Provider news · June 2023
What the providers shipped
June 2023 saw DigitalOcean restrict DNS to ICANN TLDs—a move that might have had something to do with keeping things simple, but now you'll need to jump through those hoops. Meanwhile, UpCloud strutted its stuff by expanding its Kubernetes availability to Amsterdam and Chicago, adding to its already sprawling footprint, and finally showing us that they understand what the Kubernetes crowd craves. They also rolled out some high-memory, high-CPU servers that'll make your compute dreams come true (or just make you regret it), and threw in server grouping and anti-affinity for good measure. And let's not forget their private node groups for Kubernetes—just in case you wanted to hide your clusters away from the prying internet eyes. It's all looking mighty busy for a month that doesn't really change the game for the budget-conscious dev on the prowl for the perfect server.
DigitalOcean
- Jun 5 DNS restricted to ICANN TLDs — Domain adds limited to ICANN-recognized TLDs.
UpCloud
- Jun 29 Kubernetes available in Amsterdam and Chicago — Kubernetes service expanded to additional data centers.
- Jun 19 Credits usage summary now available — Monthly and resource-based usage details available in the Hub usage section.
- Jun 15 General Purpose Cloud Servers up to 384 GB / 64 cores — New high-memory and high-CPU plans, 38-64 cores with up to 384 GB RAM.
- Jun 7 Server groups and anti-affinity released — Server grouping enables anti-affinity deployment across separate hardware.
- Jun 6 Private node groups for Kubernetes — Support for isolated node groups without direct internet access.