---
title: "Two weeks in"
date: 2013-05-21
tags: ["news"]
url: https://www.exoscale.com/blog/two-weeks-in/
---
# Two weeks in

Hi cloud enthusiasts,

It's been an exciting two weeks since providing access to our new open-cloud
platform.

We're having a hard time taking our eyes off our dashboards and
watching accounts get created, VMs being spun up and customers using
our new platform.

We will be running on an invite-only basis for a bit longer, but please
[get in touch](https://www.exoscale.com/contact/) if you want a
CHF50 coupon to join the fun and get convinced.

We've had tons of interesting feedback on the platform so far and are
working hard to deliver the best open-cloud management experience, be sure to
keep posting your thoughts and ideas to our
[Trello board](https://trello.com/board/exoscale-console-feedback/512b81c879e74e34680061eb)

This week we've been focusing on a few glitches some of you are
experiencing when using our portal, most of which are already
rolled out.

Here's a summary of the most important updates:

* Updated base templates with Ubuntu 13.04 & 12.04
* Latest [cloud-init](https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) support, with user-data
* We now support SSH keypair imports (for RSA keys).
* When creating keypairs, text selection is smoother
* Better UI when creating keypairs and when creating security group rules

We'll be working on further improvements and on showcasing automation
tools which work on our platform such as [puppet](https://puppet.com/) with
user-data hints and pallet.

Last, come meet us at the following events if you can:

* Clojure ZH in Zürich on may 28th, where we'll talk about pallet.
* Build a cloud day where we'll talk about working with the cloudstack API and accompanying tools.

Keep on clouding!