Hello! 

In this week’s feature highlight, we look at how to enable 2Factor Authentication in CrownPanel.

Two-factor authentication (2FA) is a security process in which users provide two different authentication factors to verify themselves. This process is done to better protect both the user's credentials and the resources the user can access.

It’s easy to enable the 2Factor authentication in our control panel.

Step 1: Enable,

To enable 2Factor Authentication, log in to your account, head over to the Account Settings menu here, click on Enable 2FA.

Step 2: Verification,

Next, you will be presented with a QR code and for other devices, we also list the Account Name and Key which can be manually input into your 2FA app.

Once you've scanned the QR code and/or setup the 2FA profile with the Account Name/Key, Enter the token you get from your 2Factor App to verify that the 2Factor setup has been successful.

You may cancel the setup at this stage if you wish to not setup 2Factor authentication.

Step 3: Verification, 

Once the token has been entered and verified, you will get a success message confirming this.

2FA Enabled Successfully,

Upon your next login, You will be presented with the 2Factor page to confirm your token before continuing to your account.

To Disable 2FA,

You may disable 2Factor authentication by visiting the Account Settings page once logged in.

Please contact our support for any additional assistance you may need in setting up/using 2Factor authentication for your account.

Hello! 

In this week’s feature highlight, we look at how to enable PPP, TUN/TAP, or FUSE in our control panel.

It’s easy to enable the TUN/TAP, PPP, and FUSE modules from the VPS management portal.

1) Login to your VPS management portal(https://crownpanel.com/)

2) Click on the Manage button.

3) Now select Setting to open the module setting

TUN/TAP Module

To enable the TUN/TAP module, click on Re-enable TUN/TAP.

To verify the module, access the server through SSH, and run the following command:

cat /dev/net/tun

If the output is “File descriptor in a bad state” it means that TUN/TAP is enabled. If the output is “No such device” it means TUN/TAP is not enabled.

PPP Module

To enable the PPP module, click on Re-enable PPP.

To verify the module, access the server through SSH, and run the following command:

/usr/sbin/pppd

You will receive a message asking for the password or some garbage characters like ~ÿ}#À!}!}!} }4}”}&} }%%% } } }%.

FUSE Module

To enable the FUSE module, click on Re-enable FUSE.

Hey There!

We’re happy to announce a new feature in CrownPanel to help make managing snapshots easier, The panel now supports adding/setting names to Snapshots.

Naming a Snapshots is a very useful feature, for example,

• If you have multiple snapshots, it would be ideal to name each.
• If you run multiple versions of software, you can name the snapshot with the version it contains

and many more usage scenarios where having a user-defined name on a snapshot would be very useful.

When you click on the dropdown marker, you are presented with 2 options,

• Edit Snapshot Name
• Remove Snapshot

As the name suggests, Edit Snapshot Name offers you the ability to set a user-defined name for a snapshot, for example, “My First Snapshot”,

The user interface for Edit Snapshot Name appears as shown below,

To add a Name to the Snapshots,

Select option “Edit Snapshot Name” and the text has a maximum allowed length of 32 alphanumeric characters.

And click the button “Update Snapshot Name” to name the snapshot.

In the above screenshot, you can see the example name “NewSnapshot” has been set on the snapshot we just created.

And you can also set a Snapshot Name when the snapshot is building as well.

To Remove a Snapshot,

Select the option “Remove Snapshot” as shown in the screenshot below,

And clicking the “Remove Snapshot” will remove the Snapshot as shown in the screenshot.

Stay tuned for further updates!

As part of our commitment to provide you with the latest and most ready-to-use service, we’ve updated all our available templates to the latest available.

This template update process ensures that any new VPS deployed will come along with the latest available packages so you don’t have to spend any time running a large initial update. 

You can get more details from https://blog.crowncloud.net/post/updates/june-2020-openvz-templates-updated/ 

Hey There!
We’re happy to announce that Ubuntu 20.04 is now available as an operating system choice on our OpenVZ based plans in our control panel. Get more information from https://blog.crowncloud.net/post/announcements/ubuntu-20-04-now-available-on-openvz-based-vpses/

Greetings,

We’re happy to announce that we’ve just expanded our points of presence in Europe.

• Frankfurt, Germany (DE3)
• Amsterdam, The Netherlands (NL2)

As we mentioned above we have expanded the Datacenter in Europe which provides the largest peering point and ideal conditions for optimal connectivity with100% power uptime service level guarantee.

Currently, we are offering the following services on our new Datacenters,

• KVM SSD Plans.
• KVM HDD Plans.
• KVM Storage Plans.

All the above 3 plans start with a base price of $5/month.

To check out more offers for new DC visit our website – Click here

Test IPs of new Datacenter:

• Frankfurt, Germany – 212.224.70.16 and 2a01:7e0::212:224:70:16
• Amsterdam, The Netherlands – 185.208.208.3 and 2a0b:3c40:1:103::1

You can contact us using the various contact methods below!

• Support / Sales: support@crowncloud.net
• Signup to Our Client area: https://crowncloud.net/clients/

Stay tuned for further updates!

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Greetings,

We’re happy to announce that the latest version of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 20.04 is now available under our 1-Click Installer in our control panel for KVM based VPSes

As always, we also have an ISO/CD-ROM install method available for customers who are looking to create custom partition layouts, pre-install different packages, etc.

Stay tuned for further updates!

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Greetings, New Settings Menu for OpenVZ based VPSes

We’re happy to announce that we have a new feature available for OpenVZ based VPSes.

We have added a “Settings” menu in CrownPanel, This would make it easier for you to instantly manage Tun/Tap, PPP and FUSE on your VPS on the go.

Currently provided features:

• Tun/Tap
• PPP
• FUSE

For more information, check out our wiki article about this feature at https://wiki.crowncloud.net/?how_to_enable_tuntap_fuse_ppp

Stay tuned for further updates!

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Greetings,

We’re happy to announce that the Dark mode theme is now available in CrownPanel.
Dark Mode adjusts the color on your screen for a darker appearance to avoid any discomfort.

The default theme remains as a Light (normal) theme, and this is completely optional for customers who wish to enable/use dark mode.

To turn on Dark Mode:

First, Click on “Hey! <Username>” and select “Account Settings

Next, Under “Light/Dark Theme”, Select Dark Theme and click on Update Theme.

CrownPanel Dark Mode/Theme demo image,

Stay tuned for further updates!

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