Security fix for Java, BitNami apps updated

A new Java version that includes patches for multiple security vulnerabilities has been recently released. We want to let BitNami users know that all our Java-based application installers, virtual machines and cloud images have already been updated:
New versions of Apache Tomcat, JBoss, JRuby, Jenkins, Liferay, Alfresco and JasperReports has been released with the latest Java SE 7 update 25.

For more details about these security issues please check the information provided in the official Oracle Java blog. It is recommended that you upgrade to the latest versions of the apps.

We will also be removing older versions of the apps from Amazon, Azure and other repositories, to prevent end users inadvertently launching insecure versions of these apps.

BitNami Tomcat Stack now with phpMyAdmin

We have recently released an update for the BitNami Tomcat stack which includes the latest version of Tomcat, 7.0.35. Per popular demand, we now include phpMyAdmin, the popular MySQL admin tool.

For those of you not familiar with it, BitNami Tomcat Stack simplifies the development and deployment of Java web applications. It includes ready-to-run versions of Tomcat, Apache, MySQL and all of its required dependencies. Our users have repeatedly asked us to bundle a good database management tool because it would make easier the development of Java web applications with MySQL as the database engine. We researched existing Java-based tools, but we did not find any that were comparable in quality and functionality to phpMyAdmin.

phpMyAdmin is a free software tool written in PHP, intended to handle the administration of MySQL using a web browser. phpMyAdmin supports a wide range of operations with MySQL. The most frequently used operations are supported by the user interface (managing databases, tables, fields, relations, indexes, users, permissions, etc), while you still have the ability to directly execute any SQL statement.

Including phpMyAdmin in our Tomcat stack means that we also needed to bundle a PHP runtime, but we believe the tradeoff was worth it. Enjoy!

New BitNami JasperReports 5.0 released

We are happy to announce a new major release of BitNami JasperReports stack, version 5.0. JasperReports is a popular open source Java report and analysis tool.

BitNami JasperReports provides all-in-one free native installers, virtual machines and Amazon Cloud Images that simplify JasperReports' installation.

In addition to this, we also provide simplified deployment and management of JasperReports in the cloud with BitNami Cloud Hosting. Sign up for our free developer plan to check it out!

This version ships the following components:

 -  JasperReports 5.0
 -  Apache Tomcat 7.0.33
 -  JDK 1.7.0_09
 -  MySQL 5.5.28

JasperReports 5 welcome page

JasperReports 5 sample report

New BitNami Alfresco 4.2 released

We are happy to announce a new BitNami Alfresco Stack version: 4.2.a. BitNami Alfresco provides all-in-one free native installers, virtual machines and Amazon Cloud Images that simplify Alfresco installation. 

In addition to this, we also provide simplified deployment and management of Alfresco in the cloud with BitNami Cloud Hosting. Sign up for our free developer plan to check it out!

This version upgrades the following components:

• Alfresco 4.2.a
• JDK 1.7.0_07
• Apache Tomcat 7.0.32
• LibreOffice 3.5.4

Alfresco admin panel

Alfresco repository

BitNami is Coming to Windows Azure!

In connection with Microsoft’s release of new Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) capabilities to its cloud platform, we are very happy to announce that we are bringing your favorite BitNami apps to Windows Azure! In the very near future, we will be publishing two free images for Windows Azure, one focused on web development platforms and another with development environments.

The first image, BitNami DevPack,  provides an instant development environment for some of the most popular web development runtimes and servers, including PHP, Django, Ruby on Rails, Tomcat, MySQL, PostgreSQL and dozens of others. Everything you need to get started developing and hosting your own applications on Windows Azure is included in BitNami DevPack.

The other image, BitNami WebPack, includes ready to run versions of three of the most popular open source blog and CMS engines: WordPress, Drupal and Joomla!. It allows you to deploy full-featured websites in minutes which you can later customize with thousands of plugins and addons available for these platforms.

As with all BitNami Stacks, BitNami WebPack and DevPack for Azure are completely configured and ready-to-run, so you can have them up and running in minutes.

Sign up to be the among the first to know when these new images are available at: http://bitnami.org/azure.