Release notes

16 September 2024

Private endpoints as new default

To ensure best possible security for your databases, private endpoints are now the default in the IBM Cloud® console. CLI and Terraform now require the endpoint type to be provided as part of creating an instance.

1 May 2024

New hosting models

You can choose between two hosting models: Isolated Compute and Shared Compute. Isolated Compute is a secure single-tenant offering for complex, highly performant enterprise workloads. Shared Compute is a flexible multi-tenant offering for dynamic, fine-tuned, and decoupled capacity selections. For more information, see Hosting models.

12 April 2024

Configuring the Index Lifecycle Management capabilities of Databases for Elasticsearch tutorial published

This tutorial is designed to assist you to proactively manage your indices to make efficient use of resources, both in terms of storage and search capabilities. For more information, see Configuring the Index Lifecycle Management capabilities of Databases for Elasticsearch.

06 February 2024

Build an Elasticsearch chatbot tutorial published

This tutorial is designed to assist you in harnessing the full potential of your data by transforming it into an intelligent bot capable of answering queries related to your data. The bot effortlessly stores the knowledge base in an Elasticsearch index and taps into AI to intelligently handle your questions related to the knowledge base. For more information, see Build an Elasticsearch chatbot.

17 January 2024

Elasticsearch machine learning tutorials documentation published

New tutorials created to highlight the ML features of Elasticsearch. For more information, see Use Elasticsearch vector search capabilities, Use ELSER, Elastic's Natural Language Processing model, and Use machine learning models with Elasticsearch to tag content.

03 January 2024

Elasticsearch, machine learning, and AI

Elasticsearch, a robust search-capable database, is well-suited to seamlessly incorporate essential ML features sought by enterprises embracing new technologies. For more information, see Elasticsearch, machine learning, and AI.

22 November 2023

Monitoring Integration documentation updated

Monitoring Integration documentation now lists metrics for all Cloud Databases services. For more information, see Monitoring Integration.

15 November 2023

Databases for Elasticsearch Platinum Plan released

Databases for Elasticsearch Platinum Plan offers all the features of the Enterprise Plan, plus a richer array of functionality around integrations (connectors and web crawlers), security features (logging and access control), and document-level security, among others. For more information, see Databases for Elasticsearch Plans.

26 October 2023

Deploy Kibana using Code Engine and connect to your Databases for Elasticsearch instance

With this tutorial, deploy Kibana using Code Engine and connect to your Databases for Elasticsearch instance. Kibana is a web interface that allows you to visualize the data in Elasticsearch instances. Code Engine is a fully managed, serverless platform that allows you to run workloads without worrying about deploying infrastructure. Elasticsearch is a NoSQL database with powerful search capabilities. For more information, see Deploy Kibana using Code Engine and connect to your Databases for Elasticsearch instance.

12 October 2023

Databases for Elasticsearch v7.17 end of life

End of life announcement: Version 7.17 reaches end of life 26 April 2024. All Databases for Elasticsearch instances on deprecated versions that are still active will be upgraded in-place to the next major version. We recommend that you upgrade following our backup and restore process before the EOL date of your version.

For more information, see Upgrading to a new Major Version.

02 October 2023

Elasticsearch end of life for versions 7.9 and 7.10

Action is required before 30 November 2023 for your IBM Cloud® Databases for Elasticsearch version 7.9 and 7.10 deployments. On 30 November 2023, these versions will be end of life. Our recommended procedure for this is restoring from a backup. For more information, see Managing Cloud Databases backups.

18 September 2023

Configuring an Enterprise Search 7.17 server with an Databases for Elasticsearch instance

Enterprise Search extends the capabilities of Databases for Elasticsearch to provide a unified search experience across various data sources, including documents, emails, databases, and more. It offers a seamless interface for users to find relevant information across disparate data silos, enhancing productivity and collaboration. By integrating Enterprise Search with your Databases for Elasticsearch instance, you gain a comprehensive search solution that uses the strengths of both platforms to efficiently discover insights from your data. For more information, see Configuring an Enterprise Search 7.17 server with an Databases for Elasticsearch instance.

