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Welcome to the previous releases section of our documentation portal for IONOS Cloud. This section is dedicated to archiving previous release notes for the year(s), excluding the latest release.
July 31
IONOS releases the AI Model Hub platform, which features foundational models and vector databases as a service. Using these services, you can also implement retrieval augmented generation use cases.
We have added documentation support to help you use our new AI Model Hub
. The key topics include:
— Guided steps for using our foundation models.
— Instructions for managing our vector database as a service.
— Steps to conduct retrieval augmented generation.
July 29
The Data Center Designer (DCD) now features a new dedicated Network menu aimed at consolidating all network-related products for easier access and streamlining product management within the DCD. The products now grouped under this menu include Connectivity, Load Balancing, Edge Networking, and Security products. The IP Management, Cross Connect, Target Groups, Cloud DNS, and SSL Certificate Manager products listed earlier under the Management menu have been moved to the Network menu.
July 29
IONOS releases Network File Storage, a managed service that offers shared file storage for multiple virtual machines and containerized workloads via the NFS protocol. The product is currently available on a request basis, will initially be available only in the German data centers (Frankfurt & 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.
July 29
This release introduces additional capabilities, enabling you to connect all Virtual Data Centers (VDCs) in the Frankfurt region via private LANs. We recommend upgrading your existing Cross Connect to the latest version. For more information, see Upgrade Cross Connect to the Latest Version.
July 8
Managed Kubernetes is releasing Kubernetes version 1.30. For more information about the schedule timeline, see Release Schedule.
July 4
Information on the security advisory for CVE-2024-6387, announced by OpenSSH, is now available on the documentation portal. This advisory addresses a signal handler race condition in OpenSSH that affects sshd in its default configuration.
July 3
AMD Opteron CPUs will be phased out for Kubernetes node pools and new Opteron-based VMs. We recommend updating your Terraform and Crossplane configurations to reflect the new CPU type to avoid errors.
July 31
We have updated the Backup Service documentation. The key topics include:
— Step-by-step instructions for configuring backup encryption in Apply Backup Encryption.
— Detailed information on encryption at rest, encryption in transit, and secure data deletion practices in Data Security.
July 30
The Network Services product category now includes a new Certificate Manager section. This update relocates the Manage SSL Certificates documentation from the Managed Application Load Balancer product to the new section. Additional documentation on certificate management will be added shortly.
July 18
We have added documentation support to help you configure Veeam Backup & Replication with the new eu-central-3
Object Storage region. The key topics include:
— Guided steps for adding a new Object Storage repository.
— Instructions for creating backup jobs with performance-optimized settings.
— Steps to migrate your backup repository to the eu-central-3
region.
— Recommended settings to apply 8 MB blocks in storage optimization.
May 30
May 24
IONOS announces the release of our Certbot plugin for Cloud DNS. With this plugin, you can automate the process of obtaining and renewing SSL/TLS certificate. This feature enhances security and simplifies certificate management for your domains.
May 23
Information on the security advisory for CVE-2024-4323 reported by Tenable Research is now available in the documentation portal. The memory corruption vulnerability in Fluent Bit can result in a denial of service, information disclosure, or remote code execution.
May 17
May 13
May 7
Logging Service is enhanced to allow you to configure an unlimited retention period for your logs. With this enhancement, you can store your logs for an indefinite period. The enhancement is available since April 29, 2024.
May 6
Information on the security advisory for four vulnerabilities reported by Acronis is now available in the documentation portal. These vulnerabilities reported in the Cyber Protect Agent cause local privilege escalation and information manipulation without authorization.
IONOS S3 Object Storage introduces contract-owned buckets in a new S3 region eu-central-3
. Users within a single organization can benefit from our Object Storage using contract-owned buckets. Users can now create this bucket type from within the . The earlier bucket-type functionality presented within the Object Storage continues to be supported and is now referred to as user-owned buckets. For the list of S3 operations supported in contract-owned buckets, see .
This detailed will help you get started with the Certbot plugin for Cloud DNS, which provides step-by-step instructions on how to set up and use the plugin effectively.
