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Simple Application Server:Release notes

Last Updated:Oct 28, 2024

This topic describes the release notes for Simple Application Server and provides links to the relevant references.

October 2024

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Image

Simple Application Server launched a new OS image: Ubuntu 24.04.

2024-10-10

Images

August 2024

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Display of data disk usage

The used data disk size and the total data disk size are displayed in the Server Monitoring section of the Server Overview page in the Simple Application Server console.

2024-08-12

View the details of a server on the Server Overview page

Storage building

Nextcloud is an open source cloud storage software that can be used to build a cloud synchronization storage and share the storage among your team. This way, you can manage the synchronization, sharing, version control, and team collaboration of files across platforms and devices. You can use an application image to build a Nextcloud storage in the Simple Application Server console.

2024-08-07

Use an application image to build a Nextcloud storage

Data migration from a Tencent Cloud Lighthouse instance to an Alibaba Cloud simple application server

The quick migration feature of Server Migration Center (SMC) can be used to migrate servers without performing complex operations such as logging on to a source server or downloading the SMC client. This improves server migration efficiency.

2024-08-05

Migrate data from a Tencent Cloud Lighthouse instance to an Alibaba Cloud simple application server

July 2024

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Cross-account image sharing

A custom image can be shared with other Alibaba Cloud accounts in the same region to quickly deploy the same environment configurations for multiple simple application servers. This improves deployment efficiency.

2024-07-15

Share a custom image across accounts

Connection to a simple application server by using a custom port

When you connect to a simple application server by using Workbench, port 22 is used for Linux servers and port 3389 is used for Windows servers by default. To improve system security, you can modify the default port that is used for remote connection.

2024-07-02

Set a custom port to connect to a simple application server

June 2024

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Simple application server management by using Alibaba Cloud Client

You can install Alibaba Cloud Client on your on-premises device to query simple application servers, view resource configurations and usage, and connect to and manage simple application servers.

2024-06-25

Use Alibaba Cloud Client to manage simple application servers

Fuzzy search

Fuzzy search is supported to search for simple application servers in the Simple Application Server console.

2024-06-17

View the information of a simple application server

Firewall template

The firewall template feature is supported. You can use a template to add a set of firewall rules to one or more simple application servers at a time. This improves the efficiency of setting firewall rules.

2024-06-17

Manage firewall templates

New region

Simple Application Server is available in the South Korea (Seoul) region. You can purchase simple application servers in the region where your business end users are located to ensure stable and fast website access speed.

2024-06-17

Regions and network connectivity

May 2024

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Key pair

You can bind SSH key pairs to simple application servers and unbind SSH key pairs from the servers for higher security and convenience.

2024-05-30

Manage key pairs on Linux simple application servers

April 2024

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Image creation

Custom images can be created based on simple application servers.

2024-04-26

Create custom images

Password reset

The password of a server can be reset online, which eliminates the need to restart the server after you change the password.

2024-04-26

Set or reset server passwords

January 2024

Feature

Description

Release date

References

New regions

Simple Application Server is available in the Philippines (Manila) and Thailand (Bangkok) regions. You can purchase simple application servers in the region where your business end users are located to ensure stable and fast website access speed.

2024-01-05

Regions and network connectivity

October 2023

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Server monitoring

Simple Application Server is integrated with CloudMonitor. You can view the monitoring metrics of simple application servers in the CloudMonitor console. This helps you understand the resource usage of servers and improve O&M efficiency.

2023-10-24

View the monitoring information of a simple application server

September 2023

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Data migration from lightweight servers of third-party cloud service providers to simple application servers

Data can be migrated from lightweight servers of third-party cloud service providers to Alibaba Cloud simple application servers by using SMC. Examples of lightweight servers of third-party cloud service providers include Tencent Cloud Lighthouse, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Lightsail, and Huawei Hyper Elastic Cloud Server (HECS).

2023-09-20

Migrate lightweight servers to Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server

July 2023

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Data migration from a simple application server to an ECS instance by using SMC

If your current simple application server cannot meet your business requirements, you can use SMC to smoothly migrate data from the simple application server to an Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance to obtain more flexible resource configuration solutions.

