IONOS Cloud provider
A supported v0.0.1 provider path with typed IONOS API integration, data-center network identity, VM contracts and explicit VXLAN-only Calico transport. Current posture: Stable · production-gated.
Exact release scope. This page documents the reviewed v0.0.1 source at fcc5871. Check release status before enabling a gated capability.
Release posture
Stable · production-gatedA supported v0.0.1 provider path with typed IONOS API integration, data-center network identity, VM contracts and explicit VXLAN-only Calico transport.
Implemented operation contracts
- ✓Credential validation
- ✓Location and image discovery
- ✓Data-center network planning
- ✓VM lifecycle contracts
- ✓Create, scale and replace planning
Prerequisites
- ✓Scoped API credentials
- ✓Explicit data-center and LAN identity
- ✓VXLAN Calico intent
- ✓Allowed-host and outbound-request policy
Limits and stop conditions
| Boundary | Operator rule |
|---|---|
| 01 | Production use remains environment-approved |
| 02 | IP-in-IP is rejected as cni_transport_incompatible |
| 03 | No protocol fallback |
| 04 | Exact-release provider evidence remains required |
Evaluation workflow
- 01
Create a disposable provider boundary
Use dedicated credentials, quota/budget controls and no production workload.
- 02
Register and validate
Confirm allowed hosts, identity, region and discovery without retry loops.
- 03
Review the infrastructure plan
Inspect network, firewall, image, size, node identity and warnings.
- 04
Exercise lifecycle
Create, scale, replace, upgrade, failure/recovery and cleanup for the exact release.
- 05
Record the decision
Retain provider action IDs, OperationRuns, artifacts, residual risk and explicit approval or rejection.