Docs Cloud Get Started What’s New in Redpanda Cloud What’s New in Redpanda Cloud This page lists new features added in Redpanda Cloud. September 2024 Dedicated on Azure: LA Redpanda now supports Dedicated clusters on Azure. This is a limited availability (LA) release for Dedicated clusters. July 2024 Redpanda Cloud docs The Redpanda Docs site has been redesigned for an easier experience navigating Redpanda Cloud docs. We hope that our docs help and inspire our users. Please share your feedback with the links at the bottom of any doc page. BYOC on Azure: LA Redpanda now supports BYOC clusters on Azure. This is a limited availability (LA) release for BYOC clusters. Enhancements to Serverless: LA The Redpanda Cloud API now includes support for Serverless. The Redpanda Schema Registry API is now exposed for Serverless. Serverless subscriptions can now see detailed billing activity on the Billing page. Serverless added a 99.5% uptime SLA (service level agreement). Self service sign up for Dedicated on AWS Marketplace To start using Dedicated, you can now sign up for a free trial on the AWS Marketplace. New trials receive $300 (USD) in free credits to spend in the first 30 days. AWS Marketplace charges for anything beyond $300 unless you cancel the subscription. After 30 days, you can continue using your Dedicated cluster without any commitment, only paying for what you consume. Support for additional regions For BYOC clusters and Dedicated clusters, Redpanda added support for the following regions: GCP: asia-east1 (Taiwan), asia-northeast1 (Tokyo), southamerica-east1 (São Paulo) AWS: ap-east-1 (Hong Kong), ap-northeast-1 (Tokyo), me-central-1 (UAE) June 2024 Remote read replica topics on BYOC: beta You can now create remote read replica topics on a BYOC cluster with the Cloud API. A remote read replica topic is a read-only topic that mirrors a topic on a different cluster. It can serve any consumer, without increasing the load on the source cluster. Higher connection limits in usage tiers Redpanda has increased the number of client connections in all tiers. For example, tier 1 now supports up to 9,000 maximum connections, and tier 9 supports up to 450,000 maximum connections. Connections are regulated per broker for best performance. May 2024 Cloud API: beta The Cloud API allows you to programmatically manage clusters and resources in your Redpanda Cloud organization. For more information, see the Cloud API Quickstart, the Cloud API Overview, and the full Cloud API reference. mTLS authentication for Kafka API clients mTLS authentication is now available for Kafka API clients. You can enable mTLS for your cluster using the Cloud API. Manage private connectivity in the UI You can now manage GCP Private Service Connect and AWS PrivateLink connections to your BYOC or Dedicated cluster on the Cluster settings page in Redpanda Cloud. See the steps for PrivateLink and Private Service Connect. Single message transforms Redpanda now provides single message transforms (SMTs) to help you modify data as it passes through a connector, without needing additional stream processors. Support for additional regions For BYOC clusters, Redpanda added support for the GPC us-west1 region (Oregon) and the AWS ap-south-1 region (Mumbai). For Dedicated clusters, Redpanda added support for the AWS ap-south-1 region. Simplified navigation and namespaces renamed resource groups Redpanda Cloud has a simplified navigation, with clusters and networks available at the top level. It now has a global view of all resources in your organization. Namespaces are now called resource groups, although the functionality remains the same. April 2024 Additional cloud tiers for BYOC When you create a BYOC or Dedicated cluster, you select a cloud tier with the expected usage for your cluster, including the maximum ingress, egress, logical partitions, and connections. Redpanda has added tiers 8 and 9 for BYOC clusters, which provide higher supported configurations. March 2024 Serverless: limited availability Redpanda Serverless moved out of beta and into limited availability (LA). This means that it has usage limits and no public SLA. During LA, existing clusters can scale to the usage limits, but new clusters may need to wait for availability. Serverless is the fastest and easiest way to start data streaming. It is a production-ready deployment option with automatically-scaling clusters available instantly. To start using Serverless, sign up for a free trial. This is no base cost, and with pay-as-you-go billing after the trial, you only pay for what you consume. Authentication with SSO Redpanda Cloud now supports OpenID Connect (OIDC) integration, so administrators can leverage existing identity providers for user authentication to your Redpanda organization with single sign-on (SSO). Redpanda uses OIDC to delegate the authentication process to an external IdP, such as Okta. To enable this for your account, contact Redpanda support. February 2024 AWS PrivateLink AWS PrivateLink is now available as an easy and highly secure way to connect to Redpanda Cloud from your VPC. You can set up the PrivateLink endpoint service for a new cluster or an existing cluster. To enable AWS PrivateLink for your account, contact Redpanda support. Additional cloud tiers When you create a cluster, you select a cloud tier with the expected throughput for your cluster, including the maximum ingress, egress, partitions, and connections. On February 5, Redpanda added tiers 6 and 7 for BYOC clusters, which provide higher throughput limits. January 2024 Usage-based billing in marketplace Redpanda Cloud now supports usage-based billing for Dedicated Cloud clusters. Contact Redpanda sales to request a private offer for monthly or annual committed use. You can then use existing Google Cloud Marketplace or AWS Marketplace credits to quickly provision Dedicated Cloud clusters, and you can view your bills and manage your subscription directly in the marketplace. December 2023 Serverless clusters: beta Redpanda Serverless is a managed streaming service (Kafka API) that completely abstracts users from scaling and operational concerns, and you only pay for what you consume. It’s the fastest and easiest way to start event streaming in the cloud. You can try the beta release of Redpanda Serverless with a free trial. November 2023 AWS BYOC support for ARM-based Graviton2 BYOC clusters on AWS now support ARM-based Graviton2 instances. This lowers VM costs and supports increased partition count. Iceberg Sink connector With the managed connector for Apache Iceberg, you can write data into Iceberg tables. This enables integration with the data lake ecosystem and efficient data management for complex analytics. Schema Registry management In the Redpanda Console UI, you can perform Schema Registry operations, such as registering a schema, creating a new version of it, and configuring compatibility. The Schema Registry page lists verified schemas, including their serialization format and versions. Select an individual schema to see which topics it applies to. Maintenance windows With maintenance windows, you have greater flexibility to plan upgrades to your cluster. By default, Redpanda Cloud upgrades take place on Tuesdays. Optionally, on the Cluster settings page, you can select a window of specific off-hours for your business for Redpanda to apply updates. All times are in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Updates may start at any time during that window. 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