Release Notes


03 September 2024

New
  • High Performance Cloud Containers launched

    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.

22 August 2024

New
  • Managed servers get a big metrics upgrade

    In June we rolled out a brand new metrics interface for Cloud Containers, and now the same upgrade has reached all managed servers. Dedicated Servers, Virtual Servers, High Performance VMs - if they're managed by us, you can now see a lot more data about server load, CPU usage, RAM usage, database disk usage and more. Once the data is collected, you'll be able to select periods from 5 minutes to a year. The Knowledge Base explains how to find and filter your data.

26 July 2024

Improved
  • Californian Cloud Containers on SiteHost hardware

    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.

24 July 2024

New
  • Private VLANs on High Performance Virtual Servers

    You can now easily request a Private VLAN if you have High Performance Virtual Servers, and manage VLANs by adding and removing servers in the Control Panel.

11 July 2024

Improved
  • Metrics widget added to Cloud Container and Server screens

    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.

10 June 2024

New
  • Cloud Container Metrics: Dozens of beautiful new graphs

    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.

05 June 2024

Improved
  • More details in lists of SSH users

    Take a look at your list of Cloud Container SSH users and you'll notice that it's had a bit of a tidy-up. As well as visual changes, like switching the 'User Type' to an icon, we've added more details. Now you can see the keys that each user has, without having to click into each one. We've had a lot of requests for this update so we're stoked to deliver it.

20 May 2024

New
  • Cloud Container backups tell you the image at the time

    When you view your list of Cloud Container backups, you'll now see what image the container was running at the time. If you want to restore a backup that was taken before the image was upgraded or changed, we recommend changing the image back before restoring. See how to restore a Cloud Container backup in the Knowledge Base.

13 May 2024

New
  • "Production mode" setting for managed Cloud Containers

    If we manage and monitor your Cloud Containers, there's a new "Production Mode" setting within their environment variables. If this setting is off, we'll know that the container isn't production-ready and we won't monitor the website. When it's on, so is our round-the-clock monitoring.

10 May 2024

New
  • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) now available on High Performance Virtual Servers

    After thorough testing, we have added Ubuntu's latest long-term support release, Noble Numbat, to the HPVS platform. There's more about this distro in the blog.

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