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    1. Please make the management console much faster

      I only have one virtual host right now, and it take 10-12 seconds just to display that one host in Hosting > Cloud Servers. Then it takes another 6 seconds after I click on the one server just to display its details.

      This is really unacceptable.

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      • Multiple Control Panel Users Per Account

        It would be nice if you could delegate/manage/authorize multiple users in the control panel... like Slicehost.

        The idea of one admin user / account sucks. There's no way to collaborate without sharing your admin credentials...

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        • Improve Client Billing on Cloud sites

          The client billing system hasn't improved even a little bit in 5 years. There are still display errors in invoices. There are features are inaccessible such as custom billing periods. Considering this feature is actually generating additional revenue for rackspace I can't believe it is such a neglected step child. Why am I payign the highest merchant rates I've ever seen if I'm going to be given an incomplete feature

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          • Please provide 2-factor access for the management console

            My Gmail, Facebook, and bank accounts already have an ability to offer a 2 step authentication process by requiring I enter a confirmation number that's sent to my phone.

            A feature like this would go a long way to compartmentalizing our security in case, say, our email server was rooted.

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            • Add in the facility to transfer an account from one client to another

              Initially when we first started using rackspace we had our main account under which we created new hosting accounts. After sometime we realized that we can create a new client and create a hosting for that particular client. Now for the earlier created hosting account when we tried to transfer to a new client created it was not possible. To do this we will have to remove the current hosting which means taking the website offline which cannot be approved by the client. Tomorrow if the client request for a login details to the website control panel than will be… more

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              • "Run now" ability for CRON jobs

                Creation of new CRON jobs is a little frustrating as you can only execute a newly created job on a timed schedule.

                I'm proposing a "run now" button to allow immediate execution of CRON jobs.

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                • integrating status posts from http://status.rackspacecloud.com into manage CP

                  it would be great if the control panel integrated the RSS feed from status.rackspacecloud.com into the manage.rackspacecloud.com control panel for status updates pertaining to cloud sites, cloud servers, and cloud files

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                  • View Mailbox Sizes

                    There seems no way to check the current mailbox size without logging into webmail. A control panel section showing current usage would help warn users reaching limit. This could link to the suggested Mailbox Upgrades mentioned in other feedback suggestion.

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                    • Client invoice printing

                      Create print or email feature for clients to access from their control panel. We have multiple clients that need their invoices for expense reports. We have over a hundred clients under our account and for us to manually go through each clients account from our control panel would be way too cumbersome for us to do each month. The invoice page isn't even formatted to allow someone to print from their browser.
                      Please fix this!!!

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                      • Add billing / usage report for cloud file containers

                        We have created several containers for our clients, yet we have no way to bill for the usage from a specific container nor can we see the usage broken down by container.

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                        • Do not disable hard reset after a soft reset is issued

                          When a user issues a soft reset for a cloud server, the control panel considers this as a "pending operation", and the option to issue a hard reset too becomes unavailable [1]. But soft resets sometimes fail or take a very long time for the very same reasons a forced reboot had become necessary in the first place.

                          I suggest the hard reset keeps being available even after a soft reset has been issued. Or at least reduce the timeout [2]

                          Thank you, Nils.

                          [1] RS support has confirmed that behaviour in a ticket
                          [2] What is the timeout after… more

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                          • Group Domains

                            Show domains in groups in site lists. Main domain as header and aliases and subdomains as children.

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                            • Enable/Disable Portions of Client Control Pane

                              It would be really helpful if we could enable/disable portions of the client control panel. Obviously the more control the better. Being able to control what a client can/can't do inside their control panel would be very useful!

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                              • Find an alternative to Urchin! and quick!

                                I can understand Google dropping support, but RACKSPACE needs to find a viable alternative! Using Google analytics would require creating google accounts for all my customers!

                                I have been though 4 hosts in 12 years and ALL of them provided some kind of statistics.

                                This is a sad day indeed. Really wish you werent dumping this responsibility on me now!

                                I joined Rackspace as MOSSO. It was designed for people like me. Now I see it was just a bait and switch.

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                                • Add interface for kernal updates

                                  I don't see a method of updating server kernal. Do you provide that service? I know that slicehost.com (a Rackspace subsidiary) has this functionality built in to their control panel.

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                                  • Allow all special characters in the CP password

                                    Currently, passwords can not contain the following characters: % * ; : ' " \ ? ` < > & #

                                    It would be much better, security wise, if all special characters were allowed.

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                                    • Ability to run a cron job on a weekly basis

                                      There are options to run a cron job daily, hourly and monthly but weekly is missing.

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                                      • Implement the ability to lock/protect a CloudServer from accidental deletion

                                        A 'lock' feature would be very useful as it would allow us to prevent Cloud Servers from being accidentally deleted - for example it could force an email to be sent to the primary email address which must then confirm the deletion by clicking on a confirmation link.

                                        Without this feature we are reluctant to deploy mission critical servers in case they are accidentally or maliciously deleted from the control panel.

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                                        • link from domain level to client level

                                          In the control panel, when I am navigating the domain, I many times need to go back to the client level. There should be a quick link from the domain level to the associated client. As it is now, I have to go back out to the client listing, wait for the AJAX to load, select the client and then get to the client screen.

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                                          • Out of band console shell

                                            Could we please have a way *besides* the Javascript method to access our servers? I much prefer being able to access my server out-of-band via SSH (faster, not worried about browser incompatibilities, and *not AJAX*)

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