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Release Notes

January 17, 2025​

Document added​

  • Added the Appendix. Configure real-time VM Evacuation alerts in Alert Center document, which provides step-by-step instructions for setting up real-time alerts for VM evacuation start and completion events using KakaoCloud Alert Center. Configure alert policies and notification channels to quickly detect and respond effectively to VM evacuation events during hypervisor maintenance or downtime.

December 24, 2024​

Document added​

  • Added a tutorial document explaining how to use WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) on Windows instances. WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) allows developers to easily utilize a Linux environment on Windows computers or Windows-based cloud instances. With WSL, you can install Linux distributions (e.g., Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Kali, Debian, Arch Linux

August 27, 2024​

New features​

  • Added a configuration option to delete associated volumes when deleting an instance.

August 13, 2024​

New features and changes​

New features​
  • Added new images for Virtual Machine and GPU services to provide the latest kernel versions. The new images are as follows:
    • Ubuntu 24.04 (Kernel 6.8.0-39)
    • Ubuntu 22.04 (Kernel 5.15.0-117)
    • Ubuntu 20.04 (Kernel 5.4.0-190)
Changes​
  • Removed older kernel versions of the same images to align with the latest kernel versions. Existing instances can continue to use the old images. Removed images are as follows:
    • Ubuntu 22.04 (Kernel 5.15.0-100)
    • Ubuntu 20.04 (Kernel 5.4.0-173)

July 24, 2024​

New features​

  • Added new images to address DNS query issues in some operating system images and to provide the latest versions. The new images are as follows:
    • CentOS Stream 9
    • Rocky Linux 9.4
    • Rocky Linux 8.10
    • AlmaLinux 9.4
    • AlmaLinux 8.10

Changes​

  • Removed images that had DNS issues or reached EOL (end-of-life). Existing instances using these images are unaffected. Removed images are as follows:
    • AlmaLinux 9 - 5.14.0-284
    • Rocky Linux 9 - 5.14.0-284
    • Rocky Linux 8 - 4.18.0-477
    • CentOS Stream 8 - 4.18.0-516

January 25, 2024​

New features​

  • Introduced t1i, a burstable instance type supporting standard burst mode. Users can exceed the baseline CPU utilization using remaining instance credits.

December 4, 2023​

New features​

  • The m3az general-purpose instance family is now available in the kr-central-2-b availability zone (AZ) in addition to kr-central-2-a.

November 24, 2023​

New features​

  • The m3az general-purpose instance family is now available in the kr-central-2-a AZ. Service in the kr-central-2-b AZ will follow soon.

November 19, 2023​

Changes​

  • Added kernel version details for Linux/Unix operating systems and edition names for Windows operating systems in the OS name display.
  • Instances created with deprecated images remain operational, but creating new instances with these images is no longer supported.

September 25, 2023​

Changes​

  • Discontinued the r1i, m1i, m2a.baremetal instance families, and certain p2i instances (effective September 25, 2023, 10:00 AM).
    Replacement instance options:
    • r1i → r2a
    • m1i → m2a
    • m2a.baremetal → r2a