Changelog

Starting today, UpCloud Managed Kubernetes is available on all Private Cloud zones! Kubernetes data plane, or worker nodes, can be deployed into your fleet of Private Cloud hosts, providing enhanced security and control. Read more about Managed Kubernetes in Private Cloud.

With the initial release of UpCloud Crossplane Provider, users can now manage UpCloud resources (such as servers, storage, networks, etc.) directly through Crossplane, using Kubernetes manifests, even across the cloud! This complements our Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tooling by providing a Kubernetes-native way to manage UpCloud resources. Read more about our Crossplane Provider.

Starting from today, Zero-cost egress replaces UpCloud's Network Transfer Pool. With this move, egress transfer exceeding the fair amount is no longer automatically charged, alleviating pains from unexpected costs due to unexpected amounts of transfer. Read more about Zero-cost Egress and Network transfer.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" was released yesterday, and it was added as a new public template on UpCloud today. This new Long Term Support release includes the new Linux Kernel version 6.8, in addition to other important upgrades. As an LTS release, standard security updates for software packages in this release are available from Ubuntu until June 2029. Read the full Release Notes from Ubuntu.

Encryption at Rest for Cloud Servers is now available. Encryption is supported both in MaxIOPS and HDD block storage tiers.

Encryption can be activated on any storage device upon creation, ensuring that all data written to the storage device is encrypted using AES-256. The management of encryption keys is handled entirely by UpCloud. This feature is provided at no extra cost.

With this enhancement, all data stored on UpCloud can benefit from encryption. Encryption at Rest is supported across block storages, Managed Databases, and Object Storage services.