• New in Beach: Restore backups yourself

    Regular backups are made automatically for all Beach instances. If something goes really wrong, it was previously possible to quickly restore the working state via a support ticket. So that you can now do this yourself at any time of day or night, there is a new feature in the Control Panel - and it can do even more than just restore backups!

    In the Control Panel, you will now find a “Backups” section where you can see all available backups:

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  • No RegreSSHion – CVE-2024-6387 fixed

    The recent security vulnerability in OpenSSH – nicknamed RegreSSHion for good reason – is already patched in Flownative Beach.

    The issue, assigned the CVE-2024-6387 and published on July 1st, is rated with a score of 8.1 out of 10. So we understand our customers are worried about a potential impact on our Flownative Beach cloud hosting.

  • Removal of outdated PHP versions 8.0 & 8.1 from Beach

    PHP 8.0 has served us well. So did PHP 8.1 But now it's time to move on–to newer PHP 8 versions.

    No longer supported by the developers, PHP 8.0 no longer receives any updates at all since November 26th 2023. As the PHP website states:

    Each release branch of PHP is fully supported for two years from its initial stable release. […]

    After this two year period of active support, each branch is then supported for an additional year for critical security issues only. […]

  • Removal of outdated PHP version 7.4 from Beach

    PHP 7.4 has served us well over the past years. But now it's time to move on–to PHP 8.

    No longer supported by the developers, PHP 7.4 will no longer receive any updates at all from November 28th on. As the PHP website states:

    Each release branch of PHP is fully supported for two years from its initial stable release. […]

    After this two year period of active support, each branch is then supported for an additional year for critical security issues only. […]

  • SSH Host Updates and Key Rotation

    On Tuesday, 08.03.2022, we will roll out a new SSH server configuration and provide new SSH host keys. Expect a warning when you try to connect to your instance via SSH after our upgrade and replace the old key in your known_hosts file with the new fingerprint.

    Crypto is evolving

    Security is an ongoing process and requires continuous adaption. As new weaknesses are discovered and new algorithms are being developed, configuration must be adjusted and cryptographic keys be replaced.