cPanel Inc.,on Monday announced the release of cPanel & WHM 11.36 to the Current tier. Included in this brand new release are further improvements to the update system, building on work started with cPanel & WHM 11.30. A new staging step during installation allows a variety of checks to occur prior to changing the cPanel & WHM installation. This makes both new installation, and upgrades, more reliable.
cPanel & WHM 11.36 also bring an entirely new system for managing applications, based upon the tried-and-true RPM packaging format. By distributing applications via RPM they’re able to reduce cPanel & WHM installation time by 30%, on average. The new system also provides integrators and system deployers a simplified means of distributing applications with cPanel & WHM. Also included with cPanel & WHM 11.36 is a modern version of Perl with it. Perl 5.14 is available with all versions of 11.36 and newer. This change brings an end to the older Perl 5.8.8 distributed with prior versions of cPanel & WHM. This release also lays the groundwork for Apache 2.4, which will appear shortly with the release of EasyApache 3.18.
Other features are also available in version 11.36:
- The Email Auto Discovery feature, first introduced in cPanel & WHM 11.34, has been updated with improved compatibility with existing setups.
- It is now possible to display the number of files used by an account, in the cPanel Stats Bar.
- The ability to track mail sent by web applications is improved through the new functions to query the web server, and with X-PHP-Script functionality added to PHP.
cPanel also added that after upgrading to the new release, a downgrade to an older version will not be permitted.
About cPanel, Inc.
Since 1997, cPanel, Inc. has been a innovator and developer of control panel software for the web hosting industry. cPanel builds software that allows web host professionals to transform standalone servers into fully automated point-and-click web hosting platforms. cPanel licensed software allows owners of servers and websites, along with resellers and developers, to optimize their technical resources and replace tedious shell-oriented tasks with dynamic, intuitive web- based interfaces. For more information, visit: www.cpanel.net
