JumpBox Official Blog

When we first created EC2 AMIs we provided public launch access to the free JumpBoxes for a brief period.  Later we changed how we handled AMIs but left these old AMIs public.  At this point, we think the presence of these year+ old AMIs in the public listing is doing more harm than good.  Leaving around one year old applications can leave unsuspecting users vulnerable.  Therefor we will be removing the public launch permissions on these AMIs this coming Sunday, February 28th, 2010.

The goal of this change is not to withdraw the availability of these images from people who may be relying upon them.  The change is intended to reduce confusion and avoid putting unsuspecting users into a bad position.  On a case by case basis we will consider granting launch access to users who need them.  Please contact JumpBox Support and provide your AWS ID and the AMI ID of the AMI you need access to.  Only non-dev pay AMIs that are currently publicly available are eligible.

Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

We <3 developers. And we love it when developers do creative and innovative things with JumpBoxes. To encourage more of this we've decided to make all deployment JumpBoxes completely free. This is our treat for you this Halloween.

If you’re a developer you can use these in numerous ways to speed up your development and testing processes. Here are some tricks:

• Isolated dev environments for multiple projects Rather than running a single set of resources on your desktop that are shared amongst many different projects, you can use a JumpBox for each and have pristine project isolation. This means less entanglement and changes you make to the app server, web server or database won’t introduce issues for other apps.
• No surprises when it comes time to deploy in production If you build your application on a JumpBox you can deploy it to production very easily using our built-in migration mechanism. Unlike moving code between a desktop dev environment to a server in your data center, there are no surprises when moving a JumpBox into production. You know it will work identically wherever it lives.
• Rapid proofing and staging capabilities when used in conjunction with Cloud Gear How often do you have to show your boss or your client a proof of your application while it’s still in development? If you develop on a JumpBox you can make use of Cloud Gear to quickly bring up an instance of your deployment JumpBox in the cloud and demo your app publicly. Tear it down when you’re done and pay only pennies for the time you use.
• A convenient way to distribute apps Maybe you have an app that requires a lot of custom configuration and .ini file tap-dancing to get it working? Rather than burdening the end user with a massive readme file with a bunch of ways they can mess it up, why not package your app using the JumpBox backup system and distribute this file? This is a great way to distribute a complex app. The end user simply gets the corresponding JumpBox, injects the backup and immediately has a working version of the app with all the customizations and sample data you set up.
• Tech support implications How do you currently support users that have trouble with your application? Whether it’s via phone, email or support forums it probably consists of a series of back and forth interaction (ie. “what do you see now” – “here’s a screenshot” – “now try this and tell me what you see”…). What if instead you could have your user just send you a copy of their exact setup and you could fix it yourself and send it back? If you’re app is built on a deployment JumpBox you can do this very thing using the backup system. It creates a delta of the changes that have been made since the original so it’s a very small file but can be merged back with a blank JumpBox to re-create what the user has.
• An easy way to test compatibility across versions of the app server Maybe you’re planning to distribute your app traditionally and have users run it natively but you need an easy way to see how it works earlier versions of the app server or the database? You can use Cloud Gear to speed up regression testing across past versions of the deployment environment by launching historical versions of the JumpBox simultaneously and deploying your app into them.

There are probably many other ways deployment JumpBoxes can be used. What other creative uses can you envision?

Alfresco is an Open Source Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system that provides features for Document Management, Collaboration, Records Management, Knowledge Management, Imaging and Web Content Management.

We’ve had a JumpBox for Alfresco in the library for some time, but Alfresco 3.2 is a significant upgrade to the previously available version. It brings the Alfresco Web Content Management (WCM) component for managing web sites, Alfresco Share for document collaboration similar to Microsoft Sharepoint and direct mounting of the Alfresco repository as an SMB file share to make it easier to add and edit documents. This new JumpBox is available here.

A few things to note about this release.

