What's new in VirtlixCP

October 29, 2026 (VirtlixCP 5.5.23: live hypervisor metrics on the dashboard)

• NewThe dashboard shows each hypervisor's live CPU (model, cores and threads), memory, disk and network use, updated every few seconds while the dashboard is open
• NewThe hypervisors list shows disk space used and free, with a usage bar
• NewThe license syncs every 20 minutes, so plan changes and renewals reach the panel quickly
• NewNew VirtlixCP logo in the panel, and a browser tab icon

October 26, 2026 (VirtlixCP 5.5.22: password and hostname changes without a restart)

• NewChanging the root password or hostname of a running Linux VPS applies straight away, without a restart, for admins and clients
• NewThe VPS name in the hypervisor follows its hostname
• NewAlmaLinux, Rocky and other EL VPSes created before 5.5.22 restart once on their first hostname change; after that, renames apply live too
• NewWHMCS module: Change Password now sets the VPS password, and the new Set Hostname from Domain admin button renames the VPS. Guide

October 26, 2026 (VirtlixCP 5.5.21: import from Virtualizor, SolusVM, Proxmox & SynergyCP)

• NewImport KVM VPSes from Virtualizor, SolusVM, Proxmox VE, the Virtlix VPS panel or any libvirt server. Each VM keeps its data, MAC and IPs, and its client is matched or added. Guide
• NewImport bare metal servers from SynergyCP or another VirtlixCP: servers, IPs, switch ports, IPMI logins, parts, locations, IP pools and clients, without touching your hardware. Guide
• NewImported VMs keep the disk type, network card and BIOS or UEFI setting they were installed with
• FixThe first password or hostname change on a VPS without a cloud-init disc failed

October 25, 2026 (VirtlixCP 5.5.3 to 5.5.12: CentOS 7 & one-click Google Drive)

• NewNew OS: CentOS 7 for KVM VPS
• NewGoogle Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive backup destinations connect with one click: press Start verification, choose your account and allow access. No app of your own needed
• NewChoose another account or sign out of a connected Google Drive, Dropbox or OneDrive destination
• NewPanel database backups can go to Google Drive with the same one-click sign-in
• NewCreate VPS shows the hypervisor's free disk space and RAM, and what is left after the new VPS
• FixUbuntu and Debian VPSes on a failover IP (a /32 whose gateway is outside it) had no network
• FixAlmaLinux 8 VPSes rejected their SSH keys and password
• FixCentOS 7 VPSes had no network on a failover IP and could not install packages

October 26, 2026 (VirtlixCP 5.5.13 to 5.5.20: rescue mode, ISOs, firewall, plans & more)

• NewRescue mode: boot a rescue system with the VPS disk attached to repair it, for admins and clients
• NewISOs: an ISO library for every client, clients can add their own by URL, mount an ISO and boot from it
• NewSuspend and unsuspend a VPS with a reason shown to the client
• NewVNC password, and optional direct VNC access for your own VNC app
• NewExtra IPv4 and IPv6 addresses on a VPS, from your IP pools
• NewReverse DNS for every VPS IP, for admins and clients, and a new OVHcloud rDNS provider
• NewVPS firewall: inbound rules for admins and clients, plus anti-spoofing, applied without a restart
• NewVPS plans: preset sizes with network limits for Create VPS and Resize
• NewExtra disks: add, grow and remove them while the VPS runs
• NewMove a VPS to another hypervisor
• NewStorage page: free space on each hypervisor and leftover files you can delete
• NewSaved SSH keys for admins and clients, picked when you create or reinstall a VPS
• NewOne-click control panels on install: cPanel, Plesk, HestiaCP, Webuzo and CloudPanel
• NewRecipes: your own scripts, run once after a VPS is installed
• NewScheduled start, shut down and reboot, once or repeating, for admins and clients
• NewWHMCS module: sell VPS plans and one-click control panels as Configurable Options, take an SSH key on the order form, and suspend with the WHMCS reason shown to the client. Guide
• FixIP pools whose free range started on a byte boundary (for example ::100 or 10.0.1.0) could not hand out addresses
• FixThe Windows password strength warning did not show on Create VPS, Rebuild and the client Reinstall tab
• FixThe Rebuild VPS page could stay on Loading when opened directly
• FixCreating a VPS failed with "Undefined variable $sshKeys" (5.5.20)

