BeyondInsight for Unix and Linux 21.1 Release Notes

June 15, 2021

New Features and Enhancements:

  • Certificate Management:
    • Added new certificate management section, certificate grid.
    • Added certificate details view.
    • Added certificate management to API.
    • Added signing request action.
    • Added certificate authority management.
    • Added server and client key management.
    • Added option to disable BIUL cert authority.
  • Solr Adoption:
    • Included imported authorities in trust pool.
    • Modified Solr install action to use imported certificates if applicable.
    • Added deploy certificates action to Solr to update certificates.
    • Added Solr adoption to establish communication with BIUL.
    • Updated Solr server assignment action to use imported certificates if applicable.
  • Limit Authentication Attempts:
    • Added API to unlock accounts.
    • Failed login attempts are now recorded.
    • Modified user model to include lock information.
    • Added unlock account option to console access.
    • Added configuration for account locking to settings.
    • Configured defaults for lock settings.
  • Credential Rules / Default Credentials:
    • Added ability to create and edit network rules.
    • Added ability to create host rules.
    • Added ability to edit host rules.
    • Updated actions API to make credentials optional.
    • Updated frontend to make credentials optional in wizard.
    • Added one-click profile action to Host Inventory grid.
    • Added credential rules to host details.
    • Added logic to determine default credentials for a host.
    • Added Network Rules grid.
    • Added Host Rules grid.
  • SSH Key Authentication:
    • Updated actions API to use SSH auth where applicable.
    • Added SSH key authentication for ADB actions, PMUL REST keys, PMUL actions, and Solr actions.
    • If no SSH keypair is present on startup, one is now created.
    • Added key management API.
    • Added SCP download feature to sshclient.
    • Added SSH key rotation action.
    • Added action to deploy SSH keys to hosts.
    • Added new SSH key management page.
    • Added ability to explicitly disable a key for usage.
  • Miscellaneous:
    • REST connectivity on PMUL clients is now optional.
    • The policy landing page now displays an error message when REST connectivity is unavailable.
    • Extended Host Inventory grid paging options.
    • Added support for PMUL 21.1.
    • Removed PMUL Basic support from console.
    • Included both role-based and script policy on policy landing page.
    • Role-based policy can now optionally configure run user groups and working directory.

Issues Resolved:

  • Resolved issue in which a Solr certificate was not generated when the name didn’t match the value in pb.settings.
  • Resolved issue in which the user menu was removed form first run wizard.
  • Resolved issue in which server startup did not always complete all required tasks.
  • RNS Primary servers now properly identify as license servers.
  • Resolved issues with menu and button transparency in session replay.
  • Resolved issue with duplicate hosts when scanning RNS for discovery.
  • Resolved issue with error messages displaying in timeout settings.
  • Resolved issue with error messages displaying in ACA configuration.