ISPConfig 3.1 RC 1 released for testing
This post is from 2016. Versions, commands and links in it may be outdated. The current release is ISPConfig 3.3.2p1.
What's new in ISPConfig 3.1
ISPConfig 3.1 is the next generation of the ISPConfig hosting control panel with a completely renovated UI and a lot of new features. Here a few highlights:
- New responsive User Interface based on the Bootstrap framework. The interface is responsive now which makes it easy to use ISPConfig on mobile devices.
- Dkim support. Digital Signing of email's with Dkim is now integrated.
- DNSSEC support for creating signed DNS zones.
- Let's encrypt support. Create free SSL certificates with Let's encrypt directly from within ISPConfig.
- Management of XMPP Servers in ISPConfig.
- Support for HHVM (Hip Hop Virtual Machine) as PHP engine.
- Full PHP 7 support.
- Support for Ubuntu 16.04.
- New REST API (the SOAP API still exists).
- Support for multiple default servers per client on multiserver installations.
- Many small features, improvements, and bugfixes. Please see changelog link below.
Screenshots
Please note that this is a Release Candidate and not the final version, the RC1 which has been released for testing purposes, it is not intended for the installation on production systems.
FAQ
- When will the ISPConfig 3.1 final version be released? The final version will be released next week if no major issues were found in the RC1.
- Will there be a new User Manual for ISPConfig 3.1? We are currently working on a new User manual für ISPConfig 3.1. The manual will be available for the Final release.
- Will there be a new Billing Module for ISPCOnfig 3.1? A new Billing Module for ISPConfig 3.1 will be released when the ISPConfig 3.1 final is ready.
Download
The software can be downloaded here:
http://www.ispconfig.org/downloads/ISPConfig-3.1rc1.tar.gz
Changelog
Known Issues
Please take a look at the bug tracker:
https://git.ispconfig.org/ispconfig/ispconfig3/issues
BUG Reporting
Please report bugs to the ISPConfig bug tracking system:
https://git.ispconfig.org/ispconfig/ispconfig3/issues
Supported Linux Distributions
- Debian Etch (4.0) - Jessie (8.0) and Debian testing
- Ubuntu 7.10 - 16.04
- OpenSuSE 11 - 13.2
- CentOS 5.2 - 7
- Fedora 9 - 15
Installation
The installation instructions for ISPConfig can be found here:
http://www.ispconfig.org/ispconfig-3/documentation/
Update
To update existing ISPConfig 3 installations, run these commands in the shell:
cd /tmp wget http://www.ispconfig.org/downloads/ISPConfig-3.1rc1.tar.gz tar xvfz ISPConfig-3.1rc1.tar.gz cd ispconfig3_install/install php -q update.php

