Cloud Container labels can now include unicode characters, which means that macrons and other diacritics are supported. In situations like containers labelled with internationalised domain names (IDNs), this keeps things properly aligned.
Container cloning has been a feature of managed Cloud Containers for years, but until now it wasn't available for custom images. There are now no restrictions on the containers you can duplicate, so long as your Cloud Containers are managed by us. The next step, overwriting custom containers, remains a work in progress. Read about Container cloning on the Knowledge Base.
Add a new Cloud Container server (either standard or High Performance) and you'll be allocated 5-15GB more storage than before. That's because, as the blog explains, some files and data that wouldn't have counted against your limit in the past will now be stored where they belong. We are also in the progress of bringing every other Cloud Container server into line with the new plans.
Also known as Noble Numbat, Ubuntu 24.04 is the latest long-term support (LTS) release. This upgrade, which applies to every Cloud Container server, guarantees standard OS support through to 2029. It also boasts the new 6.8 Linux kernel, security improvements (bye-bye TLS 1.0, 1.1 and DTLS 1.0), an updated Docker package, a solution to the 2038 problem, and a number of other improvements.
If your available storage on your Cloud Container server drops to 10% or 5GB (whichever is lower), a warning email is now triggered. This starts a 3-hour window for you to free up space or add storage. After that time, we'll treat a further drop to 5% or 2.5GB as a signal to permanently add 5GB. As the Knowledgebase explains, this change effectively automates a manual process.
Get Silverstripe running on Cloud Containers faster than ever with our new prebuilt Silverstripe + PHP 8.3 image. When you're creating the container, just look under 'Application Image'. This quick option is ideal for test or prototype instances of Silverstripe. There's more about working with SilverStripe Containers in the Knowledge Base.
New, faster Cloud Containers servers. High Performance Cloud Containers are built on fast modern hardware (including AMD Ryzen 9 CPUs and NVMe storage) and a slick new virtualisation layer inspired by our High Performance Virtual Servers. Look for "Performance Plans" when selecting your next Cloud Containers server.
We are now running our own gear for Cloud Container customers in California, rather than renting servers there. As well as boosting performance, this gives us direct responsibility for another slice of the Cloud Container platform. It’s also a step towards our goal of making Cloud Containers as standardised as possible around the world.
View any Cloud Container or Cloud Container Server through the SiteHost Control Panel, and you'll see a new metrics widget near the top of screen. Take a quick glance at CPU, memory, disk and load, or click the widget to open your full Metrics suite in a new tab. (This update removes the old "Graphs" tab.) Catch up on the launch of this new Metrics interface in the blog.
Closely monitor your Cloud Container servers and individual containers with a new, detailed Metrics dashboard. Graph out server load, CPU usage, RAM usage, database disk usage and more over periods from 5 minutes to a year (once that much data has been collected). Read the introductory blog article, get more detail from the Knowledge Base, or log into your SiteHost Control Panel and open any Cloud Container (or Cloud Container server) to find the new Metrics link.