Type 3 updated with more RAM and disk and lower price
The Type 3 server has been updated with a lower price and better configurations. From 48GB of RAM and 2 x 500GB SSD to 64GB of RAM and 2 x 1TB SSD and 12% lower pricing.
Sign in with your Google account 🗝👤
We've added an option so you can access the dashboard with your Google account. Even with your current Maxihost account you can sign in to Google if you're using the same email.
Resell Maxihost servers with the WHMCS integration 🤑
The new integration with WHMCS allows you to resell Maxihost servers through your own website.
With this new Integration you can have your own Bare Metal Cloud platform with automatic provisioning and management of servers for your customers.
Learn more on the documentation.
Deploy servers in Miami 🏖 and Chicago 🏢
The Miami and Chicago regions have reached General Availability and you can now deploy servers in any of them from the dashboard and API.
In addition, we've shortened deploy times from 15 to 10 minutes!
Performance improvements for accounts with a large number of servers
Accounts with large number of servers began to experience performance issues after we introduced a feature that shows the server's Operating System in the API and dashboard.
We've released an update that not only fixes this problem, but improves the performance of server listing for everyone.
From 5TB to 20TB of free inbound transfer
Starting today all new servers created with Maxihost will come with 20TB of free outbound transfer, four times more than before. Current servers will be updated to reflect the upgraded traffic in the coming weeks.
Devices update - operating system
/devices now returns the operating system
/devices/:id now returns the operating system
See the progress of your deployments in real-time
It’s good to know that your Bare Metal is being deployed instantly after you requested it, but it’s much better when you know what’s happening during that process. Starting today, you can!
Servers are now indexed in real-time ⏰
The global search now index servers in real-time. When you deploy a new server or edit its information, these changes will be available in the search bar instantly.
This fixes issues where customers couldn't search for servers that were recently updated.
Changes to GET /plans and POST /devices
Ahead of the launch of new regions, the GET /plans endpoint now returns available regions for each server. Also, POST /devices now accepts new facility parameters.
New power management endpoint so you can turn on, off and power cycle your servers
We've created a new resource so you can do power management via the API. Through the endpoint `/devices/:id/actions` you can turn on, off, and power cycle a server.
🆕 Announcing Type 3 with new E-2176G processor and 29% price reduction.
We've upgraded the Type 3 server to the brand new Intel E-2176G processor. This processor has a higher clock than its predecessor (3.7GHz vs 2.4GHz), while still maintaining the same number of cores. That's a lot more power for your workloads. In addition to this, we've reduced the price by 29%. Deploy a Type 3
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS now available
In case you hadn't noticed, we now offer Ubuntu 18.04 on all server types. Have an idea for an OS we still don't have? Let us know.
Power management has been moved to Overview 🔌
The option for turning on, off and rebooting servers has been moved to the Overview tab. Now you have faster access to that option when you want to do a simple reboot.
Simplifying day-to-day operations with a new design 🎨
Today we're launching a new design for Maxihost. A project that re-built a large part of the codebase in an effort to simplify the day-to-day management of your servers.
The new design not only updates colors but also allows for a better experience with changes to navigation and content placement.
Here are the most important changes:
20% speed improvement across the board
Cleaner and lighter layout
Navigation changed to the side, allow for more options to be shown
Submenu IP Addresses has been moved to its own menu and is now called Networking
Pagination update - limit=0
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Use your SSH Keys when reinstalling your servers 🔑
Just like when creating a new server, now on the Reinstall page you can use your SSH keys. Learn how SSH works or see how you can add your keys.
Announcing the Maxihost API
The API gives you everything that you need to integrate your applications with Maxihost.
With it, you can deploy servers, check your bandwidth usage, manage your account, and more, all via code. Read the announcement or get started now.
Deploy more secure servers with SSH Keys 🔐
You can now add your SSH keys and use them to create servers. Creating a server with one or more SSH keys disables password access and ensures a safer server.
Add your key on the Security page, or see our docs to learn more.
Scheduled Maintenances and Incidents are now shown in Control
Now when you access Control you'll see if there are any incidents or scheduled maintenances open on Status.
You can hide these notifications, and they'll only be shown again when they're updated.
Settings menu is now called Account
The Settings menu is now called Account in order to provide better context of the preferences available in that option.