# November 2024

## What's new

### [<mark style="color:blue;">**VPN Gateway General Availability**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/network-services/vpn-gateway)

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**November 26**

**VPN Gateway** is now in the General Availability (GA) phase. It is designed to ensure secure and scalable encrypted connections between your IONOS Cloud resources and remote infrastructure using two key VPN protocols: IPSec and WireGuard.

We are excited to announce the following enhancements to VPN Gateway:\
— **Active-Passive High Availability (HA)** mode to ensure redundancy in the event of failures.\
— Availability of **new tiers** that can be paired with HA. Additionally, you have the option to switch between HA and non-HA configurations and upgrade your plans as needed.\
— Ability to **visualize all LANs** connected to the respective VPN Gateway.\
— Option to **download VPN Gateway configuration** to your local system.
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### [<mark style="color:blue;">**Advisory on CVE-2024-10220**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/security-safeguards/vulnerability-register/2024/cve-2024-10220)

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**November 22**

The documentation portal now has information on the security advisory for a high vulnerability reported by the Kubernetes Security Response Committee. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands in the vulnerable Managed Kubernetes cluster versions beyond the container boundary.
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### [<mark style="color:blue;">**Changes to the Login Process**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/set-up-ionos-cloud/get-started/log-in-dcd)

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**November 18**

Beginning today, you will observe that the DCD portal's [<mark style="color:blue;">login screens</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/set-up-ionos-cloud/get-started/log-in-dcd) have been redesigned, resulting from the integration of IONOS Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) Single Sign-On (SSO) into the login process. You do not need to make any changes to your account.
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### [<mark style="color:blue;">**AI Model Hub now supports OpenAI Image endpoint**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/ai/ai-model-hub/how-tos/image-generation)

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**November 11**

Starting November 11, our AI Model Hub supports the OpenAI Image endpoint. In addition we launched the FLUX.1 schnell text-to-image model.
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### [<mark style="color:blue;">**Firewall Rules Upgrade: Broader Protocol Coverage**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/network-services/vdc-networking/firewall/how-tos/create-firewall-rule)

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**November 11**

We've enhanced the firewall rules for Network Security Groups and NIC-based firewalls. In addition to the existing TCP, UDP, ICMP, and ICMPv6 protocols, we now support GRE, VRRP, AH, and ESP protocols. This expansion is available through both the Cloud API v6 and DCD platforms.
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### [<mark style="color:blue;">**Introducing Custom MAC Address Capability for Network Interfaces**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/network-services/vdc-networking/lan/how-tos/configure-private-lan)

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**November 11**

Effective immediately, you can specify custom MAC addresses when creating network interfaces (NICs) for Compute instances. This feature is accessible via Cloud API v6 and DCD. Ensure that you configure custom MAC addresses at the time of creation and that you cannot modify them during subsequent network interface updates. This capability is advantageous for environments requiring specific MAC addresses to comply with software licensing conditions.
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### [<mark style="color:blue;">**Kubernetes Version 1.28 End-of-Life Notification**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/containers/managed-kubernetes/overview/managed-k8s-schedule)

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**November 8**

This is to inform you that Managed Kubernetes version 1.28 will reach its end of life (EOL) on December 4, 2024. After that, you cannot create new clusters or node pools using Kubernetes version 1.28. Existing clusters or node pools running on version 1.28 will be automatically upgraded to version 1.29 during the next scheduled maintenance window after the EOL date.
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### [<mark style="color:blue;">**Changes to the Login Process**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/set-up-ionos-cloud/get-started/log-in-dcd)

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**November 7**

Starting November 11, we will implement an update to the IONOS Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) Single Sign-On (SSO) login system to enhance security and usability for our users. You will notice that the new SSO will consist of two [<mark style="color:blue;">login screens</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/set-up-ionos-cloud/get-started/log-in-dcd):\
— The *first* screen requires your email address and password.\
— The *second* screen requests a Time-based one-time password (TOTP) if you have activated 2-Factor Authentication.<br>
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### [<mark style="color:blue;">**Network Security Groups Support in Cloud API v6**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/security/network-security-groups)

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**November 6**

IONOS releases **Network Security Groups**, a centralized firewall policy manager that allows you to filter and control network traffic to and from virtual network resources within a given Virtual Data Center (VDC). NSGs contain security rules that allow or deny traffic based on various criteria, such as source and destination IP addresses, ports, and protocols for its member VMs and NICs.

**Note:** Network Security Groups are currently accessible only via the Cloud API v6. The DCD support will be available soon.
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### [<mark style="color:blue;">**New Database Interface**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/databases/databases)

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**November 5**

We are excited to announce the launch of our new Database as a Service (DBaaS) interface for our Database products: [<mark style="color:blue;">In-Memory DB</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/databases/in-memory-db/dcd-how-tos), [<mark style="color:blue;">MariaDB</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/databases/mariadb/dcd-how-tos), [<mark style="color:blue;">MongoDB</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/databases/mongodb/how-tos), and [<mark style="color:blue;">PostgreSQL</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/databases/postgresql/how-tos). Designed with user experience in mind, the new DCD interface provides a more intuitive and an efficient management experience.
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### [<mark style="color:blue;">**Event Streams for Apache Kafka General Availability**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/data-analytics/kafka)

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**November 4**

**Event Streams for Apache Kafka** is now in the General Availability (GA) phase. It is 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 & Berlin), and will be gradually rolled out to all locations.
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### [<mark style="color:blue;">**Managed Kubernetes Versions**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/containers/managed-kubernetes/overview/managed-k8s-schedule)

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**November 4**

Managed Kubernetes is releasing Kubernetes version 1.31. For more information about the schedule timeline, see [<mark style="color:blue;">Release Schedule</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/containers/managed-kubernetes/overview/managed-k8s-schedule).
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