Tamal Saha

As enterprises deepen their investment in Red Hat OpenShift and hybrid cloud, the database conversation is changing. The question is no longer just whether managed database services are convenient. It is whether they give organizations enough control over where data lives, how it is governed, and how consistently it can be operated across environments. For many platform teams, that makes data sovereignty the real issue behind database strategy today. Managed DBaaS was built for the cloud era, when convenience and outsourced operations were the primary goals.

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By Tamal Saha

11-May-2026

KubeDB by AppsCode Achieves Red Hat OpenShift Operator Certification

Kubernetes has become the standard platform for modern applications, but for many Red Hat OpenShift customers, databases remain one of the hardest components to run consistently across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. KubeDB by AppsCode is a cost-effective, Kubernetes-native Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) platform that enables teams to deploy, operate, and manage production-ready databases across on-premises, cloud, and edge environments. With KubeDB, OpenShift users can run databases through a consistent, Kubernetes-native experience aligned with Red Hat’s standards for security, reliability, and enterprise readiness.

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By Tamal Saha

5-May-2026

KubeDB Partners with SUSE to Deliver Sovereign Kubernetes-Native DBaaS

We’re thrilled to announce our new strategic partnership with SUSE ! Together, KubeDB by AppsCode and SUSE Rancher Prime deliver a true Kubernetes-native Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) platform that runs production databases anywhere Kubernetes runs — on-prem, hybrid cloud, multi-cloud, edge, or air-gapped environments. With this joint solution, platform teams can now offer developers a consistent, self-service DBaaS experience while maintaining enterprise-grade governance, security, and compliance. KubeDB automates the entire database lifecycle — provisioning, scaling, high availability, upgrades, backup, and recovery — all natively within Kubernetes, managed centrally by SUSE Rancher Prime.

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By Tamal Saha

18-Apr-2026

Why Teams Choose KubeDB

In the era of cloud-native applications, databases are no longer just storage. They are critical, always-on services that must scale, recover, and stay secure with minimal friction. Yet traditional Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) options force teams into a painful trade-off: pay a premium for convenience (cloud-managed) or shoulder heavy operational toil (VMs or DIY). Enter KubeDB, the Kubernetes operator from AppsCode that turns any Kubernetes cluster into a full-featured, self-service DBaaS platform. With a single declarative YAML (or a slick web UI), teams can provision, scale, backup, monitor, upgrade, and secure 20+ databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kafka, SQL Server, and more) exactly like any other Kubernetes resource.

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By Tamal Saha

18-Apr-2026

Why Databases Belong on Kubernetes: A practical comparison of cost, control, and scalability

For years, the conventional wisdom in enterprise IT has been clear: Don’t run production databases on Kubernetes.” The arguments sounded reasonable. Kubernetes was built for stateless apps, containers are ephemeral, stateful workloads risk data loss, and managed cloud services like RDS are simpler and more reliable. That narrative is now outdated. In 2026, running production-grade databases on Kubernetes isn’t just viable. It is becoming the default for organizations that prioritize control, portability, cost efficiency, and developer velocity.

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By Tamal Saha

1-Dec-2023

Update on Community License

AppsCode has offered a Community License that allows freely using our various products in a demo namespace since July 1, 2020. Going forward we intend to focus on our commerical offerings. From Jan 1, 2024, users will not be able to issue any new community licenses. Any existing community licenses will continue to work as-is until those expire. We continue to offer a one-time 30 day license for a Kubernetes cluster for FREE to test all the features of our products.

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By Tamal Saha

7-Nov-2023

AppsCode launches public beta of the Kubernetes Native Data Cloud

Introducing Kubernetes Native Data Cloud from AppsCode - a single pane of glass for all databases deployed on Kubernetes with KubeDB. To sign up, visit this link . Today AppsCode launched the public beta of their Kubernetes Native Data Cloud - a single pane of glass for all databases deployed on Kubernetes with KubeDB. Using AppsCode’s innovative cloud solution, developers can perform any DBA tasks in a few clicks. No more YAML engineering and more app developing!

