Blacknight Shared Hosting Wishlist

Ethan.Saaris · 26-11-2015 2:38pm #1

This is my Blacknight shared hosting wishlist for 2016:

MySQL 5.5 or higher
PHP 5.6.15
Any caching engine (memcached, APC, Zend, OPCode, XCache, Varnish, Redis)
InnoDB engine as default database engine

Happy Holidays!

Ethan.Saaris · 30-11-2015 12:51pm

One more item on my list (I can't edit my post for some reason):

DNSSEC support
[UPDATE] PHP 5.6.16

mneylon · 03-12-2015 5:37pm

Sorry for the lack of a reply
I've asked our technical team to look into the various items and we will update you either here or via our blog etc., with any changes

Addressing your specific "asks":
[*]MySQL 5.5 or higher - we are working on that. Our technical team have been focussed on migrating a number of "legacy" hardware nodes to more up to date OS so that we can access some new features / functions that will allow us to offer various services
[*]PHP 5.6.15 - not sure on the exact timeline, but that's planned.
[*]Any caching engine (memcached, APC, Zend, OPCode, XCache, Varnish, Redis) - that's unlikely to be available on our shared hosting
[*]InnoDB engine as default database engine - I'll check with our CTO on that one.
[*]DNSSEC support - we're reliant on our main software vendor to either support this directly or via some kind of sane integration with 3rd party vendors

Ethan.Saaris · 03-12-2015 5:52pm

Hey, thanks for your reply. It's nice to hear you're working on it.

Hopefully, new features and updates will be available soon!

mneylon · 03-12-2015 9:06pm

If you're doing a lot of heavier PHP development and want to use more "bleeding edge" releases we'd recommend one of our cloud hosting plans.
Or you could have a look at this: https://www.blacknight.com/jelastic/

One of the issues we have in a "shared" environment is that newer versions of various software will cause issues for clients with older scripts / software.

Ethan.Saaris · 04-12-2015 12:18pm

I know, but it's not time for me to upgrade now, I'm still small.

Let me add three new items to my list

PHP 7
Apache 2.4.17 (with mod_http2 built in // mod_http2 is the renamed mod_h2 module)
https://letsencrypt.org/

Jelastic looks nice, I'll take an in-depth look later.

mneylon · 04-12-2015 6:55pm

Ethan.Saaris wrote: »

I know, but it's not time for me to upgrade now, I'm still small.

Let me add three new items to my list
PHP 7

Apache 2.4.17 (with mod_http2 built in // mod_http2 is the renamed mod_h2 module)

https://letsencrypt.org/

[*]

Jelastic looks nice, I'll take an in-depth look later.

[*]
PHP 7 won't be available for some time - it was only released yesterday
Newer versions of Apache are made available as possible with the various OS versions we use etc.,

Ethan.Saaris · 04-12-2015 10:23pm

One can only hope...

I was playing with PHP 7.0.0 final today on Digital Ocean and also noticed Register365 has PHP 7 on their shared plans. I know it's still young and immature, but lots of old versions need to go. PHP 5.3 and 5.4 are past their end of life.

Anyway, Happy Holidays!

Ethan.Saaris · 12-01-2016 1:42pm

Hello and Happy New Year!

Here's the revised wishlist for sharing hosting plans:

Apache 2.4.18 (with mod_http2 built in // mod_http2 is the renamed mod_h2 module)
HTTP/2 support
nginx 1.8+
MySQL 5.5 or higher
InnoDB engine as default database engine
PHP 5.6.17
PHP 7.0.2 (optional)
Any caching engine (memcached, APC, Zend, OPCode, XCache, Varnish, Redis) (optional)
DNSSEC support
https://letsencrypt.org/ support
CloudFlare Plesk support

Cheers!

Ethan.Saaris · 08-02-2016 11:13am

Hello!

Are there any updates regarding any of the items in the list? PHP is now at 5.6.18 and 7.0.3 respectively. Also MySQL 5.1 is past end of life - almost 3 years now - https://blog.cpanel.com/mysql-5-1-end-of-life/

I would be happy with an Apache/PHP/MySQL update only.

Cheers!

08-02-2016 5:10pm

Hi Ethan,

PHP 5.6.13 is available on our latest shared hosting plans.

MySQL 5.5 is not currently available on shared hosting, we are pushing the vendor but at present we don't have an ETA.

Ethan.Saaris · 09-02-2016 1:20pm

AlanBlacknight wrote: »

Hi Ethan,

PHP 5.6.13 is available on our latest shared hosting plans.

MySQL 5.5 is not currently available on shared hosting, we are pushing the vendor but at present we don't have an ETA.

Thanks Alan!

Can I have a link to the vendor software?

09-02-2016 3:18pm

Hi Ethan,

It is Shared Web Hosting Next Generation module from Odin Service Automation

Ethan.Saaris · 09-02-2016 6:24pm

Thank you, I'll try to contact them via their forum.

