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Release notes for IBM Cloud® Virtual Servers for Classic

Release notes for IBM Cloud® Virtual Servers for Classic

Use the release notes to learn the latest updates to IBM Cloud® Virtual Servers for the Classic infrastructure that are grouped by date.

For more information about changes to the IBM Cloud® Virtual Servers API, see IBM Cloud® Virtual Servers API reference overview.

May 2025

07 May 2025

Rocky Linux 8.10 support
IBM Cloud® Classic infrastructure now supports Rocky Linux 8.10.

March 2025

03 March 2025

Add-on support for Rocky Linux
Rocky Linux on IBM Cloud® Virtual Servers for Classic now supports add-ons. For more information, see Rocky Linux Documentation.

September 2024

10 September 2024

New add-on support for Ubuntu 22.04
IBM Cloud® Classic infrastructure now supports cPanel, Plesk, and R1Soft for Ubuntu 22.04.

February 2024

07 February 2024

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
IBM Cloud® Virtual Servers for Classic now supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For more information, see Ubuntu releases.

January 2024

16 January 2024

Debian 12
IBM Cloud® Virtual Servers for Classic now supports Debian 12. For more information, see Debian "bookworm" release information.

December 2023

15 December 2023

SSL Certificate Order is deprecated
As of 15 April 2024, SSL Certificate Order is no longer available for purchase. As of 15 December 2024, SSL Certificate Order is no longer supported for new orders or reorders. Only existing certificates that are not expired are still available for you to download, reissue, or revoke. For more information, see Deprecation of SSL Certificates.

07 December 2023

CentOS Stream 9
IBM Cloud® Virtual Servers for Classic now supports CentOS Stream 9. For more information, see CentOS Stream 9.

October 2023

27 October 2023

Microsoft® SQL Server 2019 and 2022
Classic infrastructure bare metal and virtual servers now support Microsoft SQL Server 2019 and 2022.

May 2023

15 May 2023

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL 9)
IBM Cloud® server software now supports RHEL 9 as an OS option for virtual servers. For more information, see the virtual servers tab in Supported operating systems for IBM Cloud® server software.

September 2022

30 September 2022

End of service (EOS) for Autoscale
End of service (EOS): 30 September 2022 After this date, Autoscale for IBM Cloud® Virtual Servers is no longer supported. Any autoscale schedules that still exist after that date are deleted. You can use Auto scale for your virtual servers that are on IBM Cloud VPC. For more information, see Creating an instance group for auto scaling.

June 2022

27 June 2022

End of Marketing (EOM) for Autoscale
End of Marketing (EOM): 30 July 2022 After this date, Autoscale for IBM Cloud® Virtual Servers is no longer available for purchase. You can use Auto scale for your virtual servers that are on IBM Cloud VPC. For more information, see Creating an instance group for auto scaling.