I'm happy to announce the release of Freeside 1.3.1.
Freeside is an open-source billing and account administration package for
ISPs.
You can download the new version, read the documentation, and play with a
web demo at <http://www.sisd.com/freeside>.
This is also a request-for-assitance from a more experienced Debian
developer for assistance packaging the software. I've packaged some
simple programs, but the amount of integration a central billing database
has with other systems is making packing difficult.
All of the dependencies are already packaged and in woody. For potato, I
maintain an apt-able repository of the necessary Perl modules:
deb http://cleanwhisker.420.am/pub/debian-unoff stable main
1.3.1 is a bugfix release which fixes all currently known problems with
1.3.0. If the 1.3.0 verison gave you problems, give this version a try.
New features of the 1.3.x series include:
- Database transactions
- Web aging reports
- Export of BIND and Apache configuration files.
- Session monitor to track and limit usage on a time
(hourly/"minutely") basis. This can be used, with RADIUS, to keep track
of NAS ports, and can also be used to implement hotel- or cafe- type
access, where the user must sign in on a webpage before being granted
access to the network. In conjunction with the session server, prepaid
cards can now be for an amount of time rather than money.
Enjoy!
--
meow
_ivan