Admin: Added improved IP Addresses table to admin for faster loading.
Admin: Admin API can now be used to
create a Floating IP address to any user, including the possibility to exactly specify which address to allocate, provided it is available in the pool
create a Virtual machine on behalf of any user
create a Disk on behalf of any user
attach or detach a disk to Virtual machine on behalf of any user
IMPROVED
Managed DBaaS detail view now has Start and Stop buttons so user can start the service if it has been stopped for some reason, e.g. when their billing account had been FROZEN
Billing Account view now by default shows 10 latest reports, others become visible by the click of a button
Admin: Paging in tables with data from multiple locations has been optimised
Admin: Quick filter row limit has been increased from 1000 to 4500
Admin: Grafana has been upgraded to version 9.3.1
FIXed
Post-payment account with Invoice payment enabled can now safely switch to using Card payment without having their resources temporarily stopped
Fixed an edge case scenario where user was able to use their own referral code for the same user’s other billing account
Visual glitches with tooltips all around the UI have been fixed
Attaching a disk with snapshots to a VM now retains snapshot information (in UI visible only for boot disk)
Network deletion misbehavior was fixed
Admin: Fixed a data table page browsing bug for tables with data from multiple locations
Admin: Gradual prices editing dialog now properly handles 0 for From Units value
November 2022
30.11.2022
v2.86.1
FIXed
Hiding detached disks from accounting until all orphaned disks have been removed and causes for them becoming orphaned are fixed
Admin: Reverted back to old IP addresses admin table until the new table has all their bugs fixed
Preliminary support for managing block storage devices aka Disks from API, e.g. disks can now be detached from one VM and attached to another one, see API documentation for more information
IMPROVED
When pre-payment customers are shown a notification that calls them to make their first top up, the message also contains information about the initial free credit that would be unlocked with the first top up, if applicable
Admin: Campaigns in Admin Settings now also have a link for sharing, just like for referral codes
Admin: Dashboard’s Ceph utilization graph was updated to use data source that better reflects real state of storage pool. Additionally, some Ceph stats from ceph df response can now be seen in Prometheus/Grafana as metrics with storagem prefix
Admin: Improved and optimised GraphQL queries in the backend to be able to query more data with single request
Admin: Removed “in progress” label from new VM table, old table is moved to the bottom of the list with other old tables
FIXed
Fixed error texts in Create Load Balancer view
Fixed small visual bugs related to modifying DBaaS IP whitelist
Admin: Action menu in table that has only one row is now fully visible
October 2022
31.10.2022
v2.85
IMPROVED
Admin: Services and IP addresses views now open significantly faster after removing columns that show information related to user or billing account
FIXed
Deleting a VPC network that has had a load balancer is now working as expected
Deleting a database service that does not have a whitelist defined is now working as expected
Cleaned up API documentation, removed reference to a feature that has not been properly implemented - converting backup to snapshot and vice versa
Admin: VM table column VM name now shows correct information
Admin: Filtering VMs by MAC field now works as expected
Invoice API (both end user and admin) now returns location_slug field for invoice lines that have a resource with location specified, it will be available only for new invoices/reports, not for currently existing ones
IMPROVED
VM and Service details views now show both Upload and Download rates as two lines on one graph
More internal health checks for platform components to improve system stability and visibility
FIXed
Admin: Fixed VM migration dialog host selection dropdown, long list is not chopped off anymore
06.10.2022
v2.83
New
Admin: Usage chart on Admin dashboard has now a filtering option. It is possible to view the usage per location or per product.
IMPROVED
VMs recovery logic was improved if hypervisor is set offline
Admin: Billing Account details were added to Load balancer’s details
FIXed
Gradual pricing for VM backups and snapshots was fixed
Fixed UI overflow issue for Safari newest version users in create forms.
September 2022
28.09.2022
v2.82
New
Admin: Admins can now set up custom campaigns with custom credit amounts for end-users. Read more:
IMPROVED
Admin: VM details page in Admin now opens quicker which makes it possible to use VM delete action from admin. Removed the username data that caused the slow loading of the page.
