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
- Allow Spot VM’s
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.