bookmark_borderAMD Ryzen 9 7950X powered VPSes now available in Frankfurt, Germany

Greetings,

We are thrilled to announce that our latest offering, the SSD KVM product line powered by AMD Ryzen 9 7950X server, is now available! Designed to revolutionize your computing experience, this cutting-edge server boasts incredible performance, advanced features, and exceptional reliability.

We understand the importance of a reliable and high-performance server infrastructure to support your business operations. The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X server has been meticulously designed to exceed your expectations and deliver unmatched performance, stability, and flexibility.

The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X server is equipped with the latest Zen 4 architecture and 16 cores/32 threads, providing an unprecedented level of processing power. With a boost clock of up to 5.7 GHz, this server ensures lightning-fast speeds and efficient multitasking capabilities.

Here are the benchmarks results of the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X processer and other previous versions,

AMD Ryzen 9 7950XAMD Ryzen 9 3950XAMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Turbo SpeedUp to 5.7 GHzUp to 4.7 GHzUp to 4.9 GHz
CacheL1: 1,024KB
L2: 16.0MB
L3: 64MB
L1: 1,024KB
L2: 8.0MB
L3: 64MB
L1: 1,024KB
L2: 8.0MB
L3: 64MB
Socket TypeAM5AM4AM4
CPU Mark
(% diff. to max in the group)
63638
(0.0%)
38982
(-38.7%)
45916
(-27.8%)
Single Thread Rating
(% diff. to max in the group)
4327
(0.0%)
2710
(-37.4%)
3470
(-19.8%)
Max TDP170W105W105W
# of Physical Cores16 (Threads: 32)16 (Threads: 32)16 (Threads: 32)
Clockspeed4.5 GHz3.5 GHz3.4 GHz

To start off with, our new AMD Ryzen 9 7950X series powered plans start with an introductory price of $10/month in Frankfurt, Germany

To learn more about the plans and pricing of the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X server visit our website at – Click here

Or please feel free to contact our dedicated sales team by opening a support ticket Click here. Our experts will be delighted to guide you through the available options and assist you in making an informed decision that aligns with your business requirements.

Embrace the power of performance with the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X server! Stay ahead of the competition and unlock new possibilities for your organization. Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to elevate your computing infrastructure to the next level.

Thank you for your continued trust in our services. We look forward to serving you with the latest technologies and providing exceptional support to fuel your success.

Stay tuned for further updates!

bookmark_borderJuly 2022 Debian Templates Updated for KVM

Greetings,

As part of our commitment to providing you with the latest and most ready-to-use service, we’ve updated the Debian Templates and synced them to all KVM nodes.

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 time running a large initial update.

July 2022 Debian Templates

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

  • Debian 10
  • Debian 11

As always, any existing VPS can be updated at any time by the user, you may follow our guide for the steps required to update your VPS, Click here.

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

Follow us on CrownCloud BlogTwitter, and Facebook for updates regarding current offers and other updates.

Stay tuned for further updates!

Team CrownCloud

bookmark_borderJuly 2022 AlmaLinux Templates Updated for KVM

Greetings,

As part of our commitment to providing you with the latest and most ready-to-use service, we’ve updated the AlmaLinux Templates and synced them to all KVM nodes.

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 time running a large initial update.

July 2022 AlmaLinux Templates

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

  • AlmaLinux 8
  • AlmaLinux 9

As always, any existing VPS can be updated at any time by the user, you may follow our guide for the steps required to update your VPS, Click here.

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

Follow us on CrownCloud BlogTwitter, and Facebook for updates regarding current offers and other updates.

Stay tuned for further updates!

Team CrownCloud

bookmark_borderJuly 2022 Rocky Linux Templates Updated for KVM

Greetings,

As part of our commitment to providing you with the latest and most ready-to-use service, we’ve updated the Rocky Linux Templates and synced them to all KVM nodes.

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 time running a large initial update.

July 2022 Rocky Linux Templates

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

  • Rocky Linux 8
  • Rocky Linux 9

As always, any existing VPS can be updated at any time by the user, you may follow our guide for the steps required to update your VPS, Click here.

