Product Updates

August 2023

New features

AI Assistant: use an AI-powered assistant to solve any issues within your infrastructure straight in Taikun. Utilize a Taikun-hosted model or connect your Open AI account to solve Kubernetes issues more efficiently.
Kubeconfig Console: there’s no need to download and use the Kubeconfig file to access your cluster – users can open Kubeconfig’s terminal directly in Taikun UI to get the quickest access to their Kubernetes clusters.

Updated

New outlook of Project Settings: button has been transferred to the top of a Project page with additional changes to the look of the menu
Changes in the design of loading menus
Improvements in the system of role management
Managers can view and edit Tanzu and Proxmox credentials

Fixed

Autosync fixes
Removal of duplicated keys in metadata
Infracost visibility fixes
Fixes in email confirmations

June 2023

New features

Added support for VMware Tanzu: you can now add credentials for your VMware Tanzu account and utilize Taikun in combination with this powerful platform
Added support for Proxmox: leverage the power of Proxmox, one of the open-source server virtualization platforms, directly inside Taikun!
Cloud credential zones: users can specify their zones of choice during server creation
Extended trial: anyone can register to test Taikun, and from now on, we give 30 days to test all benefits of our solution

Updated

Check out the new design of our documentation at https://taikun.cloud/docs/home/
It is now possible to assign new users to already existing Projects
Updated look and feel of the K8S terminals in Taikun Projects
New changes brought to the action bar and alert management system within the UI
Changes in support – activate our HelpCenter to get the full list of assistance services available
Minor technical upgrades of demo mode

Fixed

Fixed errors that some users might have been experiencing during server deletion
Minor visual fixes in the look of Catalogs and Applications’ configuration

March 2023

New features

New registration web user interface: we have simplified the registration process to make Taikun easily accessible for our users. With just one-minute sign-up, you can start your Cloud journey hassle-free and enjoy all the benefits Taikun offers.
New subscription web user interface: with an emphasis on increased security, we have released a new secure internal user interface for selecting a Taikun subscription and managing your billing and payments.

Updated

We have rebranded our company to Taikun.cloud a.s.
Several updates in the “Demo” mode of Takun to ensure a smooth demo experience
You can now select an Organization during the creation of Tickets
Updated use-case information messages
Interactive Docs link now available in all sections of the navigation panel

Fixed

Fixed extra validations in dialog inputs

February 2023

New features

Import Private Repository: import any private repo containing your applications
Demo Mode: leverage the Demo mode of Taikun to see how it can manage Cloud resources
Addition to Application parameters: change parameters of Applications when installing or editing them

Updated

Several updates of Autoscaler to the logic of editing parameters
Introduced updates to improve the security and stability of the Keycloak login mechanism
Improved validation mechanism when inputting data to Taikun
Updated version of the documentation

Fixed

Fixed application parameters filtering
Improved mechanism for binding Images and Flavors
Fixed Ticketing options for various roles
Fixes of visibility for the User role when viewing an Organization’s resources

December 2022

New features

Autoscaling: Automaticaly scale up and down your cluster based on load. Works great with Taikun Apps
New user interface: Updated redesigned user interface for a unique user-friendly experience and ease of all your Taikun operations
Cloud costs: Monitor your infrastructure costs in real time for your current project on an advanced section designed specifically for your cloud costs
Multi availability zones: Support for multi availability zone project on AWS, Azure and Google cloud credentials.

Updated

Create admin cloud credentials in OpenStack and automatically use these admin cloud credentials when creating an organization to create a project in Openstack
Documentation about Google Cloud Credentials and Application part in Taikun
New company website under www.taikun.cloud

Fixed

Fixes in UI validations
Fixes in backup and restore procedures
Fixes in catalogs and applications

May 2022

New features

Spot Virtual Machines for AWS and Azure

Taikun now supports by-request VMs known as Spot Instances, in which you can take advantage of unused capacity from cloud providers deploying virtual servers with a significantly lower-price than regular VMs.

Read more about Spot VMs on AWS and Azure.

These options are available for:

Add Project Page

Enable Spot
- Allow Spot VM’s
  - Allow Full Spot Kubernetes
  - Allow Spot Workers

If “Allow Spot VM’s” is enabled, you can define the Maximum Spot Price.

Servers Page – K8s view

Enable Spot Worker
Enable Full Spot
Disable Full Spot

Servers Page – VMs view

Enable Spot VMs

Updated

Redesign of the Images page

Images are divided to the following three tabs

Quickstart Images
My Images
Public Images

Fixed

Also few minor changes and bug fixes in UI.

February 2022

New features

Standalone VMs Server Page

here you can see all created VMs for the project
you can add VM for a project stored in any cloud (OpenStack, AWS and Azure)
before you add new VM, keep in mind you have to bind the Image and create Standalone Profile first

Images

bind or unbind images from project
you can only bind images from the provider where your project is stored
without bound image you cannot add a new VM

Standalone Profile

create profile for your VM with SSH key, add Security Groups
you can define Security Groups – protocols ICMP, TCP and UDP are supported
it is not possible to add profile to VM later, once the profile is created SSH key cannot be edited
you cannot add a new VM without any standalone profile

Standalone VMs

see the overview of all standalone VMs

Updated

Project Page

in new column View you can choose if you want to see detailed K8s or VMs page

Fixed

Also few minor changes and bug fixes in UI – e.g. improved status colours contrast.