Servers

• Dedicated servers with full administrator access and private IP on the Yale network
• Hosted on AWS EC2 and scheduled to update monthly
• Automatic daily snapshots are kept for 14 days
• Manual snapshots can be created by users on demand
• Prices will vary based on disk size and number of hours per month the servers are running

CentOS 7

• Login authentication using SSH key
• Security updates provided until June 30, 2024

Ubuntu 16.04

• Login authentication using SSH key
• Security updates provided until April 2021

Ubuntu 18.04

• Login authentication using SSH key
• Security updates provided until April 2023

Windows 2016

• Integrated with the Yale Active Directory for authentication
• Security updates provided until January 1, 2022

Databases

Shared MySQL

• Database on a MySQL (5.7) instance shared with other Spinup users
• Instance is hosted on AWS RDS and automatically updated
• Data is replicated between two servers in two different data centers
• Restricted number of client connections and limited database size
• Suitable for development work with databases smaller than 1 GB
• Users need to schedule their own database dumps if backups are required
• This offering is currently free

Dedicated MySQL

• Dedicated MySQL instance that can host multiple databases
• Instance is hosted on AWS Aurora and automatically updated
• Data is encrypted at rest and replicated across 3 different data centers
• Disk size expands automatically as more data is added, up to 64 TiB
• Automatic daily snapshots are kept for 7 days
• Users should schedule their own database dumps depending on RPO requirements
• Suitable for production use
• Price will vary depending on the disk size

Dedicated PostgreSQL

• Dedicated PostgreSQL instance that can host multiple databases
• Instance is hosted on AWS RDS and is automatically updated
• Data is encrypted at rest
• Automatic daily snapshots are kept for 7 days
• High-availability can be enabled to create a standby replica in another data center
• Users should schedule their own database dumps depending on RPO requirements
• Suitable for production use
• Price will vary depending on the disk size

Containers

Container Service

• Containers hosted on AWS Fargate with a service endpoint on the Yale network
• Multiple containers can run inside a service, those containers can communicate with each other on the loopback interface (localhost/127.0.0.1)
• Private images can be pulled from authenticated Docker repositories by specifying the login credentials
• Container services will automatically restart failed or stopped container instances
• Environment variables can be set for each container and will be passed to the container at runtime
• Secret variables can be created in the space and shared among multiple containers - those will be passed as encrypted variables into each container

Known Limitations

• Persistent storage volumes are not supported, all container storage is ephemeral and limited to 10 GB for docker image layers and 4 GB for each volume mount

Storage

S3 bucket

• Object store hosted on AWS S3
• Redundant storage across multiple data centers with 99.99% availability
• Data transfer over SSL and automatic encryption
• Unlimited space
• Pricing details