Server update, 2018-08-14, with new virtual machine | MusicBrainz Blog

A new virtual machine for running your own mirror of MusicBrainz is now available. Thanks to InvisibleMan78 for the continuous feedback and to Jeff Sturgis for his work with Docker Compose! This is the last virtual machine to include the soon defunct search server. Links:

• Downloads and documentation
• Community
• Bugs

Main changes:

• Added helper script set-web-server-name to allow connecting to the web site from a remote host;
• Added helper script turn-port to allow turning service ports on/off for db (postgresql), musicbrainz, redis, and search;
• Fixed docker containers startup on VM boot;
• Fixed potential access token loss due to helper scripts reindex;
• Fixed and improved documentation (now copied inside the VM);
• Improved error handling in helper scripts;
• Updated MusicBrainz server, search server, base image and dependencies.

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This server release converts more search results pages to React and fixes seven bugs. Thanks to @riipah for fixing @TouhouDB handler. Search scores are no longer displayed on search results page for clarity as they misleadingly weighed down the the importance of results appearing on the first page but not in the first place. The git tag is v-2018-08-14.

Sub-task

• [MBS-9760] – Convert the event search results page to React
• [MBS-9761] – Convert the series search results page to React

Bug

• [MBS-9687] – Field error messages are not always translated
• [MBS-9694] – TouhouDB URLs are not recognized
• [MBS-9705] – URL overview header link is now appended with /show
• [MBS-9744] – OAuth userinfo endpoint returns latin1 encoded JSON
• [MBS-9755] – Fix unknown search in statistics for scripts
• [MBS-9757] – Search page form is sometimes in the wrong language
• [MBS-9784] – IMDb verification too strict (# of digits)

Task

• [MBS-9780] – Normalize Creative Commons URLs to HTTPS

Improvement

• [MBS-9767] – Remove search score display from the UI

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