October 11, 2026 (VirtlixCP 5.5.2: VPS backups)

• NewVPS backups: full and incremental backups while the VPS keeps running, with restore to any point. Guide
• NewBackup schedules: daily, weekly, every few hours or any cron time, a full backup every N days with incrementals in between, and how many backup sets to keep
• NewBackup destinations: a folder on the hypervisor, SSH/SFTP, FTP, S3-compatible storage (Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Wasabi, Cloudflare R2), Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive
• NewClients can restore their own VPS from its Backups tab
• NewAbuse Reports, Backups (panel database) and rDNS add-ons are included
• FixAbuse reports for the IP of a KVM VPS now reach the VPS's client

October 9, 2026 (VirtlixCP 5.5.1: WHMCS module)

• NewWHMCS module for dedicated servers and KVM VPSes: orders are provisioned, suspended, upgraded and terminated from WHMCS, with power buttons and one-click sign-in for clients. Setup guide
• NewIntegrations can create and manage VPSes through the API with their own API key
• FixProvisioning a dedicated server whose port isn't connected to a managed switch failed
• FixListing the IPs of a server without a managed switch port failed

October 7, 2026 (VirtlixCP 5.5.0: client VPS area, DNS & port speed)

• NewClient area for VPSes - customers start, stop and reboot their VPSes, open the browser console, reinstall the OS, and change the root password, hostname and DNS themselves, with live graphs and this month's bandwidth
• NewA Home page in the client area shows each customer's dedicated servers and VPSes at a glance, and is where they land after logging in
• NewDNS servers per VPS - pick Google, Cloudflare, Quad9, OpenDNS or your own (up to 3) when creating a VPS, and change them later from Manage
• NewAssign a VPS to a client when you create it, or move it to another client later
• NewEvery VPS now has a port speed, from 100 Mbps up to 25 Gbps (1 Gbps by default), and customers see it on their VPS page
• NewCreate VPS only offers OS templates already downloaded to the chosen hypervisor, and OS Templates shows each image's real size on disk
• FixIPv4 addresses are shown without the /32 suffix

October 6, 2026 (Native install, PXE & failover IPs)

• NewPXE OS reloads work out of the box - the DHCP, TFTP and file server are set up by the installer
• NewThe server the panel is installed on is added as a KVM hypervisor automatically
• NewFailover and additional IPs with virtual MACs (OVH and similar) - save a MAC for each IP in the IP pool and VPSes on that IP use it automatically
• NewBrowser (noVNC) console for every VPS
• NewA new VPS shows Booting until its operating system is really up, then Running
• NewWindows Server templates for KVM VPSes, with the Administrator password, IP and hostname set on first boot
• NewOne license limit counts dedicated servers and VPSes together
• FixThe admin dashboard could stay blank after refreshing the page

August 10, 2026 (phpMyAdmin fix)

• FixFixed phpMyAdmin (Configuration > phpMyAdmin) not loading on servers with SSL enabled - it now opens correctly regardless of whether the panel is running on HTTPS

August 4, 2026 (Reboot resilience & a tighter server list)

• NewVMs that were actually running now come back on their own if the server itself reboots, and ones that were off stay off - no more manually restarting every VPS after a host reboot
• FixAll Servers is noticeably more compact now - one clean list instead of a big card per VPS, with disk and network usage shown as a slim inline bar

August 4, 2026 (Free SSL certificates)

• NewConfiguration → SSL can now issue a real, free Let's Encrypt certificate for your panel with one click, and shows it correctly under SSL Files once issued
• FixThe Updates page now checks for a new version every 15 minutes instead of once an hour, and refreshes itself right after you update - no more waiting around for it to catch up

August 4, 2026 (Reinstall, IP pool & hypervisor insights)

