Announcing IPv6 Support in USA-CENTRAL-1 (Dallas, TX)
We are excited to announce that our USA-CENTRAL-1 (Dallas, TX) Public Cloud location now has support for IPv6. This comes on the heels of our previous announcement of IPv6 support in our USA-EAST-3 (Ashburn, VA) Public Cloud location. Additional locations will gain support for IPv6 in the coming months. 16 IPv6 addresses are offered at no charge with each new or existing Cloud Server.
Announcing IPv6 Support in USA-EAST-3 (Ashburn, VA)
We are excited to announce that our newest Atlantic.Net’s Public Cloud location, USA-EAST-3 (Ashburn, VA), now supports IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6). Additional locations will gain support for IPv6 in the coming months. 16 IPv6 addresses are offered at no charge with each new or existing Cloud Server.
Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Now Available!
We are pleased to announce the release of Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Cloud Server operating system for use in our Public Cloud.
Although this is a major release for Windows Server, Microsoft has kept the user interface and administration largely the same as Windows Server
2016 Datacenter. This will allow users to dive right into using Windows Server 2019 without a learning curve.
New features in Windows Server 2019
Some of the new features that have been introduced in Windows Server 2019 include:
System Insights:
This new feature provides insights into the functioning of your server and helps predict issues that may occur. This feature is designed to help cut down on reactive maintenance costs.
Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP):
ATP exposes memory and kernel level attacks and responds by suppressing malicious files and terminating malicious processes to help keep your system protected.
Storage Migration Service:
Storage Migration Service makes it easier to migrate servers to a newer version of Windows Server. It provides a graphical tool that inventories, transfers, and configures data from old servers on to newer servers. It can optionally move the identities/users of the old servers to the new servers, so that the applications and users don’t have to change anything.
Heterogenous Containers:
This feature makes it possible to run Windows and Linux-based containers on the same Windows Server host using the same docker daemon.
Windows Time Service:
Windows Time Service provides provide more precise and frequent time syncing than the previous versions of Windows Server.
Login to provision 2019 Windows server in less than 30 seconds!
Windows Server Container Support in the Cloud is now Available!
Windows Server Container Docker Support in the Cloud is now Available!
Introducing Windows Server Containers
We are happy to announce the availability of Windows Containers with Docker. This enables Windows users to package applications into images that can be run on any Windows 2016 server. Users can now deploy and scale their Windows Containers across Atlantic.Net’s global Cloud.
Atlantic.Net Cloud Hosting: FreeBSD 11 Now Available!
Atlantic.Net is always working to provide our customers with the latest and greatest! We are happy to announce that FreeBSD 11 is now available to provision in our Cloud Hosting Portal.
If you have not already signed up, please sign up for a Cloud Hosting account here, and spin up a server in less than 30 seconds.
To see what’s new in FreeBSD 11, click here.
Two-Step Login is Now Available!
We are excited to announce the release of a new feature called Two-Step Login (aka: Two-Factor Authentication, 2TFA, TFA). This new feature provides you an extra layer of security when accessing your Cloud account via the Atlantic.Net Cloud Portal.
What is Two-Step Login?
When you enable Two-Step Login, you’ll be required to provide a username and password like you normally do plus a randomly generated verification code.
You’ll be able to get the verification code by text message or by using a simple authenticator app for a smartphone.
How it helps protect your account
Most services only have one layer of security to protect user accounts: a password. With Two-Step Login, even if a bad guy hacks your password, he’ll still need your phone to get into your account.
Atlantic.Net announces Cloud Location in London, UK
If you need low latency and fast access to the European market, with the same power, speed, and reliability Atlantic.Net is known for, our new London, UK Cloud location has you covered! You can now create and manage fast SSD Cloud Hosting in our London, UK location via the control panel or API.
Update on VENOM (CVE-2015-3456) QEMU Vulnerability
Earlier today, a security vulnerability, CVE-2015-3456 (VENOM), was publicly announced. This vulnerability affects the widely used KVM/QEMU virtualization hypervisor platform that we use to power our SSD cloud hosting servers.
We are rolling out the necessary security patches to address this vulnerability to all applicable infrastructure. In order to ensure that the patches are effective at resolving the vulnerability, you may see a very brief interruption in service (a few seconds) while your Cloud Server is switched to run on the updated version of our infrastructure.
A very small percentage of Cloud Servers may require a reboot to complete this process. If this is necessary for one of your cloud hosting servers, you will be contacted by our support team so this can be done with as little inconvenience as possible.
We will keep you posted on progress.
UPDATE 05/14/15: Atlantic.Net has successfully mitigated the VENOM vulnerability in our USA-West-1 (San Francisco), USA-Central-1 (Dallas), USA-East-2 (New York) and Canada-East-1 (Toronto) Cloud locations. USA-East-1 (Orlando) is almost complete, however, there is a small percentage of Cloud Servers that will need to be manually rebooted. If you are one of the few affected, an email will be sent to you shortly with further instructions.
UPDATE 05/14/15: Atlantic.Net sent notification to the small percentage of cloud server hosting that needed to be manually rebooted in USA-East-1 (Orlando). Those that were notified have until 11:59 pm ET on May 15, 2015 to power cycle their Cloud Servers per the instructions provided in the email. If they have not done so by the previously mentioned time, we will shutdown their Cloud Servers and power them back on.
UPDATE 05/16/15: Atlantic.Net has now successfully mitigated the VENOM vulnerability in USA-East-1 (Orlando), and as previously noted, all other Cloud locations.
You can read more about VENOM here.
If you have any further questions, please contact our Support team.
100% of Silicon Valley’s Cloud VPS revenue donated to the homeless
Atlantic.Net Expands Out West With New Silicon Valley Data Center & Partners with Project Homeless Connect To Donate 100% Of The First Month’s Revenue To Helping San Francisco’s Homeless!
Atlantic.Net is excited to announce the opening of our newest data center in Silicon Valley! Located near San Francisco, California, this facility offers the same features as our other locations, plus faster access and lower latency for west-coast customers. To send our launch into the stratosphere, we will be donating 100% of the revenue raised within the first month of operation to Project Homeless Connect, a homelessness awareness organization dedicated to connecting homeless San Franciscans with the care they need!
Whether you need one market-leading cloud server or 1000s, now is a great time to add servers in our Silicon Valley location. Not only do you get a great product, but with us donating your revenue to help homeless people this holiday season, you’re doing good for the community! Help us make this holiday season a bit brighter for someone who needs help the most – bring you workloads to us.
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