Changelog

UpCloud introduces a new line of Cloud Native plans for Cloud Servers, designed to deliver exceptional price-performance for modular workloads, containerized applications, and microservices architectures. These plans offer a streamlined approach to cloud server provisioning, focusing on core compute resources (CPU and memory) and allowing you to tailor storage and networking independently to match your specific needs.

Unbundled Storage: Choose the storage tier and size that best suits your workload, with no fixed storage included in the base plan. This provides greater flexibility and cost optimization.

Hourly Billing: Pay only for the compute resources you consume, with no long-term commitments. Ideal for dynamic and short-lived workloads. Cloud Native plans are only billed when the server is powered on.

Optimized for Modern Architectures: Perfect for containerized applications, microservices, and cloud-native environments where servers are treated as ephemeral resources.

Unbeatable Price-Performance: Our Cloud Native plans offer the best possible pricing against hypervendors like AWS and GCP, allowing you to maximize your cloud budget without compromising on performance.

Read more about different Cloud Server plans and pricing.

The Object Storage migration tool is now available directly through the UpCloud Control Panel - making it easier to migrate your data.

The tool provides an interface for transferring your data from our legacy Object Storage or any S3-compatible storage provider, such as AWS S3. Users can choose to migrate either all buckets or selected ones through the Control Panel interface.

This new addition to our Control Panel works alongside our existing API migration tool, offering the same functionality such as progress monitoring and automatic bucket creation. For those planning to migrate from our legacy Object Storage service before its end-of-life in February 2025, this tool helps transition to our new Managed Object Storage.

You can access the migration tool from the UpCloud Control Panel under Object Storage .

Starting today, UpCloud Managed Object Storage is available in Chicago (US-CHI1), completing our US region coverage and our global rollout of the service. This expansion joins our existing availability in Europe and Asia, providing enhanced storage capabilities across all major regions.

The Managed Object Storage service offers:

• Full S3 compatibility for seamless integration with existing tools
• Built-in AES-256 encryption for data at rest and in transit
• Automatic scaling starting from 250GB
• Custom domain support
• Direct connectivity through SDN Private Networks

For customers currently using our legacy Object Storage service, we recommend migrating to the new Managed Object Storage before February 28th, 2025, when the legacy service will reach its end-of-life. To assist with the transition, we provide detailed migration guides:

• How to migrate from our legacy Object Storage
• How to migrate from AWS S3

Get started with Managed Object Storage today through the UpCloud Control Panel or API .

System level logs from Managed Databases can now be exported to OpenSearch and Rsyslog destinations through service integrations. This new feature lets you centralise and monitor system logs from your databases more effectively. You can:

• Stream system-level service logs in real-time
• Export to UpCloud OpenSearch Managed Database or Rsyslog servers
• Secure logs in transit with TLS encryption
• Organise logs with custom prefix tagging

Setting up log exports is straightforward through the UpCloud Control Panel - simply choose your destination platform, configure your connection settings, and your database logs will start flowing automatically.

For detailed setup instructions and best practices, check out our comprehensive guide.

We’re proud to announce the launch of Managed Databases for Valkey™️ - reinforcing our commitment to open-source technology and community-driven innovation!

In response to Redis®️’s move away from open source, we’re introducing Valkey, a fully compatible, open-source alternative developed under the Linux Foundation. This addition to our existing Managed Databases portfolio ensures that our customers can continue enjoying the benefits of open-source technology while maintaining full transparency and freedom from vendor lock-in.

As a managed service, Valkey provides all the powerful features of Redis, backed by our expert configuration, maintenance, and monitoring. Whether you need high-performance caching, message queuing, or persistent key-value storage, you’ll find it all in our globally distributed infrastructure, including multiple European locations for GDPR compliance.