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What's new on the EXPLORE Platform in June 26

The nucleus-1 deployment brings new features like template-based instances, project-based access control, and a multi-node cluster. Here's what changed for you.

Instances & templates

  • Template-based instances: instances are now created from named Instance Templates instead of a fixed list of container types. These can contain custom images. If you would like to use a custom image, please contact support.
  • Per-container resource selection: when creating an instance you can now set GPU / CPU / RAM for each container in the template individually, instead of one fixed size for the whole instance.
  • Auto-generated access points: the buttons that open an instance's access points, and the SSH commands for connecting to its containers, are now generated automatically from its template, so each instance exposes exactly the entry points its template defines.

Projects & access control

  • Project-scoped instance creation: at instance creation you can now only select projects that are assigned to your user. Every user has one or more projects assigned to them. Non-admins only see the projects and instances assigned to them.
  • Private vs. shared instances: a per-instance toggle marks an instance as private or project-shared; a project-shared instance can be opened by every user in that project.

SSH access into instances

  • New SSH bridge: a new SSH bridge now sits in front of instance SSH access and fixes several problems, including:
    • scp permission errors when copying files into certain instance folders
    • permission errors when connecting to an instance from VS Code on Windows

Multi-node cluster

  • Multiple GPU worker nodes: the platform now runs as a multi-node cluster, spreading instances across multiple GPU worker nodes for more total capacity.
  • Resume on another node: a paused instance can be resumed on a different worker node than the one it was created on (via per-instance overlay snapshots), which can prevent instance loss during some kinds of maintenance work.

Documentation

  • Docs on the EXPLORE Platform website: the documentation has moved to the new EXPLORE Platform website; the docs link now opens it in a new tab.

Admin

  • Custom images: admins can upload custom images and templates for everyone to launch through a dedicated Instance Templates page.
  • Project Management page: create projects, assign and remove members, search.
  • User Management page: view platform (LDAP) users and their project assignments, add and remove temporary users, search.
  • Better GPU stats: the Grafana stats dashboard now reports per-process GPU usage, and shows correct GPU usage even when GPU time-slicing is enabled.
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