March Product Update

March was a busy month for us. Here’s what we have been working on.

New Features and Updates

Updates

• Updated Growthbook to the latest version by @michaeljguarino in #593
• Prefect to latest version v2.8.6 by @floreks in #591
• Upgraded Metabase artifact to the latest release by @maciaszczykm in #590
• Upgraded Chatwoot and also removed dependency on the forked chart since it seems to be unnecessary by @michaeljguarino in #584
• Upgraded Dagster chart to latest version v1.2.2 by @kwigley in #581
• Upgraded Airbyte to 0.42.0 which will fix some UI issues by @michaeljguarino in #579
• Upgraded Datahub to the latest version v0.10.0 along with cleaning up some of the jobs we copied locally to be able to set resources.by @DavidSpek in #574
• Upgraded MLFlow to version v.1.30 and uses a new image with a newer version of MLFlow. by @DavidSpek in #558Upgraded our GCP bootstrap K8s version to the latest version v1.23 by @DavidSpek in #554

Console

• Made updates to the account setting tab by @maciaszczykm in #312
• Expose user management feature which is useful for configuring access to groups/roles by @michaeljguarino in #315

CLI

• Add cluster promotion commands which will allow users to perform all the main CRUD for cluster promotions by @michaeljguarino in #361
• Adds info command to redisplay the info from the deploy notes for an app. Also, add a new command set for "apps" since "repos" is unintuitive by @michaeljguarino in #376
• Add global debug flag plural --debug or PLURAL_DEBUG_ENABLE=true plural ... to display some debug information by @zreigz in #357Add --all flag to plural destroy. This will make a full cluster destroy require an implicit invocation which can prevent mistyping by @michaeljguarino in #359

Plural

• Surface health info in cloud shell installer. This will show users the pending state (in a very basic way) for the apps they've installed in the cloud shell. by @michaeljguarino in #1031
• Delinquent payment notifications by @dogmar in #1037
• A quick button to be able to delete the cloud demo by @michaeljguarino in #1033
• Make legacy user callouts dismissible by @maciaszczykm  in #1034
• Pricing calculator by @maciaszczykm  in #1014
• Implement user limit by @michaeljguarino in #1007Restore the GCP demo and update the onboarding flow by @floreks  in #968

Improvements and Bug Fixes

• Loading improvements by @maciaszczykm  in #1020
• Support FILE config input types by @dogmar in #996
• Fix stale struct error when deleting deferred updates by @michaeljguarino in #979
• Add support for prefix on password type by @michaeljguarino in #378
• Add support for missing wait and skip flags by @zreigz in #375
• Fix VPN table scrolling by @floreks in #306

Docs Updates

• Add initial concepts page by @swoodward in #183
• Document helm rollbacks by @michaeljguarino in #181
• Feat: Pricing calculator by @maciaszczykm in #180
• Fix: doc "Add an application" by @walkoss in #179
• Add dagster deployment guide by avaidyanatha in #178Clean up initial repo instructions by avaidyanatha in #172

Content

Since our last newsletter, we’ve posted four articles.

We're currently offering $500 for every application contributed to the catalog and $150 for every application upgrade performed.

Why We Are Paying For Open-source Contributions (And Why You Should Too)

We’re currently offering $500 for every application contributed to the catalog and $150 for every application upgrade performed.

Blog | PluralAbhi Vaidyanatha

We wrote a new guide on how to deploy Airflow on Kubernetes using the updated Plural application. In 13 quick steps, you can get Airflow deployed on your own cloud using Kubernetes.

Deploying Airflow on Kubernetes

A step-by-step tutorial on how to deploy Apache Airflow on Kubernetes using Plural’s cloud shell.

Blog | PluralAbhi Vaidyanatha

We wrote a new guide on how to deploy Airbyte and add users to your Kubernetes cluster by using the updated Plural application. Check out our latest guide below.

Deploying Airbyte on Kubernetes Using Plural

Airbyte is a popular open-source EL(T) platform. Here’s how to deploy Airbyte on Kubernetes using Plural.

Blog | PluralAbhi Vaidyanatha

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Plural Content Contributor Program

Plural is now accepting applications to contribute content to our blog. Earn $600 per 1,000 word-article that you write for Plural.

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Community Growth

Since our last newsletter, we have had 43 members join our discord bringing our membership to 573.

Check out our community page for what else we have been up to.

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