Release notes

• May 2026

  • announcement

    STACKIT Server Agent: General Availability

    May 18, 2026

    Following a successful Beta phase and extensive performance testing, we are pleased to announce that the STACKIT Server Agent has officially transitioned to General Availability (GA).

    With this milestone, the service is now considered fully production-ready and reliable for enterprise workloads. To further simplify your infrastructure management, the STACKIT Server Agent is now installed by default on all public images provided by STACKIT.

    Key Highlights:

    • Production-Grade Reliability: The service has been reinforced to meet high-availability and security standards, ensuring stable running of commands and scripts across your server fleet.
    • Default Installation: All instances created from STACKIT public images (Linux and Windows) now come with the STACKIT Server Agent pre-installed, removing the need for manual setup.
    • Opt-out Flexibility: While installed by default, you maintain full control. If you prefer not to use the agent, you can disable the installation during server creation.
    • General Availability: Benefit from full support and enterprise-level stability for your automation and orchestration workflows.

    Impact:

    • Seamless Opt-out: Customers who do not wish to use the STACKIT Server Agent can define this preference during the server creation process with:
      • STACKIT Portal (with a toggle in the server creation wizard)
      • Terraform (using the dedicated resource argument)
      • CLI & API (with the server configuration data)

    For more information on how to use these features or how to disable the agent during provisioning, refer to the agent installation documentation: Install the STACKIT Server Agent.

• Apr 2025

  • announcement

    Replace MOSS API with Server Backup, Server Update and IaaS APIs

    Apr 15, 2025

    We would like to inform you that we have replaced MOSS API, which was accessible via this URL with Server Backup Management API, Server Update Management API and IaaS API.

    This change allows you to use the services with the same authentication as all other STACKIT services. The Server Backup and Update management can also be used in STACKIT CLI and STACKIT Terraform providers.

    Previous endpoints in MOSS API related to servers, server backups and server updates will stop to work on 15 October 2025.

    Recommended Action: We encourage you to migrate your automations to use the latest versions of the APIs.

    If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us via support ticket.

  • announcement

    Replace MOSS API with Server Backup, Server Update and IaaS APIs

    Apr 15, 2025

    We would like to inform you that we have replaced MOSS API, which was accessible via this URL with Server Backup Management API, Server Update Management API and IaaS API.

    This change allows you to use the services with the same authentication as all other STACKIT services. The Server Backup and Update management can also be used in STACKIT CLI and STACKIT Terraform providers.

    Previous endpoints in MOSS API related to servers, server backups and server updates will stop to work on 15 October 2025.

    Recommended Action: We encourage you to migrate your automations to use the latest versions of the APIs.

    If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us via support ticket.

  • announcement

    STACKIT Server - End of Life for First-Generation Intel Machine Types on 01 October 2025

    Apr 1, 2025

    We would like to inform you that we will be retiring our first generation of Intel machine types (t1., s1., c1., g1., m1., b1.) on 01 October 2025. This change allows us to focus on supporting and improving our newer generations of hardware, which offer significant performance and feature enhancements. Recommended Action: We encourage you to migrate your applications to our second-generation Intel machine types or newer. You can find a guide in our STACKIT Docs to simply change your machine type via the IaaS-API. These offer improved performance and access to the latest features. You can explore available machine types on the Machine Types docs page. Potential replacements for your current machine type:

    Deprecated Intel Gen1	Possible replacement for your machine types
    c1.1	c2i.1 or c1a.1d
    g1.2	g2i.2 or g1a.2d
    m1.3	m2i.4 or m1a.4d
    b1.4	b2i.8d or b1a.8d

    If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us via support ticket.

• Sep 2024

  • announcement

    Server Update Management: Update process changed to improve the reliability

    Sep 26, 2024

    In order to improve the reliability and the security we have implemented a change in the process which we use to trigger the update installation on your servers.

    Until now we were using a process in which:

    • STACKIT administration user was created in all servers which use the Server Update Management Service
    • STACKIT management security groups were attached to your servers to allow access
    • Additional scripts needed to be downloaded and run if the service was enabled after the server was created

    Now we have started to use STACKIT Server Agent running as a service on your servers. It will make the process more reliable as it does not depend on other settings in the operating system or in the security groups. If you have the agent installed, you do not need to run additional scripts to configure the update service after server creation.

    In order for the update process to work properly, please do not stop or uninstall the agent. We have automatically installed it on your servers with active update management process.

    If any settings were changed that prevented the update process from working properly until now, they might have also affected the automated installation of the agent. In these cases, please install the STACKIT Server Agent manually following this guideline.

  • announcement

    STACKIT Run Command & STACKIT Server Agent are now available

    Sep 25, 2024

    We are happy to announce that our new product STACKIT Run Command is now available in BETA version. You can install the STACKIT Server Agent automatically on your servers and use STACKIT Run Command to run scripts remotely.

    Key Features:

    • Run custom commands (Shell, PowerShell scripts) on STACKIT Servers
    • Run standard commands via command templates
    • Configure other STACKIT services automatically

    Impact:

    • Simplify and accelerate the server management
    • Provides a high grade of automation and orchestration capabilities
    • Tailor your servers based on specific needs
    • Save time when need to configure additional services

• Aug 2023

  • announcement

    STACKIT Server Update Management Service is now available

    Aug 1, 2023

    We are happy to announce that our new service STACKIT Server Update Management Service is released in GA state.

    The Server Update Management Service permits to easily automate the operating system (OS) update process.

    You can set up the service by using the comprehensive and easy-to-use management interface or API.

    Server Update Management reduces the risk of attacks and security breaches by keeping the operating system up to date with automatically installed updates.

    You can find more information about the new Server Update Management Service here.

• Oct 2021

  • announcement

    STACKIT Server Backup is now Beta

    Oct 13, 2021

    We just released a new STACKIT service, which allows to easily manage the backup and restore processes for your server. Through a powerful and easy to use management UI or API, you can activate the service and protect your organizations against data loss. The automatically created backups and the simple restore procedure will increase the efficiency in your IT departments by removing the routine backup and restore related tasks.

    More information about the Server Backup, see the Documentation.