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Announcing TurnKey Hub v2.0
Alon Swartz
- Sun, 2017/06/11 - 16:07
I can't believe it's been over 6 years since we
announced v1.0
. Even more shocking is the last
hub tagged
blog post
was over 4 years ago, given that we haven't stopped developing, improving and adding features to the Hub during that time.
The below are just a few highlights that stood out while I was reviewing
the git-log for the base application, though I'm sure I missed some...
$ git diff --stat 68a14f27 HEAD
585 files changed, 54948 insertions(+), 15202 deletions(-)
Review of notable changes since the last post
On-boarding and support
Improved account setup flow. Since the deployment of the new
on-boarding flow, we've seen a 68.3% increase in users going from
zero to a fully setup account. We continue to analyze where users
are getting stuck, improve the flow, and remove friction where
ever we can.
We've been experimenting with integrated online chat and issue
tracking. Obviously this has increased our support load, but the
improved support we can offer users, and the insights we get
are totally worth it.
IAM Role support
Mid 2014 we added support for
IAM roles
. IAM is AWS's Identity and
Access Management system. An IAM role is the secure, recommended
way to authorize apps to call the AWS API on your behalf.
Before IAM roles, the only way to provide access was to share
secret keys which could get stolen. Worse, there was no way to
tell who was using those keys to access your account or what they
were doing.
With IAM roles, there are no keys to steal and it is possible to
log access by role to keep track of all actions performed on your
behalf by 3rd party apps.
We believe in multi-layered security, so we also developed what we
internally call the 'hub-vault', a separate system acting as the
gatekeeper for performing 'assume-role' API calls against Amazon
STS.
Cloud deployment and management
Completely redesigned
dashboards
(servers, domains, assets, etc.).
Support for HVM instance types (bang-for-your-buck).
Support for 'magical' VPC deployments (creates a VPC if needed,
enables DNS attributes, creates and attaches an Internet Gateway,
sets up VPC/Gateway routing, creates Subnets and associates
routing tables).
Improved launch page - inline usage fees, instance sizes tagged
per generation, more advanced options (enable security
notifications, availability zone selection).
Currently supports 14.1 appliances, updated to 14.2 when released.
Added support for multi-zones.
Reserved instances now supports 3rd party offers.
Server SSH fingerprints available in dashboard for OOB verification.
TurnKey Backup and Migration (TKLBAM)
Completely redesigned
dashboard
Support for IAM role STS credentials, and vanilla Amazon S3.
Reduced storage fees ($0.03/GB).
Backups are now stored in regional buckets with unique prefixes.
Due to supporting vanilla S3, the Hub now has a TKLBAM free plan.
New billing system
We now leverage Stripe to handle our billing, an industry leading
payment processor who processes billions of dollars worth of
transactions for thousands of companies. Integrated with
end-to-end encryption from browser to Stripe, your credit card
details never touch the Hub.
The Hub now has stream-lined upgrade/downgrade functionality, with
pro-rata support, as well as free trials.
Previously the Hub leveraged Amazon DevPay for billing as well as
TKLBAM storage. We've developed a
migration mechanism
to ease the
move, as well as providing free-upgrades / discounts.
Amazon marketplace integration
Users who have instances deployed via the Amazon marketplace can
now register them with the Hub, and get the standard TKLBAM plan
as well as support enabled in their account.
As usual, if you have feedback or ideas for improvement, please send it our way.
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