Version 6.0.16 of the Passenger application server has been released. This release fixes availability of Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL, Rocky, Alma) packages, and adds ARM64 packages for Debian and Ubuntu distros.

Passenger 6 introduced Generic Language Support, or: the ability to support any and all arbitrary apps.

Updates & improvements

  • Adds ARM64 (aarch64) packages for Ubuntu and Debian.
  • Adds Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic" packages, removes Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" packages.
  • Adds systemd private tmpdir workaround on Ubuntu/Debian. Closes GH-2397.
  • Downgrade jsoncpp to 1.8.1 from 1.9.5 to fix invalid json generation bug. Closes GH-2445.
  • Updated various library versions used in precompiled binaries (used for e.g. gem installs):
    • ccache: 4.6.3 → 4.7.4
    • cmake: 3.24.2 → 3.25.1
    • curl: 7.85.0 → 7.86.0
    • git 2.37.3 → 2.38.1
    • gnupg: 2.3.7 → 2.3.8
    • libgpg_error 1.45 → 1.46
    • libksba 1.6.1 → 1.6.2
    • openssl: 1.1.1q → 1.1.1s
    • rubygems 3.3.22 → 3.3.26
    • s3cmd 2.2.0 → 2.3.0
    • zlib: 1.2.12 → 1.2.13
    • rubies:
      • 2.7.6 → 2.7.7
      • 3.0.4 → 3.0.5
      • 3.1.2 → 3.1.3

Installing 6.0.16

Please see the installation guide for advice on getting started with Passenger. Coming from a language other than Ruby, Python, Meteor or Node? Even if we didn't write a specific tutorial for your language, we made a generic guide that shows you the steps.

Upgrading to 6.0.16

We strongly advise staying up to date with the latest version.

OS X
OS X		 Debian
Debian		 Ubuntu
Ubuntu		 Heroku
Heroku
Red Hat
Red Hat		 CentOS
CentOS		 Ruby gem
Ruby gem		 Tarball
Tarball
Ruby gem
Docker

Please be aware that you can enjoy enterprise features and sponsor the open source development directly by buying Phusion Passenger Enterprise.