2025 Mid-Year Wrap-Up: Infra Scheme, Upgrades & More
In the first half of 2025, Hostman delivered a range of updates and events that enhanced user experience and expanded our services.
Intrigued? Let's take a look at what's new.
Visualize Easily with Cloud Infrastructure Scheme
The first update in line, which we are very proud of, is a new infrastructure scheme in the Control Panel that gives you a live, interactive map of all your services at a glance. Tired of drawing cloud diagrams in various applications simply to understand your setup? Just look at this cool thing:
It shows real-time status, regions, and specs for servers, databases, S3 buckets, Kubernetes clusters, and load balancers. You can organize resources visually, trace traffic paths, add comments, zoom, go full screen, and lock layouts.
It's free, with no hidden fees, and you can even download a .png version in one click.
And this is just the beginning—soon you'll be able to design draft schemes, add third-party elements, and switch between display modes. Stay tuned for future updates!
Growing Our Partnership so You Can Grow with Us
We launched new Partner, Reseller, and Ambassador Programs with various partner types, tiers, and perks. Join forces with Hostman to unlock new revenue streams and business opportunities with a cloud platform tailored to meet the unique needs of startups and SMBs like yours.
Hostman helps developers and growing companies succeed because when you succeed, we succeed.
Unified Search—Everything You Need, Instantly
No more clicking through menus—whether on desktop or mobile, you'll find what you need in seconds. Meet the new unified search bar that keeps you in the flow.
Just press ⌘/Ctrl+K or click the search field, type a name, label, or IP, and instantly see matching services, network info, and relevant docs. Use Tab to switch between Services and Documentation, arrows to navigate, and Enter to jump right in.
Improved Our Kubernetes Service
Kubernetes now takes care of itself through auto-healing!
Every 10 minutes, it checks the health of all worker nodes.
If a node is marked NotReady or Failed, Kubernetes tries to restart it. If that doesn't work, it automatically launches a new node to replace it.
Want more control? You can turn off auto-healing for specific nodes with the label kube-healer.kubernetes.io/healing-disabled:true.
This feature is available for all clusters, helping you keep workloads stable without manual intervention.
We also updated Kubernetes pricing plans:
Dev plan—$2.00/month, for testing Kubernetes functionality.
Use case: small pet projects.
Base plan—$12.00/month, for clusters with medium load where fault tolerance is not critical.
Use case: corporate web services or ML inference services.
Custom plan—from $21.60/month, for flexible configuration.
Use case: high-load platforms and Big Data/ML pipelines.
The Serial Console Comes into Play
Now you can dive into your servers with speed and ease. Here's what makes it great:
Copy, paste, scroll, and use your mouse directly in the terminal.
Turn on syntax highlighting with a single click to make code easier to read.
Connect without relying on public networks or SSH.
Launch instantly while using resources efficiently.
The VNC console is still here, too, and you can switch between consoles on all servers whenever you need to.
New Solutions in our Marketplace
We added new software to the Marketplace, including Prometheus Alertmanager for simplifying the monitoring, Metabase for data analytics, Bookstack for enhancing your knowledge management, and others.
Choose the most suitable option from our 20+ solutions directly in the server creation menu in Hostman's Control Panel!
Meet the Upgraded S3 Object Manager
The S3 Object Manager now allows you to upload objects to buckets and manage them directly in the panel with one-click upload, drag & drop, or Ctrl+V. Each file has its own block with upload/download status in the right corner. There are also:
Convenient sorting by name, date, or size.
Smart breadcrumbs with long paths collapsed into a drop-down list.
Global search by objects with matches, path to the object, and direct navigation to the file or folder.
Documentation Always at Hand
Switching tabs or hunting through the website is gone. Documentation now opens right inside your Control Panel, exactly where you need it. On any cloud service page, just click the link and dive straight into the Docs without breaking your workflow.
Easily Manage Password-Based SSH Access
Previously, restricting password access to the server required manual editing of the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file. Tiring.
Now, just toggle the corresponding button when creating the server. An SSH key will be used instead of a password, improving security and convenience.
After restricting password authentication, you can still use your password, for example, to log in via VNC.
Actively Expanding our Knowledge Base for Everyone
We published more than 150 tutorials for users of all levels, from beginners to experienced IT specialists. To understand what you are interested in, we track the most popular articles. Among them, for example:
An article about how to create and use batch files so that you can automate your workflow with Windows OS.
A guide on how to install and configure SSH on Ubuntu, which helped many people to set up a secure connection to the Ubuntu server.
If you are already familiar with this, feel free to check out our Tutorials to find something interesting for yourself!
And a Few Little Niceties
We monitored and fixed minor bugs and improved usability to enhance your user experience. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, we would say.
Earned the "Users Love Us" G2 badge based on verified user reviews with an average rating of 4.8 out of 5. And, to be honest, we love you too! Hostman's technical support is always available and ready to help you with any questions or difficulties.
We also updated our Company page, and now it looks amazing (as we think). Check it out and learn slightly more about Hostman.
Rolled out Kubernetes version v1.33 among the first! You can read about the new features on the official Kubernetes website, but in short, this version is more stable and packed with many cool features.
In fact, we continuously update software versions, so you can always rely on the most stable services.
That's all for now, but don't worry, there's still a lot of interesting stuff to come. And to make sure you don't miss anything important, follow us on social media!
30 July 2025 · 6 min to read