[ixpmanager] [RELEASE] V7.0.0 - IXP Manager v7.0.0

[Barry O'Donovan (INEX)]

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of IXP Manager v7.0.0. Thanks to many of you for your patience to date - we know this release was some time in the making.

A summary of the most significant changes in IXP Manager v7 includes:

* Underlying framework and third-party library updates.
* The introduction of static code analysis into our CI pipeline.
* A new Diagnostics Suite feature to significantly speed up troubleshooting member issues.
* P2P Graph Sorting.
* Various IRRDB Enhancements.
* Database logging of IRRDB updates.
* Configuration via a new frontend UI.
* Versioned documentation.
* Additional unit tests, including near-complete frontend coverage.
* A Vagrant development environment.

Full details available at: https://github.com/inex/IXP-Manager/releases/tag/v7.0.0


UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS

Please see the release notes in the link above for complete and detailed upgrade instructions. We assume that you are upgrading from v6.4.x. No other upgrade paths are supported or recommended. To help with upgrades, we've cloned INEX's installation of IXP Manager v6.4.2 running on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with PHP 8.0, and we've recorded a video of the upgrade process for both IXP Manager to v7.0.0 and to replace PHP 8.0 with PHP 8.4.

The upgrade instructions were created during test runs for the same video, and we have linked each step in the upgrade instructions to the respective section of the video.

SUPPORT

All relevant collateral on the IXP Manager website and documentation has been updated for v7. This includes installation and upgrade video tutorials, and the automated installation script.

* https://www.ixpmanager.org/download/install
* https://www.ixpmanager.org/support/tutorials
Please feel free to followup on the general mailing list with any issues or questions when upgrading.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and SPONSORS

László Kiss (@griphons) joined the IXP Manager core team from March 2024 to April 2025, making a significant contribution to IXP Manager v7. Moreover, some additional features he was working on are largely complete but not production-ready and will be held back for a future release. We thank László for his contributions.

Bringing on developers such as László would not be possible without our sponsors. In addition to INEX, several IXPs sponsored the development of v7, including NIX, BCIX, INX-ZA, LONAP, INTERLAN, NAMEX and GRIX. We also had two patrons, ISOC and APNIC Foundation. The APNIC Foundation deserves special mention as our only diamond patron.

See https://www.ixpmanager.org/sponsors for more information on how to sponsor the project.



Thanks,
  - Barry

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Kind regards,
Barry O'Donovan
INEX