– Block Storage

Encryption at Rest for Compute and Block Storage

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Exoscale now transparently encrypts stored data for Compute and Block Storage workloads using AES-256 in XTS mode at the hypervisor layer. Combined with existing TLS-based encryption in transit, Exoscale now provides encryption by default for data at rest and in transit across the platform.

What’s new:

Encryption at rest by default — all newly created Compute instances and Block Storage volumes are encrypted automatically.
Unique encryption keys — each volume receives a unique encryption key managed by Exoscale.
Encrypted snapshots — snapshots inherit the encryption of their parent volume.
Protected templates and instance snapshots — instance snapshots and templates stored on Object Storage remain protected through bucket-level encryption.

What this means in practice:

New workloads benefit from encryption everywhere by default across compute, storage, snapshots, templates, APIs, and network communication.
Encryption happens automatically at the platform layer, without requiring changes to applications, operating systems, or operational workflows.
Stored and transmitted data now follow a more consistent end-to-end protection model across Exoscale services.

Existing Compute instances remain unencrypted for the time being. In the near future, we will clearly communicate how to encrypt unencrypted instances.

Existing Block Storage volumes are not re-encrypted in place. To encrypt existing Block Storage data, create a new encrypted volume and copy the data across.

Explore how Encryption at Rest works on Exoscale.

Block Storage is now available in Munich

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Exoscale Block Storage is now available in our Munich zone (DE-MUC-1).

You can attach durable, high-performance block volumes to your Compute instances in Munich, enabling applications that require persistent data storage, production-grade databases, and durable volumes for containerized environments.

With this release, Block Storage is now available in all Exoscale zones. This also completes our Scalable Kubernetes Service (SKS) setup across all data centers, with integrated persistent storage support in every location.

As in other zones, Block Storage volumes in DE-MUC-1 can be created, attached, detached, and managed via the Exoscale Portal, API, CLI, and Infrastructure as Code tooling.

For more information, refer to our Block Storage documentation.

Block Storage Now Available in Sofia & Vienna-2

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 08:15:00 +0000

We're expanding our Block Storage availability!

You can now deploy high-performance, scalable block storage in our Sofia (BG-SOF-1) and Vienna-2 (AT-VIE-2) zones. This addition ensures more flexibility for your workloads while maintaining the same reliability, durability, and seamless integration with Exoscale Compute as in other zones.

📖 Read the full documentation

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Block Storage: Minimum Volume Size Now 1 GiB

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:00:40 +0000

We’ve reduced the minimum block storage volume size from 10 GiB to 1 GiB, simplifying smaller workloads, aligning with multi-cloud environments, and ensuring easier Kubernetes Helm Chart compatibility.

Key highlights:

No immediate changes to billing; usage remains proportional to size (1 GiB -> 1 GiB)
Seamless resizing possible from 1 GiB onward