• FixReinstall OS could previously offer a template that wasn't actually downloaded to this server yet, which would fail partway through - it now only lists what's ready to use, matching Create VPS
• NewLock an IP in the pool with an optional note to reserve it without a VM using it - locked IPs are skipped automatically when creating a VPS
• NewClick a hypervisor on the dashboard to see live CPU/memory/disk/bandwidth usage, plus real CPU model, cores and threads
• NewCreate VPS now shows real available memory and disk space on the host when sizing RAM and storage
• FixFixed: adding several IPs to the pool at once could fail with an error page if even one of them was invalid

August 3, 2026 (License reliability)

• FixFixed: reactivating a license could take up to 15 minutes to actually unlock the panel, even though it already showed as active
• FixFixed: the license screen could briefly show the wrong status right after a license change
• FixFixed: recreating a license shortly after removing it could send the panel into a brief redirect loop
• NewThe virtlix command-line tool now supports --update, --license-check, and --help, and shows a quick status summary when run with no arguments

August 2, 2026 (Restore classic theme)

• FixThe panel is back to its classic blue-accent theme - the recent visual changes were rolled back, keeping the icon refresh and the real OS/control-panel logos

August 2, 2026 (Panel rebrand)

• NewThe admin panel now uses the Virtlix brand palette end to end - burnt-rust accent on warm surfaces in both light and dark mode, replacing the old blue-gray scheme
• NewButtons, status badges, stat cards, notices, the sidebar and header all share one consistent, brand-matched component style

August 2, 2026 (Visual refresh)

• NewEvery icon across the whole admin panel is now a crisp real image instead of hand-drawn inline shapes - the sidebar, headers, and every action button throughout the panel use a single shared icon set for a cleaner, more consistent look
• NewVPS and OS Template pages now show real operating-system logos (Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, AlmaLinux, Rocky, Fedora, Arch, Windows) right next to each VM and template - no more plain text abbreviations
• NewControl Panels and VMs with a control panel installed now carry the panel's real logo (cPanel, Plesk, HestiaCP, lixpanel) in the admin panel

August 2, 2026 (Servers dashboard)

• NewServers is now a real live dashboard - this server plus every registered Virtlix install, showing real OS/uptime/load average, allocated-vs-total RAM/disk/vCPU, live CPU/RAM/disk/IO usage percentages, version, and a Server Group label
• NewCreate a VM directly on a registered server from Servers - its own OS templates and available IPs are fetched live to build the form
• NewRename or reset the root password of a VM on a registered server directly from Servers, without logging into that server separately

August 2, 2026 (later)

• FixFixed: the dashboard's Bandwidth chart never showed any data - the sampler used the ip command without an absolute path, which resolves fine over an interactive login but not under the scheduler's own minimal environment, so every scheduled sample silently failed

August 2, 2026

• NewResource Plans, massively expanded - a Plan Template picker to copy an existing plan's settings, a Virtualization Type restriction (KVM/LXC/either), a CPU % cap, SWAP RAM (a real swapfile is created automatically on first boot), bandwidth/network-speed/upload-speed caps with a No Restriction option, an IP Pool restriction, a Bandwidth Suspend toggle, a Disable Anti-Spoofing Rules toggle, and DNS nameserver defaults - all enforced when a VPS is created under that plan, not just stored
• NewBackup Destinations now support Amazon S3 (and any S3-compatible storage), Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and Dropbox, alongside SSH and FTP
• NewCreate VPS: the VNC console password is now shown and editable (with a Generate button) before the VPS is created, instead of only afterward; the Storage Pool picker now shows each pool's real free space
• New/configuration/ssl now checks that a domain actually points at this server on the real public internet before attempting to issue a certificate, with a clear explanation if it doesn't
• NewThe per-server VPS license-limit notice on Create VPS is now only shown to admins, on Configuration → License Info

