# February 2024

## What's new

### [<mark style="color:blue;">**IONOS Telemetry API for Logging Service**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/observability/logging-service/api-how-tos/telemetry-api)

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**February 27**

You can now interact with the [<mark style="color:blue;">IONOS Telemetry API</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/observability/logging-service/api-how-tos/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.
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### [<mark style="color:blue;">**IONOS Cloud Crossplane Provider is now available in the official Upbound Crossplane Marketplace**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/crossplane-provider/)

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**February 22**

[<mark style="color:blue;">Upbound Crossplane Marketplace</mark>](https://marketplace.upbound.io/providers/ionos-cloud/provider-ionoscloud/v1.1.7) now lists IONOS Cloud as the Crossplane Provider. With Crossplane, you can convert a Kubernetes cluster into a universal control plane.
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### [<mark style="color:blue;">**Advisory on Container Escape via runc (CVE-2024-21626)**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/security-safeguards/vulnerability-register/2024/cve-2024-21626)

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**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.
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### [<mark style="color:blue;">**API/SDK Authentication Token Manager**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/set-up-ionos-cloud/management/identity-access-management/token-manager)

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**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 [<mark style="color:blue;">manage authentication tokens</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/set-up-ionos-cloud/management/identity-access-management/token-manager) 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**.
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