Royal Server Releases
Royal Server 5.03.50226
2025-02-26
Royal Server
Added a scheduled task which updates outdated information like principal names in ACLs and MFA configuration entries.
The task can be activated in %ProgramData%\RoyalServer\appsettings.json under section Database by setting AutoUpdateDailyAt to a UTC time string e.g. 02:30.
It will then run once per day at the given time in UTC.
Addresses an issue with ambiguous MFA users. Listing MFA users will not fail if two users are enrolled with e.g. the same username and the same provider. Ambiguous MFA users' ids will be logged for debugging purposes on first access.
Secure Gateway
Handle errors when loading secure gateway users. A warning will be logged if the user fails to load.
Configuration Tool
Added a column showing the MFA ID of enrolled users to the MFA User Grid. The ID column is hidden by default.
Addresses an issue on the Active Connections page which caused the time of the last refresh not being updated correctly.
Addresses an issue that causes incorrectly updated metadata information for Document Store documents when using PowerShell.
Royal Server 5.03.50107
2025-01-07
Royal Server
Upgrade to .NET 9.
Added the option to configure a periodic task which checks whether the DB file (%ProgramData%\RoyalServer\royalserverV4.db) has changed
and trigger a refresh if needed to support load balance scenarios.
This feature can be configured in %ProgramData%\RoyalServer\appsettings.json under the configuration section Database:
- Set the configuration key
ReloadDatabaseOnChangetotrueto enable. - Optionally, set the configuration key
ReloadDatabaseOnChangeDelayto define the update interval. Default is "00:00:05" i.e 5 seconds.
Convert Win32 logon failures to human-readable messages for logging and display.
Improve diagnostics for invalid MFA configuration values, the name of the configuration key causing the issue will be logged.
Improve diagnostics for misconfigured worker account settings.
Addresses an issue with MFA configuration which could result in disabling the Yubikey Mfa provider.
Fixed incorrectly formatted token responses needed to support push notifications for Royal TS.
Fixed an issue with creating self-signed-certificates.
Configuration Tool
Handle fatal exceptions caused by invalid or corrupted configuration values for MFA providers in %ProgramData%\RoyalServer\appsettings.json.
Modules
Added support for using environment variables from Royal TS in Dynamic Folder and Dynamic Credential scripts.
Addresses an issue which caused calls to VMware service endpoints to fail.
Royal Server 5.02.50730
2024-07-30
Royal Server
Restrict management of SSH connections to members of Royal Server Administrators.
Secure Gateway
Addresses an issue with performance counter SG Open Connections not being updated.
Modules
Changed the VMWare Connection Settings overview to prefer the guest operating system's full name
over the originally configured name, if available.
Royal Server 5.02.50708
2024-07-08
Royal Server
Upgraded .NET 8.0 to latest version.
Addresses an issue with migrating the permission database when upgrading from Royal Server V4 to Royal Server V5.
Royal Server 5.02.50419
2024-04-19
Royal Server
Upgraded .NET 8.0 to latest version.
Set the default output encoding for DynamicFolders and DynamicCredentials to UTF-8.
Configuration Tool
Addresses an issue where an additional INADDR_ANY binding causes Configuration Tool requests to fail.
Royal Server 5.02.50403
2024-04-03
Royal Server
Upgraded .NET 8.0 to latest version.
Enhanced diagnostics for worker account permissions.
Allow INADDR_ANY bindings for IPv4 and IPv6 in parallel.
Fixes a bug with IPv6 destination host addresses in WMI calls.
Secure Gateway
Allow INADDR_ANY bindings for IPv4 and IPv6 in parallel.
Configuration Tool
Royal Server Service Configuration and Secure Gateway Service Configuration allow
now to configure an additional IPv6 INADDR_ANY (::) binding
even when the primary binding is an IPv4 INADDR_ANY (0:0:0:0) binding (and vice versa).
Royal Server 5.02.50311
2024-03-11
Royal Server
Upgraded .NET 8.0 to latest version.
Added advanced filtering for file log entries using Serilog.Expressions.