July 31, 2026

• FixFixed: creating a VM whose provisioning took longer than 90 seconds (e.g. importing a large OS template into an external Proxmox server) could silently create a real duplicate guest
• FixFixed: KVM guests on an external Proxmox server now provision reliably - a template filename bug and a masked validation error were both causing confusing failures
• FixFixed: an SSH key generated for a Proxmox-hosted guest was being corrupted in transit and rejected by Proxmox

July 30, 2026

• NewphpMyAdmin access - a real database admin tool covering the whole MariaDB server, gated behind the same short-lived-token pattern as the Server Terminal, with its own dedicated auto-provisioned login
• NewNotes - a private/public sticky-notes board for admins, with Mark Done to archive and a searchable Archived Notes view with restore/delete and bulk actions
• NewIP Logs, VPS and Users log, and Show API logs - new views under Configuration → Logs, all showing the real requester IP address for every action
• NewAPI tokens can now be revealed again after creation, not just shown once
• NewReal per-VPS bandwidth metering - every running VPS's actual network usage is sampled every 15 minutes against its billing period, closing a gap where the bandwidth-limit/auto-suspend setting had no real usage tracking behind it
• NewUsage-based billing with WHMCS - the virtlix_vps module now reports real bandwidth usage to WHMCS's own native Usage Based Billing feature, so overage can be billed automatically
• FixFixed: LXC guests always reported 0 network usage in live stats regardless of real traffic - now sourced from the container's real interface counters
• NewCreate VPS additions - a CPU % usage cap, an optional per-VPS DNS override, an SSH key picker (reuse a saved key, paste one, or generate a fresh one shown once), an option to disable SSH password authentication, and a VNC console on/off toggle
• NewThe VNC console password can now be changed anytime from a VPS's own page
• FixFixed: cloud-init's own default behavior was silently blocking root SSH login on every Linux VPS this panel creates, independent of any SSH or password setting - root SSH access now works out of the box

July 29, 2026 (later)

• NewWHMCS VPS Reselling Module - sell VPS hosting through your own WHMCS. Orders provision automatically (customer, plan, and OS template all resolved live from your panel), with a KVM/LXC check so a mismatched template is refused rather than silently provisioning the wrong kind of guest. Suspend/unsuspend/terminate map straight onto the VPS lifecycle
• NewThe WHMCS module's client area now includes a self-refreshing CPU/Memory/Disk/Network usage panel, Change Hostname and Change Password actions, and a Reinstall flow where the client picks their own OS Template (scoped to the VPS's own KVM/LXC type) and confirms a new password twice before anything is wiped
• NewNative Firewall - a dedicated iptables chain (Configuration → Server Firewall → Native Firewall) for blocking or allowing a specific IP or port immediately, independent of firewalld/ufw and any VPS/server firewall plan
• Newvirtio-SCSI - an additional disk controller option for Windows guests built through Blank + ISO Install, alongside the existing virtio-blk

July 29, 2026

• NewAlmaLinux 8, 9 and 10 added as LXC container templates, sourced from AlmaLinux's own official images
• FixFixed: an LXC guest's static IP/route could silently fail to come up on start, on a RHEL-family template that ships its own NetworkManager (e.g. AlmaLinux) - NetworkManager is now disabled on these templates, and network setup itself verifies and retries rather than assuming it worked
• NewIP Pool → Add IP (Manual mode) can now add several non-sequential IPv4 addresses in one go, each with its own optional MAC override for providers that assign a per-IP virtual MAC (e.g. OVH failover IPs)
• NewOS Templates → Add/Download Templates: re-added the "Delete download" action per template, to free up disk space on a node that's running low

July 25, 2026

• NewLXC containers - a full second virtualization backend alongside KVM: real container tooling, veth+bridge networking reusing the same bridged/routed networks KVM VMs already use, offline first-boot injection (hostname, root password, SSH key, static network config), and cgroup resource limits. Create, start, stop, reboot, reinstall, delete, and live stats all work through the existing panel and API
• NewConsole/VNC, backups, cloning, extra volumes, PCI/GPU passthrough, and creating a template from an existing VM remain KVM-only for now - clearly marked as unavailable rather than silently failing for LXC containers

