Provider news · October 2024
What the providers shipped
October 2024 saw DigitalOcean making some solid moves that might actually interest developers: event log forwarding to OpenSearch for DOKS, managed OpenSearch logs being GA, and HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 support at the edge. Also, VPC-native networking and VPC peering in early availability won’t go unnoticed. And because nobody cares about storage anymore, here’s object storage expanding to Toronto and daily backups in Bangalore. Linode, predictably, kept things behind schedule with VLAN deletion, limited block storage encryption, and Kubernetes Engine enhancements that feel like a stopgap rather than a solution. UpCloud's news was more about managed database services—Valkey, an open-source Redis alternative, is now available. Also, the release of VPN Gateways might appeal to those who need to connect SDN Private Networks externally. All in all, the market's still mostly about who can tick the most boxes without breaking the bank.
DigitalOcean
- Oct 29 DOKS event log forwarding to OpenSearch GA — Cluster event logs forwarded to OpenSearch, generally available.
- Oct 29 App Platform maintenance mode & OpenSearch logs GA — Maintenance mode; log forwarding to Managed OpenSearch GA.
- Oct 23 App Platform HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 at edge — HTTP/2 and edge HTTP/3 supported.
- Oct 15 DOKS VPC-native & VPC peering (early) — VPC-native networking, VPC peering and internal LBs in early availability.
- Oct 11 Spaces available in TOR1 — Object storage expanded to Toronto.
- Oct 4 Daily backups in BLR1 — Daily backups available in Bangalore.
Linode
- Oct 21 VLANs can be deleted — VLAN deletion capability introduced.
- Oct 17 Block Storage supports encryption (Limited availability) — Block Storage encryption enters limited availability.
- Oct 1 LKE updates — Additional Kubernetes Engine enhancements deployed.
UpCloud
- Oct 28 Managed Databases for Valkey launched — Valkey, an open-source Redis alternative, available as a managed database service.
- Oct 8 VPN Gateways released — VPN Gateways now GA for connecting SDN Private Networks to external IPsec endpoints.