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

Follow us on CrownCloud BlogTwitter, and Facebook for updates regarding current offers and other updates.

Stay tuned for further updates!

Team CrownCloud

bookmark_borderHow to Install Gitlab on Ubuntu 22 04

Hello,

In this week’s feature highlight, we look at How to Install Gitlab on Ubuntu 22 04

GitLab is a web-based DevOps lifecycle tool that provides a Git repository manager providing wiki, issue-tracking, and continuous integration and deployment pipeline features, using an open-source license, developed by GitLab Inc.

Update System

First, update your existing list of packages

apt update

apt upgrade -y

Install required dependencies

apt-get install -y curl openssh-server ca-certificates

Add the GitLab Repository

curl -sS https://packages.gitlab.com/install/repositories/gitlab/gitlab-ce/script.deb.sh | sudo bash

Install Gitlab

Download the Gitlab package using the following command

wget --content-disposition https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ce/packages/ubuntu/bionic/gitlab-ce_14.1.2-ce.0_amd64.deb/download.deb 

Output:

 root@crown:~# wget --content-disposition https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ce/packages/ubuntu/bionic/gitlab-ce_14.1.2-ce.0_amd64.deb/download.deb
--2022-03-16 20:29:49--  https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ce/packages/ubuntu/bionic/gitlab-ce_14.1.2-ce.0_amd64.deb/download.deb
Resolving packages.gitlab.com (packages.gitlab.com)... 104.18.27.123, 104.18.26.123, 2606:4700::6812:1a7b, ...
Connecting to packages.gitlab.com (packages.gitlab.com)|104.18.27.123|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://d20rj4el6vkp4c.cloudfront.net/7/8/ubuntu/package_files/110770.deb?t=1647462889_dfa2d924370e258ffb8d48079c1fd435029de6b7 [following]
--2022-03-16 20:29:49--  https://d20rj4el6vkp4c.cloudfront.net/7/8/ubuntu/package_files/110770.deb?t=1647462889_dfa2d924370e258ffb8d48079c1fd435029de6b7

Install the downloaded .deb the package on Ubuntu 22.04 using the below command

dpkg -i gitlab-ce_14.1.2-ce.0_amd64.deb

Output:

root@crown:~#dpkg -i gitlab-ce_14.1.2-ce.0_amd64.deb 
Selecting previously unselected package gitlab-ce.
(Reading database ... 73374 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack gitlab-ce_14.1.2-ce.0_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking gitlab-ce (14.1.2-ce.0) ...
Setting up gitlab-ce (14.1.2-ce.0) ...
It looks like GitLab has not been configured yet; skipping the upgrade script.

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  .,,,,,,,,,,,*******,,,,,,,,,,,,
      ,,,,,,,,,*****,,,,,,,,,.
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            .,,,***,,,,
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   / / __/ / __/ /   / __ `/ __ \
  / /_/ / / /_/ /___/ /_/ / /_/ /
  \____/_/\__/_____/\__,_/_.___/

Thank you for installing GitLab!
GitLab was unable to detect a valid hostname for your instance.
Please configure a URL for your GitLab instance by setting `external_url`
configuration in /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb file.

Reconfigure GitLab services using the below command

gitlab-ctl reconfigure

Output:

root@crown:~#gitlab-ctl reconfigure
Starting Chef Infra Client, version 15.14.0
resolving cookbooks for run list: ["gitlab"]
Synchronizing Cookbooks:
  - gitlab (0.0.1)
  - package (0.1.0)
  - logrotate (0.1.0)
  - postgresql (0.1.0)
  - redis (0.1.0)
  - monitoring (0.1.0)
  - registry (0.1.0)
  - mattermost (0.1.0)
  - consul (0.1.0)
  - gitaly (0.1.0)
  - praefect (0.1.0)
  - gitlab-kas (0.1.0)
  - letsencrypt (0.1.0)