July 22, 2026

• NewAutomatic network detection - adding an IP now works out how it needs to reach your VMs by inspecting your host: already bridged, a real shared network (MacVTap), or a provider that routes additional IPs to your server's one fixed MAC address (Vultr, Hetzner, OVH), which now gets proper proxy-ARP support instead of a silently unreachable VM. An IP can also carry its own MAC address override, for providers (OVH) that assign a specific virtual MAC per IP
• NewWindows guests now finish first boot with zero manual steps - the initial Windows setup wizard (OOBE) is skipped automatically, on top of the existing automatic password, network, and RDP configuration
• FixFixed: a Windows VM's static IP was never actually applied on first boot - the first-boot script was comparing MAC addresses in the wrong format

July 21, 2026

• NewVM status now reconciles automatically every minute against what's actually running - a VM shut down from inside the guest itself (a Windows update reboot, running shutdown, etc) no longer shows as Running forever
• FixFixed: some Windows installs could fail to boot with a 0xc000000f error, caused by first-boot setup writing to the wrong disk partition on BIOS/MBR installs

July 20, 2026

• NewBlank + ISO install - boot straight into an attached ISO for a fully manual install through the console, exactly like installing on real hardware, useful for building your own OS templates by hand
• NewVM creation can now quick-fill vCPU/RAM/Disk from an existing Resource Plan instead of typing them by hand
• NewVM creation simplified - dropped the separate VM Name field (Hostname now doubles as the name), and the VM list shows real OS icons instead of a plain letter avatar
• NewISO Library now shows live download progress, and supports multiple concurrent downloads safely
• FixFixed: inserting an ISO into a VM and booting from it never actually worked - the VM booted from the wrong drive instead
• FixFixed: "Create Template from VM" could silently default a Blank/ISO-install VM to the wrong OS family

July 19, 2026

• NewWindows guest support - bring your own sysprepped, virtio-driver Windows template (Server 2016+) and Virtlix provisions it properly: Administrator password, static IPv4/IPv6 + DNS, timezone and RDP are all set up automatically on first boot, no cloud-init required. Password and hostname changes apply live through the QEMU Guest Agent when it's running, or on next restart otherwise
• NewNetwork Filtering - protect VM traffic against MAC/IP spoofing and rogue IPv6 router advertisements with the built-in Libvirt filter, a lightweight Native Performance profile, or your own custom filter written as JSON. Set an install-wide default or override per VM
• NewHypervisor Assets - attach PCI/USB devices (GPUs, USB controllers, etc.) directly to a VM for real device passthrough, with a live IOMMU group scan to help you find the right address
• NewIPv6 support - networks and IP pool entries can now carry a paired IPv6 address, so new VPS get genuine dual-stack networking
• NewStorage Pools - added a Remote Filesystem (NFS) backend alongside local disk, mounted automatically and kept mounted across reboots; Ceph RBD, StorPool and Lightbits NVMe/TCP are modeled for future support
• NewRescue Mode - set your own root password for the rescue session, boots from a real cloud-init rescue OS instead of a plain ISO, and ships with a ready-to-use Debian 12 Rescue template
• NewFull visual redesign completed across every remaining page, and the sidebar regrouped into clearer categories (Compute, Network, Storage, Security, Platform, Account, System)
• NewOS Templates and Control Panels are now synced from the master catalog only, keeping both lists centrally curated
• FixFixed: the self-updater wasn't applying new compiled CSS/JS to the panel, so visual changes in an update could silently fail to appear
• FixFixed: mounting a Remote Filesystem (NFS) storage pool failed silently since the panel process doesn't run as root
• FixFixed: syncing a brand-new OS template from the master could fail - only pre-existing templates ever synced correctly before

July 17, 2026

• NewSelf-updating panel - Configuration → Updates checks for new versions automatically and lets you apply them with one click; blocked without a valid, active license, and a full changelog shows what's new before you update
• NewDocumentation - a full, searchable knowledge base covering installation, VPS management, networking, backups, licensing, and troubleshooting
• Newvirtlix.com - this panel now lives on its own domain

