August 2024
What's new
Replication Enhancement
August 26
IONOS CLOUD Object Storage has extended support for the Replication feature through the DCD. You can now replicate data from user-owned buckets to contract-owned buckets in the eu-central-3 region. Previously, this functionality was only available through the API.
Enable Access Logging for Application Load Balancer
August 22
This release introduces the Access Logging feature in Managed Application Load Balancer (ALB). It enhances monitoring and analyzing ALB traffic with detailed logging capabilities.
Enable Access Logging for Network Load Balancer
August 22
This release introduces the Access Logging feature in Managed Network Load Balancer (NLB). It enhances monitoring and analyzing NLB traffic with detailed logging capabilities.
gRPC Support and WebSocket Support
August 22
New capabilities have been added to the Managed Application Load Balancer:
Configure WebSocket Support These enhancements provide comprehensive instructions for setting up gRPC that enables users to define service methods and messages in a language-agnostic way, enabling you to create APIs that work across different platforms and setting up WebSocket support, a communication protocol that provides full-duplex communication channels over a single TCP connection.
Monitoring Service
August 19
This release introduces Monitoring Service. IONOS CLOUD introduces the Monitoring Service, which provides a centralized and scalable solution for monitoring and analyzing your application and infrastructure metrics. Hence, Monitoring as a Service is now considered a legacy. We recommend switching to the Monitoring Service for better support and capabilities. For more information, see FAQs.
Private Container Registry IP ACLs
August 16
The Private Container Registry now supports IP Access Control Lists (IP ACLs), offering enhanced security and granular access control. This feature allows you to specify IP subnets permitted to access your registry, limiting access to trusted sources within your network. IP ACLs are configurable through the API with the apiSubnetAllowList parameter. Once configured, access attempts from outside the allowed subnets are immediately blocked, ensuring real-time protection without disrupting authorized users.
Password Policy Manager
August 14
The new Password Policy Manager feature is now available for contract owners, enabling the creation of a customizable password policy that strengthens security within their contracts. Using the DCD or the IAM Identity Password Policies API, contract owners can manage password policy.
Kubernetes Version 1.27 End-of-Life
August 14
Kubernetes Version 1.27 has now reached its End of Life (EOL). From now on, you cannot provision any more clusters or node pools for version 1.27. Existing clusters or node pools running on version 1.27 will be automatically upgraded to version 1.28 during the next scheduled maintenance window after August 14, 2024.
Access Object Storage from a Private LAN
August 9
You can now set up accessing Object Storage over a private LAN by configuring a Managed Network Load Balancer (NLB) with the public IP addresses of the required Object Storage endpoint as the Target IP address and configuring the Private IP as the Listener IP of the forwarding rule.
Kubernetes Version 1.27 End-of-Life Notification
August 8
This is to inform you that Managed Kubernetes version 1.27 will reach its end of life (EOL) on August 14, 2024. After that, you cannot create new clusters or node pools using Kubernetes version 1.27. Existing clusters or node pools running on version 1.27 will be automatically upgraded to version 1.28 during the next scheduled maintenance window after the EOL date.
Auto-Renewable SSL Certificate Support
August 2
The Certificate Manager now supports the auto-renew of SSL certificates through the API. With this function, the certificate manager automatically renews the certificate before it expires. The renewed certificate is also available in the DCD to use them. This feature is currently supported only through the API and available on a request basis. To access this feature, please contact your sales representative or IONOS CLOUD Support.
Network File Storage (NFS) Volumes for Kubernetes
August 1
IONOS CLOUD releases NFS Volumes support for Kubernetes. This feature allows the integration of IONOS CLOUD Network File Storage (NFS) with Kubernetes clusters, mounting NFS volumes as PVCs in the cluster. Network File Storage is initially available only in the German data centers (Frankfurt and Berlin), and will be gradually rolled out to all locations.
It is currently available on a request basis. To access this product, please contact your sales representative or IONOS CLOUD Support.
Event Streams for Apache Kafka
August 1
IONOS CLOUD introduces Event Streams for Apache Kafka, a managed solution that is fully integrated with the DCD, offering a variety of cluster sizes to accommodate the diverse requirements of different applications. With this service, you can build secure event-driven architectures. The product will initially be available only in the German data centers (Frankfurt and Berlin), and will be gradually rolled out to all locations.
It is currently available on a request basis. To access this product, please contact your sales representative or IONOS CLOUD Support.
Self-restore MariaDB Clusters from the DCD
August 1
The self-restoration of MariaDB clusters from a backup is possible through the DCD. It minimizes downtime and data loss in unanticipated scenarios. For more information, see Use Cases.
VPN Gateway
August 1
IONOS CLOUD offers a robust VPN Gateway feature designed to ensure secure and scalable encrypted connections between your IONOS CLOUD resources and remote infrastructure. This solution supports two key VPN protocols: IPSec and WireGuard, providing you with flexibility and advanced security options to meet your networking needs.
It is currently available on a request basis. To access this product, please contact your sales representative or IONOS CLOUD Support.
In-Memory DB
August 1
IONOS CLOUD DBaaS provides support for In-Memory DB instances and offers resources such as CPU cores and RAM size (GB) to create In-Memory DB instances. Additionally, the instance facilitates backup through snapshots and the option to recover data, making them highly reliable. It also facilitates cloud-based In-Memory DB instance patching and scalability.
CDN
August 1
IONOS CLOUD releases CDN, a content delivery network service with multiple edge servers geographically well situated within the user's proximity to deliver content swiftly and securely with enhanced features such as Web Application Firewall (WAF) and DDoS Layer 7 protection. It is currently available on a request basis. To access this product, please contact your sales representative or IONOS CLOUD Support.
Access and Manage the API Gateway
August 1
The API Gateway offers a suite of functionalities to help you efficiently create, manage, and monitor your APIs. It provides essential features for managing and optimizing interactions between clients and backend services, ensuring secure and efficient API operations. Currently, it is only available in Berlin but will soon be rolled out to more locations.
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