Announcements
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Recent Updates
- 2023.11.14.2
Service Improvements for Native Load Balancer and VPN
Users will have access to far more flexible caching through the native load balancer configuration and can now change transport level settings without restarting. The VPN configuration settings and keys can now also be reset.
- improvement
Caching Flexibility
Native load balancer router extension config's are now more flexible than ever with cache settings.
- improvement
Transport Config Updates
Native load balancer transport configuration changes can now be made without restarting the load balancer.
- changed
Server Reprovision
The platform will no longer automatically attempt a server reprovision.
- fixed
Server Deploy
Fixed a bug that prevented some users from deploying new servers.
- added
VPN Config and Keys
Added the ability for users to reset VPN config and keys through the portal.
- 2023.11.08.3
Low Level Infrastructure Controls and Load Balancer Caching
Many users have requested lower level controls on the host, especially to run agent type services. We're glad to announce that we've expanded the platform to be more flexible than ever at the lowest level with the addition of mountable host proc filesystem and shared directories. The Cycle native load balancer will now also support proxy and cache extensions on the router.
- added
Expose Host's /Proc
Users can now opt into exposing the host's proc directory to any given container through the container configuration.
- added
Shared Directories
Containers can now opt in to read or read/write access for directories directly on the underlying host.
- added
Native Load Balancer Configuration
Cycle's native load balancer can now be configured directly through the portal.
- improvement
Factory Storage Usage
Cycle's factory service has been enhanced to better utilize the disk of the underlying host, improving the services ability to handle more and larger builds.
- fixed
AWS Servers in EU
Fixed a bug that would cause AWS servers in EU regions from listing properly on the server deploy form.
- improvement
IPv6 at GCP
Implemented full IPv6 support for Google Cloud Platform.
- improvement
Standardized Provider Identifier
Infrastructure abstraction layer API calls, referencing provider identifiers have been standardized.
- improvement
Auto-Scaling Error Handling
Improvements have been made to the handling and propagation of errors originating from auto-scaling.
- added
Native LB Proxy and Cache
Cycle's new native load balancer (beta) now supports proxying and resource caching.
- 2023.10.10.2
Auto Scaling Beta Released
With our first October release, we're happy to share Cycle's auto scaling beta has arrived! This is a massive step forward for the platform and includes both container auto scaling and infrastructure auto scaling mechanisms. We've also included some improvements to resetting password ergonomics as well as some new data types for servers.
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Auto Scaling (Beta)
Users can now set containers to automatically scale on several different usage thresholds. Mechanics have also been added to automatically provision and remove infrastructure for these events.
- improvement
Portal: Forgot Password Functionality
The forgot password form has been improved and the process is now simpler.
- added
Ephemeral Servers
Early support has been added for short lived (ephemeral) servers. This type of server will be treated differently than normal infrastructure and will have looser restrictions on being deleted/removed.
- added
New Server Flags
New 'Evacuate' and 'LatestInstance' flags are now added to servers. These flags will be used in conjunction with the new auto scaling features.
- 2023.09.18.1
The V1 Load Balancer Moves Closer to Prod Ready And Containers Get More Flexible
There's a building excitement around our V1 load balancer beta which now supports websockets, streaming requests, and more metric collections. These updates move the load balancer even closer to production ready status! We've also introduced two new container configuration options in update and a new state in healthcheck. The portal sees a nice collection of UI/UX improvements.
- improvement
V1 LB: Websockets, Streaming, and Metrics
The V1 load balancer now supports websockets, streaming requests, and collects a wider range of metrics.
- improvement
Containers: Update Policy
Users can now define a more verbose update strategy that allows for a stagger time to be set, further helping confirm system readiness on reimage.
- improvement
Additional AWS Server Types Supported
Cycle now supports a much wider range of AWS EC2 instances.
- improvement
Websockets: Improved Heartbeat Logic
Platform and Portal websockets have gotten an upgrade to connection status management, resulting in more reliable connections and reconnections to essential notifications.
- improvement
Containers: New Reimaging Process
Reimage container functionality has been reworked so that images are fully downloaded, extracted, and verified before shutdown signal is sent to any instance.
- improvement
Healthcheck: Delay
Users can now set a delay for their healthcheck configuration. This delay will wait a duration before healthchecks will start after a container has been started. They also support the health state of unknown, which enables users to implement probe-like patters.
- fixed
Notifications: Fixed Potential Deadlock
During periods where an extreme number of notifications were being generated, the platform could occasionally deadlock. This issue has been resolved.
- improvement
[Portal] Server: CPU Charts
The portal will now show usage CPU usage on the server telemetry graph as a percentage.
- improvement
[Portal] Billing: Re-Attempt Invoice
Users can now manually re-attempt payment of an invoice through the portal.
- fixed
[Portal] Container: 'Current' Image Badge
An issue existed where the current container image being used was not properly showing when interacting with the reimage form. This issue has been resolved.
- improvement
[Portal] UI Improvements
Users will notices some nice UI improvements in the portal such as: instance health state on container modal and graph font size standardization.
- 2023.08.24.1
Launch of a Brand New Interface for Cycle
After months of development we've launched a new portal into production. With it comes a swath of new features, enhancements, and fresh design that will bring better information and productivity to our customers. Alongside the portal release, users will also notice meaningful platform updates to stacks, VPN, and image name validation.
- improvement
Portal Released
A new portal is released featuring a modern style, increased speed, more reliable state and websocket connections, and much more.
- improvement
Stack Services
Users can now define VPN and load balancer services in stacks, bringing additional flexibility to the format.
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VPN Config: API
Users can now programmatically interact with the VPN configuration.
- improvement
Notifications Optimization
The notification pipeline has been improved to further handle large spikes in notifications without any reduction in functionality.
- fixed
Image Name Validation
Previously, certain images with periods in the image name would fail form validation. This issue has been resolved.
- 2023.08.04.1
A New Image Source Type & Big CPU Changes
This update will provide meaningful updates to server/host CPU's and the visibility, configuration, and effectiveness of those resources. We've also made a new round of fixes to the v1 Cycle load balancer for those who've opted into its use, and finally a new image source type of OCI Registry has been added.
- improvement
Server/Host CPU Utilization
The platform now tracks CPU utilization for the host itself. Previously, the platform would only track load, RAM, and storage usage.
- improvement
Core Ranges for CPU Pinning
Users can now designate a core range x-y for pinning a container to CPU cores.
- improvement
Improved CFS Scheduler Period
Increased period to match the default which will be a better balance of throughput and latency while decreasing overhead.
- fixed
V1 Native Loadbalancer Fixes
Fixed a panic that occurred when the LB failed to properly route traffic to a destination.
- added
Image Source: OCI Registry
Added the ability to add OCI registries as image sources. This is a new feature in Cycle that provides support for any image registry conforming to the OCI spec. As a part of this, you can now natively add AWS ECR registries as sources to the platform.