whitesky cloud platform

Past

Completed features and improvements

Bulk VM Creation

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Provision multiple VMs simultaneously with automated configuration, image selection, and network setup, reducing deployment time.

Cache Configuration for Disks

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Added support for configuring cache devices and filesystem usage after disk creation, giving users more flexibility in performance tuning.

Certificate Lifecycle Management

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Introduces certificate creation, renewal, and assignment directly through the portal, with backend automation of secret rotation and expiry tracking.

Connected Cloudspaces via WireGuard

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Establish encrypted point-to-point VPN tunnels between Cloudspaces using WireGuard for secure and low-overhead cross-region communication.

Customer Economic Modus: Self-Service Pricing & Quotas

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A major enhancement that empowers administrators to define pricing per resource and manage customer quotas directly through the portal. This feature simplifies cost control and introduces full self-service economic governance for deployments.

Disk and Objectspace Role Management

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Role-based access control support for individual disks and objectspaces, improving data security segmentation.

External Network Management

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Enhanced ingress and load balancer configuration, including support for external IPs, annotations, and nested cloudspace exposure.

Localization and Multilingual Support

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Multilingual support in the portal. Users can submit translation suggestions directly through the interface.

Objectspaces Buffer Storage

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Introduced buffer storage layer to Objectspaces for improved write performance and burst traffic handling.

Physical Storage Disks (NVMe)

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Users can now attach high-performance NVMe disks to VMs directly from the portal, ideal for latency-sensitive workloads.

Rancher Kubernetes as a Service (KaaS)

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Deploy Rancher management clusters with full VCO integration, IAM support, and flexible HA or single-node setups.

Unified Image Management with Cloud Controller Manager

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Enables multipart uploads, tagging, and centralized handling of image definitions. This improvement streamlines how VM images are created, updated, and organized.

Virtual GPU Management

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Users can reserve and attach vGPU profiles directly when creating VMs, with automatic billing and cleanup. Admins can define GPU profiles on G8 nodes and monitor usage seamlessly.

VPN Access to Cloudspaces

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Secure remote access to Cloudspaces using WireGuard. Provides encrypted tunnels ideal for remote administration.

Now

Features and improvements we're currently working on

Custom VM Deployments with userData Templates

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For more flexibility when deploying VMs, we’ve added support for parameterized user data templates. Image publishers can now attach templates to their VM images, defining configurable fields that users can populate during VM creation.

Kubernetes 1.32 Upgrade & Deployment Improvements

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Support for Kubernetes version 1.32 for newly created clusters, bringing the latest upstream enhancements and security patches. In addition, clusters deployed within a single Cloudspace now automatically place master nodes in an anti-affinity group, improving availability by spreading nodes across different hosts.

Local Storage Options for Kubernetes and Rancher

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choose to use local storage for Kubernetes master node disks and Rancher data disks. This improves performance for workloads requiring low-latency disk access while still allowing flexibility depending on deployment requirements.

Rancher HA Improvements

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VMs in Rancher management clusters are now also distributed using an anti-affinity group when deployed together, reducing the risk of a single point of failure in high-availability setups. Rancher version is also updated to 2.103

Secure boot

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support for Secure Boot by introducing a new boot type: uefi-secure-boot. This enhances VM integrity by ensuring only signed, trusted software is loaded during the boot process.

Soon

Planned for the next release or two

AI for Cloud Control

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lets users manage their cloud resources by just talking to an expert assistant, instead of clicking through menus.

Backup

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Backup management across multiple storage targets — including remote S3-compatible destinations. Policies can sync automatically between targets, eliminating the need for manual duplication and ensuring consistency. Fine-grained backup mangament and overview of all backups and failures with repository overview in target details.

