Blog & Updates

News from the SilverLining.Cloud team. Keep up with our latest product releases and feature upgrades for our API and image services. We also share in-depth, technical how-to guides to help you troubleshoot infrastructure pains and optimize your deployments on Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.

Introducing Enterprise-Grade OCR on AWS Marketplace

Image to Text (OCR) API

28.01.2026

Unlock valuable data from images and multi-page PDFs with our new, high-precision OCR API, now available directly on the AWS Marketplace. Powered by PaddleOCR, this serverless solution supports over 80 languages and integrates seamlessly with your existing AWS billing for effortless Pay-As-You-Go scaling.

Beat Bot Detection & Customize Your Screenshots

Website Screenshot API

28.01.2026

Increase your success rates by routing requests through specific countries to avoid being blocked by anti-bot systems. Plus, gain total control over your captures by injecting custom headers for login states and referrer spoofing.

How to Pass AWS Marketplace's IAM Policy Checks

Cloud DevOps

19.12.2025

Learn how to satisfy strict AWS Marketplace IAM checks using harmless condition keys. This guide covers the exact configuration needed to approve your S3 and DynamoDB permissions without blocking valid traffic.

How a Large Administrator Profile Can Drastically Slow Down EC2 Image Provisioning

Cloud DevOps

10.12.2025

Is your Windows EC2 image provisioning taking unexpectedly long? Discover how a bloated Administrator profile and the CopyProfile Sysprep directive can cause massive delays, and learn how to diagnose the issue using PowerShell.

Fixing "cron service is not a snap cgroup"

Cloud DevOps

30.11.2025

Running graphical apps on cloud instances can be tricky when Snap’s dependency on DBus conflicts with minimal VNC environments. Learn why this disconnect happens and how to manually bridge the gap to successfully launch Chromium on your remote desktop.