Features included in this release:

• Beta launch of hosted service
  • beta.ndslabs.org
  • Multi-node cluster on NCSA Nebula (OpenStack)
    • (Specs)
  • Gluster shared filesystem
    • (Specs)
  • TLS
  • Backup and monitoring
  • Cluster load balancer with name-based access to services (ingress)
  • Cluster logging, monitoring, alerts
• Account registration and approval
• System-wide catalog of approved tools
• Service catalog organization (tags) and new filtering interface
• Service specification improvements
  • Multiple image tags
  • Associated repositories
  • Logo
  • Filtering tags
• Personal service catalog support
  • Ability to import, export, clone, add and edit service specifications
• Per-account "home" directory mounted on every container
• Per-account resource constraints/quotas
• Console access to running containers
• Access to container logs
• Development environments
  
  • General: Node Js, Go, Python
  • Application-specific: Clowder, pyClowder
• Build/run workflow
• Integrated file manager
• Remote access (ssh tunnel over http)
• Ability to customize services (e.g., override configuration settings)
• New data tools:
  • TBD
• Local Docker registry

Primary components

• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Etcd
• API Server
• Command line interface
• Web UI
• Gluster FS servers
• Nginx ingress load-balancer
• Grafana/Kibana