External Authentication via OIDC

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Allows admins to configure and manage external authentication providers using the OpenID Connect (OIDC) protocol. Once set up, customers can authenticate through their own identity systems, such as corporate SSO or third-party providers. Each OICD provider can be configured with different scopes and claims, enabling fine-grained access control and can be enabled or disabled seperately

Ingress & Load Balancer Enhancements

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manage ingress controllers at the worker pool level—enabling optional deployment and the ability to add or remove controllers per pool. Load balancers support for external Cloudspace IPs, with the option to specify the external network via service annotations. Additionally, both management and Kubernetes clusters can be deployed in nested Cloudspaces, with the ability to select the external network used to expose the Rancher UI.

Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI) Support

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Support for creating and managing Windows 11 virtual desktops through configurable VDI user profiles. Each profile defines machine specs, VM templates, user roles, cloud-init scripts, vGPU settings, and session behaviors—whether single-use or dedicated. Customers can control standby pools, backup policies, and lifecycle rules including recycling time and post-session availability. A downloadable agent for Windows, macOS, and Linux initiates WireGuard tunnels and launches RDP sessions via the dedicated VDI landing page.

vTPM Support for Virtual Machines

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enable a virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM) when creating a VM through the portal. vTPMs provide each VM with a secure, isolated environment for storing encryption keys and supporting features like secure boot. Once enabled, managing the VM — including actions like creation, restart, or deletion — will require a password, enhancing overall security and compliance.

Later

Coming in the next 6-12 months

Asynchronous VM Replication

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Asynchronous replication of consistent VM snapshots across cloud locations will enable disaster recovery on a per-VM basis. This provides more granular control compared to geo-redundant backends, offering flexibility in replication strategies tailored to individual workloads.

Improved Storage Efficiency with Discard (TRIM/UNMAP)

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Adding support for discard (TRIM/UNMAP) operations to our software-defined storage system. This allows deleted files to inform the backend that space is free, enabling better optimization, reduced flash wear, and more efficient use of storage capacity.

Nested Object Storage Backends

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Introducing support for nesting object storage backends. This enables RAID-0-like scale-out or RAID-1-like geo-redundancy for both block and S3-compatible storage, allowing high performance or high availability across locations.

Single Node Deployment

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Develop and implement functionality that enables the deployment of our platform on a single node, allowing users to easily install, test, and explore the features and capabilities of the system in a simplified, standalone environment.

Updates and changes

v3.0.12: Smarter Deployments and Resilient Infrastructure

a new set of features designed to enhance your Cloudspaces with improved security, streamlined processes, and time-saving tools

Kubernetes & Rancher

Custom VM Deployments with userData Templates

v3.0.3: Security and Streamlining

a new set of features designed to enhance your Cloudspaces with improved security, streamlined processes, and time-saving tools

WireGuard for Connected Cloudspaces

VPN access to Cloudspaces via WireGuard

Bulk VM creation

Rancher version controller

Localization

v2.9: Introducing Physical Storage for VMs

improving both system efficiency and user experience

physical storage for VMs

Highlights of what we’re cooking

Past

Bulk VM Creation

Cache Configuration for Disks

Certificate Lifecycle Management

Connected Cloudspaces via WireGuard

Customer Economic Modus: Self-Service Pricing & Quotas

Disk and Objectspace Role Management

External Network Management

Localization and Multilingual Support

Objectspaces Buffer Storage

Physical Storage Disks (NVMe)

Rancher Kubernetes as a Service (KaaS)

Unified Image Management with Cloud Controller Manager

Virtual GPU Management

VPN Access to Cloudspaces

Now

Custom VM Deployments with userData Templates

Kubernetes 1.32 Upgrade & Deployment Improvements

Local Storage Options for Kubernetes and Rancher

Rancher HA Improvements

Secure boot

Soon

AI for Cloud Control

Backup

External Authentication via OIDC

Ingress & Load Balancer Enhancements

Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI) Support

vTPM Support for Virtual Machines

Later

Asynchronous VM Replication

Improved Storage Efficiency with Discard (TRIM/UNMAP)

Nested Object Storage Backends

Single Node Deployment