Announcing KubeDB v2023.11.2

We are pleased to announce the release of KubeDB v2023.11.2 . This post lists all the major changes done in this release since the last release. Find the detailed changelogs HERE . Let’s see the changes done in this release. Breaking Changes UpdateVersion ops request We originally added Upgrade ops request to support database version upgrades. Later we introduced UpdateVersion ops request and deprecated the Upgrade ops request. The reason was that this ops request can be used to either upgrade or downgrade between minor or patch versions.

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By Tamal Saha

18-Sep-2023

Announcing Voyager v2023.9.18

We are pleased to announce the release of Voyager v2023.9.18. In this release, we have updated HAProxy image to 2.6.15 and fixed various CVEs. The detailed commit by commit changelog can be found here . Custom SSL Ciphers In this release, we have added an option to customoize cipher suites used by the HAProxy pods. To customize this value, set the annotation ingress.appscode.com/ssl-ciphers and it will be passed as ssl-default-bind-ciphers to the HAProxy configuration.

Announcing KubeDB v2023.06.19

We are pleased to announce the release of KubeDB v2023.06.19 . In this release, we have primarly focused on bug fixes. Find the detailed changelogs HERE . Reducing load on kube-apiserver In this release, KubeDB operator has been updated to cache access to Secrets. In case of sidecars, we have passed the secrets via environment variable. This will significantly reduce load on kube-apiserver. Add enableServiceLinks to db podSpec Kubernetes exports an environment variable for every single service in the same namespace into every pod by default.

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By Tamal Saha

16-May-2023

Announcing Voyager v2023.05.16

We are pleased to announce the release of Voyager v2023.05.16. In this release, we have updated HAProxy image to 2.6.13 and fixed various CVEs. The detailed commit by commit changelog can be found here . CVE Fixes We have updated the docker images in this release to address the following CVEs: GHSA-vvpx-j8f3-3w6h CVE-2023-0464 CVE-2022-41723 CVE-2020-15888 HAProxy Version We have updated HAProxy images to the following version: ghcr.io/voyagermesh/haproxy:2.7.8-alpine ghcr.io/voyagermesh/haproxy:2.6.13-alpine ghcr.io/voyagermesh/haproxy:2.5.14-alpine What Next?

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By Tamal Saha

22-Feb-2023

Announcing Voyager v2023.02.22

We are pleased to announce the release of Voyager v2023.02.22. In this release, we have updated HAProxy image to 2.6.9 and fixed various bugs. The detailed commit by commit changelog can be found here . CVE Fixes We have updated the docker images in this release to address the following CVEs: CVE-2023-0286 CVE-2023-0215 CVE-2022-4450 HAProxy Version We have updated HAProxy images to the following version: appscode/haproxy:2.7.3-alpine appscode/haproxy:2.6.9-alpine appscode/haproxy:2.5.12-alpine HAProxy Server State We have updated the HAProxy configuration templates to stop storing server state in a file.

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By Tamal Saha

11-Dec-2022

Announcing Voyager v2022.12.11

We are pleased to announce the release of Voyager v2022.12.11. In this release, we have released operator and HAProxy images to fix a number of CVEs. The detailed commit by commit changelog can be found here . CVE Fixes We have updated the docker images in this release to address the following CVEs: CVE-2022-41717 HAProxy Version We have updated HAProxy images to the following version: appscode/haproxy:2.7.0-alpine appscode/haproxy:2.6.7-alpine appscode/haproxy:2.5.10-alpine What Next? Please try the latest release and give us your valuable feedback.

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By Tamal Saha

17-Aug-2022

Announcing Voyager v2022.08.17

We are pleased to announce the release of Voyager v2022.08.17. In this release, we have released operator and HAProxy images to fix a number of CVEs. The detailed commit by commit changelog can be found here . CVE Fixes We have updated the docker images in this release to address the following CVEs: CVE-2022-1996 CVE-2022-37434 CVE-2021-33194 CVE-2021-44716 CVE-2021-38561 CVE-2022-28948 CVE-2022-2097 CVE-2021-20329 CVE-2021-31525 CVE-2022-29526 GHSA-r489-9g5r-8q2h GHSA-f6mq-5m25-4r72 GHSA-hp87-p4gw-j4gq HAProxy Version We have updated HAProxy images to the following version:

cloud-native gateway haproxy ingress kubernetes voyager

By Tamal Saha

20-Jun-2022

Announcing Voyager v2022.06.20

We are pleased to announce the release of Voyager v2022.06.20. In this release, we have released operator and HAProxy images to fix CVE-2022-1586 & CVE-2022-1587. The detailed commit by commit changelog can be found here . CVE Fixes We have updated the base image used for Voyager operator to address CVE-2022-1586 & CVE-2022-1587. ExternalName Service Fixes In this release we have fixed a regression bug when Ingresses use ExternalName Services as backends.

