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Document history for Outposts racks - AWS Outposts

Document history for Outposts racks

The following table describes the documentation updates for Outposts racks.

ChangeDescriptionDate

Capacity management at the asset level

You can modify capacity configuration at the asset level.

March 31, 2025

Private connectivity using AWS Direct Connect transit VIF

You can now configure the service link to use a AWS Direct Connect transit VIF to enable private connectivity between the Outposts and the home AWS Region.

December 11, 2024

External block volumes backed by third-party storage

You can now attach block data volumes backed by compatible third-party block storage systems during the instance-launch process on Outpost.

December 1, 2024

Capacity management

You can modify capacity configuration for an instance.

November 11, 2024

Capacity management

You can modify the default capacity configuration for your new Outposts order.

April 16, 2024

AWS Outposts rack supports service link interface throughput metrics

You can now monitor throughput usage between your Outposts rack service link virtual interfaces (VIFs) and your local network devices, by leveraging IfTrafficIn and IfTrafficOut Amazon CloudWatch metrics.

November 17, 2023

Intra-VPC communication across AWS Outposts with local gateway

You can establish communication between subnets in the same VPC across different Outposts with local gateways.

August 30, 2023

End-of-term options for AWS Outposts racks

At the end of your AWS Outposts term, you can renew, end, or convert your subscription.

August 1, 2023

Amazon Route 53 on Outposts is available on AWS Outposts racks.

Amazon Route 53 on Outposts includes a Resolver that caches all DNS queries that originate from the AWS Outposts. You can also set up hybrid connectivity between an Outpost and an on-premises DNS resolver when you deploy inbound and outbound endpoints.

July 20, 2023

Local gateway inbound routes

You can create and modify local gateway inbound routes to elastic network interfaces on your Outpost.

September 15, 2022

Introducing direct VPC routing for AWS Outposts

Uses the private IP address of instances in your VPC to facilitate communication with your on-premises network.

September 14, 2022

Created AWS Outposts User Guide for Outposts racks

AWS Outposts User Guide broke into separate guides for rack and servers.

September 14, 2022

Create and manage local gateway route tables

Create and modify local gateway route tables and CoIP pools. Manage VIF group associations.

September 14, 2022

Placement groups on AWS Outposts

Placement groups that use a spread strategy can distribute instances across hosts.

June 30, 2022

Dedicated Hosts on AWS Outposts

You can now use Dedicated Hosts on Outposts.

May 31, 2022

Shared Outpost sites

Create and manage Outpost sites and share them with other AWS accounts in your organization.

October 18, 2021

New CloudWatch dimension

A new CloudWatch dimension for metrics in the AWS Outposts namespace.

October 13, 2021

Share S3 buckets

Share and manage S3 buckets on your Outpost.

August 5, 2021

Support for some placement groups

You can use cluster, partition, or spread placement strategies just as you would in a Region.

July 28, 2021

Additional CloudWatch metrics

Additional CloudWatch metrics are available for Reserved Instances.

May 24, 2021

Network troubleshooting checklist

A network troubleshooting checklist is available.

February 22, 2021

Additional CloudWatch metrics

Additional CloudWatch metrics for EBS volumes are available.

February 2, 2021

Console ordering updates

The console ordering process is updated.

January 14, 2021

Private connectivity

You can configure private connectivity for your Outpost when you create it in the AWS Outposts console.

December 21, 2020

Network readiness checklist

Use the network readiness checklist when you are gathering the information for your Outpost configuration.

October 28, 2020

Shared AWS Outposts resources

With Outpost sharing, Outpost owners can share their Outposts and Outpost resources, including local gateway route tables, with other AWS accounts under the same AWS organization.

October 15, 2020

Additional CloudWatch metrics

Additional CloudWatch metrics for instance type counts are available.

September 21, 2020

Additional CloudWatch metric

An additional CloudWatch metric for service link connected status is available.

September 11, 2020

Support for sharing customer-owned IPv4 addresses

Use AWS Resource Access Manager to share customer-owned IPv4 addresses.

April 20, 2020

Additional CloudWatch metrics

Additional CloudWatch metrics for EBS volumes are available.

April 4, 2020

Initial release

This is the initial release of AWS Outposts.

December 3, 2019

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