• Alfresco is a very complicated application and takes a very long time to start. Once you go through JumpBox configuration it may take up to 10 minutes before the Alfresco application is fully running so please be patient.
• This version of Alfresco comes with a Beta application called Alfresco Studio that does not currently function correctly. This doesn’t seem to be an issue specifically with the JumpBox but with the application in general. We’re working on a fix.
• To get started with WCM in general please see these instructions.
• In order to preview a WCM project in this release you need to follow these instructions first.
• Internationalization is not fully functioning in this release. We’re working on a fix.

Please see this forums thread for additional details about this release and to ask questions if you run into any problems.

We’ve got a new addition to JumpBox Open today: please welcome the JumpBox for Dimdim Web Conferencing. Similar to services like WebEx, Goto Meeting and Acrobat Connect, this application allows you to conduct virtual meetings online where you can:

• Share your computer screen with up to twenty people
• Collaboratively annotate documents with a team in real-time
• Browse the web as a group with participants in remote locations
• Use audio, video and text chat for maximum presence

Dimdim provides a solid Open Source alternative to the popular online meeting services. And with the JumpBox for Dimdim it’s easy to deploy your own private instance on your network or in the cloud.

Ramp Up Video

To make it even easier to get productive with Dimdim we’ve put out a screencast to introduce you to the basics of using it to host an online meeting. Find a full time-coded table of contents to that video on the post. The other videos include intros to SnapLogic, GLPI and KnowledgeTree for data integration, asset tracking and document management respectively. Let us know if you find these videos useful and which other applications you’d like to see summarized in this way.

Application Updates

It wouldn’t be a Wednesday without some updates! The following apps have new releases available:

	The Application	What’s Changed
	Silverstripe 1.1.4 Silverstripe is a standards-compliant content management system that allows the user to manage a dynamic content site. Silverstripe utilizes MVC architecture and has a desktop feel with its use of AJAX-based controls.	Upgraded to version 2.3.0. Security improvements, compatability with Internet Explorer 7 and Safari, and fixes a number of Javascript errors. View Release Notes
	Movable Type 1.1.7 Movable Type is Six Apart’s flagship blog software product, launched in 2001. Today, this robust social publishing platform powers the websites and blogs of many of the world’s largest media companies, Fortune 100 businesses, small and medium sized businesses, and power bloggers.	Upgraded to version 4.24. This release contains a security fex and an improved password recovery feature. View Release Notes
	Bugzilla 1.1.4 Bugzilla is a web-based bug tracking system that allow individual or groups of developers to keep track of outstanding bugs in their product. Bugzilla competes with many commercial bug tracking systems and has many features its expensive counterparts lack.	Upgraded to version 3.2.2 This is a major new release of Bugzilla. Important improvements include a new default skin, a much improve bug editing form, new field types and improved multilingual support. View Release Notes
	Drupal 5.x 1.1.11 Drupal is an open source, web content management (WCM) system. It provides a simple, intuitive interface that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website without programming skills.	Upgraded to version 5.1.6. View Release Notes
	Drupal 6.x 1.1.9 Drupal 6.x is a content management system that allows you to publish, manage and organize a wide variety of website content. Create and manage community web portals, discussion sites, corporate websites, personal sites, intranet sites, even sites for social networking.	Upgraded to version 6.10. View Release Notes
	Redmine 1.1.5 Redmine is a project management and issue tracking system for software developers. Redmine provides many of the features in Trac plus support for multiple projects, role based access control, time tracking functionality, Gantt charts, a calendar view and user self-registration support.	A bug that broke the subversion repositories of restores that contained subprojects has been resolved. The Redmine application did not change.

It’s a great time to be a customer of JumpBox Open. If you’re paying for an online meeting service now, the JumpBox for Dimdim alone could save you enough money to pay for an entire year’s subscription in a single month alone. Check the pricing matrix to find the plan that’s right for you.

As always, thanks for your interest and feel free to contact us.

-Team JumpBox

The JumpBox Open collection continues to grow. Today we add the JumpBox for the SnapLogic Data Integration.

SnapLogic allows you to access and transform data from disparate sources and create data "pipelines" that can be chained together to perform useful tasks. Splice data from a spreadsheet on your desktop with records stored in a networked MySQL database and mash it all up with supplementary info via a public webservice on the Internet. Snaplogic is the "digital duct tape" that helps you quickly tackle integration projects.

