Virtlix License Manager

July 22, 2026

Automatic 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 IPnew
Windows 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 configurationnew
Fixed: a Windows VM's static IP was never actually applied on first boot — the first-boot script was comparing MAC addresses in the wrong formatfix

July 21, 2026

VM 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 forevernew
Fixed: 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 installsfix

July 20, 2026

Blank + 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 handnew
VM creation can now quick-fill vCPU/RAM/Disk from an existing Resource Plan instead of typing them by handnew
VM 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 avatarnew
ISO Library now shows live download progress, and supports multiple concurrent downloads safelynew
Fixed: inserting an ISO into a VM and booting from it never actually worked — the VM booted from the wrong drive insteadfix
Fixed: "Create Template from VM" could silently default a Blank/ISO-install VM to the wrong OS familyfix

July 19, 2026

Windows 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 otherwisenew
Network 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 VMnew
Hypervisor 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 addressnew
IPv6 support — networks and IP pool entries can now carry a paired IPv6 address, so new VPS get genuine dual-stack networkingnew
Storage 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 supportnew
Rescue 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 templatenew
Full visual redesign completed across every remaining page, and the sidebar regrouped into clearer categories (Compute, Network, Storage, Security, Platform, Account, System)new
OS Templates and Control Panels are now synced from the master catalog only, keeping both lists centrally curatednew
Fixed: the self-updater wasn't applying new compiled CSS/JS to the panel, so visual changes in an update could silently fail to appearfix
Fixed: mounting a Remote Filesystem (NFS) storage pool failed silently since the panel process doesn't run as rootfix
Fixed: syncing a brand-new OS template from the master could fail — only pre-existing templates ever synced correctly beforefix

July 17, 2026

Self-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 updatenew
Documentation — a full, searchable knowledge base covering installation, VPS management, networking, backups, licensing, and troubleshootingnew
virtlix.com — this panel now lives on its own domainnew

July 16, 2026

Master 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 performnew
Multi-server management — register other Virtlix servers and control their VMs remotely from one panel; push settings out to every registered server at oncenew
Automatic license recovery — a server automatically re-links to a reissued license with no manual configuration needednew
Media Groups — organize OS templates and ISOs into named collectionsnew
Bulk OS template downloads — select multiple templates and download them together with live per-file progressnew
Create Template — turn any stopped VM into a reusable OS templatenew
End-user ISO uploads — VM owners can add their own ISOs, gated by admin-configurable quotasnew
Fixed: VNC console and Server Terminal failing to connect when the panel is accessed over HTTPSfix
Fixed: the login page (and its own branding) referencing the underlying framework instead of your own panel namefix

July 15, 2026

Change Hostname — set the host server's own hostname from the panelnew
Server Firewall Plans — reusable host-level firewall rule templates, with automatic safety-net revert if a change would lock out the adminnew
Email Templates — customizable welcome and password-reset emailsnew
Kernel Config — curated, safe sysctl tuning for the hostnew
User Sessions — view and terminate active login sessionsnew
Log Rotation settings for activity and login logsnew
User Notices — dismissible announcement bannersnew
Mail to User — send announcements to all or selected usersnew
Backup Destinations — ship VM backups to a remote SSH or FTP servernew
Live hostname changes that don't require a VM reboot, where supportednew
Full visual redesign of the panel's navigation and layout shellnew
Fixed: the Rebuild button on the VM list, which previously submitted no data and never actually rebuilt anythingfix

July 14, 2026

Visual redesign pass across the dashboard and VM management pages, matching a modern VPS panel layoutnew

July 7, 2026

Redesigned dashboard, VM Networking tab, OS Templates grouping, and VM list viewnew

July 6, 2026

Server Terminal — root shell access to the host, right from the browsernew
VPS Firewall Plans — reusable per-VM firewall rule templatesnew
Power DNS integrationnew
SSL Settings — install your own certificate, or issue one via Let's Encrypt or ZeroSSLnew
Resource Plans split into User, DNS, and Backup plan types, plus a reseller tiernew
Administrator ACL — fine-grained permission control for admin accountsnew
REST API expansion for VM managementnew
Additional networking modes: Direct, Routed, Open vSwitch, Isolatednew
Bandwidth and network speed limit fields on VM creationnew
Automatic network selection based on server specsnew
Fixed: UEFI boot support, resolving AlmaLinux 10 VM creation failuresfix

July 5, 2026

noVNC web console — full VM console access from the browsernew
Recipes — reusable post-install scripts applied at VM creationnew
ISO library — upload, manage, and boot from custom ISOsnew
Control Panel auto-install — Plesk, cPanel/WHM, Webuzo, and HestiaCPnew
Volumes — additional attachable block storage per VMnew
SSH key management — save and reuse named SSH keysnew
VM root password change from the panelnew
IP pool bulk-range creation with DNS quick-fillnew
Live resource usage charts (CPU, network) on the VM pagenew
VM management page redesign with Overview / Graphs / Settings tabsnew
Full sidebar navigation redesignnew
Safer bridge-mode networking with automatic rollback protection if a change would drop connectivitynew

July 4, 2026

Initial release — full VM lifecycle management: create, start, stop, reinstall, clone, delete, backup, and restorenew
Multi-tenant roles: admin, reseller, and end usernew
Two-factor authenticationnew
Activity and login audit loggingnew
Real-time bandwidth and host resource statsnew
IP pool managementnew
Resource Plans with enforced per-VM vCPU/memory/disk capsnew
VPS Firewall and Server Firewall statusnew
19 supported OS templates across Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky, CentOS Stream, and Fedoranew