IONOS has introduced self-service functionality features via the DCD to improve the customer experience by giving users control over certain features. provides additional control and flexibility to your account. With the module, you can add new payment methods. This feature has enhanced security to provide seamless yet strong customer authentication.
You can now leverage the IONOS Cloud DNS API service to create and manage Reverse DNS (PTR) records for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. This enhancement enables you to efficiently manage your DNS configurations and network settings and enhance .
for DNS zones and records management is now also available via the Data Center Designer (DCD) graphical user interface. Leverage the capabilities of either the DCD or the based on your specific needs and use case for DNS management.
The self-restoration of MariaDB clusters from a backup via the has been made possible by enhanced IONOS DBaaS for MariaDB, which minimizes downtime and data loss in unanticipated scenarios. For more information about its use cases, see .
April 30
IONOS DBaaS for MariaDB is now available across all IONOS Cloud locations. You can choose any location of your preference from the DCD when you create your MariaDB cluster or perform the same actions via the API. For a list of region-specific API endpoints, see API How-Tos.
April 25
IONOS S3 Object Storage has increased the length of all newly generated Access Keys and Secret Keys to prepare for the upcoming new functionalities on the S3 offering. Access Keys will now be 92 characters long, and Secret Keys will be 64 characters long.
April 22
Managed Kubernetes now supports Regional Control Planes, allowing users to deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters to new geographic regions with ease. You can benefit from optimized performance and reduced latency between the control plane and the nodes of the node pools within the same region.
For more information, see Set Up a Cluster.
April 10
Starting in May, our Backup Service servers will use an additional IP subnet: 85.215.126.0/24
. We recommend you update the configured firewall rules in advance so that the firewall does not restrict backup agent access and allows the backup agents to communicate effectively. For more information, see FAQs.
April 5
Information on security advisory for CVE-2024-3094 is available on the documentation portal. The vulnerability enables remote system breaches via SSH, and immediate action is required to resolve it.
April 2
We are thrilled to announce the release of our revamped documentation portal landing page. The enhancement includes significant improvements to the design outlook and website navigation to streamline the user experience and to make accessing information more accessible and more efficient.
Card-based Design: Visually appealing card layouts provide users with concise information and an easier way to engage with the documentation portal.
Website Navigation: Find the specific product documentation easily with a familiar navigational structure that rearranges the products in the Product User Guides in an alphabetical sequence.
For more information, see Documentation Portal Announcements.
April 2
To reinforce consistency in the product category and product names across IONOS website and documentation portal, the following changes are made effectively:
— The product categories are renamed, added, and removed.
— Some of the product names in our documentation portal are renamed and reorganized into product categories in a way that it improves easy discoverability of documentation.
For more information, see Documentation Portal Announcements.
Note: The product renaming does not have any impact on its services and functionality. Incorporation of the updated product names across our documentation pages is an ongoing development, and we will be rolling out this update in phases.
The following is a list of releases in 2024:
March 28
IONOS DBaaS provides support for MariaDB clusters to suit your needs. It offers resources such as CPU cores, RAM size (GB), and storage types to create database clusters. Additionally, the database clusters facilitate point-in-time recovery and backup features, making them highly reliable. It also facilitates cloud-based database patching and scalability. The migration process is straightforward due to its compatibility with MySQL.
March 20
Starting today, the Backup Service management servers will switch to the new IP addresses. We recommend you update the configured firewall rules so that the firewall does not restrict backup agent access and allows the backup agents to communicate effectively. For more information, see FAQs.
March 13
Logging Service is enhanced to allow sub-users within your contract number to use their IONOS credentials and access Grafana upon meeting the pre-conditions. This enhancement improves accessibility and provides a seamless experience for all users within the Grafana environment.
February 27
You can can now interact with the IONOS Telemetry API via the managed Grafana provided by the Logging Service. It is also compatible with Prometheus specifications. The Telemetry API uses the same authentication as the IONOS Cloud API; hence, you can use the same API token to authenticate with the Telemetry API.
February 22
Upbound Crossplane Marketplace now lists IONOS Cloud as the Crossplane Provider. With Crossplane, you can convert a Kubernetes cluster into a universal control plane.