Similar to the "Yahoo Pipes" system, SnapLogic gives you a visual environment for knitting together data feeds and manipulating data without writing code. Because pipelines are composed of modular components, new data sources can easily be "snapped in" to leverage existing logic. JumpBox for SnapLogic is a part of our JumpBox Open program and is available for download to JumpBox Open subscribers or can be trialed online using our Rapid Trial feature. To learn more about the SnapLogic software and community please visit snaplogic.com.

SnapLogic Ramp Up Video

To make it even easier to get started with SnapLogic we’ve put together a screencast tutorial that demonstrates the process of solving a data integration problem using SnapLogic. We’ll start with a fresh instance and walk through all the steps necessary to deliver a working application. In the exercise we show off some useful development techniques unique to virtualized environments and JumpBoxes and in the process create a solution to a problem that companies pay thousands of dollars per year to address. The challenge involves fighting crime and frozen bank accounts. Curious what it is? Watch the video to find out.

Updated JumpBoxes

Note: To stay truly up to date you can find out about new releases as they happen by following us on Twitter.

	The Application	What’s Changed
	Wordpress 1.1.10 Wordpress is one of the worlds most popular blog publishing applications. Create a blog and communicate directly with your audience online. Publish commentary, receive comments, share video and more with this blog publishing system.	Wordpress has been updated to Wordpress version 2.7.1. Notable changes: Filters refactored to avoid XSS attacks Revisions now respect timezone offset Comment feeds are now valid RSS View release notes
	Trac 1.1.8 Trac is an advanced tool for tracking software development projects. It provides a simple wiki, issue tracking system and tight integration with the Subversion revision control system.	Trac has been updated to the 0.11.3 release. Notable changes: Highlighting of search results is more robust Unicode related fixes Fixed Trac link rendering in ReST View release notes
	Cacti 1.1.4 Cacti is a complete network graphing solution designed to harness the power of RRDTool’s data storage and graphing functionality. Cacti provides a fast poller, advanced graph templating, multiple data acquisition methods, and user management features out of the box. All of this is wrapped in an intuitive, easy to use interface that makes sense for LAN-sized installations up to complex networks with hundreds of devices.	Cacti has been updated to Cacti version 0.8.7d. Notable changes: Enhancements to SNMP cli version information on tech support page Various bug fixes including LDAP-related issues, cross site scripting checking and deletion of large numbers of graphs and data sources. View release notes
	Dokuwiki 1.1.3 DokuWiki is a simple, clean and easy to use a Wiki system that allows collaborative editing of a web site. It’s focused on creating documentation for developer teams, workgroups and small companies.	Dokuwiki has been updated to the 2009.2.14 release. Notable changes: Added Flash multi-uploader Improved XMLRPC interface Performance optimizations Better support for non-default auth backends View release notes
	Redmine 1.1.4 Redmine is a project management and issue tracking system for software developers. Redmine provides many of the features in Trac plus support for multiple projects, role based access control, time tracking functionality, Gantt charts, a calendar view and user self-registration support.	Redmine has been updated to the 0.8.1 release. Notable changes: Fixes to the Trac Importer Various minor bug fixes Various minor feature enhancements View release notes
	Mediawiki 1.1.8 MediaWiki is a Wiki application that allows you to write, edit, manage, store, and organize knowledge collaboratively. Create and edit content collaboratively, search and retrieve information effortlessly. The JumpBox for MediaWiki provides you with the world’s most popular wiki platform.	Mediawiki has been updated to the 1.13.4 release. Notable changes: Fixes for numerous XSS security vulnerabilities View release notes
	Moinmoin 1.1.8 MoinMoin is an advanced, easy to use and extensible Wiki Engine with a large community of users. It’s written in Python and has a clean easy to understand user interface.	MoinMoin has been updated to the 1.8.2 release. Notable changes: Ability to turn off IP address logging for more privacy Fixes for XSS security vulnerabilities Updated the FCK editor View release notes
	Zenoss 1.1.1 Zenoss enables network administrators to manage the configuration, health, and performance of networks, servers and network applications. Monitor your network availability, inventory, configuration, performance, and more with the Jumpbox for Zenoss.	Zenoss has been updated to the 2.3.2 release. Notable changes: Now includes most core ZenPacks by default Improved JMX monitoring and error reporting for Java applications Improved monitoring of Windows servers View release notes
	Orange HRM 1.1.1 OrangeHRM helps small and mid-sized organizations simplify Human Resource Management (HRM). This modular HRM system automates HR processes, and harnesses the power of regular staff and HR officials to enable your organization’s success. Each module features the ability to automatically notify appropriate organization officials, and electronically allow review and approval of HR issues.	OrangeHRM has been updated to the 2.4.1 release. Notable changes: Significant number of bugfixes Significant improvements to the updater View release notes

