What's New
Release Versions
The following table describes release dates for the software and user guide for 25.12 releases. The link from the software to the user guide always points to the latest version of the user guide.
| Release Date | Software version | User Guide Version | Description of Changes |
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| February 2026 | 25.12.1 | 2 |
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| January 2026 | 25.12 | 1 |
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User Guide Version 2 Updates
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The Configuration Restore topic has been updated to include information about multi-version backup and restore.
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The New Modem Firmware Upgrade Page and Create Upgrade Task topics have been updated to reflect the ability to edit the firmware selection for modem upgrades.
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The Retry an Upgrade Task and Copy a Scheduled Task topics have been updated to reflect that these can also now be performed for modem firmware upgrades as well as node firmware upgrades.
User Guide Version 1 Updates
Cell Firmware
Lighthouse now supports centralized upgrades of cellular modem firmware for Opengear appliances. Administrators can upload and manage modem firmware and schedule modem firmware upgrades.
The following new topics describe the pages and fields for the Cell Firmware feature:
The following topics have also been updated to include relevant information:
Configuration Management
A new Configuration Management feature is available where you can create configuration profiles within Lighthouse that you can associate with Opengear devices/nodes during and after enrollment.
You can learn how to use this feature on Configuration Management under Working with Nodes.
Note: This feature is being rolled out. This release contains the core functionality for the feature with additional functionality to roll out in future releases.
You can perform the following actions with the Configuration Management feature:
The following new topics describe the Lighthouse pages and fields for the Configuration Management feature:
The following topics have also been updated to include relevant information:
Multi Version Upgrade
Lighthouse supports a multi-version upgrade from the most recent three releases. The Perform an upgrade of Lighthouse topic has been updated to reflect this.
Other Documentation Updates
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The Lighthouse Virtual Machines topic has been updated to include information about the checksum algorithm.
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A new procedure to Change the Syslog Template has been added to Syslog Server Management.
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The Install in Amazon Web Services (AWS) topic has been updated to include links to other relevant topics within the user guide.
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The Lighthouse OSPF Settings topic has been updated to include a description of OSPF.
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The Set Up Multi Instance topic has been updated to clarify that Lighthouse does not support hybrid multi-instance set ups.
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A new Third-Party Nodes section to provide more information about third-party nodes has been added to Working with Lighthouse Nodes.
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The Enroll a Node via the Lighthouse Web UI topic has been updated to include some additional supported third-party nodes.
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The Add External IP Addresses Manually topic has been updated to include additional information about the order of addresses.
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A number of minor updates have been made to correct and clarify the Dashboard page topic.
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A new View and Edit Script Templates via API topic has been added to provide information on about API endpoints to retrieve and update script templates via API.
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On the Grids and Controls page, a new section has been added to describe how form syncing works in Lighthouse.
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The following new topics have been added to the Lighthouse User Interface section under Lighthouse Pages:
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References to "config template" have been updated to "configuration template".
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Information boxes (notes, tips, cautions, and warnings) are debuting a new look.