Category: Announcements

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 7950X	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Turbo Speed	Up to 5.7 GHz	Up to 4.7 GHz	Up to 4.9 GHz
Cache	L1: 1,024KB L2: 16.0MB L3: 64MB	L1: 1,024KB L2: 8.0MB L3: 64MB	L1: 1,024KB L2: 8.0MB L3: 64MB
Socket Type	AM5	AM4	AM4
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 TDP	170W	105W	105W
# of Physical Cores	16 (Threads: 32)	16 (Threads: 32)	16 (Threads: 32)
Clockspeed	4.5 GHz	3.5 GHz	3.4 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!

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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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:

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]'

Hello,

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

Refer the following Wiki. article to know how to Mount and Install the new Operating System from our CrownPanel, https://wiki.crowncloud.net/?How_to_install_Ubuntu_22_04

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.