Release Notes 25.06

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

Announcements

This section describes changes to existing functions as well as the introduction of new features and services that were introduced as part of this release.

Managed Database Service PaaS

PostgreSQL 16:

The Managed Service for PostgreSQL 16 will be available as of 01.07.2025.

MongoDB 7:

The Managed Service for MongoDB 7 will be available as of 01.07.2025.

Container Services Agile Factory (Products Rancher and Openshift)

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All PRD Rancher instances have been updated to Kubernetes v1.31.
For all PRD environments, the CNI has been migrated from Openshift to OvnKubernetes. The cgroup has been upgraded to version 2. Additionally, all Openshift environments have been updated to 4.17.

Discontinuations

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

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For discontinuations, migration can be supported by Inventx through a Change Request.

Managed Database Service PaaS

MongoDB 5:

The Managed Service for MongoDB 5 will be discontinued as of 01.07.2025 and will no longer be available from that date.
MongoDB 5 reached EOL on 1 June 2025.

PostgreSQL 14:

The Managed Service for PostgreSQL 14 will be discontinued as of 01.07.2025 and will no longer be available from that date.
PostgreSQL 14 will reach EOL on 12 November 2026.

Change Log

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

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

Table: Change Log

New	Old	Where
<Entry deleted>	Security System Hardening Security System Hardening is the process of taking security measures to make a system more resistant to potential attacks. The deliverables of the Security System Hardening process include: A securely configured system that resists attacks Security policies and measures are documented Protocols for monitoring and reporting are implemented For Linux systems, we offer CIS Hardening, which refers to security policies and best practices developed by the Center for Internet Security (CIS). These policies provide specific recommendations for security system hardening to improve the security of IT systems. Table: CIS System Hardening Features Linux Operating system in scope Alma Linux 8 Alma Linux 9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Ubuntu 18.04 Ubuntu 20.04	Reference Release Notes 25.05 | ix.Cloud Docs Deleted entry CIS Security System Hardening Linux
New Heading MSSQL PaaS gMSA Definition	Old Heading Guide gMSA	Guide - MSSQL PaaS gMSA Definition
<Infobox deleted>	The "Transparent Database Encryption" feature is available as of version 2019 for all editions. For older versions, this option is not available in the Standard Edition.	Database Service - Managed xSQL-Instance - Advanced Features
PaaS MSSQL Instance: For security and operational reasons, the MSSQL Agent is not available for any automations.	<Infobox added>	Database Service - Managed xSQL-Instance - Service Scope
Table: Managed xSQL-Instance Database Technologies Database Technology Community Developer Standard Enterprise Microsoft SQL Server 2019 ◼ ◼ ◼ Microsoft SQL Server 2022 ◼ ◼ ◼ MariaDB 10.6 as Managed Service ◼ MariaDB 11.2 as Managed Service ◼ PostgreSQL 15.0 ◼ ◼ PostgreSQL 16.0 ◼ ◼	Table: Managed xSQL-Instance Database Technologies Database Technology Community Developer Standard Enterprise Microsoft SQL Server 2019 ◼ ◼ ◼ Microsoft SQL Server 2022 ◼ ◼ ◼ MariaDB 10.6 as Managed Service ◼ PostgreSQL 14.0 ◼ ◼ PostgreSQL 15.0 ◼ ◼	Database Service - Managed xSQL-Instance - Database Technologies
Feature Feature Description Authentication Authentication is done via SQL user.	Feature Feature Description Authentication Authentication is possible via Active Directory (NTLM or Kerberos) as well as locally with a SQL user.	Database Service - Managed noSQL-Instance - Service Scope
Service Provisioning The host instance must be ordered as a «Managed OS» instance in the IX Portal. The MongoDB Community order must be requested via «Standard ServiceRequest».	<Entry added>	Database Service - Managed noSQL-Instance - Service Provisioning
Table: Managed noSQL-Instance License Responsibility License Responsibility Inventx Customer Operating system of virtual server ◼ ⁃ MongoDB 6 as Managed Service ⁃ ⁃ MongoDB 7 as Managed Service ⁃ ⁃	Table: Managed noSQL-Instance License Responsibility License Responsibility Inventx Customer Operating system of virtual server ◼ ⁃ MongoDB 5 as Managed Service ⁃ ⁃ MongoDB 6 as Managed Service ⁃ ⁃	Database Service - Managed noSQL-Instance - Licensing
Database Backup MongoDB Interval Full daily	Database Backup MongoDB Interval Full hourly	Database Service - Managed noSQL-Instance - Database Backup