Welcome to the STACKIT Docs

Welcome to the STACKIT Docs

Everything you need to build, deploy, and scale your applications. The Docs offer comprehensive guides, technical references, and practical tutorials to help you make the most of the STACKIT cloud services.

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Getting started

Learn the essential first steps to get started within the cloud, creating and managing your STACKIT resources.

Products

Explore our cloud-based products and services, including databases, computing, AI and more.

Platform

Understand the essentials of cloud management and governance, from IAM and billing to resources, and regions.

Developer Tools

Leverage our developer tools to build, automate, and scale your cloud infrastructure.

Products

Featured (7)

Compute Engine (2)

Network (10)

Data & AI (6)

Runtime (3)

Database (6)

Security (3)

Storage (4)

Logging & Monitoring (3)

Developer Platform (2)

Messaging (2)

Support (1)

Featured (7)

• PostgreSQL Flex

  The object-relational data base for reliable, robust, and high-performance storage

• MongoDB Flex

  Realize modern applications with the popular NoSQL data base

• Kubernetes Engine

  Easily create, supply, and operate containerized workloads

• AI Model Serving

  Use Leading GenAI Models Easily and Securely

• Dremio

  Powerful Lakehouse Query engine for lightning-fast Data Analytics.

• Public IP Address

  Public routable IPv4 address.

• Cloud Foundry

  Managed platform for deploying, scaling and updating applications.

• Server

  Scalable high-performance virtual machines (VM).

• Run Command

  Execute commands on Virtual Machines (VM) remotely.

• CDN

  Worldwide availability with low latency and high bandwith

• VPN

  STACKIT VPN provides secure, encrypted connections between on-premises infrastructure and cloud environments over the public internet.

• Application Load Balancer

  Intelligent, content-based routing for modern web applications.

• Network Load Balancer

  High availability thanks to the efficient distribution of data traffic

• DNS

  Quick and reliable public DNS resolution

• DNS Resolver

  Sovereign recursive DNS resolution inside STACKIT

• Unified Firewall

  Centralized firewall rule management for network traffic control.

• NIC

  Virtual network interface with IPv4 addressing and security controls.

• Public IP Address

  Public routable IPv4 address.

• Security Groups

  Rule-based network traffic control at the interface level.

• Dremio

  Powerful Lakehouse Query engine for lightning-fast Data Analytics.

• Intake

  Managed Kafka-based data ingestion for Apache Iceberg tables.

• AI Model Experiments

  The open source developer platform to build AI applications and models.

• AI Model Serving

  Use Leading GenAI Models Easily and Securely

• Notebooks

  An interactive data exploration and development platform based on Jupyter

• Workflows

  Orchestration engine for scheduling and executing data pipelines.

• Edge Cloud

  Flexibly usable, scalable and secure fleet management of kubernetes at the edge.

• Kubernetes Engine

  Easily create, supply, and operate containerized workloads

• Cloud Foundry

  Managed platform for deploying, scaling and updating applications.

• MariaDB

  Relational data base optimized for dynamic websites

• OpenSearch

  Quickly query and easily analyze large amounts of data

• Redis

  Flexible in-memory storage – whether as cache, data base, or message broker

• MongoDB Flex

  Realize modern applications with the popular NoSQL data base

• PostgreSQL Flex

  The object-relational data base for reliable, robust, and high-performance storage

• SQLServer Flex

  Maximum reliable and high-performance storage thanks to the enterprise database

• KMS

  Perform cryptographic operations securely and efficiently

• Secrets Manager

  Secure Key Value Store for Sensitive Data

• Cloud Security Posture Management

  Monitor and improve the security posture of cloud environments

• Disk Volumes

  Flexible and high-performance virtual hard disk storage

• Archiving

  Audit-proof archiving in the cloud

• File Storage

  Professional NFS file service with high availability.

• Object Storage

  Flexibly usable and scalable cloud storage.

• LogMe

  Quick search and easy analysis of log entries

• Logs

  Centralize and analyze all your log data.

• Telemetry Router

  A modern, centralized solution for handling audit streams.

• Container Registry

  Securely store, manage, and distribute container images in the STACKIT cloud.

• Git

  Secure and efficient version control system.

• RabbitMQ

  The most widely used open source message broker

• MailOut

  Display of Delivery Metrics for all Sending Domains

• Help Center

  24/7 customer support with priority-based case evaluation.

Featured Pages

First MongoDB Flex Instance

Set up a first MongoDB Flex instance with a step-by-step guide. Learn to create an instance, connect to it, and perform basic database operations.