Last week we introduced JumpBox Open Starter, a new, lower priced tier of JumpBox Open Subscription that starts at $149 per year. This plan is geared toward the individual and as you might expect, at the equivalent of less than $13 per month, it’s been quite popular. However, as we’ve looked at initial feedback it occurred to us we could make it even better.
In fact we realized we could make all JumpBox Open plans better, so today we’re introducing unlimited development instances for all plans. Now you can deploy any number, of any combination, of any JumpBox for development and other non-production uses. This includes all current and future JumpBox releases.

Our goal is simple, expose you to the best Open Source software around in a simple, ready to deploy format that becomes a no-brainer to use for production as well. Along with the development instances, each plan also includes an allocation of instances for production deployment and our goal is that you’ll want to use more and more JumpBoxes for production deployment and as your production needs increase, you’ll upgrade your subscription to allow additional production deployments.

These new production deployment instances also introduce another much asked for capability, the ability to run more than one of the same JumpBox. So now if your plan allows five production instances you’re free to pick and choose what you want to run as those instances. Want to run 3 JumpBoxes for Wordpress, a JumpBox for MediaWiki and a JumpBox for Trac go right ahead, or maybe you just need 5 Drupal’s that’s OK too. Run five of the same, or all five different or any combination. It’s entirely up to you. Need more than five, just upgrade to the next level of subscription. Simple.

You can also switch out those production instances at any time. So if you decide you want to switch from using Drupal to using Silverstripe for your web site. No problem, you pick what you want to run and can switch at any time.

Every time you use a JumpBox you should be saving at least a couple hours of your time. Time that can be put to more productive work doing things that are hopefully more enjoyable than installing and managing Open Source software. That’s what we’re here for. If we can save you just five hours in the next year, JumpBox Open will have paid for itself.

You can learn more about the new plans here.

Ramp Up screencast

How to run a JumpBox on VirtualBox

Our series of screencasts to help you get started quickly with JumpBox applications continues. This episode of Ramp Up features VirtualBox, the popular Open Source virtualization product from Sun Microsystems. VirtualBox supports many host operating systems including Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, and OpenSolaris. Though we don’t officially support it yet, VirtualBox can also manage a JumpBox. In less than six minutes, we’ll show you how it’s done.

Updated Applications

JumpBox for Wordpress

Wordpress is one of the worlds most popular blog publishing applications. You can easily publish online, receive comments, share video, and more with this blog publishing system.

The JumpBox version for Wordpress has been updated from version 1.1.8 to version 1.1.9, the included application has not changed. This JumpBox update fixes a bug related to setting a static IP address.

JumpBox for Redmine

Redmine is an open source, web-based project management and bug-tracking tool. Redmine supports multiple projects and includes calendar and gantt charts to aid visual representation of projects and their deadlines.

The JumpBox version for Redmine has been updated. This JumpBox update fixes a problem that prevented “svn cp” from working and adds some improvements as well. The JumpBox version number and the included application have not changed.

JumpBox for OTRS

OTRS is an issue tracking, or trouble ticket system that helps your Support, Sales, Help Desk, or other departments to track and assign tickets to incoming queries.