24-02-2016 9:55am

Hi Ethan,

MySQL 5.5 is now available on shared hosting, any new databases created will be MySQL 5.5 and all existing databases on NG Shared are now MySQL 5.5

Alan

Ethan.Saaris · 24-02-2016 10:12am

Hi Alan, I have noticed yesterday. Also, PHP seems to be at its latest 5 version, 5.6.18. Waiting for PHP 7 now

I suppose Odin updated their software?

Thank you!

24-02-2016 12:18pm

We found a solution which they support, I'll investigate PHP 7 on NG Shared.

Ethan.Saaris · 24-03-2016 2:02pm

AlanBlacknight wrote: »

We found a solution which they support, I'll investigate PHP 7 on NG Shared.

Thanks for investigating PHP 7. Let me know what you find.

Ethan.Saaris · 24-03-2016 2:10pm

Hello and Happy Easter!

Here's the revised wish list for NG shared hosting plans:

Apache 2.4.18 (with mod_http2 built in // mod_http2 is the renamed mod_h2 module)
HTTP/2 support
MySQL 5.6 or higher
InnoDB engine as default database engine
PHP 5.6.19
PHP 7.0.4
Any caching engine (memcached, OPCode, XCache)

I have removed Cloudflare and Letsencrypt, as I am using third-party services.

Cheers!

08-11-2016 11:45pm

It's now November, and I'm disapppointed that we are still waiting on two features that are standard with most reputable hosts. Have to count, but I believe we have triple digit clients hosted with Blacknight, and have been using your services for 10 years+. Have to say, I'm tempted to favour our reseller provides who provide these features:

1) Letsencrypt - I know you want to sell a dedicated IP address and an SSL cert. You'll still sell some, but Google have added ssl as a ranking factor - we need https by default - please integrate letsencrypt.
2) Up to date mysql on legacy accounts - I have to jump through hoops to convert a modern database collation to an old one, just so I can move my dev wordpress sites to your hosting, for legacy clients. I was told last year that all accounts would be migrated to NG by end of year, yet as late as today I'm dealing with a legacy account that can't handle a collation that's been available for years on mysql.

That said - your support generally rocks. That's why I host most of our clients with you.

13-11-2016 10:00pm

Hi SBS

Letsencrypt can be used on our latest NG Shared Hosting plans, we don't officially support the installation and configuration of it but it is possible to use it. Also you don't need a dedicated IP for SSL certs on latest NG Shared Hosting plans as it supports SNI.

On all shared hosting plans (including legacy) any new MySQL Database is 5.5

Our Vendors migration path doesn't support mass migrations but any account can be migrated to our latest NG Shared Hosting, just need to open a support request.

Alan

Seapoint · 22-05-2018 3:39pm

AlanBlacknight wrote: »

Hi SBS

Letsencrypt can be used on our latest NG Shared Hosting plans, we don't officially support the installation and configuration of it but it is possible to use it. Also you don't need a dedicated IP for SSL certs on latest NG Shared Hosting plans as it supports SNI.

On all shared hosting plans (including legacy) any new MySQL Database is 5.5

Our Vendors migration path doesn't support mass migrations but any account can be migrated to our latest NG Shared Hosting, just need to open a support request.

Alan

How can Letsencrypt be instaled on Linux Minimus NG Migrated ? annnnnd.. what about shell access?

23-05-2018 10:37am

Hi Seapoint,

We recommend you use our approved SSL product, which we support. https://www.blacknight.com/security/ssl/

However, if you want to DIY install a Letsencrypt on shared hosting, please read this https://help.blacknight.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000407965-Using-Let-s-Encrypt-SSL-Certificates-on-Shared-Hosting

Please be advised that self-installed SSL certs will not automatically renew on shared hosting plans, so you will need to keep an eye on that yourself.

Shell access is not available on shared hosting plans. Our cloud hosting plans offer an ideal solution if you need complete control of your own dedicated virtual machine. https://www.blacknight.com/cloud-hosting/;

Hope this helps - please let me know if you need anything else.

Regards,
Conn

Seapoint · 23-05-2018 5:03pm

Blacknight: Conn wrote: »

Hi Seapoint,

We recommend you use our approved SSL product, which we support. https://www.blacknight.com/security/ssl/

However, if you want to DIY install a Letsencrypt on shared hosting, please read this https://help.blacknight.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000407965-Using-Let-s-Encrypt-SSL-Certificates-on-Shared-Hosting

Please be advised that self-installed SSL certs will not automatically renew on shared hosting plans, so you will need to keep an eye on that yourself.

Shell access is not available on shared hosting plans. Our cloud hosting plans offer an ideal solution if you need complete control of your own dedicated virtual machine. https://www.blacknight.com/cloud-hosting/;

Hope this helps - please let me know if you need anything else.

Regards,
Conn

Go raibh maith agat Conn - Micheál

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