At SKUDONET, we continue to evolve to provide a more powerful, secure, and easy-to-manage load balancer. The latest version, SKUDONET Enterprise Edition 10.0.9, introduces key enhancements, particularly in SSL certificate management with Let’s Encrypt.

Let’s Encrypt Certificate Renewal Notifications

One of the most significant changes in this update is the addition of automatic renewal notifications for Let’s Encrypt certificates. Due to a policy change by Let’s Encrypt, users no longer receive direct notifications when their certificates are about to expire. To ensure administrators maintain full control over their certificates, SKUDONET now sends email notifications for all renewals processed through the Let’s Encrypt module.

Additionally, we’ve introduced:

  • Automatic Wildcard Certificate Creation with DNS providers such as Azure, AWS, Cloudflare, DuckDNS, Linode, and Namecheap.
  • Automatic Wildcard Certificate Renewal, allowing SKUDONET to handle the process without manual intervention.
  • New URL Rewrite Feature for HTTP/S services: Modify URL patterns similarly to Apache’s proxy_pass functionality.

System and Interface Improvements

  • Optimized WAF Error Message Handling: The size of WAF error messages has been limited to 32k to reduce memory usage and speed up HTTP responses when blocking actions are executed.
  • Improved IPDS Package Notification Management: The notification system no longer automatically evaluates the skudonet-ipds package, giving full control of these notifications to the IPDS system itself.
  • Enhanced User Experience in the WebGUI: Some forms and views have been redesigned to make the interface more intuitive and visually consistent with SKUDONET’s branding.

Bug Fixes

  • RBAC Permission Adjustments for Let’s Encrypt Management: A fix has been applied to the Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) system, allowing administrators to define specific permissions for Let’s Encrypt certificate management, including actions such as modifying, editing, renewing, and creating certificates.

With these updates, SKUDONET 10.0.9 reinforces its commitment to security, high availability, and seamless management for load balancing solutions. 🚀