2023-07-06

Migrate data from a simple application server to an ECS instance

November 2022

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Connection to Linux servers as a root user on Workbench

You can connect to your Linux simple application server as a root user on Workbench.

2022-11-30

Connect to a Linux server

October 2022

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Installation of SSL certificates

If a domain name is bound to your simple application server, you can install an SSL certificate on the server and configure HTTPS access to the domain name. This way, you can change the data transmission protocol from HTTP to HTTPS at a low cost. Authentication and encrypted data transmission are implemented on websites. This prevents data tampering or leaks during data transmission.

2022-10-17

August 2022

Feature

Description

Release date

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Image

The following OS images are released:

  • Debian 11.3

  • Centos Stream 9

  • Rocky Linux 8.6

  • AlmaLinux 9.0

  • Anolis 8.4 ANCK

  • Windows 2022 Data Center Edition

2022-08-24

Images

May 2022

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Data disk attachment and extension

If you fail to attach a data disk to your simple application server when you create the server, you can mount a data disk to the server after the server is created. You can also extend an existing data disk after a simple application server is created.

2022-05-18

April 2022

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Console optimization

To improve user experience and ensure ease of use, Alibaba Cloud optimizes the Simple Application Server console in the following aspects:

  • On the Servers page, you can filter servers based on server IDs or public IP addresses.

  • On the card of a server, you can copy the ID and public IP address of the server.

  • On the Server Overview tab of a server, the Upgrade and Renew buttons are moved to the upper-right corner.

2022-04-24

Service interconnection

Simple application servers can communicate with other Alibaba Cloud services that reside in virtual private clouds (VPCs), such as ECS and ApsaraDB.

2022-04-18

March 2022

Feature

Description

Release date

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For beginners

The document named For beginners is added to the help center of Simple Application Server. The basic knowledge, process for getting started, usage guide of the console, billing methods, and FAQ about Simple Application Server are provided in the document.

2022-03-19

For beginners

Feature overview

The document named Functions and features is added to the help center of Simple Application Server to help you better understand and use Simple Application Server.

2022-03-18

Functions and features

January 2022

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Image

The following application images are released:

  • LNMP 7.4

  • ASP.NET 4.8

  • Tomcat 8

  • NextCloud 23.0.0

2022-01-07

None. You can obtain information about the images on the server buy page.

December 2021

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Firewall

The source IP addresses can be specified in firewall rules and specific ports on the firewall can be disabled for enhanced security.

2021-12-22

Manage the firewall of a simple application server

September 2021

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Custom image

Custom images that you created can be copied to other regions.

2021-09-14

Copy a custom image

Server resetting

Custom images can be used when you reset simple application servers.

2021-09-14

Reset a simple application server

August 2021

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Image

The following images are released:

  • Application images:

    • WordPress 5.8

    • LAMP 7.4

    • cPanel 94.0.5

    • Docker 20.10.7

    • Node.js 16.5.0

  • OS images:

    • Alibaba Cloud Linux 3.21.04

2021-08-09

None. You can obtain information about the images on the server buy page.

January 2021

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Custom image

A custom image can be created based on a snapshot of a simple application server. You can use a custom image to create multiple simple application servers that have the same configurations. You can also share custom images with ECS and use the shared images to create ECS instances or replace the OSs of existing ECS instances.

2021-01-14

Overview of custom images

October 2020

Feature

Description

Release date

References

OS image

The following OS images are released:

  • CentOS 7.6

  • CentOS 8.2

  • Ubuntu 20.04

  • Windows 2019

  • Debian 10.5

2020-10-23

None. You can obtain information about the images on the server buy page.

August 2020

Feature

Description

Release date

References

New regions

Simple Application Server is available in the following regions outside the Chinese mainland: US (Virginia), Indonesia (Jakarta), Japan (Tokyo), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), and UK (London).

2020-08-05

Regions and network connectivity