February 5
Information on security advisory for CVE-2024-21626 is available on the documentation portal. The vulnerability enables containerized escape for attackers using a malicious image, a malicious Dockerfile, or an upstream image.
February 1
The following significant changes are being made to IONOS APIs, SDKs authentication methods, and token management to enhance user security.
A new way to manage authentication tokens from the Data Center Designer (DCD) is introduced.
Effective March 15, 2024, the Basic Authentication across IONOS’ APIs and SDKs is completely deprecated for user accounts with 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) enabled or 2FA forced. Impacted users can only generate tokens from the API/SDK Authentication Token Manager.
January 10
Logging Service now allows the primary account owner to create sub-users and delegate pipeline management responsibilities. Sub-users can only view and manage the pipelines assigned to them by the primary account owner and are not authorized to access pipelines created by other sub-users or the primary account owner. Hence, your credentials and data are secure and not shared with other sub-users. For more information, see Features and Benefits.
The following is a list of releases in 2023:
December 20
IONOS now supports RHEL 8 images as part of our ongoing commitment to offering RHEL support to our users. As a result, RHEL 8 images are now compatible with the IONOS public cloud architecture.
December 18
IONOS is a certified partner of Red Hat and is authorized to provide and run Red Hat Enterprise Linux inside the IONOS public cloud infrastructure. This applies to public RHEL 9 images supplied by IONOS.
December 15
Managed Kubernetes now supports Private Node Pools, providing enhanced security, isolation, and flexibility to manage your Kubernetes workloads. You can create Private Node Pools within your Managed Kubernetes clusters to ensure your critical workloads remain secure and protected.
December 15
Now you can enable advanced features to boost the protection of your workloads:
Advanced Backup ensures continuous protection of your data, capturing even the most recent updates to prevent loss.
Advanced Security offers comprehensive, continuous malware threat mitigation for your data environments.
Advanced Management facilitates the patching of vulnerabilities within your protected data scope.
December 15
IONOS has renamed Managed Backup to Backup Service to standardize the product terminology. Earlier, Managed Backup was also referred to as Backup as a Service or Backup by Acronis across different platforms. The new unified name ensures consistency in our communications and branding. This change does not impact the product's functionality, and the service remains unchanged. The documentation portal now reflects the product name changes. For more information, see FAQs.
December 14
IONOS offers a revamped DCD interface for IONOS S3 Object Storage in the General Availability (GA) phase. It is an enhanced version of the old S3 DCD interface, providing improved user experience and performance, intuitive design, contextual help, and faster responsiveness. The user interface navigation label is renamed from S3 Web Console to IONOS S3 Object Storage in the DCD.
December 14
IONOS S3 Object Storage offers the Bucket Policy, view object versions and metadata, and Object Lock features in the General Availability (GA) phase. Using Bucket Policy, overarching access policies for a bucket can be set to control data access and usage. With Object Lock, data can be secured by implementing retention policies or legal holds; and with object versions and metadata, object retrieval is easier for large volumes of unstructured data. These new features overall improve the access and data management in the Object Storage.
December 13
IONOS offers the new Container Registry Vulnerability Scanning feature in General Availability (GA) phase. Software development is constantly evolving, and security is our top priority. The Container Registry Vulnerability Scanning feature is specifically designed to enhance the security of your containerized applications by proactively identifying potential vulnerabilities present in your artifacts. Scans occur each time an artifact is pushed to the registry and when new vulnerability definitions are published. It quickly detects any security weaknesses in container dependencies and libraries, allowing you to react immediately to prevent exploitation. For more information about reviewing the vulnerability scan results, see View Vulnerability Scan Results.
This feature will be available when creating new container registries, and you can also enable it for existing registries. For more information, see Enable Vulnerability Scanning.
December 13
IONOS offers the New Container Registry Web Console, an enhanced version of the existing Container Registry Web Console, providing improved user experience and performance, intuitive design, faster responsiveness and additional features than the existing Container Registry Web Console. For more information, see DCD How-Tos.
