API keys and instance assignments are now more flexible
We're excited to announce support for one of the most-requested Geocodio Unlimited features: the ability to have multiple API keys associated with an instance!
We've gone beyond that, though, and have made API key and instance relationships much more flexible. You can now group instances together as well.
We're calling this new feature Instance Pools, and it means you can have a variety of new relationships between API keys and instances:
For example, let's say you have two instances that are shared by four applications. Before, you could have two API keys, each associated with one instance, or one API key that used both instances. Now, you can have an API key for each application, and choose how the instances are allocated: two API keys to each instance, three API keys for one instance and the second instance with one API key, and so forth.
We've also added the ability to designate a specific pool for spreadsheet upload processing. This can be useful when, for example, you have instances being used in production with live API integrations and want separate resources for your non-technical internal users to upload spreadsheets.
You can read more about Instance Pools here.
This new functionality has been enabled for all Unlimited accounts.
However, there have been no changes to existing configurations. API key(s) route to the same instance(s) as before.
Unlimited account administrators can create new API keys and assign them to instance pools in the Instances section of the dashboard. (If you do not see that page on your dashboard, please check that you are logged in as the administrator.)