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By Tamal Saha &Dipta Roy

26-May-2022

Running Production-Grade Databases on Kubernetes - Challenges and Solutions

As containers are taking over the world of software development, Kubernetes has emerged as the platform that lets developers seamlessly deploy, scale, run applications, and manage their life cycles. Kubernetes is a DevOps game-changer since it allows teams to focus on applications and deployment rather than worrying about the underlying infrastructure. Given the multi-cloud environment in which DevOps teams perform, Kubernetes abstracts the cloud provider and enables enterprises to build cloud-native applications that can run anywhere.

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By Tamal Saha

13-Apr-2022

Announcing Voyager v2022.04.13

We are pleased to announce the release of Voyager v2022.04.13. In this release, we have released operator and HAProxy images to fix CVE-2022-28391. The detailed commit by commit changelog can be found here . CVE Fixes We have updated the base image used for Voyager operator to address CVE-2022-28391. What Next? Please try the latest release and give us your valuable feedback. If you want to install Voyager, please follow the installation instruction from here .

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By Tamal Saha

28-Mar-2022

Announcing KubeDB v2022.03.28

We are pleased to announce the release of KubeDB v2022.03.28 . This release is a bug fix release for v2022.02.22 . In this release we have fixed a memory leak in Postgres sidecar (known as pg-coordinator) which will cause the postgres pod to restart due to OOMKill by Kubernetes. Our regular feature release is planned to be out in 2 weeks. If you are not affected by this particular issue, you can ignore this patch release.

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By Tamal Saha

17-Mar-2022

Announcing Voyager v2022.03.17

We are pleased to announce the release of Voyager v2022.03.17. We have updated the HAProxy version to 2.5.5 in this release. The post highlights the import bug fixes in this release. The detailed commit by commit changelog can be found here . CVE Fixes We have updated the base image used for Voyager operator to address all known CVE reports by Trivy scanner. HAProxy Support In this release we added support for alpine and debian based image for HAProxy 2.

cloud-native gateway haproxy ingress kubernetes voyager

By Tamal Saha

1-Jan-2022

Announcing Voyager v2022.01.01

We are pleased to announce the release of Voyager v2022.01.01. We have updated the HAProxy version to 2.5.0 in this release. The post highlights the import bug fixes in this release. The detailed commit by commit changelog can be found here . HAProxy Support In this release we added support for alpine and debian based image for HAProxy 2.5.0 and 2.4.10. We have also added images with major.minor-flavor tags, so that users can stay up to date on the HAProxy image version.

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By Tamal Saha

30-Nov-2021

Announcing KubeDB & Stash v2021.11.24

We are pleased to announce the release of KubeDB and Stash v2021.11.24. This post lists all the major changes done in this release since v2021.09.30. The headline features of this release are OpenSearch support, InnoDB Cluster support for MySQL, support for PostgreSQL version 14.1 and PostGIS. General API Improvements Custom Labels/Annotations Support: Now you can provide custom labels/annotations to the pods, pod’s controller (ie. StatefulSets), and services for any supported databases.

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By Tamal Saha

18-Oct-2021

Announcing Voyager v2021.10.18

We are pleased to announce the release of Voyager v2021.10.18. This release is a patch release for v2021.09.15. The post highlights the import bug fixes in this release. The detailed commit by commit changelog can be found here . Voyager v1/v1beta1 Ingress api conversion In this release, we have fixed a panic that would occur when converting v1beta1 Ingress with multiple tls secrets in v1 api format. In v1 api, we have removed the deprecated headerRules and rewriteRules from v1beta1 api.

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By Tamal Saha

30-Sep-2021

Announcing KubeDB v2021.09.30

We are pleased to announce the release of KubeDB v2021.09.30. This post lists all the major changes done in this release since v2021.09.09. The headline features of this release are Redis Sentinel mode support and Offline volume expansion support for MongoDB. The detailed commit by commit changelog can be found here . Redis Added support for provisioning Redis sentinel mode instances with sentinel monitoring Added TLS support for Sentinel Monitoring Cluster MongoDB In this release, we have added support for Offline volume expansion of MongoDB nodes.

