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 | A new OS image Ubuntu 24.04 is released. | 2024-10-10 |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Connection to a simple application server over 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 |
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 | |
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 | |
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. | 2024-06-17 |
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 |
April 2024
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Image creation | Custom images can be created from simple application servers. | 2024-04-26 | |
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 |
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. | 2024-01-05 |
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 |
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 | References |
Image | The following OS images are released:
| 2022-08-24 |
May 2022
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Data disk attachment and resizing | Simple Application Server allows you to attach and resize data disks 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:
| 2022-04-24 | |
Connection over the internal network | Simple application servers can communicate with other Alibaba Cloud services that reside in virtual private clouds (VPCs), such as ECS and ApsaraDB, over the internal network. | 2022-04-18 |
March 2022
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
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 | |
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 |
January 2022
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Image | The following application images are released:
| 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 |
September 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Custom image | Custom images that you created can be copied to other regions. | 2021-09-14 | |
Server resetting | Custom images can be used when you reset simple application servers. | 2021-09-14 |
August 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Image | The following images are released:
| 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 is created from 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 to ECS and use the shared images to create ECS instances or replace the OSs of existing ECS instances. | 2021-01-14 |
October 2020
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
OS image | The following OS images are released:
| 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 China: US (Virginia), Indonesia (Jakarta), Japan (Tokyo), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), and UK (London). | 2020-08-05 |