EPAM Cloud Orchestrator version 2.1.44 is released

In version 2.1.44, we are introducing the solution allowing to bring hardware resources under EPAM Orchestrator control. For that purpose, we have created a dedicated region, EPAM-HW1, intended to host hardware resources only. We have also implemented the functionality managing static IPs in EPAM regions together with the related set of commands. The Cloud Dashboard now contains the Project Management Wizard available to Project Managers and Project Coordinators and allowing to manage the project settings, such as quotas and permissions. In addition, Docker as a Service now supports Docker Registry functionality.

When working on this release, we concentrated on project management in Cloud, networking and services, but these are not the only changes.

This topic contains the following sections:

New Features and Improvements

  • Hardware servers utilization processes are now integrated with Orchestration as dedicated instances solution
  • Networking configuration commands are implemented for EPC regions
  • Project Management Wizard is implemented to provide control over project quotas, permissions and subscriptions.
  • Docker Registry functionality is added to Docker Service
  • EPAM Private Cloud Trainings for managers and coordinators are started

News

The current update is accompanied by a number of important changes that influence not only Orchestrator functionality, but also some general practices.

  • USA-Based Regions Migration was performed.
    Due to USA Datacenter migration, both USA-based regions EPAM-US an EPAM-US1-PROD were unavailable from the evening May 29 till June 1. Currently, the migraion is successfully finished and the regions perform in standard mode.
  • Security improvements on AWS were introduced. All AWS based VMs are now accessible from EPAM locations, but are not available through other public IPs. The access check is based on public IPs, approved for locations.

    In case you need to expose an AWS VM to Internet, please, submit the Access for customers : Expose Amazon AWS server to Internet request on support.epam.com. This will initiate the standard security check procedure, and if no issues are detected, the VM will be exposed to Internet.
  • Machine Images Names Changed. Following numerous requests, we simplify the names of some images available for instances creation in EPC. If you refer images in automated manipulations (scripts, stacks, etc), please, review the image names according to the table below: Old Image Name New Image name CentOS5-template CentOS5_64-bit CentOS6-template CentOS6_64-bit OracleLinux6-template OracleLinux6_64-bit Ubuntu12.04-template Ubuntu12.04_64-bit

Knowledge Base Update

In current release, we introduce three major documentation updates, a new training program and a set of other changes. The following documents were updated:

  • Project management Guide was restructured and updated with the information on the latest new features.
  • Quotas Utilization Guide was updated and complemented with the latest features info.
  • Billing Guide was updated and complemented with the latest features info.
  • Maestro CLI Reference Guide was updated with new commands and parameters.
  • Cloud Services Guide - new commands and service details were added.
  • We are also glad to introduce a new EPC Basics training Set oriented on project managers who work with projects that plan to or already use EPAM Private Cloud. The training introduces the attendees to the main concepts of EPAM Private Cloud and show the best practices of Cloud projects management.

Fixes and Improvements

Apart from adding new features and expanding the functionality of EPAM Orchestrator, we work hard on resolving the appearing issues and improving the existing features.

Comprehensive list of fixes and improvements can be found in 'EPAM Cloud Orchestrator - Version 2.1.44- Release Notes' below.

All major new features are described in 'EPAM Cloud Orchestrator - Version 2.1.44 - What's New'.

Documentation

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EPAM Cloud Orchestrator - Version 2.1.44 - What's New

The document containing descriptions of new features introduced in EPAM Orchestrator version 2.1.44

EPAM Cloud Orchestrator - Version 2.1.44 - Release Notes

The list of all additions, improvements and fixes implemented in EPAM Orchestrator version 2.1.44