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Release Notes 25.03

This document describes announcements and discontinuations in the scope of services of ix.Cloud.

Discontinuations​

This section lists features and services that are being removed from the scope of services with this release.

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For discontinuations, migration support by Inventx can be provided via Change Request.

Container Services Agile Factory (Rancher Product)​

Reminder discontinuation Agile Factory Rancher product Release Notes 24.09

⚠ Important:
With the release of Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE) 1.6.0, SUSE is informing customers that RKE1 will be maintained for only two more versions after 1.6.0. Please note that RKE1 reached the end of its lifecycle on July 31, 2025 and is no longer supported by the manufacturer. Therefore, it is recommended to migrate to AnyCloudK8s as soon as possible.

Announcements​

This section describes changes to existing features as well as introductions of new features and services that were introduced within the scope of this release.

AnyCloudK8s Service Requests and Configuration​

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Initial system setup is performed via a "Generic Request".

Change Log​

Textual changes in the Service Catalog are described per release in the Change Log.

The goal is to provide a transparent and traceable medium for content changes.

Table: Change Log
New Old Where

Permissions

The customer does not receive administrative rights on the instance. They are authorized as DBO (Database Owner) on individual databases

Permissions

The customer does not receive administrative rights on the instance. They are authorized as DBO (Database Owner) on individual databases

 Database Services - Service Scope SQL & NoSQL

Authentication

Authentication is possible via Active Directory (NTLM or Kerberos) as well as locally with a SQL user.

Authentication

MS-SQL:
Authentication is performed via Active Directory (NTLM or Kerberos). Authentication via SQL user must be requested as a Security Exception.

PostgreSQL, Mariadb:
Authentication is performed via SQL user. 		Database Services - Service Scope SQL
Table: Database Add-Ons Managed Service
Database Add-Ons Managed ServiceDatabase Add-Ons Managed Service MSSQL MariaDB PostgreSQL
Always On / DB Clustering ◻ ⁃ ◻
Security Audit ◻ ⁃ ◻
Table: Managed xSQL Instance Advanced Features
Database Restore MSSQL MariaDB PostgreSQL
In-Memory Function ◻ ⁃ ⁃
Agent for T-SQL Script Automation ◻ ⁃ ⁃
Data Masking ◻ ⁃ ⁃
Row Level Security ◻ ⁃ ⁃
Transparent Database Encryption (TDE) ◻ ⁃ ⁃
Audit Plugin ◻ ⁃ ⁃
Database Services - Advanced Features
IT Grundschutz Database Service Database Services Database Services - IT Grundschutz Database Service

Database Backup

With the data backup service for databases (database backup), Inventx backs up the customer's databases with the goal that databases can be restored in the event of an IT disaster, data loss, or data error.

MS-SQL

The databases are backed up via the Backup Service's service agent; this agent service is registered with gMSA. The gMSA is generated dedicated for each PaaS instance and has the necessary permissions on the MS-SQL instance according to the manufacturer.

PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MongoDB

The databases are backed up to an NFS share of the Backup Service. The Backup Service triggers the backup functions of the database instance remotely via SSH. The backup is performed to a dedicated directory of the NFS share.

Database Backup

With the data backup service for databases (database backup), Inventx backs up the customer's databases with the goal that databases can be restored in the event of an IT disaster, data loss, or data mismanagement. 		Database Services - Database Backup