ThreeFold Grid v3.10.0 Release Note

Release Note of ThreeFold Grid v3.10.0.

• Deployed on Mainnet on 3rd July 2023.

Components and Services

The following components and services have been upgraded in this release:

• TFChain
• ZOS
• Terraform
• TFGrid-SDK-GO
• TF Gridclient
• TF Gridproxy
• RMB
• TF Weblets
• TF Playground
• TF-Grid-CLI
• Gridify
• TFGrid-SDK-TS

Upgrades and Improvement Highlights

Below are some of the key highlights of the TFGrid v3.10.0 component upgrades and improvements.

TFChain 2.4.0

• Addressed syncing issues.
• Introduced the attachment of solution provider IDs to contracts.
• Enabled the bonding of a stash account to a twin.
• Implemented various bug fixes.

ZOS 3.7.1

• Restructured the capacity to enhance dynamism.
• Added support for proxying traffic to private networks using WireGuard-based gateways.
• Introduced support for cloud-based consoles.
• Resolved various issues related to error messages, user validations, and error handling.

Terraform 1.9

• Added support for WireGuard-based gateway options.
• Implemented proper timeout handling for deployments.
• Introduced gateway node validation before submitting deployments.
• Resolved various bugs and issues.

TFGrid-SDK-GO 0.8.0

• Consolidated multiple Go projects into a single repository for simplified administration and quicker releases.
• Extracted reusable code from the Terraform project and created a standalone library for creating new platforms or plugins.

Grid-Client

• Enhanced the grid client to serve as the foundation layer for the Terraform plugin, enabling deployment of networks, virtual machines, and Kubernetes.

Grid-Proxy

• Added support for standby status for nodes powered off by the farmerbot.
• Enabled farm filtering based on requested resources.

RMB

• Improved the direct client's resilience to recover from close connections.

TF-Grid-CLI

• Introduced a simple tool for creating virtual machines and Kubernetes clusters. Note that TF-Grid-CLI is now TFCMD.
• Get started here.

Gridify

• An experimental project that allows developers to deploy their projects on ThreeFold as a platform with a single command, "gridify," using a Procfile in their code repository.
• Currently supported platforms include:
  • Go 1.18
  • Python 3.10.10
  • Node 16.17.1
  • NPM 8.10.0
  • Caddy
• Learn more here.

TFGrid-SDK-TS 2.0.0

• Consolidated all components targeting web/TypeScript developers and frontend efforts into a single repository for easier management and rapid releases.
• Moved gridclient, dashboard, statistics websites, and other TypeScript-based projects to the new repository here.

Grid-Client

• Gateways now support WireGuard backends.
• Added support for hex secrets.
• Various fixes are detailed here.

TF Dashboard

• Added support for IPv4 pricing in the resources calculator.
• Included TFT/USD exchange rate in the dashboard navbar.
• Introduced new standby status for nodes powered off by the farmerbot.
• In the explorer, a node monitoring page is now available.
• Fixed high CPU usage in the DAO Pages.
• Tracking improperly set serial number on nodes with a clear message.

TFGrid Weblets

• We are phasing out the TFGrid Weblets for a newer playground rewritten in vue3, however, we introduced some maintenance bugfixes.
• Support umbrel on the grid.

TF Playground v2.0.0

This release introduces a new playground with a more consistent user experience. Some components have been reworked for consistency.

• Simplified the profile manager, requiring only the provision of a mnemonic and a password for encryption on the device. Mnemonics are never shared or sent across the network.
• Real-time calculation of deployment costs.
• Ability to generate WireGuard configurations.
• Direct link to the monitoring page of a deployment’s hosting node.

RMB 1.0.5

• Deprecated seed flag.