[Bacula-users] New release Bacularis 5.0.0

[Marcin H. <gan...@gm...>]

Hello Everybody,

We are glad to announce a new major Bacularis release 5.0.0. Changes
in this version are mainly related to modern security functions and to
the installation process.

On the security side, we added support for logging in with U2F
hardware keys. The security keys are used in the second factor of the
authentication. We reorganized the account settings page to provide a
better interface for managing 2FA methods. Now users can choose which
2FA method they want to use and they can easily switch between:
time-based authenticators (TOTP) and security keys (U2F).

For the installation process, we prepared changes in the install
wizard. This is for helping new Bacularis users and also new Bacula
users in first contact with Bacula related software. This is important
for us to encourage users to try Bacula. We try to do it in various
ways and making Bacularis functions easier is one of them.

Besides new functions and improvements, new Bacularis 5.0.0 is also
the bugfix release. Specially worth to mention is a fix to restore
using copy jobs reported by the Community and also fixes to the
install wizard.

Because 5.0.0 is the major release, packages are available in all
provided Bacularis repositories. This means that all users using 4.0.0
binary packages will be able to upgrade to 5.0.0. This new version is
compatible with previous versions including 4.0.0 and even older. We
wish you good upgrades.

Below you can find useful links:

The official release announcement:
https://bacularis.app/news/110/36/New-release-Bacularis-5.0.0
Video guide with using U2F keys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW-J-0DhN8g
Bacularis documentation: https://bacularis.app/doc/

Have good using Bacularis.

On behalf of the Bacularis Team
Marcin Haba (gani)