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By Tamal Saha

16-Sep-2021

Announcing Voyager v2021.09.15

We are pleased to announce the release of Voyager v2021.09.15. This post lists all the major changes done in this release since v12.0.0. This release offers support for the latest Kubernetes version 1.22 and upgrades HAProxy to 2.4.4. Voyager v2021.09.15 introduces Community & Enterprise Edition and deprecates prior releases of Voyager operators. The detailed commit by commit changelog can be found here . Kubernetes 1.22 As you may know, Kubernetes 1.

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By Tamal Saha

13-Sep-2021

Announcing KubeDB v2021.09.09

We are pleased to announce the release of KubeDB v2021.09.09. This post lists all the major changes done in this release since v2021.08.23. This release is primarily a bug fix release for v2021.08.23. We have also added support for MongoDB 5.0.2. The detailed commit by commit changelog can be found here . KubeDB API Various KubeDB supported databases currently uses a coordinator sidecar for failover and recovery of clustered databases. This includes PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, MariaDB and Redis.

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By Tamal Saha

24-Aug-2021

Announcing KubeDB v2021.08.23

We are pleased to announce the release of KubeDB v2021.08.23. This post lists all the major changes done in this release since v2021.06.23. This release offers support for the latest Kubernetes version 1.22. The KubeDB CLI now has exciting new features. MongoDB now uses the official docker images. Elasticsearch supports the latest xpack and opendistro versions and provides pre-built Docker images with snapshot plugins. KubeDB managed Redis now provides Password Authentication for the default user.

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By Tamal Saha

19-Nov-2020

AppsCode introduces KubeDB Enterprise - An Enterprise-grade Cloud Native Database Management System

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. – AppsCode, a global leader in Enterprise-grade Kubernetes-native Data Platforms, has released KubeDB Enterprise Edition, a production-grade cloud-native database management solution for Kubernetes. KubeDB Enterprise edition is the open core version of popular open source project KubeDB . It includes all the features (clustering, etc.) of KubeDB Community Edition and extends it by automating Day 2 DBA tasks, such as database backup/recovery, upgrading version, horizontal and vertical scaling, TLS/SSL support, updating configuration post provisioning, connection pooling, etc.

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By Tamal Saha

30-Jun-2020

Relicensing Stash & KubeDB

AppsCode is relicening various components of the Stash and KubeDB products. We have decided to use simple, standardized, plain-language software source code licenses from the PolyForm Project . Please see the table below for the upcoming changes: Why now? AppsCode started as a commercial entity to accelerate the adoption of Kubernetes and containers in the Enterprise. We launched a number of open source products like Voyager , Stash , KubeDB , KubeVault , Kubeform , etc.

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By Tamal Saha

20-Nov-2019

Introducing ResourceDescriptor: A Generic API for defining Kubernetes Resource Graph

Kubernetes has own the container orchestrator war. One of the key contributors to its success is the ability to extend Kubernetes by the end users. The primary way users extend Kubernetes is by defining new resource types. This is called Custom Resource Definitions (CRD) in the Kubernetes parlance. Users can write a controller that can reconcile users’ desired specification to a cluster. Controllers that capture operational knowledge of a software application are commonly know as Kubernetes operators.

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By Tamal Saha

1-Jan-2019

The case for AppBinding

Kubernetes has become the de-facto orchestrator for the cloud native world. Kubernetes upholds the philosophy that the core should be small and allow developers to write their own extensions. One way to introduce new resource types is using CustomResourceDefintions (CRD) (originally known as ThirdPartyResources). Using CRDs anyone can define a new resource type that behaves like standard Kubernetes resources. This allows anyone to write a controller for custom resources and capture operational knowledge in a software form.

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Why Data Sovereignty Is Driving Red Hat OpenShift Users Toward Kubernetes-Native DBaaS

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Why Teams Choose KubeDB

Why Databases Belong on Kubernetes: A practical comparison of cost, control, and scalability

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Running Production-Grade Databases on Kubernetes - Challenges and Solutions

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