STACKIT CLI User Guide

Manage STACKIT services with the command-line interface. The guide covers installation, configuration, and authentication to start automating cloud infrastructure.

STACKIT University

Explore cloud enablement training for STACKIT Cloud and the sovereign ecosystem. Access an extensive range of courses on the learning platform.

STACKIT Calculator

Get full cost transparency for your cloud services. Calculate cloud architectures quickly and receive meaningful cost indications without hidden surprises.

Developer Tools

STACKIT CLI

Configure and manage services from the command line.

STACKIT Go SDK

Accelerate development by interacting with APIs in Go.

STACKIT Python SDK

Simplify daily development work using APIs in Python.

STACKIT Java SDK

Integrate APIs into your Java development workflow.

STACKIT Terraform Provider

Define, reuse, and share infrastructure as code.

STACKIT API

Access the fully integrated API ecosystem.

For partners

STACKIT Marketplace

Explore ready-to-use third-party solutions hosted on STACKIT Cloud. Access modern applications and services to extend your cloud capabilities seamlessly.

STACKIT Partner Portal

Expand your business opportunities through the STACKIT Partner Program. Build successful collaborations and leverage our cloud platform to grow together.

Latest Updates

• announcementruntime

  SKE patchday October 2026 – Remove Docker from Flatcar

  Sep 7, 2026

  With the upcoming October patch day, we are adjusting the Flatcar OS images provided in STACKIT Kubernetes Engine (SKE) by removing Docker.

  Docker has been deprecated and removed as the container runtime in SKE for more than two years. By removing it, we ensure the OS footprint remains small and remove unneeded dependencies that could potentially introduce security vulnerabilities.

  Key Dates:

  • October 14, 2026: A new preview Flatcar OS version (the latest stable release available in October) will be added to SKE. This version will not contain Docker.
  • November, 11, 2026: The Flatcar version without Docker will be promoted to the supported OS version. If you have auto updates enabled, your Kubernetes worker nodes will automatically update to this version.

  What you need to do

  Test your SKE workloads beforehand using the new preview Flatcar version once it becomes available on October 14, 2026. Testing is highly recommended to ensure your configurations function exactly as expected before the automatic upgrade takes place in November.

  Our Help Center is always at your disposal if you have any questions.

• changedruntime

  Improved Kubernetes API server load balancing and strict RFC compliance

  Sep 4, 2026

  We are updating our ingress mechanism to make use of improved Kubernetes API server load balancing in the STACKIT Kubernetes Engine (SKE). We will begin rolling out this update gradually across all clusters starting September 15, 2026. This update significantly benefits the overall stability of SKE and decreases the response times from the API servers under high load.

  To achieve this improved load balancing, the new ingress mechanism strictly enforces RFC compliance. This means that misconfigured clients—specifically those where the Server Name Indication (SNI) does not match the Host or :authority HTTP header—will be rejected with a 421 Misdirected Request error. Previously, these clients might have worked because the former L4 load balancers did not take HTTP headers into consideration.

  As we roll out this change gradually across our production environments, non-compliant clients will receive a 421 Misdirected Request error when attempting to access the API server. To ensure a smooth transition and minimize disruption, we are proactively monitoring our logs for these 421 Misdirected Request errors. If we detect that your cluster is affected during the rollout, our support team will:

  1. Temporarily apply a compatibility fix on our end to restore your traffic flow.

  2. Open a support ticket to notify you, providing your project ID and cluster details.

  3. Inform you of the temporary nature of this fix and provide a strict deadline to update your non-compliant clients before the compatibility mode is permanently removed.

  To learn how to make sure your clients stay compatible, refer to our how-to guide “Ensure RFC-compliant API requests to your SKE cluster”.

• announcementsecurity

  STACKIT Secrets Manager AppRole authentication is now in Public Preview

  Aug 31, 2026

  We are excited to announce that AppRole authentication for the STACKIT Secrets Manager has reached Public Preview as of August 31, 2026. You can now use AppRole to authenticate applications and automated workloads.

  AppRole lets applications and automated workloads authenticate with a Role-ID and Secret-ID instead of a username and password, and exchange them for a Vault-compatible token—making it easier to manage credentials for automated access to your secrets.

  Public Preview scope

  • API: Full support for creating and managing AppRoles and Secret-IDs, and for authenticating with AppRole, on the stable v1 API. Explore our documentation to learn how to configure and use AppRoles.

See all release notes