Following v2 OS templates have been added to our OS inventory:

1) CentOS 8 64bit
2) Ubuntu 19.10 64bit
3) Debian 10.3 64bit
4) OpenSUSE Leap 15.1 64bit
5) Freebsd 12.1 64bit

All v2 images are now support serial console that bring you more flexibility and boot information.

Note
v1 OS image that run based on DHCP will be removed entirely.

Firewall is now included for FREE to all Cloud Server customers. Activate and set your own firewall rules in client portal.

Malaysia government has decided to extend the movement control order (MCO) until 14th April.

You can rest assured that your hosting services with us remain active 24/7 during the extended MCO.

We continue to support your business remotely. Whenever you need our assistance, please reach us via support ticket at client portal, email or WhatsApp.

Stay Strong, Stay Healthy and Just Stay at Home.

New OS Image

✅ Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) newly added to our OS inventory.

☁️ Cloud server users may choose this new image from our client portal.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to all Muslims !

New Service & Maintenance Status page added. Kindly refer to https://status.controlvm.com for upcoming service maintenance and real time service status.

Complete another client setup with our cloud server. Fully virtualized environment with firewall - IPS & IDS, gateway, and VPN

Happy Chinese New Year & Happy Holiday !

There are demand from few customers to setup VPN tunnel between their cloud server hosted with us and their HQ network. At the same time allow remote staff and third party system developers to work from home. This kind of setup more or less increase the network security and database redundancy. No matter on-premise or cloud, staff can work from anywhere with internet connection.

AlmaLinux OS template with EXT4 format is now available in our cloud server OS inventory.

You can install at anytime by login to client portal.

https://almalinux.org/
Free Linux OS for the community. Founded by the team behind the CloudLinux OS.

Rocky Linux OS template is now available in our cloud server OS inventory. You can install at anytime by login to client portal.

https://rockylinux.org/
Led by Gregory Kurtzer, founder of the CentOS project.

Some cPanel hosting customer may experiencing break in SSL due to the expiration of Let'sEncrypt root CA (https://letsencrypt.org/docs/dst-root-ca-x3-expiration-september-2021/). We are still waiting software vendor to have permanent solution (https://support.cpanel.net/hc/en-us/articles/4409770365335)

Update:-
cPanel released autofixer to address this issue, all our servers updated.

Critical exploit known as Log4Shell has been disclosed and shared publicly, please refer to following:

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-44228
https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/10/apple-icloud-twitter-and-minecraft-vulnerable-to-ubiquitous-zero-day-exploit/

If your applications using Apache Log4j 2, please take necessary precaution, as the exploit involves remote code execution. Apache Log4j 2 mostly use in JAVA based system. Kindly update to 2.15.0 or latest version as soon as possible.

Please follow the CVE for latest update.

Season’s Greetings from ControlVM
Merry Christmas & Happy Holiday !

It is time to forget about the pass and the bad. We shall move forward to welcome 2022, Happy New Year!