The OTRS community has updated OTRS from version 2.33 to version 2.3.4. (OTRS release notes) This release includes new features including a Support Assessment module which allows you to check relevant installation and configuration settings and optimize your OTRS application. JumpBox version 1.1.6 (updated from 1.1.5) includes this OTRS update.

JumpBox for Moodle

Moodle is a course management system that allows educators to create engaging online learning communities.

The Moodle community has updated Moodle from version 1.9.3 to version 1.9.4. (Moodle’s release notes) This release includes a number of new features such as options that allow Moodle to be configured to comply with European and US privacy regulations, an essay question randomizer, and the ability to allow students to see their previously completed coursework. The release also fixes bugs related to creating and editing course categories. JumpBox version 1.1.6 (updated from 1.1.5) includes this Moodle update.

JumpBox for GLPI

GLPI is an IT and Asset Management System that allows IT administrators to manage the maintenance, tracking, and servicing of IT inventory.

The GLPI community has updated GLPI from version 0.71.3 to version 0.71.5. (GLPI’s release notes) This release includes a security update, and users are urged to upgrade. JumpBox version 1.1.1 (updated from 1.1.0) includes this GLPI update.

Hello,
We’ve done it again, this time traveling across the Atlantic to the country of France to bring you this newest addition to JumpBox Open.

Introducing the JumpBox for GLPI – IT and Asset Management System

GLPI helps you manage and track IT equipment, like computers, software, peripherals, and consumables, and their associated maintenance, documentation, and help desk requests.

GLPI stands for “Gestionnaire libre de parc informatique” (loosely translated as “Free IT Manager”) but with available support for 22 languages you don’t need to “Parlez-Vous Français” to use it. GLPI should prove useful to small and mid-sized in-house IT organizations as well as outside service providers who manage computers, etc. for others. GLPI’s additional benefits include easy management of equipment documentation, including operating procedures, FAQ’s, and lease agreements, help desk functionality that allows users to directly request help desk support, and job tracking and routing. Additionally, GLPI enables multi-user, multi-location use, and features a mail notification system which can deliver help desk requests directly to technicians.

Special Note: GLPI can be combined with another application, OCS Inventory NG,
to enable auto-discovery, inventory visualization, and application deployment to
monitored computers. Would you find that combination useful? Please let us know and we’ll do it!

Find out more about GLPI: From GLPI’s website, the JumpBox for GLPI web page and our

Ramp Up screencast for the JumpBox for GLPI

(Psst, it’s in the post below. Quick before you miss it!)

Our series of screencasts to help you “Ramp Up” and get started quickly with JumpBox applications continues.

Manage JumpBoxes on Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) with Amazon’s new web-based console
Last year we knocked the skin off the ball, crushed the bat over our knee, and trotted the bases throwing up the peace sign when we made our library of JumpBox applications available on EC2, a service which allows you to rent computing power to run your applications. Amazon has recently released a web-based point and click interface that allows you to manage those JumpBoxes on EC2 much easier.

The Amazon Web Services Management Console gives you the ability to start and stop EC2 instances (such as JumpBox AMI’s) and view and perform actions on running on those instances. Upcoming features of the console include the ability to manage Amazon’s S3 data storage service, which is supported by the JumpBox backup system. This new interface means < a href=”http://www.jumpbox.com/jumpbox-open#subscription-plans”>Premium and Plus subscribers, whose subscriptions automatically include access to all JumpBox AMI’s, as well as the general public, who can access the 12 free JumpBox AMI’s, no longer have to download any software or plugins to manage JumpBox instances. JumpBox deployments just keep getting easier.

And now ladies and gentlemen…it’s time for

Updated Applications!!!! (crowd roars!!!)


JumpBox for Joomla 1.5

Joomla! is an award-winning Content Management System (CMS) that will help you build websites and other powerful online applications.

The Joomla! community has updated Joomla! version 1.5.8 to 1.5.9. This is a security release and users are strongly encouraged to upgrade immediately. JumpBox version 1.1.8 (updated from 1.1.7) includes this Joomla! application update.

