# Insights 1.8 Released!

**URL:** <https://forum.kx.com/t/insights-1-8-released/13179>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Tags:** imported, kdb-insights\
**Created:** [December 18, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/insights-1-8-released/13179 "2023-12-18T00:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![eroche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@eroche](https://forum.kx.com/u/eroche)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/insights-1-8-released/13179/1 "2023-12-18T00:00:00Z")

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[https://learninghub.kx.com/forums/topic/insights-1-8-released](https://learninghub.kx.com/forums/topic/insights-1-8-released)

We are pleased to announce the release of Insights 1.8, which focuses on expanding the ways in which our users can ingest and stream data. Key developments in this area include:

- Parquet readers with filewatch and pattern matching capabilities to poll object storage and ingest files from each of the three major cloud providers; AWS, Azure and GCP (Azure and GCP support are new).
- A Python interface enables Python applications to publish data to RT, the Reliable Transport streaming message service.
- A REST interface provides similar ability to ingest and publish data over HTTP.
- Users can now stream from a pipeline to a client application via WebSockets. This includes the ability to stream both snapshots as well as real-time data. This feature is supported for kdb Insights only at this time.
- Data in transit within kdb Insights Enterprise can now be encrypted, providing enhanced security.

Additional functionality for easier deployment and operation includes:
- Support for On-Prem deployment of kdb Insights Enterprise using OpenShift.
- Improvements to client terraform scripts include Kubernetes 1.27 support, CSP-aware logging defaults and additional VPN/Bastion connection options.
- CLI level improvement includes browser-based authentication, token caching, support profiles for easier streamlined access over multiple environments.
- A new Database Preview API that enables users to query a sample of their data from the database to use for understanding their data/schema, construct more complex queries or even build visuals on the full data set.

Detailed release notes for kdb Insights Enterprise are available [here](https://code.kx.com/insights/1.8/enterprise/release-notes/latest.html"), and for kdb Insights [here](https://code.kx.com/insights/1.8/microservices/release-notes/latest.html").

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Best Regards,

Eoin Roche | Head of Product Adoption, KX

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**Author:** ![lkerr2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forum.kx.com/lkerr2/32/57_2.png) [@lkerr2](https://forum.kx.com/u/lkerr2)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/insights-1-8-released/13179/2 "2023-12-20T00:00:00Z")

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Great update, thanks for sharing Eoin!

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Laura