Release notes

11 June 2024

New maxmemory policies

Two new maxmemory policies have been introduced: allkeys-lfu and volatile-lfu. For more information, see maxmemory-policy.

21 May 2024

New guidance information about best practices and how to avoid common errors

Best practices for Databases for Redis details the recommended best practices for using Databases for Redis. Take time to review these suggested practices. How can I avoid common Databases for Redis errors? describes several common errors seen on Databases for Redis and provides multiple suggested solutions to fix each error.

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.

19 April 2024

Databases for Redis updated licensing agreement

Recently, Redis Inc. updated their licensing agreement for Redis v7.4 and onward. While the offering is being adjusted to align with the new licensing terms, this update does not impact you, and you can continue to use IBM Cloud Databases for Redis.

07 March 2024

Introducing Databases for Redis v7.2

Databases for Redis v7.2 is ready for use under Preview. This update includes optimizations, new commands, improvements, and bug fixes. Version 7.2 also introduces RBAC (Role Based Access Control), which allows for better access control and improves overall security. Note: Backward compatibility is not available from Databases for Redis v7.2. For more information, see Versioning Policy.

06 March 2024

Role-based access control (RBAC) feature released

Role-based access control (RBAC) allows you to configure the level of access for each user. This feature is available for version 6 and up. For more information, see Role-based access control (RBAC).

27 November 2023

Monitoring Integration documentation updated

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

12 October 2023

Databases for Redis versions end of life

End of life announcement: Version 5.0 reaches end of life 26 April 2024. Version 6.0 reaches end of life 25 October 2024. All Databases for Redis 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.

Users preferring to continue with default user after the upgrade to version 6.2 require a password change. For more information, see the default user.

21 August 2023

Redis default user

Before the arrival of ACL support in Redis 6, the default user had broad permissions and was used internally by Cloud Databases and external users to manage Databases for Redis deployments. With Redis 6.x, Databases for Redis no longer uses the default user internally. Databases for Redis deployments are managed by Cloud Databases the ibm user. For more information, see Managing Users and Roles.

23 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.

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 Redis 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 Redis Security Goals Updated

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

09 November 2021

IBM Cloud® Databases for Redis 4.0 End of Life in May 2022

After May 27, 2022, all IBM Cloud® Databases for Redis instances on version 4.0 that are still active will be upgraded in-place to the next major version, Redis 5.0. See blog post announcement here.

30 June 2021

General Availability of IBM Cloud® Databases for Redis 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.

13 April 2020

IBM Cloud® Databases for Redis 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 Redis via the UI, API, and CLI. See blog post announcement here.

17 October 2019

IBM Cloud® Databases for Redis 5 is Available in Preview

Redis 5 is now available in Preview on IBM Cloud® Databases for Redis. This release has lots of interesting new features, but the most important is the introduction of Redis Streams. See blog post announcement here.

6 August 2019

New Regions Available for IBM Cloud Database Services

IBM Cloud® Databases for Redis 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 Redis

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