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ISPConfig 3.0.5 final released

This post is from 2013. Versions, commands and links in it may be outdated. The current release is ISPConfig 3.3.2p1.

ISPConfig 3.0.5 is available for download. This release is a major release of ISPConfig 3.
For a detailed list of changes, please see the changelog section below.
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*** New! The ISPConfig 3 manual for ISPConfig 3.0.5 is now available! ***
Version 1.4 for ISPConfig >= 3.0.5 (Date: 02/22/2013)
Author: Falko [email protected]>
373 pages
The manual can be downloaded from these two links:
www.ispconfig.org/ispconfig-3/ispconfig-3-manual/
www.howtoforge.com/download-the-ispconfig-3-manual
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What’s new in ISPConfig 3.0.5
- APS package installer. See http://www.apsstandard.org for a list of available packages.
- New web backup system which includes the website databases.
- Mailuser login.
- PHP version selector. Use different PHP versions for different websites.
- Subdomains as virtualhost with separate directory inside the directory tree of the main website without rewriting.
- Support for mod_perl2.
- Improved default theme.
- Global search function.
- PHP-FPM support for Apache servers.
- PHP-FPM mode selector in website options.
- Hardened the website folder structure with new folder protection feature and stricter security settings.
- Maintenance mode.
- Password generator.
- Password confirmation fields.
- Directive snippets for Apache, nginx, and PHP can now be saved and be reused for other websites.
- Forms can be submitted by pressing ENTER (you don’t have to click the Save button anymore).
- Many more minor feature enhancements and bugfixes.
- IDN domains are converted automatically to / from punicode. (requires PHP idn extension from pecl)
- Mail traffic reporting for dovecot servers.
Special thanks to Marius Cramer from www.pixcept.de for his contributions to the 3.0.5 ISPConfig release.
Download
The software can be downloaded here:
prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ispconfig/ISPConfig-3.0.5.tar.gz
Changelog
bugtracker.ispconfig.org/index.php?do=index&tasks=&project=3&due=45&status[]=
Known Issues
Please take a look at the bugtracker:
bugtracker.ispconfig.org
BUG Reporting
Please report bugs to the ISPConfig bugtracking system:
bugtracker.ispconfig.org
Supported Linux Distributions
- Debian Etch (4.0) – Squeeze (6.0) and Debian testing
- Ubuntu 7.10 – 12.10
- OpenSuSE 11 – 12.2
- CentOS 5.2 – 6.3
- Fedora 9 – 15
Installation
The installation instructions for ISPConfig can be found here:
www.ispconfig.org/documentation/
Update
To update existing ISPConfig 3 installations, run this command on the shell:
ispconfig_update.sh
Select “stable” as the update resource. The script will check if an updated version of ISPConfig 3 is available and then download the tar.gz and start the setup script.
Detailed instructions for making a backup before you update can be found here:
www.faqforge.com/linux/controlpanels/ispconfig3/how-to-update-ispconfig-3/
If the ISPConfig version on your server does not have this script yet, follow the manual update instructions below.
Manual update instructions

cd /tmp
wget http://www.ispconfig...3-stable.tar.gz
tar xvfz ISPConfig-3-stable.tar.gz
cd ispconfig3_install/install
php -q update.php