July 16, 2026

• NewMaster Configuration - centralized settings for branding, session & login security (timeout, max attempts, lockout duration, IP allowlists for the panel and API), webhook callbacks on VM lifecycle events, and restrictions on which self-service actions end users can perform
• NewMulti-server management - register other Virtlix servers and control their VMs remotely from one panel; push settings out to every registered server at once
• NewAutomatic license recovery - a server automatically re-links to a reissued license with no manual configuration needed
• NewMedia Groups - organize OS templates and ISOs into named collections
• NewBulk OS template downloads - select multiple templates and download them together with live per-file progress
• NewCreate Template - turn any stopped VM into a reusable OS template
• NewEnd-user ISO uploads - VM owners can add their own ISOs, gated by admin-configurable quotas
• FixFixed: VNC console and Server Terminal failing to connect when the panel is accessed over HTTPS
• FixFixed: the login page (and its own branding) referencing the underlying framework instead of your own panel name

July 15, 2026

• NewChange Hostname - set the host server's own hostname from the panel
• NewServer Firewall Plans - reusable host-level firewall rule templates, with automatic safety-net revert if a change would lock out the admin
• NewEmail Templates - customizable welcome and password-reset emails
• NewKernel Config - curated, safe sysctl tuning for the host
• NewUser Sessions - view and terminate active login sessions
• NewLog Rotation settings for activity and login logs
• NewUser Notices - dismissible announcement banners
• NewMail to User - send announcements to all or selected users
• NewBackup Destinations - ship VM backups to a remote SSH or FTP server
• NewLive hostname changes that don't require a VM reboot, where supported
• NewFull visual redesign of the panel's navigation and layout shell
• FixFixed: the Rebuild button on the VM list, which previously submitted no data and never actually rebuilt anything

July 14, 2026

• NewVisual redesign pass across the dashboard and VM management pages, matching a modern VPS panel layout

July 7, 2026

• NewRedesigned dashboard, VM Networking tab, OS Templates grouping, and VM list view

July 6, 2026

• NewServer Terminal - root shell access to the host, right from the browser
• NewVPS Firewall Plans - reusable per-VM firewall rule templates
• NewPower DNS integration
• NewSSL Settings - install your own certificate, or issue one via Let's Encrypt or ZeroSSL
• NewResource Plans split into User, DNS, and Backup plan types, plus a reseller tier
• NewAdministrator ACL - fine-grained permission control for admin accounts
• NewREST API expansion for VM management
• NewAdditional networking modes: Direct, Routed, Open vSwitch, Isolated
• NewBandwidth and network speed limit fields on VM creation
• NewAutomatic network selection based on server specs
• FixFixed: UEFI boot support, resolving AlmaLinux 10 VM creation failures

July 5, 2026

• NewnoVNC web console - full VM console access from the browser
• NewRecipes - reusable post-install scripts applied at VM creation
• NewISO library - upload, manage, and boot from custom ISOs
• NewControl Panel auto-install - Plesk, cPanel/WHM, Webuzo, and HestiaCP
• NewVolumes - additional attachable block storage per VM
• NewSSH key management - save and reuse named SSH keys
• NewVM root password change from the panel
• NewIP pool bulk-range creation with DNS quick-fill
• NewLive resource usage charts (CPU, network) on the VM page
• NewVM management page redesign with Overview / Graphs / Settings tabs
• NewFull sidebar navigation redesign
• NewSafer bridge-mode networking with automatic rollback protection if a change would drop connectivity

July 4, 2026

• NewInitial release - full VM lifecycle management: create, start, stop, reinstall, clone, delete, backup, and restore
• NewMulti-tenant roles: admin, reseller, and end user
• NewTwo-factor authentication
• NewActivity and login audit logging
• NewReal-time bandwidth and host resource stats
• NewIP pool management
• NewResource Plans with enforced per-VM vCPU/memory/disk caps
• NewVPS Firewall and Server Firewall status
• New19 supported OS templates across Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky, CentOS Stream, and Fedora