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Valentin Viennot
24 May 2021

Canonical’s first DockerCon

Article Cloud and server

May 27th will be Canonical’s first time as a DockerCon sponsor. That’s exciting! Since our joint announcement back in November, the relationship between Canonical and Docker has become stronger as more projects arise. There’s still a lot to be done in a cloud-native world to make Open Source available to everyone in its...

Valentin Viennot
24 May 2021

Alex Murray
19 May 2021

What’s new in security for Ubuntu 21.04?

Article Cloud and server

Ubuntu 21.04 is the latest release of Ubuntu and comes at the mid-point between the most recent Long Term Supported (LTS) release of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and the forthcoming 22.04 LTS release due in April 2022. This provides a good opportunity to take stock of some of the latest security features delivered in this release,

Alex Murray
19 May 2021

Igor Ljubuncic
13 May 2021

How to troubleshoot application issues and crashes with snapd gdbserver

Article Apps

Sometimes, applications may not run well, or they could even crash. When such issues occur, it is useful to have a consistent, reproducible method of triggering the problem, so that developers can have a reliable way and sufficient data to troubleshoot the issues and produce a fix. In the software world, the GNU Debugger (gdb)

Igor Ljubuncic
13 May 2021

Igor Ljubuncic
7 May 2021

The snap developer’s guide on how to migrate to new bases

Article Apps

A couple of weeks ago, we published an article about Ubuntu 16.04 entering Extended Security Maintenance (ESM), and the implications of this change for snap publishers. We talked about the different options available to developers and publishers who still may rely on the older bases in their build process – free Ubuntu...

Igor Ljubuncic
7 May 2021

Tytus Kurek
4 May 2021

OpenStack Wallaby: OpenStack Charms 21.04

Article Cloud and server

OpenStack Charms 21.04 release brings native support for OpenStack Wallaby and Ceph Pacific in Canonical’s Charmed OpenStack. Those latest versions of OpenStack and Ceph come with numerous performance improvements, making the open infrastructure stack even more suitable for network and storage intensive workloads. In...

Tytus Kurek
4 May 2021

Canonical
3 May 2021

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS transitions to Extended Security Maintenance (ESM)

Article Cloud and server

This article was updated in September 2021 to reflect the new lifecycle of 16.04. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ‘Xenial Xerus’ transitions into the extended security maintenance (ESM) support phase at the end of April 2021 from its standard, five-year maintenance window for Ubuntu long term support (LTS) releases. Xenial Xerus is...

Canonical
3 May 2021

Tytus Kurek
26 April 2021

OpenStack CentOS alternatives:

7 reasons to migrate to Ubuntu

Article Cloud and server

Looking for OpenStack CentOS alternatives after recent changes in the CentOS project? Think Ubuntu – the most popular Linux distribution for OpenStack deployments across development and production environments. Wondering what makes Ubuntu different? Here are seven reasons you should consider Ubuntu when planning your...

Tytus Kurek
26 April 2021

Tytus Kurek
23 April 2021

Ubuntu Server 21.04:

What’s new?

Article Cloud and server

Ubuntu Server 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) brings significant improvements to automation and stability fronts with new extensions to the Ubuntu Server Live Installer and phased updates in the Advanced Package Tool (APT). In addition, the latest development cycle includes improved enterprise applications availability with...

Tytus Kurek
23 April 2021

Andreea Munteanu
19 April 2021

Multi-cloud infrastructure in Italy

Article Cloud and server

The Italian version of the blog post is also available When: 12th of May 2021,10AM – 12PM EETWhere: Italian virtual space Talk multi-cloud infrastructure Time is flying and there is less than one month left before the first event that Canonical & Ubuntu organise in Italy. The main topic of the live talk will be

Andreea Munteanu
19 April 2021

Alex Chalkias
14 April 2021

From lightweight to featherweight: MicroK8s memory optimisation

Article Cloud and server

If you’re a developer, a DevOps engineer or just a person fascinated by the unprecedented growth of Kubernetes, you’ve probably scratched your head about how to get started. MicroK8s is the simplest way to do so. Canonical’s lightweight Kubernetes distribution started back in 2018 as a quick and simple way for people to...

Alex Chalkias
14 April 2021

Leia Ruffini
13 April 2021

Ubuntu in the wild – 13th of April 2021

Article Cloud and server

The Ubuntu in the wild blog post ropes in the latest highlights about Ubuntu and Canonical around the world on a bi-weekly basis.

Leia Ruffini
13 April 2021

Canonical
8 April 2021

Kubernetes 1.21 available from Canonical

Article Cloud and server

Today, Canonical announces full enterprise support for Kubernetes 1.21, from cloud to edge. Canonical Kubernetes support covers MicroK8s, Charmed Kubernetes and kubeadm. Starting with 1.21, moving forward Canonical commits to supporting N-2 releases as well as providing extended security maintenance (ESM) and patching...

Canonical
8 April 2021

Alex Chalkias
1 April 2021

Ceph Pacific 16.2.0 is now available

Article Ceph

April 1st 2021 – Today, Ceph upstream released the first stable version of ‘Pacific’, a full year after the last stable release ‘Octopus’. Pacific focuses on usability and cross-platform integrations, with exciting features such as iSCSI and NFS promoted to stable or major dashboard enhancements. This makes it easier to...

Alex Chalkias
1 April 2021

Leia Ruffini
30 March 2021

Ubuntu in the wild – 30th of March 2021

Article Cloud and server

The Ubuntu in the wild blog post ropes in the latest highlights about Ubuntu and Canonical around the world on a bi-weekly basis.

Leia Ruffini
30 March 2021

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