This release fixes two reported crashes.  Additionally this release adds support for creating a (free!) bluecherry.app domain and will generate Let's Encrypt SSL for you.  The subdomain / Let's Encrypt process takes approximately 60 seconds to complete.

Watch our short YouTube video for information on this using this new feature.

Once you generate a Let's Encrypt SSL you can test out our Bluecherry App!  Join us on Slack for a free invite on TestFlight (iOS) or our Android app.

Note - A Bluecherry perpetual license is required to use this feature, it is not avoid in the community edition.

Changes in RC3: 

FIX: All reported crashes in RC2.
FIX: Firefox UblockOrigin blocks certain menu item clicks (#474)
FIX: Web: 504 Gateway Time-out fix (#470)
FIX: 30 day trial should allow unlimited cameras, however currently limited to 4 (#475)
FIX: Adding a user without an email address causes the web interface to become unresponsive (#484)
FIX: Warn users who are upgrading from Version 2 to Version 3 that their license keys will not work in Version 2 (#492)
FIX: Update location of nginx logs for viewing in Web UI 
FEATURE: Add webhook test functionality

• FIX: Resolve PHP problems preventing installation

This release focuses solely on a Debian 10 (Buster) installation problem discovered after 3.1.0-rc2.  This fix is for Debian 10 Buster only.

After this you can run this command to update your repository to the unstable repository and install version 3.1.0-rc1

sudo bash -c "$(curl -s https://dl.bluecherrydvr.com/scripts/install-unstable)

If you DO NOT want to upgrade and want to keep the currently installed Bluecherry version please run:

sudo apt-mark hold bluecherry

• FIX: Resolve large memory leak, causing OOM failure sometimes as soon as 1 hour (0132827)
• FIX: Resolve buffer append crash (6bc8cee)

This release focuses solely on all crashes that was reported to Bluecherry, including a nasty memory leak and a crash that occurred every hour.  

Note:  Currently the SSL / CNAME section is disabled and will be added soon.

Please post any questions / comments on our community forums or on our Slack channel.

If you are running v2 and want to try v3.1.0-rc1 it is recommended that you first backup your database:

mysqldump -u bluecherry -p bluecherry >> bluecherry-v2.dump

After this you can run this command to update your repository to the unstable repository and install version 3.1.0-rc1

sudo bash -c "$(curl -s https://dl.bluecherrydvr.com/scripts/install-unstable)

If you DO NOT want to upgrade and want to keep the currently installed Bluecherry version please run:

sudo apt-mark hold bluecherry

• FEATURE: Migrate completely to nginx instead of Apache (#436)
• FEATURE: Support HLS web streaming for live view (#437)
• FEATURE: Allow trial licenses
• FEATURE: Start initial work to support Lets Encrypt SSL (will be fully added in -RC2) -- Requires paid license.

Currently packages are available for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04 and Debian Buster.

Update 6/8/2021: Packages for Ubuntu 20.10 (groovy), Ubuntu 21.04 (hirsute) and Debian Bullseye are now available.

 Ubuntu 20.10 and Debian Bullseye are expected in the near future

Note:  Currently the SSL / CNAME section is disabled and will be added soon.

Please post any questions / comments on our community forums or on our Slack channel.

If you are running v2 and want to try v3.1.0-rc1 it is recommended that you first backup your database:

mysqldump -u bluecherry -p bluecherry >> bluecherry-v2.dump

After this you can run this command to update your repository to the unstable repository and install version 3.1.0-rc1

sudo bash -c "$(curl -s https://dl.bluecherrydvr.com/scripts/install-unstable)" 

• Port Bluecherry Client to Qt5
• Support Ubuntu 20.04 (#320)
• Support Debian Buster (#321)
• Reimplemented liveview GUI using Qt Widgets instead of QML
• Enabled switching between liveview substream & main stream
• Migrated to Autotools build system
• Reimplment drag and drop functionality (lost during port to Qt5)

As always you can download the client on our website, www.bluecherrydvr.com/downloads or run ‘sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install bluecherry-client’ on Ubuntu / Debian systems.  Optionally you can build the latest client yourself by downloading the source code here (https://github.com/bluecherrydvr/bluecherry-client)

• Fix: Nasty storage deletion routine bug where old videos may not be deleted, resulting in 100% disk usage and failure to components (#433)
• Feature: Implement new announcement / changelog system (#445)

This release focuses on tracking orphan video / image files that are left over on the server taking up unnecessary space.  When running 2.8.9 you may see the following in the bluecherry logs:

bc-server[21782]: I(): Initial media cleanup finished: removed(2122), archived(0), errors(23), others(0)

 If you see an error in the log file it is safe to ignore this.

Note:  This will be the last 2.8.9 server release.  We will be releasing 3.1.0 release candidates starting May 24, 2021.  

Customers that have an existing version 2 license can contact Bluecherry for a coupon code to upgrade to version 3 for 50% off.

• FIX: Lack of string etiquette in the trigger server, resolve buffer overrun (#434)
• FIX: Nasty storage deletion routine bug where old videos may not be deleted, resulting in 100% disk usage and failure to components (#433)
• FIX: Web: Layout problem when cameras are disabled (#227)
• FEATURE: Auto-expand IP Cameras in Devices page (#430)

Attention!

Due to a issue with Ubuntu 18.04 installing mysql-server-5.7 at the same time as the bluecherry 3.0.6 update the first upgrade will fail.

The preferred method is to run these commands:

sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.7 ; sudo apt-get install bluecherry

• FIX: Web playback - AJAX error caused by the wrong time format (#388)
• FIX: Fixed segment violation bug in recording schedule (#425)
• FIX: Change VAAPI to ‘None’ by default (#421)
• FIX: Web backup / restore - Fixed problem where backup and restore would always fail (#414 / #409)
• FIX: Fix mailer.php (attachments were broken) (#405)
• FIX: TLS / SASL improvements (#366)
• FEATURE: Support systemd (allowing for newer Ubuntu distributions) (#406)
• FEATURE: Adds temporal-based motion detection algorithm - Added by Kyle Mallory kylemallory@yahoo.com
• FEATURE: Minor improvements to Experimental motion detection algorithm, specifically support for “max motion area”. - Added by Kyle Mallory kylemallory@yahoo.com

 Restart subscription to ONVIF events if connection is lost

• Discover IP cameras using ONVIF WSDD
• Autoconfigure RTSP paths using ONVIF
• Recording triggered by ONVIF events (in trigger mode)
• Webhooks
• Updated playback screen layout