What’s New?

• Dedicated Server Support: This new Server Dashboard is now available for Dedicated Server customers, bringing powerful features previously only available to VPS instances:
  • Enhanced RAM and disk usage metrics with daily, weekly, and biweekly reporting help you spot resource trends and prevent problems before they affect your sites.
  • Full proxy server management integration
  • Operating system information display
  • Simplified website and user management tools
  • Enhanced deletion management process
• CPU Performance Metrics for Dedicated Servers: Dedicated Server customers can now monitor CPU usage directly from the dashboard, helping you identify performance bottlenecks and plan capacity needs before issues arise.
• Unified Server Dashboard: We’ve combined all server types into a single, comprehensive view. You can now see all your servers — both Dedicated and VPS — on one page, complete with web server type (e.g.: Apache or NGINX) and the hosting plan for each server. This comprehensive view saves you time by centralizing all server details in one location, allowing you to streamline management tasks and focus on optimizing server performance.

Coming Soon

• CPU Metrics for VPS: VPS customers will soon have access to the same detailed CPU metrics currently available to Dedicated Server users, ensuring that all users benefit from the same level of insight into performance trends and resource utilization. We look forward to introducing this enhancement — which will further enrich your server management experience — in the near future.

Why This Matters

For businesses running mission-critical applications on Dedicated Servers, these new dashboard features deliver essential visibility and control. Comprehensive resource metrics and centralized management help you:

• Maintain peak performance for resource-intensive applications
• Quickly troubleshoot issues across multiple servers without switching between interfaces
• Make data-driven decisions about resource allocation and capacity planning
• Minimize downtime risk by catching potential issues early

Whether you’re managing an e-commerce platform, high-traffic website, or complex application stack, these tools help ensure your infrastructure runs at its best!

We’ll continue to roll out new features and improvements based on your feedback. Thank you for being a valued part of the DreamHost community!

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Specify Alternative Source Domain

Whether you’re rebranding or moving to a more memorable domain, migrating your site to a different domain name is now easier. This new feature allows you to specify an alternative source domain, streamlining the process and giving you more flexibility during the migration process. 

Support for Temporary Domains

For users with complex sites, testing in a controlled environment is crucial to ensure everything works perfectly before finalizing a migration. Now, by entering an alternative source domain, DreamHost’s temporary domains, such as example.dreamhosters.com or example.dream.press, can fully utilize the new Migrations Dashboard, giving all users access to our comprehensive migration tools. 

Preparing for your Migration 

Our hosting products include features designed for blazing-fast performance, and we ensure they’re ready to go the moment your site migration is complete. During the migration process, you’ll now see a list of optional and required plugins that will be installed once your site is successfully migrated to DreamHost.

Users migrating to a regular hosting plan will see the following list of plugins:

Users migrating to a DreamPress hosting plan will see the following list of plugins:

Users migrating to a DreamPress Pro hosting plan will see the following list of plugins:

Enhanced Scan Results 

We know how important it is for you to understand what we find when we perform an initial health scan on your site, especially if what we find might prevent an automated migration. Now, when you scan your site, we’ll display detailed results if any blockers are found.

Improved DreamPress Flow

We’ve simplified the migration process for DreamPress users, so you can focus on what matters most: growing your business and connecting with your audience. Our enhanced workflow handles the technical details, making it easier than ever to seamlessly move your site with confidence. With these updates, getting started on DreamPress is now faster and more efficient.

With our latest improvements — such as streamlined migrations, enhanced testing capabilities, and a more intuitive workflow — we’re making it easier than ever to transition your site to DreamHost. And we’re just getting started. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to enhance our services to better meet your needs. Thank you for choosing us as your trusted partner in your digital journey!

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