Blog # From the ZCP team Product announcements, engineering posts, tutorials, and stories from a Canadian-owned cloud platform. ![ZCP blog cover: The ZCP Store is open. Buy from your console.](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/images/blog/2026/zcp-store-buy-services-and-licences-from-your-console.webp) Announcements October 11, 2026 ### [ZCP Store: Buy Services and Licences From Your Console](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/blog/zcp-store-buy-services-and-licences-from-your-console) The Store is a new tab in the ZCP console. Buy support, professional services, dedicated servers and licences there, and they bill on the same invoice as your instances. ZSoftly Team 5 min read Read post ## From Engineering, Tutorials, and Company ![ZCP branded cover reading Even On-Prem, Servers Should Be Cattle, Not Pets on a deep blue grid](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/images/blog/2026/even-on-prem-servers-should-be-cattle-not-pets.webp) Engineering September 19, 2026 ### [Even On-Prem, Servers Should Be Cattle, Not Pets](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/blog/even-on-prem-servers-should-be-cattle-not-pets) How we rebuilt our authoritative DNS design around independently operable roles, a reversible cutover, and observability that describes the system we now run. Ditah Kumbong 11 min read ![ZCP tutorial cover reading Launch a VM. Self-host your apps.](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/images/blog/2026/deploy-your-first-vm.webp) Tutorials June 19, 2026 ### [Deploy Dokploy on ZCP: Launch a VM and Self-Host Your Apps](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/blog/deploy-your-first-vm) A step-by-step guide to launching a virtual machine and installing Dokploy on ZSoftly Cloud Platform, entirely from the portal. Self-host your apps and databases with Git deploys and automatic TLS. Ditah Kumbong 4 min read ![ZCP company update: Prepaid, Postpaid, and Manual. How each payment mode works, and how to pick one.](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/images/blog/2026/payment-modes-on-zcp-prepaid-postpaid-manual.webp) Company September 7, 2026 ### [Prepaid, Postpaid, and Manual Billing on ZCP](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/blog/payment-modes-on-zcp-prepaid-postpaid-manual) What Prepaid, Postpaid, and Manual billing mean on ZCP, how each one works day to day, and how to pick the right one at signup. Ditah Kumbong 4 min read ## Latest posts ![ZCP cover with a certificate, a badge and stacked level tiers, titled ZCP certification.](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/images/blog/2026/why-we-are-building-zcp-training-and-certification.webp) Announcements October 20, 2026 ### [Why We Are Building ZCP Certification](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/blog/why-we-are-building-zcp-training-and-certification) ZSoftly is launching ZCP certification in January 2027: four levels, free learning paths and labs, paid exams, and a learning platform built on Moodle with IOMAD. Ditah Kumbong 6 min read ![ZCP branded engineering cover reading The restart that hid a bug, on a deep blue grid](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/images/blog/2026/the-restart-that-hid-a-libvirt-bug.webp) Engineering October 11, 2026 ### [The Restart That Hid a Libvirt Bug](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/blog/the-restart-that-hid-a-libvirt-bug) A seven-minute VM create, two wrong turns, a self-healing timer I built and then deleted, and the package update that fixed it. Ditah Kumbong 9 min read ![Our CLI and Terraform provider reach v1](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/images/blog/2026/zcp-cli-terraform-v1.webp) Announcements October 11, 2026 ### [Our CLI and Terraform Provider Reach v1](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/blog/zcp-cli-terraform-v1) ZCP CLI v1.0.1 and the Terraform and OpenTofu provider v1.0.0 are available today, bringing Pricing V2 configuration, Kubernetes role sizing, VM backup schedules, and lifecycle fixes to automation workflows. Ditah Kumbong 5 min read ![ZCP blog cover: Your compute. Your storage. Your choice.](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/images/blog/2026/zcp-pricing-v2-compute-and-storage-sold-separately.webp) Announcements October 11, 2026 ### [ZCP Pricing V2: Compute and Storage Sold Separately](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/blog/zcp-pricing-v2-compute-and-storage-sold-separately) ZCP plans are now CPU and memory only. You choose the root disk size in GB when you create a server and pay the per-GB rate of the storage tier. Existing servers keep their plan and price. ZSoftly Team 5 min read ![Private desktops: lessons from testing. ZCP cover showing desktop network paths and NFS shared storage.](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/images/blog/2026/what-we-learned-testing-private-employee-desktops.webp) Engineering October 5, 2026 ### [Private Desktops: Lessons from Testing](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/blog/what-we-learned-testing-private-employee-desktops) What to test before a private desktop rollout: daily work, video calls, network paths, storage, and offboarding. Adjartey Odopey 5 min read ![ZCP announcements: Q3 2026 on ZCP, and work in progress on backups, Kubernetes billing, and the Store.](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/images/blog/2026/zcp-q3-2026-update.webp) Announcements October 3, 2026 ### [ZCP in Q3 2026: What Shipped, and What Is in Progress](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/blog/zcp-q3-2026-update) A Q3 review of ZCP, followed by an October update on backup billing, Kubernetes billing, the Store, Marketplace emails, and account security. ZSoftly Team 4 min read