Backend.AI's Forklift is a service that automatically generates Docker container images for use in computational sessions and supports optimized deployment. It is very good news for those who need to configure image environments differently for each target device or who need to deploy but do not know how to write Docker files. With Forklift, you can easily build custom images by simply setting the source and target images.
We are excited to announce the release of version Backend.AI 22.06, an intermediate version between the stable 22.03 release and the upcoming innovative features to be introduced in 22.09 starting from July 2022. Version 22.06 introduces and evaluates various innovative features that will be officially introduced in the stable version 22.09 if they are sufficiently stabilized in this intermediate development version.
The core engine of Backend.AI uses many open-source software, and it is itself being developed as an open source project. If you find any inconvenience or bugs while using Backend.AI, enterprise customers can use customer support and technical support channels for issue tracking and support, but it is also possible to contribute to the open-source directly. There are two ways to contribute: explaining in detail the issues or improvement ideas by creating an issue and directly contributing by fixing the code with a pull request. In this post, we introduce several things to keep in mind to communicate more effectively and quickly with the development team during the contribution process.