Provider news · December 2024
What the providers shipped
December 2024 had the usual holiday tech hiccups, with DigitalOcean shuffling managed database engines to NYC2 and finally opening up VPC-native networking and VPC peering to all. Not to be outdone, Linode extended their managed databases to more data centers and tinkered with LKE. Meanwhile, UpCloud introduced a fresh batch of cloud-native compute plans that let you enjoy hourly billing without the bundling headaches. All of these updates come at the same time that Linode's Kubernetes Engine is still stuck on Kubernetes 1.34, while UpCloud's object storage migration tool might finally ease the pain of moving data around. Just another day in the life of VPS provider shenanigans.
DigitalOcean
- Dec 20 All managed databases in NYC2 — Managed DB engines available in the NYC2 region.
- Dec 18 App Platform Bitbucket deploy (early availability) — Bitbucket deployment in early availability.
- Dec 12 DOKS VPC-native networking & VPC peering GA — VPC-native Kubernetes and VPC peering generally available.
- Dec 12 Internal-only regional load balancers GA — VPC-exclusive load balancers generally available.
- Dec 6 Spaces access-key bucket restrictions — Bucket-level permission granularity for access keys.
Linode
- Dec 19 Managed Databases available in more data centers — Managed Databases expand to additional data centers.
- Dec 4 LKE updates — Additional Kubernetes Engine service improvements.
UpCloud
- Dec 12 Cloud Native plans for Cloud Servers — New compute plans with unbundled storage, hourly billing, tuned for containers.
- Dec 4 Object Storage migration tool in Control Panel — Migrate data from legacy Object Storage or S3-compatible providers via Control Panel.