JumpBox for OpenFire

OpenFire is a real-time collaboration server that enables instant messaging. Based around the open Jabber XMPP protocol, OpenFire provides private and public instant messaging and group chat with support for any client that supports Jabber.

The OpenFire community has update OpenFire from version 3.6.2 to 3.6.3. The release includes fixes to a few minor bugs. JumpBox version 1.1.2 (updated from 1.1.1) includes this OpenFire application update.
JumpBox for Drupal 5.x

Drupal 5.x is a content management system that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of web content.

The Drupal community has updated Drupal from version 5.14 to 5.15. This release fixes security vulnerabilities and sites are urged to upgrade immediately.
JumpBox version 1.1.9 updated to 1.1.10 includes this Drupal 5.x application update.
JumpBox for Drupal 6.x

The Drupal community has also updated Drupal 6.x, from version 6.8 to 6.9. This release fixes security vulnerabilities and again, sites are urged to upgrade immediately. JumpBox version 1.1.7, updated to 1.1.8 includes this Drupal release.

Premium and Plus subscriptions to JumpBox Open include the ability to use all JumpBox AMI’s on EC2. Here are just a few benefits:

• Use JumpBoxes on EC2 as a lab environment to keep your systems administration investment low while you test the viability of applications.
• Instantly scale your application to meet spikes in traffic or demand. Traffic crash your site? Not likely with a JumpBox on EC2. When your JumpBox’s computing requirements change, Amazon EC2 can instantly respond, providing more power. No compromises, no up-front investment.

Live the simple life out there people. No hardware, no software, no stress.

No wife telling you to cook more often you lazy so and so, no arguing with your daughter to do that darn homework, no going to the pantry to get your hidden box of Mike and Ike’s only to find that your little son found them first. Man, all of them! No going to the… Oh wait. Uh, never mind all that.

You want stress free living? JumpBox Open

Seasons Greetings everyone,
In the spirit of the season, we are happy to offer you the newest addition to JumpBox Open.

Introducing the JumpBox for Gallery photo management.

Gallery is a web-based photo album organizer that helps you manage and integrate digital images with your website. Gallery allows you to create unlimited albums of your favorite photos and movies then store, manage, and share them easily.

Gallery enables collaboration and sharing with a unique feature set that includes RSS publishing, audience commenting, and email notifications. Gallery makes managing your digital images easy as well. For instance, Gallery allows you to save time when uploading your images by uploading materials via ZIP files or forms and can even retrieve web page images for your automatically given the web page URL.

Gallery provides photo manipulation features including automatic thumbnails, resizing, rotation, and flipping so you don’t have to use another application to do it beforehand.

Start managing your photos and movies in minutes with the JumpBox for Gallery.

The JumpBox for Gallery is available as a free download.  Grab one and try it out!

Also, we’ve got updated JumpBoxes!

JumpBox for phpBB 1.1.5
phpBB is an open source discussion forum system that integrates with your website. It’s a great tool for creating online discussion groups in organizations both large and small.

phpBB was upgraded to version 3.0.4, a release which includes minor bug fixes, security patches, and performance enhancements. (Release Notes)

JumpBox for vtiger CRM 1.1.3
vTiger is an open source web-based customer relationship management (CRM) system with features on par with applications like SugarCRM and Salesforce.com. For companies with multiple employees and multiple customers, customer relationship management system is a cornerstone of business success.

An upstream patch has been applied to fix a number of security vulnerabilities within the vTiger application however, the version of the vtiger application has not changed. (Release Notes)

JumpBox for MediaWiki 1.1.7
MediaWiki is a powerful open source wiki engine for web-based document collaboration. It’s a great tool that allows a team of collaborators to work together in creating and editing information. MediaWiki includes powerful wiki tools that allow you to create content using a simple plain text format that eliminates the need to write HTML code.

MediaWiki was updated to version 1.13.3. which fixes several critical security vulnerabilities. (Release Notes)

JumpBox for SugarCRM 5 1.1.8
SugarCRM is fantastic open source customer relationship management (CRM) system.

