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Discover 8 New Major Features on Qovery - May 2024 Edition

At Qovery, our team has been working hard to introduce new features to enhance your development experience. Here are the eight major features we've rolled out in the last four months. 🔥
Romaric Philogène
CEO & Co-founder
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Watch the complete Qovery Demo Day May 2024 here.

1. Qovery on Your Local Machine

Now, you can try Qovery on your local machine with just one command: qovery demo up. The only requirements are Docker running and 2 vCPU with 4GB RAM available. This feature allows you to explore Qovery without any restrictions or time limits, completely free of charge.

Check out the announcement.

2. Bring Your Own Kubernetes with Qovery

Installing Qovery on your Kubernetes cluster is now straightforward with the command qovery cluster install. This command initiates a simple wizard that generates a Helm chart for you to review and apply. This feature is fully accessible without any restrictions or time limits, and it is free.

Check out the documentation.

3. Manage Kubernetes Annotations

Qovery now allows you to manage your Kubernetes annotations with an intuitive and powerful interface, giving you greater control over your Kubernetes deployments.

Check out the announcement.

4. Karpenter Integration

We have rolled out Karpenter, a highly cost-efficient Kubernetes node autoscaler, in public beta. Karpenter supports spot instances and GPUs, enabling significant cost savings on AWS. Learn more about Karpenter and how it can reduce your AWS costs by up to 60% here. Check out this article for deploying AI applications with GPUs on AWS EKS and Karpenter.

Click here to join the beta

5. Helm Deployment Improvement

We have simplified Helm deployments by eliminating the need to add Qovery macros into your Helm values file. Qovery now automatically injects them via a Kubernetes Admission Controller, making the deployment process smoother.

6. Qovery Cloudshell

Access your applications and databases with Qovery's remote shell access directly from your web browser. With one click, you're connected to your apps, providing a seamless remote access experience.

7. New Service List

We are continually working to simplify the deployment of any type of application within Qovery. Our new service list is designed to make this process more intuitive, ensuring quick and easy application deployment.

8. Contextual Helper

We have introduced a consistent way to offer assistance within Qovery at any point in your journey. The contextual helper provides comprehensive help from our documentation, forum, and, if needed, our support engineering team.

Bonus: Qovery Portal

Watch the end of our demo day to discover the Qovery Portal and get a sneak peek at what we are preparing for Qovery V4.

It's a wrap

Our commitment at Qovery is to make the most enjoyable Internal Developer Platform for Platform Engineers and Developers. We aim to continuously innovate and improve, ensuring that our platform remains intuitive, powerful, and developer-friendly. Stay tuned for more exciting updates and features as we strive to enhance your development experience.

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