December 4
IONOS is a certified partner of Red Hat and are authorized to provide and run Red Hat Enterprise Linux inside the IONOS public cloud infrastructure. This is applicable to both public RHEL images supplied by IONOS and user-uploaded private RHEL images.
December 18
The subtopics in the Block Storage section have been updated. It now contains a new Images & Snapshots section with the appropriate subtopics—IONOS Public Images and Private Images. For more information, see Images & Snapshots.
December 4
The subtopics in the Block Storage section have been updated. It now contains a new Images & Snapshots section with the appropriate subtopics—Public Images and Private Images. For more information, see Images & Snapshots.
November 28
Application Load Balancers (ALB) and Network Load Balancers (NLB) now support Proxy Protocol versions to send additional connection information, such as the source and destination. The Targets associated with your ALB and NLB can now be configured to accept incoming traffic using the Proxy Protocol.
November 23
Information on security advisory for CVE-2023-23583, also known as Escalation of privilege for some Intel processors vulnerability, is available on the documentation portal. This vulnerability is based on an unexpected behavior for some Intel(R) processors that may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and information disclosure or denial of service via local access.
November 15
Logging Service is now in the General Availability (GA) phase. You can create logging pipeline instances on the available locations to gather logs from multiple sources. You may also programmatically manage your logging pipelines via the API. To learn more about what changed during the transition from the Early Access (EA) phase to the GA phase, see Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
November 13
Cross Connect is now available as an Early Access (EA) feature on a restricted early access basis. To access this feature, please contact your sales representative or customer support. With the enhanced feature, you can connect multiple Virtual Data Centers (VDCs) seamlessly in the same region and under the same contract. Connections can be established via a private LAN only, thus enabling consistent and reliable data transfer and ensuring seamless connections, reduced latency, and minimized addressing discrepancies. Cross Connects are flexible, meaning you can easily modify the existing setup by effortlessly adding or deleting existing data centers or modifying the associated data centers.
November 2
Information on security advisory for CVE-2023-34048, also known as vCenter Server out-of-bounds write vulnerability is available on the documentation portal. This vulnerability allows an attacker with network access to trigger an out-of-bounds write that can lead to remote code execution.
November 1
Information on security advisory for CVE-2023-20569, also known as Return Form Procedure (RET) Speculation or Inception is available on the documentation portal. This vulnerability is reported by AMD as a sensitive information disclosure due to speculative side-channel attacks.
October 26
The documentation portal now contains information about the new security advisories that Acronis reported. You can find more details about the reported vulnerabilities on the following pages:
October 25
VM Auto Scaling is now available as an Early Access (EA) feature. It is a cloud computing feature that dynamically scales in or scales out the number of virtual machine instances (horizontal scaling) based on customizable monitoring events. The metric-based policy, defined during its configuration, constantly monitors the load and regularly scales the number of VM instances based on the policy threshold. The functionality ensures that the number of replicas in the group remains within the defined constraints.
October 18
The documentation for Backup Service has been updated to include a new section called Install the Acronis Backup Agent on Linux. This section provides prerequisites, step-by-step instructions, and configuration options to ensure a seamless installation experience.
September 20
IONOS offers the New S3 Web Console (Beta), an enhanced version of the existing S3 Web Console in the DCD, providing improved user experience and performance, intuitive design, and faster responsiveness while having the same feature set as the existing S3 Web Console. Currently, the feature is in the Beta phase and is available by default to all new and existing users. You are encouraged to try out the new S3 Web Console. This new application console does not impact the functionality of the existing S3 Web Console.
September 4
The Cloud DNS is now in General Availability (GA) phase. You can publish DNS zones of your domains and subdomains on public Name Servers using Cloud DNS. With the Cloud DNS API, you can create DNS zones and DNS records, import and export DNS zones, secure your DNS zones with DNSSEC and create secondary zones. Additionally, you can also set up ExternalDNS for your Managed Kubernetes with Cloud DNS.
August 18
This is solely for informational purpose and does not require any action from you. IONOS has renamed Virtual Server(s) to Dedicated Core Server(s). This change does not impact the functionality of the product in any manner. As a result, the documentation portal now reflects the product name changes. For more information, see Product Renaming FAQs.