SugarCRM has been updated to version 5.1.0c, this release fixes a number of bugs. (Release Notes)

The JumpBox for SugarCRM 5 requires a special process to upgrade from earlier versions, find the release notes on the JumpBox for SugarCRM 5 upgrade process here.

JumpBox for Wordpress 1.1.8
Wordpress is one of the worlds most popular open source blog publishing applications. Create a blog and communicate directly with your audience online. Publish commentary, receive comments, share video and more with this blog publishing system.

Wordpress has been updated to Wordpress version 2.7 which adds a number of new features including: a redesigned interface, a new dashboard that you can arrange via drag and drop, QuickPress, comment threading, paging, and more. (Release Notes)

JumpBox for Drupal 6 1.1.7
Drupal is an open source content management system (CMS). It provides a simple, intuitive interface that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website without programming skills.

Drupal updated to Drupal 6.8 which fixes a number of bugs and some critical security issues. Updating is recommended for all users. (Release Notes)

JumpBox for Mantis 1.1.4
Mantis is an open source web-based bug tracking system with features including: time tracking, wiki integration, email notifications, RSS, a RESTful interface, Twitter integration, road map functionality and preset work flows.

Mantis has been updated to version 1.1.6, this release fixes caching issues, and some access permissions bugs. (Release Notes)

JumpBox for Drupal 5 1.1.9
Drupal is an open source content management system (CMS). It provides a simple, intuitive interface that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website without programming skills.

Drupal upgraded to version 5.14 which includes updates that solve critical security issues, incompatibility issues with some versions of PHP, and problems using the bug tracking system. (Release Notes)

JumpBox for Magento 1.1.2
Magento is an open source eCommerce application that allows merchants to build, create, and manage online storefronts. Magento’s customizable solution features tools for site management, marketing promotions, search engine optimization, and catalog management.

Magento has been updated to 1.1.8. A number of bugs have been fixed and new features have been added such as Google Website Optimizer and Google Base integration. (Release Notes)

JumpBox for Openfire 1.1.1
OpenFire is an open source real-time collaboration server based around the open Jabber XMPP protocol. It provides private and public instant messaging and group chat with support for any client that supports Jabber.

OpenFire has been updated to version 3.6.2. The update includes a number of bug fixes. (Release Notes)

JumpBox for Movable Type 1.1.6
Movable Type is an open source blogging platform which powers the websites and blogs of many of the world’s largest media companies, Fortune 100 businesses, and small and medium sized organizations.

Movable Type has been updated to Movable Type version 4.23. A number of changes have been made including enhancements to memory utilization, and database performance. New features giving designers and administrators greater control in optimizing the performance of their system have been added as well. (Release Notes)

JumpBox for Joomla!1.5 1.1.7
Joomla! is an award-winning Content Management System (CMS) that will help you build websites and other powerful online applications.

No updates have been made to the Joomla! 1.5 application however, the JumpBox for Joomla! 1.5 has been updated to remove the register icon from the admin portal.

Happy Holidays!

With a JumpBox you can deploy an application in 3 minutes but we’ve recently made it even easier.
Today we formally announced the release of all 38 JumpBox applications to the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service. This combination of JumpBox and EC2 signals a new era of agility and flexibility for virtualized organizations; server application deployment, configuration, and management without downloading any software, and almost completely independent of hardware.

Public Amazon Machine Images (AMI) for twelve JumpBox applications, including Ruby on Rails, Drupal, SugarCRM and more have been made available for free, AMIs for the full suite of 38 applications are available to Plus and Premium subscribers to JumpBox Open, our subscription suite of virtual appliances for getting things done.

Imagine: Enabling better customer service, software development, or content management almost instantly. EC2 provides cost effective, scalable computing power; JumpBox provides the application packaged for instant deployment.

Here’s what Jeff Barr, the Evangelist for Amazon Web Services had to say about JumpBox + EC2 in his post, JumpBox – Ready To Use Applications For EC2 on the AWS blog :

“..great for workgroups and web sites with modest amounts of traffic. They are perfect for trying out new applications and for getting off the ground in a big hurry. All in all, this is pretty powerful stuff. If you are putting a web startup together you can have your blog, bug tracker, project manager, wiki, and content management system up and running in the first hour of business.”

