2020

August 2020

Here are the highlights of new and updated features for this release:

  1. User Interface Updates
    The user interface has been revamped.

  2. New Documentation Site
    We are migrating our documentation to a new site.

  3. Platform URL Updates
    The pattern for the platform URLs has changed.

  4. Persistent Storage Size Configuration Option for Apps
    You can now configure the persistent storage size when creating apps.

  5. Prometheus Monitoring
    You can now monitor various Saagie metrics with Prometheus.

  6. Saagie’s Technology Repository Updates
    New technology versions have been added.

User Interface Updates

Saagie has revamped its user interface to streamline your user experience.

New UI overview
  1. Primary navigation menu

  2. Secondary navigation menu

  3. Button to collapse the navigation menus

  4. Platforms list box menu

Access to your user profile is now part of the primary navigation menu.

For more information, see User interface.

New Documentation Site

We are migrating our documentation to a new site: docs.saagio.io.
For Legacy or Version 1 documentation, see Saagie Legacy (Version 1).

Keep in mind that the V1 documentation is no longer maintained, although we do answer common questions.

Platform URL Updates

Now that the Projects module is no longer in beta, the pattern for the platform URLs has changed and must be as follows: prefix-suffix[.subdomain].domain.com.

Saagie will contact your platform administrator to perform this change.

For more information, see Creating DNS entry.

Persistent Storage Size Configuration Option for Apps

You can now configure the persistent storage size (between 64MB and 128MB) when creating your apps.
Persistent storage stores an app’s data between instances.

The storage size cannot be changed once the app is created.

Persistent storage size configuration option

Prometheus Monitoring

You can now monitor various Saagie metrics with Prometheus. These metrics are exposed via Saagie's HTTP API, allowing Ops teams to centralize and visualize them through Prometheus' multiple graphing and dashboarding modes.

You can enable or disable this exposure during the Saagie installation process.

Saagie’s Technology Repository Updates

The following technology versions have been added to the official Saagie technology repository:

Technologies New contexts

R

4.0

Do not forget to synchronize your Saagie repositories to keep them up to date.

March 2020

Here are the highlights of new and updated features for this release:

  1. User Interface Updates
    The user interface has been updated to streamline your user experience.

    • The navigation within a project has been improved.

    • The technology details are visible at a glance when creating a project.

  2. Activity Page
    A new page has been added: the Activity page.

  3. Running Jobs on GPU
    The GPU option is now available on jobs.

  4. Saagie’s Technology Repository Updates
    Some technology versions have been deprecated.

User Interface Updates

Improved Navigation in Project

A breadcrumb trail is now displayed at the top of the page (1).

Navigation breadcrumb trail

Breadcrumbs let you know where you are within a project and quickly go back, making navigation much easier.
In addition, new persistent buttons has been added allowing you to refresh the status of jobs or pipelines and display their settings (2).

Displaying Technology Details When Creating Projects

You can now see at a glance information about technologies and their integrated versions when creating new projects.
Hover over the technology icon when selecting technologies at the creation of the project to get a quick description.

Technology description tooltip

This feature ensures that you have all the information you need to select the right technologies for your project.

Activity page

The Activity page allows you to get a quick overview of the latest job and pipeline instances executed in each of their projects over the last 12 hours.

Activity page

This feature can be useful in a production-ready environment to quickly react to job and pipeline execution failures, in addition to email alerts for status changes.

Running Jobs on GPU

You can now run Python jobs on a GPU node if you have enabled the GPU option.
When creating a job, select run on GPU to allow Saagie to automatically allocate GPU resources to your job.

Option to run Python jobs on a GPU node

This feature can be useful for jobs such as deep learning algorithms where using a GPU can significantly speed up processing times.

Saagie’s Technology Repository Updates

The following technology versions have been added to the official Saagie technology repository:

Technologies New contexts

PySpark

3.7

Python

3.7 (contains PyTorch 1.3)

R

3.6.2

Spark

2.4.5 (replaces Spark 2.4)

Do not forget to synchronize your Saagie repositories to keep them up to date.