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ApsaraDB RDS:Release notes

Last Updated:Aug 28, 2024

This topic describes the release notes for ApsaraDB RDS for MariaDB and provides links to the relevant references.

2024

August

Category

Feature

Description

Release date

References

New feature

Cloud disk encryption

Service keys can be used to enable the cloud disk encryption feature when you create ApsaraDB RDS instances that run MariaDB 10.6.

08-13

Use the cloud disk encryption feature

New feature

MariaDB 10.6

MariaDB 10.6 is supported for ApsaraDB RDS. MariaDB 10.6 corresponds to the official release of MariaDB 10.6.11.

08-08

2023

August

Category

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Feature optimization

Restoration

The tabs on the Backup and Restoration page of an RDS instance are adjusted. The Data Backup and Log Backup tabs are moved to the Base Backups tab. The original Backup Settings tab is renamed as Backup Strategy. This does not affect the original features. These changes aim to simplify and optimize the operations on the Backup and Restoration page tab to improve user experience.

08-15

Use the backup and restoration feature

March

Category

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Feature optimization

Instance creation

A port can be specified for an RDS instance when you create the RDS instance.

03-16

Create an RDS instance

2022

December

Category

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Discontinued feature

Enhanced whitelist mode

The feature to configure an IP address whitelist of the enhanced whitelist mode is no longer supported.

12-06

Configure an IP address whitelist

May

Category

Feature

Description

Release date

References

New feature

Enterprise-level console

The enterprise-level ApsaraDB RDS console is released. You can use the enterprise-level ApsaraDB RDS console to modify multiple parameters, edit multiple tags, renew multiple instances, and modify multiple attributes at a time. This improves the experience of batch instance management.

05-11

April

Category

Feature

Description

Release date

References

New feature

RAM policies

Resource Access Management (RAM) policies are used to manage the permissions of RAM users. The RAM policies involve 12 conditions.

04-14

Use RAM policies to manage the permissions of RAM users

March

Category

Feature

Description

Release date

References

New feature

Instance release protection

If your RDS instance uses the pay-as-you-go billing method and runs critical workloads, you can enable the release protection feature for your RDS instance. This feature prevents your RDS instance from being manually released due to accidental operations or lack of communication among team members.

03-08

Use or disable the release protection feature

2021

December

Category

Feature

Description

Release date

References

New feature

Prohibition of creating RDS instances for which disk encryption is disabled

Users can attach a RAM policy to a RAM user to prevent the RAM user from creating RDS instances for which disk encryption is disabled.

12-20

Use RAM policies to manage the permissions of RAM users

September

Category

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Feature optimization

Pagination for the DescribeDBInstances operation

Users can use the MaxResults parameter to specify the maximum number of entries per page and use the NextToken parameter to specify the token that is used to display the next page. The NextToken parameter is set to its value that is returned from the most recent call of the DescribeDBInstances operation.

10-15

Query RDS instances

August

Category

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Feature optimization

Reconfiguration of the Buffer_Pool_Size parameter

Users can reconfigure the Buffer_Pool_Size parameter of an RDS instance on the Parameters page of the instance in the ApsaraDB RDS console.

08-16

Change the size of the InnoDB buffer pool for an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance

June

Category

Feature

Description

Release date

References

New feature

Alerting

An alerting system can be built for an ApsaraDB RDS instance with a few clicks. This alerting system helps users monitor crucial metrics and identify abnormal metrics at the earliest opportunity.

06-01

Manage alerts

May

Category

Feature

Description

Release date

References

New feature

Enterprise SSD (ESSD)

ESSDs are supported for RDS instances.

05-27

Create an RDS instance

New feature

Selection of zones for secondary RDS instances

The zones of secondary RDS instances can be selected.

05-27

Create an RDS instance

2020

September

Feature

Description

Release date

References

RAM-based authorization

The permissions on RDS instances can be granted to RAM users by using RAM.

2020-09-08

Authorize a RAM user to manage ApsaraDB RDS instances

April

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Billing method

The billing method of an RDS instance can be changed from subscription to pay-as-you-go.

2020-04-21

Switch the billing method from subscription to pay-as-you-go

2019

September

Feature

Description

Release date

References

New buy page

A new ApsaraDB RDS buy page is released.

2019-09-12

Create an RDS instance

July

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Five-year subscription

Five-year subscription is supported for RDS instances that run MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB.

2019-07-20

Create an RDS instance