Filters can be configured in %ProgramData%\RoyalServer\appsettings.json under the section LoggingOptions.
Tightened security settings for anti-forgery cookies.
Secure Gateway
Fixes a bug with missing Rebex licensing information.
Royal Server 5.02.50228
2024-02-28
Royal Server
Upgraded .NET 8.0 to latest version.
Added advanced filtering for file log entries using Serilog.Expressions.
Filters can be configured in %ProgramData%\RoyalServer\appsettings.json under the section LoggingOptions.
Royal Server 5.02.50108
2024-01-08
Royal Server
Fixed an issue in setup resulting in missing modules when updating the application.
Configuration Tool
Fixed errors caused by switching the focus from an external application to some input fields.
Secure Gateway
Updated Rebex SSH library to address a weakness in the SSH protocol that makes some OpenSSH ciphers vulnerable to Terrapin attack (CVE-2023-48795).
Royal Server 5.01.51215
2023-12-15
Royal Server
Upgraded .NET 8.0 to latest version.
Royal Server 5.00.51107
2023-11-07
Royal Server
Upgraded .NET 7.0 to latest version.
Configuration Tool
Show missing certificate warning for Secure Gateway only if it is enabled.
Secure Gateway
Fixes a bug with Secure Gateway MFA verification which allows to circumvent the second factor check in some cases.
Royal Server 5.00.50920
2023-09-20
Royal Server
Upgraded .NET 7.0 to latest version.
Document Store
Addresses an issue where documents could not be deleted when running under a Personal license.
Secure Gateway
Addresses issues with 3rd party clients (e.g. OpenSSH_9.0)
- Configured MFA users were not able to connect when the username was formatted as a User Principal Name (UPN)
- Mfa code was required for cached user on every connection
Royal Server 5.00.50908
2023-09-08
Secure Gateway
Cache MFA users per connected client IP address.
Remove the password strength indicator when prompting for MFA code in Royal TS client.
Display input when prompting for MFA code.
Log lifecycle events (Connecting,Disconnecting,etc.) with LogLevel Information.
Royal Server 5.00.50904
2023-09-04
Configuration Tool
Added tooltips to image buttons on all views.
Changed the style of the link to add new ACLs so that it is easier to spot.
VMWare Module
Fixes "Columns do not match" error when listing VMs from multiple endpoints and one having no VMs.
Royal Server 5.00.50825
2023-08-25
Royal Server
Addresses an issue where the server fails to start up when the database format was not yet upgraded to the latest version.
Royal Server 5.00.50816
2023-08-16
Royal Server
Addresses an issue with MFA user migration where the Document Store permission was not set for existing users.
Configuration Tool
Addresses an issue where TOTP users could not be edited because the required TOTP-Label was missing.
Royal Server 5.00.50809
2023-08-09
Royal Server
Upgraded .Net 7.0 to latest version.
Support for multiple bindings for Royal Server Management Endpoint.
Push notifications to Royal TS Windows Clients on document changes.
Self Service Pages for TOTP multi factor authentication.
Support YubiKey multi factor authentication.
Support configuration of Web Server Limits. For details see Documentation.
Active Directory account management improvements
Experimental support for SysLog logging.
For details see Documentation.
Ensure clean install to avoid side effects caused by running multiple installations on the same machine.
Licensing via physical license files (.lic).
Configuration Tool
Completely redesigned Configuration Tool UI to simplify configuration tasks and management workflows.
Management for multi factor authentication users for Management Endpoints and Secure Gateway.
Cache multi factor authentication per configured user.
Allow optional Self Service Pages for TOTP multi factor authentication users. For details see Documentation.
New Log File Viewer
Improved translations for all supported languages.
Secure Gateway
Support multiple bindings for Secure Gateway.
Support multi factor authentication for Secure Gateway connections.
Support YubiKey multi factor authentication.
Advanced configuration settings to tweak SecureGateway performance. For details see Documentation.
Document Store
Support updates of document name and description through Royal TS/X Clients when merging.