For platforms who have Load Balancer feature available there is now a banner visible on end-user dashboard to promote the new feature.
Improved the logic how error messages are shown to users on the platform. Less important messages are now consolidated and shown as warnings.
User is now given a more informative error message when creating a VM failed because HV is full or IPs have run out. User is asked to try again in another location when platform setup has multiple locations.
FIXed
Fixed the case where users would sometimes see a not so helpful error message “Cannot read properties of null (reading 'data')“
14.09.2022
v2.81
New
Admin: Search results from one table can now be used as a filter in another table. Read more about
IMPROVED
DBaaS status now shows how many underlying VMs are running and how many are stopped.
Load Balancer target element now is properly removed when the target Virtual Machine is deleted
Fixed a vulnerability in Duitku top up implementation to prevent overriding callback URL
Fixed rounding errors when showing Total amount on Current Usage view
Fixed pre-selecting a location for a new resource, in some cases configuration had no effect
Small fixes for Load Balancer descriptive texts
Admin: Fixed sorting and filtering in Load Balancer table
Admin: It is now possible to add a new price to a location specific price list while it is not defined in default price list
01.09.2022
v2.80
New
Load Balancer - Introducing a new end-user feature. This feature allows users to create and manage a Load Balancer that can transparently distribute data traffic to multiple servers. Read more from:
FIXed
Fixed confirmation modal text while unassigning IP from a resource. Text should not have stated that unassingned IPs are free during trial period. Text now shows correct price.
Admin: Fixed filtering issue in new Billing Accounts table ongoing balance column.
August 2022
18.08.2022
v2.79
New
Admin: Prices are now editable on Settings page, see for more information
Admin: Floating IP pools' utilisation is now shown on Admin Dashboard
FIXed
Fixed single/multi node selection on DBaaS creation view
Fixed Botika webchat integration
Admin: Fixed Ceph block storage utilisation graph on Admin Dashboard
Admin: User conversion chart now shows a nice loader
Admin: Fixed column names on new VM admin table
Admin: Fixed caching on new admin tables to prevent showing stale data
July 2022
21.07.2022
v2.78
New
Public IP addresses can be assigned to managed services
Admin: Virtual Machines and IP Addresses can be deleted by the administrators
Admin: Preparation for easier configuration of prices
FIXed
Admin: Fixed searching by numeric values in VM’s v2 table
June 2022
27.06.2022
v2.77.2
FIXed
On Billing Account view Top Up Invoices list issue date is now shown with time and timezone to make it consistent with Balance History
VM Force Stop is more robust and can now handle inconsistencies better (e.g. hypervisor restart causing VM status to change unexpectedly)
21.06.2022
v2.77.1
FIXed
Admin: Fixed Committed financially stats to take all top ups properly into account
Admin: Fixed Resource Usage Subtotal to be 0/not shown on Credit Topup reports, updated Admin API documentation to show the new subtotal_resource_usage field
20.06.2022
v2.77
New
Admin: Cloud Services report/invoice now shows Resource Usage Subtotal - this is the amount that only accounts for actual resource usage on the platform, discarding any overdue amounts that are currently included in Subtotal. The Resource Usage Subtotal is the same amount that is used for calculating Usage based revenue on the admin Dashboard. The new field is shown in Monthly reports table and Report detail view in admin
IMPROVED
More flexible configuration for metrics and logs collecting infrastructure, paving way for storing metrics and logs for a longer period
Admin: User conversion chart got an overhaul, it now shows 3 metrics: new users, how many created their first billing account and how many committed financially (either added a validated credit card or made their first top up). Previously shown 2 metrics were similar but not always correctly calculated
Admin: Greatly improved loading of user conversion and VM overview charts on admin Dashboard
Admin: New approach for showing Virtual Machines in admin is now available under VMs (v2, work in progress), searching and sorting by VM fields is available, so are all the actions. It is much quicker and uses less browser resources than the old table. It is still work in progress, billing related fields can not be used for filtering and sorting, a new approach is in development to provide tools for handling such use cases
