24.11.0 release

Signed-off-by: Gagan Deep <[email protected]>

Author: pandafy

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+Changelog
+=========
+
+Version 24.11.0 [2024-11-27]
+----------------------------
+
+Features
+~~~~~~~~
+
+- Added a default topology for the default VPN.
+- Added default credentials and SSH key template.
+- Added support for specifying custom Django settings.
+- Added dedicated queues for Celery workers.
+- Added functionality to tune Celery workers.
+- Introduced ``INFLUXDB_DEFAULT_RETENTION_POLICY`` variable to configure
+  the default retention policy for InfluxDB.
+- Added ``REDIS_PORT`` and ``REDIS_PASS`` variables to configure Redis
+  port and password.
+- Added ``UWSGI_PROCESSES``, ``UWSGI_THREADS``, and ``UWSGI_LISTEN``
+  variables for configuring uWSGI processes, threads, and listen queue
+  size.
+- Implemented static file minification.
+- Introduced a consent mechanism for the `collection of usage metrics
+  <https://openwisp.io/docs/dev/utils/user/metric-collection.html>`_.
+
+Changes
+~~~~~~~
+
+Dependencies
+++++++++++++
+
+- Upgraded to OpenWISP Users 1.1.x (see `changelog
+  <https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-users/releases/tag/1.1.0>`__).
+- Upgraded to OpenWISP Controller 1.1.x (see `changelog
+  <https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-controller/releases/tag/1.1.0>`__).
+- Upgraded to OpenWISP Monitoring 1.1.x (see `changelog
+  <https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-monitoring/releases/tag/1.1.0>`__).
+- Upgraded to OpenWISP Network Topology 1.1.x (see `changelog
+  <https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-network-topology/releases/tag/1.1.0>`__).
+- Upgraded to OpenWISP Firmware Upgrader 1.1.x (see `changelog
+  <https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-firmware-upgrader/releases/tag/1.1.0>`__).
+- Updated auto-install script to support Debian 12.
+- Updated auto-install script to support Ubuntu 22.04.
+- Updated base image of ``openwisp/openwisp-nginx`` to
+  ``nginx:1.27.2-alpine``.
+- Updated base image of ``openwisp/openwisp-freeradius`` to
+  ``freeradius/freeradius-server:3.2.6-alpine``.
+- Updated base image of ``openwisp/openwisp-postfix`` to ``alpine:3.20``.
+- Updated base image of ``openwisp/openwisp-openvpn`` to
+  ``kylemanna/openvpn:2.4``.
+- Updated base image of ``openwisp/openwisp-dashboard``,
+  ``openwisp/openwisp-api``, and ``openwisp/openwisp-websocket`` to
+  ``python:3.10.0-slim-buster``.
+
+Backward Incompatible Changes
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+- Merged the OpenWISP RADIUS container into the dashboard and API.
+- The ``CRON_DELETE_OLD_RADIUSBATCH_USERS`` variable now expects the
+  number of days instead of months.
+- Removed ``DJANGO_FREERADIUS_ALLOWED_HOSTS``; use
+  ``OPENWISP_RADIUS_ALLOWED_HOSTS`` instead.
+- Renamed ``CRON_DELETE_OLD_USERS`` to
+  ``CRON_DELETE_OLD_RADIUSBATCH_USERS``.
+
+Other Changes
++++++++++++++
+
+- Changed cron to update OpenVPN revoke list daily at midnight.
+- Added admin URLs to the API container.
+- Migrated to Docker Compose v2.
+- Geocoding checks are now performed only in the dashboard container.
+- Removed ``sudo`` capabilities for containers.
+- Main processes no longer run as ``root``.
+- Switched the default email backend to ``django-celery-email``.
+- Enabled ``django.contrib.humanize`` in installed apps.
+- Enabled gzip compression for HTTP responses.
+- Disabled nginx ``server_tokens`` for improved security.
+
+Bugfixes
+~~~~~~~~
+
+- Fixed OpenVPN cron script to download configuration at the correct path.
+- Fixed project configuration issues in the OpenWISP RADIUS module.
+- Fixed monitoring charts not loading on the device's change page.
+- Fixed network topology graph stuck at loading.
+- Fixed bugs in the auto-install script.
+- Fixed missing directory for firmware private storage.
+- Fixed duplicate MIME types in nginx gzip configuration.
+- Resolved ``OSerror`` in uWSGI.