Kubernetes Support on GCP, Improved Infrastructure Approval, Remote Device Login, and more

[marcuskohlberg]

As with all things Kubernetes, this release took a lot of work!
Finally, we're happy to share that Encore now supports deploying to Kubernetes on GCP (AWS is coming soon).

Here's what you need to know:

• When you create a new GCP environment, you can now choose your desired compute platform: Cloud Run, GKE Autopilot, or GKE Standard.
• As you would expect, Encore provisions all the necessary infrastructure, IAM, and orchestrates deployments to Kubernetes.
• We'll soon add support for importing self-managed Kubernetes clusters, letting you deploy Encore applications to your existing Kubernetes clusters.

As always, remember to update your CLI: encore version update

– We're looking forward to hearing your feedback on Slack!

Improved Infrastructure Approval Flow

In case you didn't know, Encore lets you require admin approval for deploys that make changes to infrastructure.
We've just shipped some improvements to make this workflow better:

• The infrastructure provisioning UI now gives you more information about the infrastructure changes, including the specific properties being modified.
• If any changes will require downtime (like modifying certain properties on database clusters) there's a new dialog to avoid any nasty surprises.

Remote Device Login Support

The Encore CLI now supports logging in from a different device than where your browser is running, using encore auth login. (The new flow is powered by OAuth2's device authorization standard.) This adds better support for use cases like developing over SSH, and using WSL, GitHub Codespaces/Gitpod, etc.

Remember to update your CLI: encore version update

Improved Pub/Sub Concurrency

Encore now supports configurable Pub/Sub concurrency on a per-subscriber basis, using the MaxConcurrency field in the pubsub.SubscriptionConfig. The default value, if not set, is a reasonable default based on the cloud provider. See the package docs for more information.

Thanks to all contributors!

We rely on the community to improve Encore, and we're overwhelmed by your support and encouragement. Thanks to Neal Lathia, Peter Stewart, Luka Giorgadze, Simon Vans-Colina, Phakorn Kiong, Hussein Badakhchani, Brent Dillingham, Jakob Nordfeldt, and Will Demaine for your ideas, bug reports, and feedback!

What’s next

Right now we're working on adding support for deploying to existing Kubernetes clusters, Kubernetes on AWS, gRPC, and much more. Remember to vote on your favorite feature on the roadmap!

As always, if you have questions or feedback, tell us on Slack or just email us at [email protected].
We’re excited to hear your feedback! ❤️

Catch you in the cloud,
Marcus & the Encore team

Full Changelog: v1.21.0...v1.21.1

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