FIXed
Fixed deleting managed services with no VMs
Improved the success rate of getting a public floating IP address in Mikrotik setups
06.06.2022
v2.76
New
Integration with Botika chat to provide support to end users
Admin: Start, Stop and Resize VM is now available in Admin VM detailed view, (VMs table action to open VM details has been renamed View Logs → VM Details)
IMPROVED
Small improvement to VM network stability by reducing network management layer restarts during deployment
May 2022
25.05.2022
v2.75
IMPROVED
Topup flow now has Google tracking, Topup initiated action is sent always when user initiates topup and clicks on Top Up in the dialog. The action Topup done is sent only for successful credit card topups, as payments with other methods happen in the background and sometimes without the user being logged in to UI
FIXed
Reworked some VM Create/Start error messages to make the actual problem more apparent to reduce support ping-pong time
Error choosing host - No room for creating/starting the VM, no hypervisor has available resources
Failed to instantiate disk - probably VM base image is missing from Ceph
Any error from network component is directly passed to VM Create response
Fixed service package resources with 0 cost lingering in limbo and polluting logs with pointless error messages
Fixed not being able to modify billing account details in some cases
20.05.2022
v2.74.2
FIXed
Prevent choosing network from a wrong location when creating a VM
Admin: Fixed broken Admin - VM - View logs UI
Admin: Fixed location filter content in new VM list
18.05.2022
v2.74.1
FIXed
Fixed UI static resource cache invalidation to properly discard cache after every deploy
Fixed handling of country flags
16.05.2022
v2.74
New
Support for different prices in different locations
FIXed
Removed too eager error message when logging in
Fixed a visual bug in Create Resources' forms
Removed non existent service prices from the usage report
11.05.2022
v2.73.1
FIXed
Removed too eager error message when logging in
10.05.2022
v2.73
New
Preparation for easier configuration of prices
Support for new countries and flags on Create Resource location selection
FIXed
Fixed a bug of billing account not being properly changed for a VM in some rare situation
Fixed some visual bugs related to flags on Create Resource location selection
Fixed Create VM view showing unavailable VM sizes in some cases
04.05.2022
v2.72.2
FIXed
Lonely curly brace removed from Admin view
Admin can now change Billing Account of Floating IP while impersonating a user
April 2022
28.04.2022
v2.72.1
FIXed
Increase timeout of VM Images API call to avoid unnecessary error messages.
25.04.2022
v2.72
IMPROVED
If TERMINATED restriction level has been configured, then, in the notification email that is sent once their balance goes negative, additional info is provided, including a warning of deletion and the date when this action will be taken.
Loading the platform sometimes fails for some users, loading icon keeps looping and does not go away. As a solution there is now a logout button available for users, logging out usually helps. In addition when loading has lasted over 30 seconds user is prompted with a modal and suggested to try again logging in.
11.04.2022
v2.71.1
FIXed
Suspending S3 Buckets is not so strict anymore. Buckets will not be suspended when user’s billing account with “terminated” or “frozen” state does’t not have any buckets.
Admin - “Old” admin tables have been brought back and billing account related data is now again available on VMs, Services and IPs tables.
05.04.2022
v2.71
New
S3 buckets will now be suspended by platform when user has at least one FROZEN billing account. Creating new buckets is also prohibited.
User is now able to see in the UI when he is on LIMITED restriction level, on user dashboard and when creating new resources.
IMPROVED
Admin: Added improved S3 Buckets table to admin for faster loading.
Admin: Modified existing VMs, Services and IPs table for faster loading. Removed billing account balance details data that caused slow loading issues. This is a temporary solution, will continue to move these pages to more faster paging supported solution and will bring back billing account details then.
Admin: Improved how billing accounts status and restriction level are shown in admin billing accounts table
Admin: There are no old and beta separation in admin tables. Old tables are hidden where new is available.
