Release notes
Use these release notes to learn about the latest updates to IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL that are grouped by date or build number.
15 November 2024
- Cloud Databases logs and events are now available on IBM® Cloud Logs
- Cloud Databases has onboarded IBM® Cloud Logs, a scalable logging service that persists logs and provides users with capabilities for querying, tailing, and visualizing logs. Customers are expected to use IBM® Cloud Logs to review their database logs and events starting November 15, 2024. For more information, see Set up logging and monitoring and About IBM Cloud Logs.
22 October 2024
- Databases for PostgreSQL end-of-life procedure change
- Action is required for your Databases for PostgreSQL version 12 deployments before January 22, 2025. After this date, all Databases for PostgreSQL instances on version 12 that are still active will be upgraded in-place to the next major version, version 13. We recommend that you complete the upgrades before the end-of-life date. For more information, see Upgrading to a new major version. By proactively upgrading, you can control the timing and minimize any potential downtime. If you have any questions or concerns, contact Cloud Databases support.
27 September 2024
- IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL version 13 End of life on October 22, 2025
- Action required before October 22, 2025, for your PostgreSQL v13 deployments. After October 22, 2025, all IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL instances on version 13 that are still active will be disabled. Users are expected to be on the latest versions of PostgreSQL or get the preferred version of IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL. Upgrade your database instances by following the procedure at Upgrading to a new Major Version. If you have any questions or concerns, contact Cloud Databases support.
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.
18 January 2024
- IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL version 12 End of life on January 22, 2025
- Action required before January 22, 2025, for your PostgreSQL v12 deployments. After January 22, 2025, all IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL instances on version 12 that are still active will be disabled. Users are expected to be on the latest versions of PostgreSQL or get the preferred version of IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL. Upgrade your database instances by following the procedure at Upgrading to a new Major Version. If you have any questions or concerns, contact Cloud Databases support.
27 November 2023
- Monitoring Integration documentation updated
- Monitoring Integration documentation now lists metrics for all Cloud Databases services. For more information, see Monitoring Integration.
17 Nov 2023
- Deploy pgadmin using Code Engine and connect to your Databases for PostgreSQL instance published
- With this tutorial, deploy pgadmin using Code Engine and connect to your Databases for PostgreSQL instance. pgadmin is a web interface that allows you to view and modify the data in your PostgreSQL database. Code Engine is a a fully managed, serverless platform that allows you to run workloads without worrying about deploying infrastructure. For more information, see Deploy pgadmin using Code Engine and connect to your Databases for PostgreSQL instance.
25 Aug 2023
- IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL version 11 End of life on February 29, 2024
- Action required before February 29, 2024, for your PostgreSQL 11 deployments. After February 29, 2024, all IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL instances on version 11 that are still active will be disabled. Users are expected to be on the latest versions of PostgreSQL or get the preferred version of IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL, with all the great features added to version 15. Upgrade your database instances by following the procedure at Upgrading to a new Major Version . For more information, see the original announcement. If you have any questions or concerns, contact Cloud Databases support.
07 July 2023
- IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL v15 Preferred
- For more information, see Upgrading to a new Major Version.
25 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.
28 October 2022
- IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL v10: End-of-Life Extension
- To ensure additional time for you to upgrade, Cloud Databases is extending the EOL support for PostgreSQL v10 until February 22, 2023. Despite the extension, we strongly recommend our customers take prompt action and upgrade instances immediately. If no action is taken, databases will be disabled on February 22, 2023.
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 PostgreSQL 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.
27 June 2022
- IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL 10: End-of-Life in November 2022
- On 3 November 2022, all IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL instances on version 10 that are still active will be disabled. For more information, see IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL 10: End-of-Life in November 2022.
31 May 2022
- Provision a IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL instance with Terraform tutorial published
- In this tutorial, you learn how to use Terraform to provision a IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL instance. For more information, see Provision a IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL instance with Terraform.
29 March 2022
- IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL supports synchronous replication
- IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL now supports synchronous replication. See documentation here.
28 March 2022
- IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL Requirements for upgrading to PostgreSQL (v 13, 14) from PostgreSQL (v10, 11, 12)
- See information regarding updating to versions 13 and 14 here.
25 March 2022
- IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL Security Goals Updated
- Available security and compliance goals updated. See updated goals here.
30 June 2021
- General Availability of IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL support for IBM Cloud Databases enabled by IBM Cloud Satellite.
- A distributed cloud provides consistent security and services across environments, centralized workload visibility, reduced latency, easier compliance, and higher application development velocity. See blog post announcement here.
5 May 2021
- IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL 9.6 End of Life
- On 11 November 2021, all IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL instances on version 9.6 that are still active will be disabled. See blog post announcement here.
15 February 2021
- IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL Horizontal Scaling
- Customers can scale IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL by adding members to their database instance. See blog post announcement here.
9 Sept 2020
- IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL 9.5 End of Life
- On November 11, 2021, all IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL instances on version 9.5 that are still active will be disabled. See blog post announcement here.
13 April 2020
- IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL autoscaling
- Starting after 26 April 2020, all deployments of IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL will have a minor change in the format of PostgreSQL logs emitted into Log Analysis with LogDNA. See blog post announcement here.
27 March 2020
- Changes to IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL Logging
- 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 PostgreSQLvia the UI, API, and CLI. See blog post announcement here.
2 October 2019
- IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL Announces Point-In-Time Recovery
- IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL now allows you to restore a database into a new instance from a specific timestamp. See blog post announcement here.
6 August 2019
- New Regions Available for IBM Cloud Database Services
- IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL is now available to be deployed in Seoul; South Korea; and Chennai, India. See blog post announcement here.
2 October 2018
- General Availability of IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL
- IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL added to the IBM Cloud Databases family. See blog post announcement here.