Security Release: Parse Server 2.3.1-1

Bitnami has released Parse Server version 2.3.1-1 for containers, installers and virtual machines to implement authentication when connecting to the Parse dashboard. If you deploy a new Bitnami Parse Server via a Bitnami Launchpad, your application will be up-to-date and secure. When deploying via a partner cloud marketplace, please ensure version 2.3.1-1 is selected.

If you are still using a Bitnami Parse Server version 2.3.1-0 or earlier you must take steps to secure your installation. This is important because unauthenticated users could connect to and and extract data from your server. Possible ways to secure your installation include:

    1. Preventing connections from the public Internet to port 80 on the Parse Server.
    2. Configuring authentication as described in our documentation.

Do you have questions about Bitnami or this security release? Please post to our community forum and we will be happy to help you.

Bitnami Parse Server Stack now includes Parse Dashboard!

We are happy to announce a new feature available in the Bitnami Parse Server Stack:

Following the suggestions made by the users of the original stack, we have included the Open Source project named Parse-Dashboard, which we believe will improve the overall user experience of this stack. 

The Parse Dashboard is a web interface that helps developers interact with the Parse Server API in a graphic way. With the dashboard, developers will be even closer to the experience available before migrating from the original Parse Hosting Services. 

With Bitnami, developers can easily deploy a ready-to-run Parse Server Stack, now including a beautiful web GUI, with just one click. To get started, choose from our all-in-one free native installers (for Linux), virtual machines and Cloud Images.

If you have questions about Bitnami Parse Server Stack, please post to our community forum and we will be happy to help.

Need a Parse Service Alternative? Try the New Bitnami Parse Self-hosted Server

If you’re one of the many affected by the recent announcement that Facebook’s Parse service is being discontinued, Bitnami is happy to offer an alternative.

In collaboration with our cloud partners, Bitnami is providing an open source Parse Server, ready to be deployed, either in the cloud or locally, with a single click.

Key Features: 

• Bitnami Parse Server images are one-click to deploy and get you up and running immediately on Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Platform, Digital Ocean, and the Google Cloud Platform launchpad. 

• They’re also available as Linux installers or virtual machine images for local installation. Local images have parity with those hosted on cloud environments.

• Bitnami images are consistent, kept up to date, and patched for security vulnerabilities that may arise. 

• Bitnami Parse Server stack is based on MEAN: Node.js 4.1.2, MongoDB 3.0.9, Express 4.2.0, and Parse Server 2.0.6.

We’ve also created a great guide to Bitnami Parse Server, covering such critical topics as:

• How do you access Bitnami Parse Server?

• How do you migrate application data from Parse's hosted service?

• How do you backup and restore Bitnami Parse Server? 

• How do you migrate an application from Parse hosted service?