News
Changes to cloud.gov services and prices
Cloud.gov’s funding source (the Acquisition Services Fund) requires us to review our expenditures and adjust rates to cover the cost of running the service. Starting on October 1, 2019, new interagency agreements (including renewals) will use the following prices. Agreements already in place will not change, and any modification or...
VPN backhaul, Drupal 8 example, and new team members
Curious what’s new that you might find helpful as a cloud.gov user? Here are highlights from our recent changes. Announcements Update: Due to changes in customer needs, private network rollout was halted. 2019 FedRAMP annual assessment completed, cloud.gov granted re-authorization Every year, to maintain our FedRAMP Authorization, cloud.gov goes through...
Final warning: cflinuxfs2 will be removed May 21st
Background: We announced on February 26 that cloud.gov would remove support for the cflinuxfs2 stack (the operating system image for applications). This was the default stack for cloud.gov applications deployed before April 15. On April 15 we set the default stack for new applications to cflinuxfs3. The change we’re making:...
Quarterly update - An OS upgrade, cross-IaaS services, R Shiny apps, and more!
An OS upgrade, cross-IaaS services, R Shiny apps, and more! It’s a new year, and we’ve got a pile of changes and highlights to tell you about since we last checked in. Announcements Ubuntu 18.04 is coming and 14.04 is going: Test your apps now! The base OS image used...
Release notes
Here’s the latest on how we’ve been trying to make cloud.gov simpler and more secure. (If you find yourself needing to explain cloud.gov to coworkers or leadership, take a look at our new two-pager!) New dashboard (now in preview mode) Check out the preview version of our new web dashboard....
New S3 plan for sandboxes
In the past, we’ve had issues with users being notified of a sandbox purge even though the sandbox didn’t actually get cleared. So in order to provide a more seamless experience, cloud.gov now offers S3 service plans for sandboxes that automatically clear your S3 contents whenever your sandbox is cleared....
New custom domain service
For custom domain support, cloud.gov provides a CDN service that uses AWS CloudFront. AWS CloudFront is outside the AWS FedRAMP P-ATO boundary, so we’ve updated the CDN service documentation to explain the compliance impact of using this service more clearly. cloud.gov now also provides a custom domain service without CloudFront....
TLS 1.0 and 1.1 support removal, Drupal 8 made easy, and platform updates
Upcoming breaking change We will remove support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 connections to all applications on cloud.gov on March 30, so that all connections must use TLS 1.2. TLS 1.0 and 1.1 are outdated versions of the encryption protocol for HTTPS connections, and federal standards require federal systems to...