August 18
Added information on security advisory for CVE-2022-40982, also known as “Gather Data Sampling” (GDS) or “Downfall” here.
August 14
IONOS MongoDB database cluster offers MongoDB Enterprise edition supporting versions 5.0 and 6.0 to suit the requirements of enterprise-level deployments. This edition provides advanced capabilities such as sharding database type, enabling the BI Connector, and more resources - CPU cores, RAM size (GB), and storage types to create database clusters. Additionally, the enterprise database clusters facilitate point-in-time recovery and offsite backup features making these clusters highly reliable.
August 10
A vCPU Server is a new virtual machine provisioned and hosted in one of IONOS's physical data centers. It behaves like a physical server and can be used as a standalone product or combined with other IONOS cloud products. To configure a vCPU Server, choose a preset (S, M, L, XL, and XXL) that suits your needs. Presets are a combination of specific vCPU-to-RAM ratios. The number of vCPUs and RAMs differs based on the selected preset. You can also tailor the vCPU-to-RAM ratios to meet your requirements—the Preset automatically changes to Custom when you edit the predefined ratio.
August 8
The documentation for Kubernetes Versions now contains the following details:
Managed Kubernetes releases Kubernetes version 1.27; hence, the Available column now mentions the release date.
Kubernetes version 1.24 has reached an end-of-life; hence, the Kubernetes end of life column has been updated accordingly.
Note: The documentation portal URLs are directly affected by the below-mentioned updates. As a result, if you have bookmarked specific pages from the documentation portal, we recommend revisiting the pages and bookmarking the new URLs.
August 10
The following sections have been renamed in the documentation portal:
Compute Engine is now called Compute.
Virtual Machines is now called Compute Engine.
August 10
Cloud Cubes is no longer under Virtual Machines, but an independent section under Compute.
July 17
Managed Stackable version 23.4 is now newly available and the only version currently supported for creating a new Managed Stackable cluster. Older clusters retain their original version.
July 7
The documentation for Managed Kubernetes has been updated to include information about the maintenance window as well as the cluster and node pool maintenance processes.
July 7
The documentation for Managed Kubernetes has been updated to include information about Kubernetes versions and their availability.
July 5
The Vulnerability Register serves as a comprehensive record detailing security vulnerabilities that impact IONOS Cloud products and services. This report has been developed as an integral component of our continuous commitment to assist you in effectively mitigating security risks and safeguarding the integrity of your systems.
July 3
Application Load Balancer is now Generally Available (GA). With the Application Load Balancer (ALB), incoming application layer traffic can be routed to targets based on user-defined rules.
July 3
Network Load Balancer is now Generally Available (GA). With the Network Load Balancer (NLB), you can automatically distribute workloads over several servers, which minimizes disruptions during scaling.
July 3
NAT Gateway is now Generally Available (GA). With the NAT Gateway, you can enable internet access to virtual machines without exposing them to the internet by a public interface. It acts as an intermediary device that translates IP addresses between the private network and the public internet.
June 20
Debian 12 HDD and ISO images are now accessible through the Data Center Designer (DCD) and the Cloud API. These latest Debian images are compatible with all IONOS Compute Engine instances, including Dedicated Core Servers and Cloud Cubes.
June 1
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is now a General Availability (GA) feature for all IONOS Compute Engine instances of type Dedicated Core Servers and Cloud Cubes. Applications can now be hosted in the dual stack with connectivity over both IPv6 and IPv4 within virtual data centers and to and from the internet.
June 1
Firewall rules configuration for a Network Interface Card (NIC) is now extended to support IPv6. With this enhancement, Firewall rules support ICMPv6 as a protocol, IPv6 addresses as source or destination IPs, and lets you specify the IP version for which a given rule is applicable.
June 1
With IONOS extending IPv6 support to Compute Engine instances, you can now use the Flow Logs to capture data related to IPv6 network traffic flows in addition to IPv4.
May 30
Cloud DNS is now available as an Early Access (EA) feature. You can publish DNS Zones of your domains and subdomains on public Name Servers using Cloud DNS. You may also programmatically manage your DNS Zones and Records via API.