Hello–
While there is not yet an exact ETA, we are pleased to announce that InterWorx 8 (IW8) will be moving from Public Beta to Public Release, soon.
Customers who would like to opt in early to IW8 have two options:
- Install IW8 on a fresh EL8 or EL9 server. Installation instructions can be found here (Information on EL9 support can be found in our original announcement)
- Use the in-place IW7 to IW8 upgrade tool. Information on how to enable the upgrade tool, and upgrade to InterWorx 8 can be found here
Things to Know:
- As EL7 went EOL at the end of June, InterWorx 8 is not supported on EL7 servers. The in-place upgrade tool will not work on EL7 servers
- As InterWorx 8 and the in-place upgrade tool are still considered public beta at this time, use on production servers at this time should be considered at-own-risk
- When using the in-place upgrade tool, it is currently recommended to select Beta from the dropdown when selecting the upgrade channel, as that is considered the most up-to-date version of IW8. If selecting any other channel, just be aware that the Welcome page that shows after the upgrade will still have the information for IW7, as this page has only been updated in the version of IW8 that is currently in the Beta channel (8.0.21)
- Once IW8 reaches Public Release status, the in-place upgrade tool will be exposed by default, and will no longer be enabled
- The upgrade from IW7 to IW8 is, and will continue to be, an opt-in feature. Automated updates to IW8 will not occur until IW7 reaches EOL status. At this time, we do not have a date as to when IW7 will be considered EOL, but it will not be any time soon. Just as we did with IW6 and IW7, we will support both versions concurrently for some time. New features, however, will be developed for IW8
InterWorx 8 includes the following new features:
- Refreshed GUI
- New UI sidebar that includes detailed information and documentation links for forms and tasks
- Support for AlmaLinux 9, Rocky Linux 9, and RHEL 9
- Improved Migration tool, which includes incremental imports and re-syncs, DNS updates, and other tools to assist with migrations
- Ability to change the docroot of primary or secondary domains via the GUI
- Ability to manage a Subdomain’s docroot and PHP version from the GUI
- Advanced domain configuration options via the GUI
Other Notable Changes:
- Horde is no longer a webmail option, as it does not support the new internal PHP version of PHP 8.2
- Let’s Encrypt and AutoSSL are enabled automatically
- Multiple PHP is now enabled automatically
- Webalizer was removed as a statistics option, as it does not support EL9
- Old file manager was removed, as it is not supported on EL8 or EL9
InterWorx 8 documentation can be found here: InterWorx — InterWorx documentation
If you have any questions or run into any issues, just submit a ticket to https://support.interworx.com and we will be happy to help you.
Thanks,
Jenna Swisher
Friendly Neighborhood InterWorx Support Manager
