News
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 TLS 1.0 and 1.1 are outdated versions of the encryption protocol for HTTPS connections, and federal standards require federal systems to...
Elasticsearch 5.6, upcoming Cloud Foundry Summit, and platform updates
Announcements In this featured FEC Case Study, find out how cloud.gov helps the agency ensure their applications are available, secure, and resilient. Want us to feature your agency? Drop us a line at inquiries@cloud.gov. Join us at the Cloud Foundry Summit on April 18-20 in Boston, MA. Members of...
Major outage postmortem
On Tuesday January 9 from 17:09 EST to approximately 23:42 EST (6 hours and 33 minutes), the cloud.gov platform and customer applications were unavailable. This was the longest and most significant outage in the history of our platform. No data was lost. We’ve published a postmortem that includes what we’re...
Note about Meltdown/Spectre vulnerabilities
cloud.gov is tracking the recent public disclosure of vulnerabilities in modern CPUs, named the Meltdown and Spectre attacks. We are taking all available steps to mitigate the impact of these vulnerabilities. No customer action is required. Our cloud infrastructure provider has already updated their systems so that cloud.gov customer applications...
A new homepage, quickstart guide, and more
We’ve been hard at work making cloud.gov work for you. We’re constantly optimizing the platform so it’s secure and meets your expectations. Here are some highlights from our platform updates in the last month. Added We updated our homepage! Now you can find more helpful resources and links to customer...
Starting now, sandboxes expire after 90 days
Starting today, sandbox spaces will expire automatically every 90 days, as planned in our monthly update from November. Here’s what to expect: Any sandbox applications you have right now will be deleted 90 days from today, along with service instances (such as databases), routes, etc., in the sandbox. You will...
cloud.gov monthly update: Buildpack notifications, volume services, and other new features
We’ve been hard at work shipping out new features to help you make your apps better, more secure, and improve your experience developing and deploying them. There’s a lot more in here than usual. We hope you see some features and additions in here that you’ve been waiting for. As...