Postgresql Release Notes

October 2022

October 13

• When creating a new Kubernetes cluster, you can add a free database operator (now in beta), which allows you to automatically link new databases to your cluster. For more details, see our guide.

August 2022

August 26

• In App Platform, you can now create bindable environment variables for your PostgreSQL database connection pools. For detailed instructions, see our reference page.

June 2022

June 27

• In order to improve security, DigitalOcean no longer accepts TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 connections. This includes connections to www.digitalocean.com, cloud.digitalocean.com, and api.digitalocean.com.

March 2022

March 4

• You can now configure your MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Redis Managed Databases by making a PATCH request to /v2/databases/{database_cluster_uuid}/config. For example:

  {
    "config": {
      "sql_mode": "ANSI,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION,NO_ZERO_DATE,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,STRICT_ALL_TABLES",
      "sql_require_primary_key": true
    }
  }
  

  For more details, see the full reference documentation for the managed databases API.

February 2022

February 15

• PostgreSQL 14 is now available for database clusters. You can upgrade earlier versions of PostgreSQL clusters to newer versions without any downtime using the DigitalOcean Control Panel.

February 1

• The database online migration feature for the MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Redis database engines no longer supports migrating databases from clusters inside of DigitalOcean to other clusters inside of DigitalOcean.

January 2022

January 25

• Online migration is now available for the MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Redis database engines. Online migration allows you to migrate databases from external servers or cloud providers to databases in your DigitalOcean account.

May 2021

May 27

• PostgreSQL 13 is now available for database clusters. You can also now perform in-place upgrades for PostgreSQL clusters to newer versions without any downtime. We currently support PostgreSQL 10, 11, 12, and 13.

March 2021

March 3

• Online migration for PostgreSQL and Redis databases has been released in Beta. Select users can now migrate Redis and PostgreSQL databases that reside inside and outside of DigitalOcean to existing database clusters in their DigitalOcean account. Redis migrations from AWS ElasticCache are not currently supported.

July 2020

July 7

• PostgreSQL 12 is now available for database clusters. You can also now perform in-place upgrades for PostgreSQL clusters to newer versions without any downtime. We currently support PostgreSQL 10, 11, and 12.

April 2020

April 28

• The DigitalOcean Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) service is now available for all customers. VPC replaces the private networking service. Existing private networks will continue to function as normal but with the enhanced security and features of the VPC service. See the description of VPC features for more information.

April 7

• We began the incremental release of the DigitalOcean Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) service. It will be available for all customers soon. VPC replaces the private networking service.

February 2019

February 14

• DigitalOcean Managed Databases were released with support for PostgreSQL v10 and v11.