Category: Blog Posts

Hello!

In this week’s feature highlight, we look at how to use SSH keys with your KVM VPS on CrownPanel.

SSH (Secure Shell) is a widely-used protocol for interacting with remote servers for configuration and general usage. SSH keys provide a more secure way of logging into a server with SSH than using a password alone.

Here just a few easy steps to add a new key and use it.

Click on “SSH Keys” in the navbar,

Click on “New Key” to add a new SSH key,

Once the key is added, switch to the “VPS List” from the navbar,

Click on the “Manage” button beside the VPS you wish to manage,

Switch to the “Reinstall” tab and you can now select your SSH key,

Done!

Hey There!

We’re happy to announce a new feature in CrownPanel to help make managing snapshots easier, The panel now supports managing all of your snapshots together under one interface.

This feature is very helpful in identifying and managing Snapshots when you have multiple Snapshots or multiple VPS with a number of snapshots.

To view Snapshots in one place,

• Login to CrownPanel
• And you will find a new option in the header called “Snapshots”, click on it to view all of your Snapshots.

The snapshot list feature will also receive a number of updates in the coming days, including renaming, deletion and more! All under one page.

Stay tuned for further updates!

Hello!

In this week’s feature highlight, we look at how to enable the TUN/TAP, PPP and FUSE in our control panel.

It’s easy to enable the TUN/TAP, PPP and FUSE modules from the VPS management portal. Just login to your crownpanel.

1) Login to your VPS management portal(https://crownpanel.com/)

2) Click on Manage button.

3) Now select Setting to open the module setting

TUN/TAP Module

To enable the TUN/TAP module, click on Re-enable TUN/TAP.

To verify the module, access the server through SSH and run the following command:

cat /dev/net/tun

If the output is “File descriptor in bad state” it means that TUN/TAP is enabled. If the output is “No such device” it means TUN/TAP is not enabled.

PPP Module

To enable the PPP module, click on Re-enable PPP.

To verify the module, access the server through SSH and run the following command:

/usr/sbin/pppd

You will receive a message asking for the password or some garbage characters like ~ÿ}#À!}!}!} }4}”}&} }%%% } } }%.

FUSE Module

To enable the FUSE module, click on Re-enable FUSE.

Stay tuned for further updates!

Hello!

As part of our constant process of development and improvement of our in-house control panel, we decided to revisit one of the most subtle yet most “seen” feature, the dark mode theme.

Over the past weeks, we’ve had a look at the color palette used in our dark mode theme and found a couple of areas which we can improve on for a better user experience.

The first thing apparent to us was, how “bright” our text was, using #FFFFFF wasn’t the best idea here,

Going ahead with a lighter font was the solution to apply here, after which the text is far more easier on the eyes,

Beyond the most apparent change with the font color, we’ve made some subtle changes around the control panel, including fixing a few lines of text to render clearly in dark-mode as well.

We hope the changes made reflect well on your end as well and give you a better experience in our control panel with the dark-mode theme.

As always, our support team is available and is always open for feedback and suggestions which we can incorporate into our control panel and services to further improve them for you! 🙂

Wishing you all the best for this year and stay tuned for more!
– Team CrownCloud.

Hello!

In this week’s feature highlight, we look at How to enable 2Factor Authentication in CrownPanel

Two-factor authentication (2FA) is a security process in which users provide two different authentication factors to verify themselves. This process is done to better protect both the user’s credentials and the resources the user can access.

It’s easy to enable the 2Factor authentication in our control panel.

Step 1: Enable,

To enable 2Factor Authentication, log in to your account, head over to the Account Settings menu here, click on Enable 2FA.

Step 2: Verification,

Next, you will be presented with a QR code and for other devices, we also list the Account Name and Key which can be manually input into your 2FA app.

Once you’ve scanned the QR code and/or setup the 2FA profile with the Account Name/Key, Enter the token you get from your 2Factor App to verify that the 2Factor setup has been successful.

You may cancel the setup at this stage if you wish to not setup 2Factor authentication.

Step 3: Verification,

Once the token has been entered and verified, you will get a success message confirming this.

2FA Enabled Successfully,

Upon your next login, You will be presented with the 2Factor page to confirm your token before continuing to your account.

To Disable 2FA,

You may disable 2Factor authentication by visiting the Account Settings page once logged in.

Please contact our support for any additional assistance you may need in setting up/using 2Factor authentication for your account.