22 June 2023

Elasticsearch 8.7.0 (preview)

For more information, see IBM Cloud® Databases for Elasticsearch Enterprise Plan.

18 May 2023

Setting up disk alerts for disk utilization tutorial

In this tutorial, you use the IBM Cloud API and the IBM Cloud CLI to set up an alert that emails you whenever the disk utilization of your database exceeds 90%. This specific example creates an alert on a Databases for Elasticsearch deployment, but it is applicable to all the databases in the IBM Cloud Databases catalog. For more information, see Setting up disk alerts for disk utilization.

03 May 2023

IBM Cloud® Databases for Elasticsearch Enterprise Plan

Our strategic partnership with Elastic since January 2023 means that we are able to offer more and richer functionality, as well as world-class levels of support. IBM Cloud® Databases for Elasticsearch Enterprise Plan Version 7.17 is the current supported version of Databases for Elasticsearch and is offered under our Enterprise Plan. This version includes functionality that is not available in our Standard plan. IBM Cloud® Databases for Elasticsearch Standard Plan Versions 7.9 and 7.10 are available on Cloud Databases under the Standard Plan, but will be End of Life (EOL) by 30 November 2023. For more information, see Databases for Elasticsearch Pricing.

19 October 2022

Deploying and Connecting a Cloud Databases Instance Tutorial

This tutorial guides you through the process of deploying a Cloud Databases instance and connecting it to a web front end by creating a webpage that allows visitors to input a word and its definition. These values are then stored in a database running on Cloud Databases. You install the database infrastructure by using Terraform and your web application uses the popular Express framework. The application can then be run locally, or by using Docker. For more information, see Deploying and Connecting a Cloud Databases Instance.

11 October 2022

Protecting IBM Cloud® Databases for Elasticsearch resources with context-based restrictions

Context-based restrictions (CBR) give account owners and administrators the ability to define and enforce access restrictions for IBM Cloud® resources based on the context of access requests. Access to Cloud Databases resources can be controlled with CBR and identity and access management (IAM) policies. For more information, see Protecting Cloud Databases resources with context-based restrictions.

25 March 2022

IBM Cloud® Databases for Elasticsearch Security Goals Updated

Available security and compliance goals updated. See updated goals here.

08 December 2020

IBM Cloud® Databases for Elasticsearch 6 End of Life

On April 29, 2021, all IBM Cloud® Databases for Elasticsearch instances on version 6.x that are still active will be disabled. See blog post announcement here.

09 November 2020

IBM Cloud® Databases for Elasticsearch v7.9 is now available

We are pleased to announce the release of version 7.9 on IBM Cloud® Databases for Elasticsearch. See blog post announcement here.

13 April 2020

IBM Cloud® Databases for Elasticsearch autoscaling

We are excited to announce that autoscaling of your deployments based on disk capacity and disk I/O utilization is now available for IBM Cloud® Databases for Elasticsearch via the UI, API, and CLI. See blog post announcement here.

20 February 2020

IBM Cloud® Databases for Elasticsearch customers are now able to scale their IBM Cloud® Databases for Elasticsearch instances up to 20 members.

This new feature allows Elasticsearch instances to now grow to 2.2 TB RAM, 80 TB of Disk, and 560 vCPUs. For more information, see Databases for Elasticsearch Introduces Horizontal Scaling.

6 August 2019

New Regions Available for IBM Cloud Database Services

IBM Cloud® Databases for Elasticsearch is now available to be deployed in Seoul; South Korea; and Chennai, India. See blog post announcement here.

19 December 2018

General Availability of IBM Cloud® Databases for Elasticsearch

IBM Cloud® Databases for Elasticsearch added to the Cloud Databases family. See blog post announcement here.