# Ideas

**URL:** https://aiida.discourse.group/c/aiidalab/ideas/12.md

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## [About the AiiDAlab Ideas category](https://aiida.discourse.group/t/about-the-aiidalab-ideas-category/50)

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**Author:** [@jusong.yu](https://aiida.discourse.group/u/jusong.yu)\
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**Last updated:** [July 11, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://aiida.discourse.group/t/about-the-aiidalab-ideas-category/50 "2023-07-11T23:02:27Z")

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This is the sub-category of AiiDAlab channel for new ideas and requirements of next movement of AiiDAlab.

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## [Tutorial Video on "how to make a AiiDAlab app"](https://aiida.discourse.group/t/tutorial-video-on-how-to-make-a-aiidalab-app/67)

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**Author:** [@jusong.yu](https://aiida.discourse.group/u/jusong.yu)\
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**Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 8:45am UTC](https://aiida.discourse.group/t/tutorial-video-on-how-to-make-a-aiidalab-app/67 "2023-08-17T08:45:28Z")

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We did a lot of effort in making creating AiiDAlab app easy. Start from the app cookiecutter (GitHub - aiidalab/aiidalab-app-cutter: Cookie cutter recipe for AiiDAlab apps. which is not updated) should be easy to get a s…

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## [Try more k8s deployments](https://aiida.discourse.group/t/try-more-k8s-deployments/66)

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**Author:** [@jusong.yu](https://aiida.discourse.group/u/jusong.yu)\
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**Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 8:39am UTC](https://aiida.discourse.group/t/try-more-k8s-deployments/66 "2023-08-17T08:39:48Z")

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We were using k8s to deploy AiiDAlab to MarketPlace and using microk8s recipe for internal THEOS/PSI deployments. We also have k8s recipes to do it. The k8s is the production way to have a robust deployment, so we need …

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## [Add interaction between Materials Cloud Archive and AiiDAlab](https://aiida.discourse.group/t/add-interaction-between-materials-cloud-archive-and-aiidalab/65)

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**Author:** [@Xing](https://aiida.discourse.group/u/Xing)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 7:13am UTC](https://aiida.discourse.group/t/add-interaction-between-materials-cloud-archive-and-aiidalab/65 "2023-08-17T07:13:37Z")

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The idea is to reproduce the current integration between MC Archive and SDSC’s RenkuLab, but with AiIDAlab. The idea is: if a .aiida file is present, MC Archive generates an additional icon with a custom link, pointing …

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## [A demo instance on Azure using the K8S recipes](https://aiida.discourse.group/t/a-demo-instance-on-azure-using-the-k8s-recipes/64)

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**Author:** [@jusong.yu](https://aiida.discourse.group/u/jusong.yu)\
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**Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 9:14am UTC](https://aiida.discourse.group/t/a-demo-instance-on-azure-using-the-k8s-recipes/64 "2023-08-03T09:14:00Z")

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There are only two public deployment of AiiDAlab at the moment, one on Materials Cloud for MARVEL partners and one on DigitalOcean for EU-MarketPlace project which will soon terminated (end Sept). We had a credential on…