load db_old, which loads the old 1.8.x databases, and db_flatfile, which writes out the new Anope 2 database.
 124 <br/>
 125    Ensure that the hash method in db_old's configuration block is the same encryption method that you are currently using on 1.8.
 126 <br/>
 127    Load the correct encryption module, which is the same one configured in db_old.
 128
 129 5) Start services. Once you confirm your database has been successfully imported, comment or remove db_old from the configuration file, so that the next time services restart, they will load the newer database.
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 131
 132
 133 Third party modules, such as most of the ones found on on the <a href="https://modules.anope.org">Modsite</a>, that are written for 1.7.x or 1.8.x
 134 <br/>
 135 will not work with Anope 2. However, many of the features of the most popular 1.8 modules have been included in the Anope 2 release, so you may find you no longer need your extra modules. If it is unclear to you whether or not a given feature is in Anope 2, come ask us.
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 137
 138 Join our IRC channel at <a href="irc://irc.anope.org/anope">irc://irc.anope.org/anope</a> for questions or comments.