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Markdown version of each page in the PFCP User Guide is now available

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0900

Each page of the PFCP User Guide (docs.pfcomputing.com) is now available in Markdown format.

You can obtain the Markdown version simply by changing the file extension in the URL from .html to .md.

HTML version: https://docs.pfcomputing.com/en/glossary.html
Markdown version: https://docs.pfcomputing.com/en/glossary.md

A “View as Markdown” button has also been added to the menu bar of each page, which takes you to the Markdown version when clicked.

This is useful when Markdown is easier to work with than HTML, such as when feeding documentation to an AI agent.

English version of "PFCP News" is now available

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0900

We have now released the English version of “PFCP News”.

English version: https://pfcomputing.com/en/news/

You can switch between Japanese and English versions using the language selection menu at the bottom of the page.

English version of PFCP User Guide is now available

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0900

The English version of the PFCP User Guide is now available.

English version: https://docs.pfcomputing.com/en/

You can switch between Japanese and English using the language switcher menu in the upper right corner of the page.

The English version has been created based on machine translation, with the Japanese version as the authoritative source. If there are any discrepancies, please refer to the Japanese version.

MySQL clusters can now be easily created using MOCO

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0900

You can now easily create MySQL clusters on PFCP using MOCO. You can also use MOCO’s features together with public cloud ID federation to manage backup operations.

For details, see the User Guide.

KEDA ScaledJob is now supported for automatic horizontal scaling of Jobs

Tue, 26 May 2026 08:00:00 +0900

KEDA ScaledJob is now supported for automatic horizontal scaling of Jobs. In addition to ScaledObject for workload horizontal scaling, you can now use ScaledJob for Jobs.

For details, see the User Guide.

`SealedSecret` is now available for managing sensitive data with GitOps

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0900

The Kubernetes custom resource SealedSecret is now available for managing sensitive data using GitOps practices. SealedSecret allows you to encrypt sensitive data and store it in a Git repository. When applied to a cluster, the resource is decrypted using the cluster’s encryption key and expanded into a standard Secret resource.

For details, see the User Guide.

Kubernetes Dashboard Headlamp is now available

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0900

Headlamp, a web UI for Kubernetes clusters, is now available on PFCP. In Headlamp, you can browse resources such as Pods, Deployments, and ReservedNodes from your browser according to your permissions. For some resources, you can also perform operations such as create, update, and delete.

For details, see the User Guide.

Figure 1: Browse view for resources such as Pods and Deployments

Figure 2: Manifest editing (left panel) and detailed information display including Prometheus metrics (right panel)

MN-Core SDK v0.4 Released

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0900

MN-Core SDK v0.4 has been released and is now available on PFCP.

You can check the list of currently available container images and tags at https://console.pfcomputing.com/images.

The main updates in this release are as follows.

Compiler performance improvements, bug fixes, and version updates for various dependency libraries
Added the Migration Guide (MLSDK)
Expanded MLSDK examples (/opt/pfn/pfcomp/codegen/MLSDK/examples/)

Organization resource quotas are now visible in a Grafana dashboard

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0900

You can now check organization-wide resource quotas in a Grafana dashboard.

In the PFCP > HNC / HRQ / Tenant Resource Hard Limit & Usage dashboard, you can view limits and usage for Hierarchical Resource Quota.

For details, see the User Guide.

PFCP Portal is now available in English

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0900

PFCP Portal is now available in English. You can switch the language from the settings menu at the top right of the page.

The English version of the user guide will also be available soon.

GitHub Actions jobs can now be run on PFCP

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0900

You can now run GitHub Actions jobs on PFCP. This enables you to build CI/CD pipelines that leverage cluster resources.

For details, see the User Guide.

Ingress visibility can now be restricted to specific users in an organization

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0900

When publishing workloads to the internet as web applications using Ingress, you can now restrict visibility. You can limit access to specific users or user groups within your organization.

For details, see the User Guide.

ParallelJob custom resource for distributed batch processing (Experimental) is now available

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:31:12 +0900

The ParallelJob custom resource is now available to easily run distributed batch processing on Kubernetes clusters. ParallelJob is a Kubernetes custom resource that simplifies deployment and management of distributed batch jobs that coordinate across multiple nodes.

Because this is an experimental feature, the API schema may change in the future.

For details, see the User Guide.

File storage is now available on shared nodes for persistent storage

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0900

In addition to block storage (RWO), file storage (RWX) is now available for persistent storage on shared nodes. Regardless of whether nodes are dedicated or shared, you can mount and use storage across Pods.

For detailed usage, see File Storage and Shared Nodes.

You can now connect to workspaces from Visual Studio Code

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0900

You can now connect to environments created with the Workspace feature from Visual Studio Code (VS Code). You can use your local configured VS Code environment to edit code and debug.

For details, see the User Guide.

External event-driven workload autoscaling with KEDA is now available

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 10:31:12 +0900

External event-driven horizontal autoscaling for workloads with KEDA is now available. KEDA enables automatic scaling of Pod replicas based on external events, which is not possible with the standard Horizontal Pod Autoscaler alone.

For details, see the User Guide.

Persistent storage snapshot feature is now available

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 18:30:00 +0900

The persistent storage snapshot feature is now available. You can save and restore volume state, making it useful for backups and other scenarios.

For details, see the User Guide.

Workspace presets are now available

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0900

The workspace preset feature is now available. By defining and sharing workspace configurations in advance, you can simplify the management of workspaces that use similar setups.

For details, see the User Guide.

New tutorial released: Importing cloud storage data into clusters

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0900

We have published a new PFCP User Guide tutorial: “Importing cloud storage data into clusters.”

Importing cloud storage data into clusters - Preferred Computing Platform (PFCP) User Guide

This tutorial walks through a scenario where you configure identity federation with a public cloud and securely copy data stored in user-managed AWS S3 to a Persistent Volume on PFCP. Please give it a try.

Workloads can now be published as authenticated Web APIs

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0900

The API Identity-Aware Proxy feature is now available, allowing you to publish workloads as web APIs with authentication. You can now host web APIs on PFCP clusters.

Authentication is configured automatically for each published web API, and access requires a Kubernetes ServiceAccount token. For detailed usage, see the User Guide.