Changelog – Page 2

Release 5677: SMTPD limits on low disk space

In this release we have tuned a couple of postfix configurations to safeguard Hypernodes from excessive e-mail volumes. What may affect users is that when the root disk has free space less than 15MB, SMTPD would not accept new requests. We have also adjusted the active queue size in proportion to the enforced mail limits,…

Release 5664: Follow migration process from the commandline

In this release we have added a new commandline tool on Hypernode which allows you to track the progress of running jobs for your Hypernode. This enables you to get a better insight into at what part of the process actions are as they are happening. The command is named hypernode-log and can be run…

Release 332: Configure additional Hypernode settings using the API

In this release we have extended the functionality of the (currently BETA) hypernode-api to include some more app-level settings. Note that because the API is still currently under active development the exposed capabilities and naming are still subject to change. Last week we made it possible for API users to enable OpenVPN. In a similar…

Release-5640: hypernode-vpn a fully automated OpenVPN solution

In this release we introduce hypernode-vpn a fully automated VPN solution for Hypernode, which can be used for securely connecting to your database. hypernode-vpn is based on OpenVPN, with settings optimized for Hypernode. How it works When hypernode-vpn is enabled on a Hypernode, the Hypernode automation takes care of installing openvpn and generating the required…

Login to billing portal available

In this release we’ve added the option for our non-Dutch speaking customers to login to their billing portal from auth.hypernode.com. You can click the top right to access the dropdown and should then select the “billing portal” item to gain access. You can then manage your subscriptions there. The billing portal allows you to change…

Release 312: Billing portal SSO URL endpoint and general improvements

In this release we’ve introduced a few generic improvements in the API and introduced an endpoint customers can use to retrieve the billing portal SSO login URL for their account. Billing portal SSO URL Non-Dutch speaking customers who ordered their Hypernode can now get their billing portal SSO login URL by calling the Chargebee SSO…

Release-5637: hypernode-systemctl CLI introduction

With the recent announcement of the Hypernode-API beta we’re now also able to provide some tools to improve the way you manage your Hypernode on the command line. We’ve introduced the hypernode-systemctl tool to let you take control of certain settings of your node and to allow you to whitelist IP’s. This also provides a…

Release 5624: Customer changes now have a higher priority than system jobs and more

Prioritising customer changes in our backend system In this release we have made a big change to our back-end system to decrease the time it takes for customer changes to be propagated throughout the platform when we are running system jobs. Our automated systems periodically perform operations on all Hypernodes, like installing updates, running backups…

Release 5619: Newsletter brute-force protection & enforcement of mail limits

In this release we have updated our fail2ban configuration to protect against more different flavors of brute-forces on the Magento newsletter form. The protection only applies to visitors from outside the Netherlands and should not trigger in-case of normal usage. The second change is this release is that we now queue outgoing e-mails in excess…

Release 238: Hypernode-API open for public (beta)

As of this announcements it’s possible for Hypernode users to make use of our Hypernode-API. Please be aware that this API is still in beta and might be subject to change. So it’s important not to let any critical systems depend on this API. Want to know how to use the Hypernode-API? Have a look…

Release 5548: Slightly quicker new node provisioning

In this release we have changed our configuration management so it only installs the enabled PHP version during initial provisioning instead of all PHP versions. Previously we would install all available versions on all Hypernodes always in order to speed up switching between versions. But by only installing the enabled version on demand, the time…

Release 5541: PHP 7.2 can now be chosen in the service panel

Last week we announced that PHP 7.2 is now available on Hypernode. Today we’ve pushed a new version of our service panel to production which makes it so that you can now switch to (and from) this new version yourself without having to contact support to perform the change for you.

Release 5535: Performance improvements for all new Excellence nodes up to 3XL

Improved hardware at Amazon In this release we have changed the EC2 instance type used by all new Magento Excellence plans up to 3XL from the previous generation C3 type to the new generation C5 types. This change will give the Magento Excellence M 500 megabytes of extra RAM, the Excellence L 1 gigabyte of…

Release 5521: Improved OPcache settings

In this release we have modified some PHP OPcache configuration settings to improve speed of certain PHP operations. The new values match the recommendations from the Magento 2 performance optimization guide. Changes: OPcache for the CLI is now enabled (unless using PHP 7.0/7.1 in combination with the Ioncube extension). The OPcache memory size has been…

[MageReport] Release 20180726.1 – Updated Creditcard Hijack check

Updated Creditcard Hijack check We have updated the Creditcard Hijack check to identify several different instances of newly discovered creditcard skimming malware. Other Several minor UI improvements.

Release 5504: PHP 7.2 available on Hypernode

Today we’re making PHP 7.2 available on Hypernode. In our previous changelogs some of the changes we did to incorporate this new version into our platform were described, and today we will be adding the option for customers to change to this new version in their production environment. The new PHP version will not be…

Release 5502: More PHP extension updates for PHP 7.2

As mentioned yesterday, we’re currently in the process of adding PHP 7.2 support to the Hypernode platform. In this release we have updated some more PHP extensions to add PHP 7.2 compatibility. We have compiled php-ext-snappy for PHP 7.2 and will be updating it from 0.1.9-1 to 0.1.9-2 on all Hypernodes. Snappy is the default…

Release 5498: Preparations for PHP 7.2

Now that Magento 2.3 is on the horizon we are preparing our platform for PHP 7.2. In Magento 2.3 support for PHP 7.0 will be dropped and support for 7.2 will be added. As described in our changelog for PHP 7.1, upgrading to PHP 7.2 will be a bit more involved than upgrading to the…

[MageReport] Release 20180719.1 – Updated checks and new look & feel

Updated Brute Force Attacks check We have expanded the Brute Force Attacks check to scan additional paths for publicly available admin login pages. Please refer to our updated article for more information on how to protect your Magento installation from brute-force attacks. Updated Creditcard Hijack check We have updated the Creditcard Hijack check to identify several different…

Release 5481: More efficient fail2ban, sftp logs readable by app user

In this release we have backported a new version of fail2ban from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) onto our (Xenial) platform. We noticed that on some nodes the fail2ban database would grow to a disproportional size over time. This was because of a bug in the Xenial 0.9.3 version of fail2ban where the purging of…

Release 5469: Log rotation and improved memory management

We’ve made several changes to our log rotation setup in this release. Here is a summary of the most important changes. Log rotation for SFTP We have noticed several Hypernodes gradually filling up their disk because the SFTP logs grew out of proportions. We prevent this by enabling log rotation on the SFTP logs. When…

Release 5419: Reconfigured worker_processes count for NGINX

In this release we have increased the NGINX worker process count for larger nodes. We used to have a hard-coded value of 4 for all Hypernodes, which was based on early benchmarks from long ago when we didn’t offer large nodes like those in the Excellence line yet. But for nodes with more than a…

Release 5385: Behind the scenes improvements and other changes

This week we’ve been quite busy working on some behind the scenes improvements for the platform. Although there won’t be any noticeable impact for users, these type of changes are important because they make it so that Hypernode and its peripheral systems remain stable and can keep scaling as our user base grows. Summary of…

Release 5340: Block FTP access if only SFTP is used and other systems tweaks

Over the past two weeks we have deployed a range of performance based system tweaks as well as two new opt-in features that can be enabled and disabled per Hypernode. Blocking FTP access for when only SFTP is used For security reasons it might be desirable to block FTP access completely if only SFTP is…