Improved S3 data synchronisation for faster hourly charging job.
FIXed
Modified all user input forms so it is not allowed to add any surrounding space characters anymore.
Admin: Fixed issue with monthly reports details page taking forever to open.
Admin: Improved table columns filter for easier clicking, added larger click area and hover effect.
March 2022
14.03.2022
v2.70
IMPROVED
Admin: New Monthly reports (Beta) table now available with faster loading times. Monthly reports table now also has action menu at the end of every row to see report details.
Admin: New Beta tables now have range filters for numeric fields for better filtering options.
Admin: VMs chart on Admin dashboard now has possibility to choose if data on chart is shown by VM quantity or VM volume.
Improved handling of VMs when setting hypervisor offline
FIXed
Fixed issue with newly created Access not being visible on user dashboard for the user who created it.
Fixed user dashboard billing block for users who have onboarded to platform via access share (users without any billing account)
Fixed Access share create form, now it is not possible to enter access recipient email with surrounding space character.
Fixed issue with Storage bucket estimated price in UI. When bucket has some data the bucket size for price is rounded up to whole GB, UI now also calculates based on that logic.
Contact support button on User dashboard did not always open chat link, sometimes it opened email form. If platform has chat integrated then chat is now opened as a first choice.
05.03.2022
v2.69.2
FIXed
Fixed restoring database service from backup
February 2022
22.02.2022
v2.69.1
IMPROVED
Intercom is now forced to open on the left, even if not configured so in Intercom settings
FIXed
Fixed Get Bucket API documentation
Fixed SSH button in VM Detail View (introduced in v2.69)
Admin: fixed host status dialog layout issues (introduced in v2.69)
Admin: impersonating yourself is not supported, disabled Impersonate button for yourself in Users list
16.02.2022
v2.69
IMPROVED
UI loading speed has been improved both for initial and subsequent loads – disabled some less important queries, compacted loadable resources, improved caching, removed the need for preflight requests, implemented other optimisation tweaks
User Dashboard has seen a complete overhaul to make it appealing and useful, included a button to take the user back to the start, i.e. clears the view and opens the Dashboard
Admin: Optimisations to S3 buckets list in admin
Admin: Filters in new admin tables are now always visible when applied, clearing single filters is now possible
Admin: Some important URLs are now shown on Admin Settings page
FIXed
Fixed an issue with VM graphs not always showing
Fixed VM Create username length check, 30 characters were allowed while 25 were supported, too long usernames caused cryptic error messages
Removed confusing notification that was sent to users with invoice payment when their payment “failed”
Admin: Admin Dashboard can cope when data is not yet available (platform has just been installed)
January 2022
18.01.2022
v2.68
New
Failing automatic credit card payment now triggers user notification via email about the failed payment. This affects all post-payment customers with credit card payment method and pre-payment customers who have activated automated payment. See the doc for more information:
Admin: New Billing Accounts' and Users' tables beta versions are now available. New tables have been built ground up on top of GraphQL. New versions load much faster, support server side paging and filtering. Visually they look similar to old tables, under the hood it’s a different story. Please test the new tables and give us feedback.
Admin: Added option to add and edit Google Tag Manager key from the Admin Settings page.
IMPROVED
Improved automated payment functionality and UI for new and existing users. When user has no existing resources and wants to enable automatic payment then the first top will be now made when user switches on the automated payment. Previously new user had to separately make the first top up.
Admin: Improved Invoice requests speed in Admin should by adding more resources to the component.
FIXed
Fixed issues in UI with managed service estimated monthly cost, now showing correct cost.
Updated S3 Object Storage logging in production to not include unneeded data.
Updated S3 Object Storage bucket deletion process. Bucket is now unlinked before linking to 'blackhole' user.
Updated Windows VM creation logic to reduce issues where VM is not always created properly.
Admin: Fixed missing numbers on managed services chart on dashboard.
Admin: Added missing location column to Services table, fixed some icons.