June 2025

What's new

Support for Kafka Version 3.9.0

June 27

Event Streams for Apache Kafka service now supports Kafka version 3.9.0, effective June 27, 2025. In this context, we will mark version 3.8.0 as deprecated.

We will soon offer the possibility to patch existing clusters from Kafka version 3.8.0 to 3.9.0 through a single call to an API endpoint.

Observability Products are now available in the USA

June 26

Observability products extend their availability to the new region, Lenexa, USA. With this expansion, the Logging Service is available at https://logging.us-mci.ionos.com and the Monitoring Service at https://monitoring.us-mci.ionos.com endpoint.

Logging Service: DCD Availability

June 24

Logging Service is now available in the Data Center Designer (DCD). It provides centralized log collection, storage, and analysis, and the ability to manage logs from various sources, gain insights, and improve system monitoring. You can access it using the DCD or API for streamlined observability and enhanced troubleshooting capabilities.

Network Services: VM Auto Scaling has a new product category

June 6

VM Auto Scaling has been reclassified from the Management category to the Network Services category within the new streamlined DCD. This change reflects the increasing integration of scaling features with networking services such as load balancing and target groups. No changes have been made to existing configurations or functionality—only the placement in the DCD has changed. Accordingly, the corresponding documentation category has been updated.

AI Model Hub: Model Cards available

June 6

For all models offered on the AI Model Hub, IONOS CLOUD now offers extensive model cards illustrating not only the technical benefits of each model, but also their suitability in terms of use cases and their quality regarding sovereignty.

IONOS CLOUD announces the upcoming phasing out of Mistral 7B in the AI Model Hub. This decision is part of our ongoing efforts to improve and align the product with more efficient and future-proof models.

Observability Products: Grafana Sign-in with the DCD IAM

June 5

IONOS CLOUD announces the availability of signing in to the Observability Products' Grafana instance using the DCD IAM. This feature allows users to log in to Grafana using their IONOS CLOUD credentials through the IAM SSO, enhancing security and simplifying access management.

Cloud DNS: Secondary Zones now supported in the DCD

June 3

IONOS CLOUD announces the availability of Secondary Zone management directly within the DCD, which was previously available only through the API. This update empowers you to seamlessly create and manage secondary zones through the UI. Whether your primary zones are hosted externally or you are looking to extend redundancy, DCD now supports complete secondary zone configurations for enhanced load distribution, security, and flexibility or as a backup during primary zone failover.

Documentation updates

New Tutorial for setting up a CDN Distribution with IONOS CLOUD Object Storage as the origin

June 26

A new tutorial for setting up a CDN Distribution is now available. This guide provides a step-by-step process to configure a Content Delivery Network (CDN) for your website using IONOS CLOUD Object Storage as the origin.

Most Popular Product Guides

June 19

The new Most Popular Product Guides section highlights the most helpful and engaging guides identified through user interaction data. This enhancement offers a centralized location of high-value content, helping you find answers more efficiently and get the most out of our products.

Updated VM Auto Scaling documentation category

June 6

The VM Auto Scaling documentation has been moved from the Compute Services section to the Network Services category. This update aligns with recent DCD changes that group auto scaling features more closely with networking services. No changes have been made to functionality, this update is for documentation organization only.