Start the Gitlab Services

gitlab-ctl start

Output:

root@crown:~#gitlab-ctl start
ok: run: alertmanager: (pid 61628) 0s
ok: run: gitaly: (pid 61319) 25s
ok: run: gitlab-exporter: (pid 61284) 26s
ok: run: gitlab-workhorse: (pid 61261) 27s
ok: run: grafana: (pid 61368) 20s
ok: run: logrotate: (pid 59471) 404s
ok: run: nginx: (pid 59983) 218s
ok: run: node-exporter: (pid 61269) 27s
ok: run: postgres-exporter: (pid 61361) 21s
ok: run: postgresql: (pid 59709) 379s
ok: run: prometheus: (pid 61310) 25s
ok: run: puma: (pid 59903) 237s
ok: run: redis: (pid 59532) 397s
ok: run: redis-exporter: (pid 61286) 25s
ok: run: sidekiq: (pid 59922) 230s

Check the status of Gitlab Services

gitlab-ctl status

Output:

root@crown:~# gitlab-ctl status
down: alertmanager: 1s, normally up, want up; run: log: (pid 60138) 226s
run: gitaly: (pid 61319) 78s; run: log: (pid 59578) 439s
run: gitlab-exporter: (pid 61284) 79s; run: log: (pid 60057) 250s
run: gitlab-workhorse: (pid 61261) 80s; run: log: (pid 59959) 274s
run: grafana: (pid 61368) 73s; run: log: (pid 60761) 147s
run: logrotate: (pid 59471) 457s; run: log: (pid 59502) 454s
run: nginx: (pid 59983) 271s; run: log: (pid 59997) 268s
run: node-exporter: (pid 61269) 80s; run: log: (pid 60037) 260s
run: sidekiq: (pid 59922) 283s; run: log: (pid 59935) 280s

Now navigate to your browser to set the new password http://IP_address

Replace IP_address with you actual IP Address of the server.

Default user is root and the Password that was just set,

Output:

gitlab1

Reset Password for User

Example:

In case you’ve forgotten the password to any of your users, you can use the below Rake task to reset it.

gitlab-rake "gitlab:password:reset"

Example:

sudo gitlab-rake 'gitlab:password:reset[root]'

bookmark_borderUbuntu 22.04 is now available on OpenVZ-based VPSes

Hey There!


We’re happy to announce that Ubuntu 22.04 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 22.04Click Here — Feel free to contact our support team (via a support ticket) if you wish to see any new/different guides available on our wiki!

Stay tuned for more!
– Team CrownCloud

bookmark_borderUbuntu 22.04 Template now available for KVM Based VPS

Hey There!
We’re happy to announce that Ubuntu 22.04 is now available as an operating system choice on our KVM-based plans in our control panel.

Please refer to the following guide to install the operating system on KVM based VPSes using our Control Panel, Click Here.

Stay tuned for further updates!

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bookmark_borderIntel 12th Gen Core i9 series 12900K KVM SSD Plans now available

Hello

We are excited to announce the launch of our brand new Intel 12th Gen Core i9 series of KVM SSD VPSes

The series is powered by the brand new Intel i9-12900K processor which has the best single threaded performance currently across various benchmarks and offers massive gains across the board over previous generation of Intel powered processors.

As this is a brand new processor/lineup, we have it available at our Frankfurt, Germany (DE1) datacenter currently, we will have this product available at our other datacenters as soon as possible.

Check out our Intel 12th Gen Core i9 plans starting at $8/month, here.

https://crowncloud.net/ssd_intel_i9_kvm.php

Stay tuned for more!

Thanks,

-Team CrownCloud.

bookmark_borderFebruary 2022 OpenVZ and KVM Templates Updated

Greetings,
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 time running a large initial update.

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

  • Debian 9
  • Debian 10
  • Debian 11
  • CentOS 7
  • CentOS 8
  • CentOS 8 Stream
  • Alma Linux 8
  • RockyLinux 8
  • Ubuntu 18.04
  • Ubuntu 20.04
  • Ubuntu 21.04
  • Ubuntu 21.10

As always, any existing VPS can be updated at any time 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 at any time, please feel free to contact our support team via the client area and we’ll help you out.

Stay tuned for more!

– Team CrownCloud