New Features in MMCloud 1.1 Release

Release Date

Released on 12-01-2022

MMCloud is designed to work on any cloud infrastructure. Release 1.1 supports the following clouds:

Self-service license registration via the MMCloud license portal
MMCloud CLI for submitting and managing workloads, and for maintaining the MMCloud platform
- One-click download and installation of CLI binary for Linux, macOS, or Windows clients
- Web-based console for invoking CLI commands without needing to download the CLI binary
User and group management — add, update, or delete users or groups
Global login session (eliminates per job login)
On-line MMCloud software upgrade using CLI commands
- Synchronization of CLI client version with MMCloud version
Support for multiple data volume types, including local file system mount, EBS volume, and remote NFS mount

Per job virtual machine (VM) allocation policy
Customizable VM allocation policy, for example, try Spot Instance first, then On-demand instance
Price limits for allocating Spot Instances
Downloadable usage and cost reports

Extra security group attached per job
Limited authority for IAM roles to provide job insulation
Validation of important CLI commands such as "float submit job"
Double confirmation on critical CLI commands, for example, when upgrading software or canceling jobs
Selection of virtual private cloud (VPC) in which to deploy MMCloud (not limited to default VPC)

Built-in library of container images
Image pull from popular container registries, such as DockerHub, GitHub Container Registry, quay.io (public repositories only), and Amazon Elastic Container Registry (public repositories only)
Image upload from local server