ZStack Cloud v5.4.0 LTS: Autonomous Operations & Compliance Out of the Box

ZStack Cloud v5.4.0 LTS is about to be officially released. This time, we’re shining the spotlight on the platform’s “soft power”: intelligent operations and builtin compliance.

The new version brings a comprehensive leap forward in manageability, observability, and regulatory compliance — making your cloud not only faster, but also more stable, transparent, and worryfree. It’s your enterprise’s “anchor in the digital ocean,” ensuring resilience at the core.

1. Autonomous Operations Evolved: No More Repetitive Tasks — Fast Binding, Instant Execution

1.1 The “Autopilot” Era of Operations，Routine tasks can now be fully delegated, with scripts executing automatically upon upload.

5.4.0 LTS establishes a complete multiscenario autonomous operations system, covering health checks, bulk patching, application upgrades, power scheduling, and other highfrequency, errorprone tasks — all standardized, orchestratable, reusable, and auditable, dramatically reducing operational workload.

Script Library + Batch Execution

Upload Shell/Python/PowerShell/Perl scripts to the repository for secure Base64encrypted storage and endtoend transmission. Select target machines and deploy in seconds — write, run, and audit all in one flow.

Full Execution Traceability

Deploy once, run in parallel across thousands of VMs, each in its own isolated sandbox. Automatic feedback of exit code, stdout, stderr, and runtime logs. Indexed by script–host–batch, with oneclick search and linebyline playback. Faults are highlighted directly in the code, enabling a leap from alert to root cause in under 10 seconds — no more midnight “needleinahaystack” troubleshooting.

OneClick File & Command Delivery

Push files or commands to target VMs instantly — without SSH or bastion hosts. Progress and results are displayed in real time, with upload, execution, and output sidebyside. Perfect for routine checks, urgent fixes, or bulk patch deployment.

XML Hook for ZeroCompile Customization

Inject custom XML snippets (CPU topology, passthrough devices, NUMA binding, etc.) directly via UI or API. The platform merges, validates, and hotupdates configurations without image repackaging or platform restart. Achieve hardware adaptation, performance tuning, and security hardening as standard processes.

2. Enhanced Visual Operations: From Reactive to Proactive

Observability has been significantly strengthened, giving admins a clear view of health and performance across the entire cloud.

Unified GPU Management

View physical GPUs and vGPUs in a single pane — with realtime model, load, temperature, and memory usage monitoring. Set threshold alerts to safeguard GPU resources for AI training, image rendering, etc., preventing overheatingrelated failures.

Advanced Load Balancer Monitoring — Turn Traffic “Black Boxes” into Transparent Dashboards in Two Steps: 

i. Add an “Advanced Monitoring Server” 

ii. Toggle “Advanced Monitoring” in the load balancer detail page — HTTP/TCP listeners instantly become visual dashboards.

Unified Metric Visualization

Realtime charts for inbound/outbound traffic, active/concurrent connections, with time, client IP, frontend IP, and backend IP filtering options.

SessionLevel Inspection

Tables list every request with time, listener, client IP, backend IP, HTTP status code, traffic volume, and more. Sort, search, and export with ease — transforming troubleshooting from logmining into pointandclick analysis.

Centralized Operation Log Auditing

Configure dedicated external servers for receiving operational logs, with projectlevel log isolation for secure auditing and multitenant tracking.

3. Compliance & Identity Management: Building a Trustworthy Security Perimeter

5.4.0 LTS strengthens security and compliance flexibility, helping enterprises meet increasingly stringent regulatory requirements.

PlugandPlay Cryptographic Resources & UKeys

Introducing a modular cryptographic resource framework — upload standardized plugins to rapidly integrate devices from different vendors, eliminating vendor lockin.

Dual Safeguard for Data & Permissions

Platform credentials, snapshots, and critical configuration files are protected by blockchainstyle integrity checks bound to userrole relationships. Any tampering triggers instant alerts.

Upgraded Unified Authentication

Added SAML support, plus modular integration with OIDC/OAuth2 identity sources. Enables oneclick SSO, automatic user info sync, and zero manual account handling for onboarding or offboarding.

Conclusion

By building an advanced intelligent operations framework and intrinsic security capabilities, ZStack Cloud v5.4.0 LTS dramatically reduces cloud management complexity and security risks.

Operations teams are freed from repetitive work, focusing on innovation, while enterprises benefit from a strong, adaptive compliance foundation — confident in deploying critical workloads to the cloud and ready to meet future challenges.

Next Preview:
This release highlights how ZStack Cloud “manages better and earns trust.” In our final prelaunch update, we will explore ecosystem integration and unparalleled user experience, revealing how ZStack Cloud v5.4.0 LTS delivers new value through an open application ecosystem, broad compatibility, and intuitive design for developers and users alike.