Dear ~okeanos users,

We inform you that from Monday July 27, there is a problem with the ~okeanos storage infrastructure.

Disruptions regarding VM creation and the Pithos storage service might be experienced.

We are working hard in order to resolve the issue as soon as possible.

We apologise for the inconvenience,
the ~okeanos team

UPDATE: Everything is operating normally. If you still encounter any problems, please let us know at support@okeanos.grnet.gr

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Dear ~okeanos users,

From Tuesday, November 5, at 15:00 EET we have observed an issue that causes disruptions in the use of the Cyclades service. The creation of new VMs, as well as the management of the existing ones (start, stop, reboot, destroy, resize), through the Cyclades Web UI and API are affected.

We are working hard in order to resolve the issue as soon as possible.

Keep in mind that no loss of connectivity is expected ... read more

Hi ~okeanos users,

Early this month, security researchers reported two critical vulnerabilities: Spectre and Meltdown. These vulnerabilities allow attackers to access sensitive information (such as passwords), due to a design flaw, which affects Intel, ARM and some AMD processors. Specifically, Meltdown allows a process to bypass the mechanisms that isolate it from accessing the memory address space of other processes and the operating system. Respectively, with Spectre a process can access arbitrary memory locations of other related processes.

In order to protect the virtual machines, the physical nodes of ~okeanos have been patched with all the currently available security updates, ... read more

Hi ~okeanos users,

There is a rather dangerous ransomware, the WannaCry / Wcry / WannaCrypt ransomware, that has been spreading since Friday, May 12. The ransomware takes advantage of the MS17-010 vulnerability that affects Microsoft Operating Systems.

In order to protect the virtual machines from exposure to the WannaCry / Wcry / WannaCrypt ransomware, all incoming TCP traffic to ports 137-139 & 445 has been blocked.

The aforementioned firewall rules were applied to partially prevent the ransomware from spreading. Therefore, we urge you to perform all the necessary updates on your Windows virtual machines.

For a more thorough ... read more

Christmas holidays are upon us and we come bearing gifts!

More resources to more users for more time!

We are happy to announce that the more.cyclades.users project has just got renewed for 1 more year.

Hold on, there is more...

We have 500 more resource packs on our Christmas boat!
Ιf you are a user with no compute resources, hurry up and join the more.cyclades.users project now!

Have a jolly Christmas,
the ~okeanos team