Pretty much sums it up. Now go kick some butt out there.
Steve

Here’s the official news release.

Hello,

If you need help managing your IT network’s growth and complexity, I’m glad to offer you a new tool to meet the challenge.

The JumpBox Open suite of award-winning applications now features the JumpBox for Zenoss IT Management.

The JumpBox for Zenoss enables network administrators to manage the configuration, health, and performance of networks, servers, applications and more. Monitor network devices, services, host resources, availability, and configuration with Zenoss, named by Infoworld as the best open source network monitoring solution of 2008 and now available as a simple to deploy JumpBox.

You can take the JumpBox for a spin with an instant trial right from your web browser and learn much more about Zenoss with a visit to their web site.

We hope you enjoy this latest addition to JumpBox Open and our continued focus on bringing you the best Open Source software available. There’s much more coming in the future.

Updated JumpBoxes

• JumpBox for Wordpress 1.1.7 (Download)

  Wordpress is one of the worlds most popular blog publishing applications. Create a blog and communicate directly with your audience online. Publish commentary, receive comments, share video and more with this blog publishing system.

  Updated to Wordpress 2.6.5 that fixes one security problem and a few other bugs. (Release notes)

• JumpBox for Redmine 1.1.1 (Download)

  Redmine is a project management and issue tracking system for software developers. Redmine provides many of the features in Trac plus support for multiple projects, role based access control, time tracking functionality, Gantt charts, a calendar view and user self-registration support. It includes tight integration with subversion and the JumpBox has everything you need already included so that you can hit the ground running.

  Fixes a minor bug in the backup system.

• JumpBox for PunBB 1.1.6 (Download)

  PunBB is a lightweight discussion forum that provides the essential features to host a thriving community without the tedious database, web server and application setup. It may have fewer bells and whistles than other forum applications but it has an intuitive user interface and renders XHTML-compliant output.

  Updated to PunBB 1.3.2 which fixes a XSS vulnerability. Also removed licensing to make it a FREE download. (Release notes)

• JumpBox for PmWiki 1.1.3 (Download)

  PmWiki is a wiki-based system for collaborative creation and maintenance of websites. PmWiki pages look and act like normal web pages, except they have an "Edit" link that makes it easy to modify existing pages and add new pages into the website, using basic editing rules.

  Removed licensing to make it a FREE download.

• JumpBox for MoinMoin 1.1.6 (Download)

  MoinMoin is an advanced, easy to use and extensible Wiki Engine with a large community of users. It’s written in Python and has a clean easy to understand user interface. Since it’s a Python program it’s not one of the most popular wikis, but that’s a shame as it has a very clean interface and is a very powerful tool for documentation projects. This makes the JumpBox for MoinMoin even more valuable, because it allows us to expose this great Wiki system to more users who we believe will find it quite valuable.

  Removed licensing to make it a FREE download.

• JumpBox for Joomla 1.0.x 1.1.3 (Download)

  Joomla! is an award-winning Content Management System (CMS) that will help you build websites and other powerful online applications.

  Removed licensing to make it a FREE download.

• JumpBox for SugarCRM 1.1.3 (Download)

  SugarCRM is the market-leading, commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) application. SugarCRM’s open source architecture easily adapts to any business environment by offering a more flexible, cost-effective alternative than proprietary applications.

  Removed licensing to make it a FREE download.

• JumpBox for TikiWiki 1.1.4 (Download)

  TikiWiki is your Groupware/Content Management System solution with a long list of features to help you build a compelling web based community.

  Removed licensing to make it a FREE download.

• JumpBox for silverstripe 1.1.3 (Download)

  Silverstripe is a standards-compliant content management system that allows the user to manage a dynamic content site. Silverstripe utilizes MVC architecture and has a desktop feel with its use of AJAX-based controls.

  Removed registration icon.

Thank you

The JumpBox Team