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Feature to set a name on snapshots now available

Posted on July 15, 2020July 17, 2020 by crowncloud

Hey There!

We’re happy to announce a new feature in CrownPanel to help make managing snapshots easier, The panel now supports adding/setting names to Snapshots.

Naming a Snapshots is a very useful feature, for example,

If you have multiple snapshots, it would be ideal to name each.
If you run multiple versions of software, you can name the snapshot with the version it contains

and many more usage scenarios where having a user-defined name on a snapshot would be very useful.

When you click on the dropdown marker, you are presented with 2 options,

Edit Snapshot Name
Remove Snapshot

As the name suggests, Edit Snapshot Name offers you the ability to set a user-defined name for a snapshot, for example, “My First Snapshot”,

The user interface for Edit Snapshot Name appears as shown below,

To add a Name to the Snapshots,

Select option “Edit Snapshot Name” and the text has a maximum allowed length of 32 alphanumeric characters.

And click the button “Update Snapshot Name” to name the snapshot.

In the above screenshot, you can see the example name “NewSnapshot” has been set on the snapshot we just created.

And you can also set a Snapshot Name when the snapshot is building as well.

To Remove a Snapshot,

Select the option “Remove Snapshot” as shown in the screenshot below,

And clicking the “Remove Snapshot” will remove the Snapshot as shown in the screenshot.

Stay tuned for further updates!

June 2020 OpenVZ Templates Updated

Posted on June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 by crowncloud

Hello,
As part of our commitment to provide you with the latest and most ready-to-use service, we’ve updated all our available templates to the latest available.

This template update process ensures that any new VPS deployed will come along with the latest available packages so you don’t have to spend any time running a large initial update.

Templates for the following distributions/operating systems have been updated,

CentOS 6
CentOS 7
CentOS 8
Debian 8
Debian 9
Debian 10
Ubuntu 14.04
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 20.04

As always, any existing VPS can be updated at anytime by the user, you may follow our guide for the steps required to update your VPS,
https://wiki.crowncloud.net/?update_centos_and_ubuntu_and_debian

If you require any assistance in this process, please feel free to contact our support team via the client area and we’ll help you out.

Stay tuned for more!
– Team CrownCloud

Ubuntu 20.04 now available on OpenVZ based VPSes

Posted on May 28, 2020May 28, 2020 by crowncloud

Hey There!
We’re happy to announce that Ubuntu 20.04 is now available as an operating system choice on our OpenVZ based plans in our control panel.

We also have a few guides available on our wiki to start off with Ubuntu 20.04, https://wiki.crowncloud.net/#Ubuntu+20 — Feel free to contact our support team (via a support ticket) if you wish to see any new/different guide available on our wiki!

Stay tuned for more!
– Team CrownCloud

Ubuntu 20.04 Now Available

Posted on April 23, 2020April 23, 2020 by crowncloud

Greetings,

We’re happy to announce that the latest version of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 20.04 is now available under our 1-Click Installer in our control panel for KVM based VPSes

As always, we also have an ISO/CD-ROM install method available for customers who are looking to create custom partition layouts, pre-install different packages, etc.

Stay tuned for further updates!

Announcing 2 New Datacenter Expansions

Posted on April 23, 2020April 23, 2020 by crowncloud

Greetings,

We’re happy to announce that we’ve just expanded our points of presence in Europe.

Frankfurt, Germany (DE3)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (NL2)

As we mentioned above we have expanded the Datacenter in Europe which provides the largest peering point and ideal conditions for optimal connectivity with100% power uptime service level guarantee.

Currently, we are offering the following services on our new Datacenters,

KVM SSD Plans.
KVM HDD Plans.
KVM Storage Plans.

All the above 3 plans start with a base price of $5/month.

To check out more offers for new DC visit our website – Click here

Test IPs of new Datacenter:

Frankfurt, Germany – 212.224.70.16 and 2a01:7e0::212:224:70:16
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – 185.208.208.3 and 2a0b:3c40:1:103::1

You can contact us using the various contact methods below!

Support / Sales: support@crowncloud.net
Signup to Our Client area: https://crowncloud.net/clients/

Stay tuned for further updates!

New Settings Menu for OpenVZ based VPSes

Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 by crowncloud

Greetings, New Settings Menu for OpenVZ based VPSes

We’re happy to announce that we have a new feature available for OpenVZ based VPSes.

We have added a “Settings” menu in CrownPanel, This would make it easier for you to instantly manage Tun/Tap, PPP and FUSE on your VPS on the go.

Currently provided features:

Tun/Tap
PPP
FUSE

For more information, check out our wiki article about this feature at https://wiki.crowncloud.net/?how_to_enable_tuntap_fuse_ppp

Stay tuned for further updates!

Dark Mode/Theme now available in CrownPanel

Posted on April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 by crowncloud

Greetings,

We’re happy to announce that the Dark mode theme is now available in CrownPanel.
Dark Mode adjusts the color on your screen for a darker appearance to avoid any discomfort.

The default theme remains as a Light (normal) theme, and this is completely optional for customers who wish to enable/use dark mode.

To turn on Dark Mode:

First, Click on “Hey! <Username>” and select “Account Settings”

Next, Under “Light/Dark Theme”, Select Dark Theme and click on Update Theme.

CrownPanel Dark Mode/Theme demo image,

Stay tuned for further updates!

ArchLinux ISO Updated

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 by crowncloud

Hello!

To help with the quicker deployment of ArchLinux, We have also updated the available ArchLinux ISO to archlinux-2020.04.01 for our KVM based plans.

The updated ISO has been made available on all host-nodes, so any VPS using it will have the latest available packages.

Apart from new VPSes, existing VPSes can always update anytime to the latest available version simply checking the ArchLinux Wiki, Click here for more information

Stay tuned for further updates!

KVM Debian 10 Templates Updated

Posted on April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 by crowncloud

Hello!

As part of our monthly cycle of updating templates to ensure quick deployment of VPSes with the latest available version of the operating system,

We have updated the Debian 10 templates for our KVM based plans.

The update has been made available on all host-nodes, so any new VPS setup will have the latest available packages.

Apart from new VPSes, existing VPSes can always update anytime to the latest available version simply by checking out our guide on our wiki at https://wiki.crowncloud.net/?update_centos_and_ubuntu_and_debian

Stay tuned for further updates!

KVM CentOS 8 Templates Updated

Posted on April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 by crowncloud

Hello!

As part of our monthly cycle of updating templates to ensure quick deployment of VPSes with the latest available version of the operating system,

We have updated the CentOS 8 templates for our KVM based plans.

The update has been made available on all host-nodes, so any new VPS setup will have the latest available packages.

Apart from new VPSes, existing VPSes can always update anytime to the latest available version simply by checking out our guide on our wiki at https://wiki.crowncloud.net/?update_centos_and_ubuntu_and_debian

Stay tuned for further updates!