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Alex Chalkias
30 March 2021

Windows containers on Kubernetes with MicroK8s

Article Cloud and server

Kubernetes orchestrates clusters of machines to run container-based workloads. Building on the success of the container-based development model, it provides the tools to operate containers reliably at scale. The container-based development methodology is popular outside just the realm of open source and Linux though....

Alex Chalkias
30 March 2021

Holly Hall
23 March 2021

What is cloud native?

Article Cloud and server

The term cloud native is widely used when thinking about computing and software development, encompassing a wide range of concepts that are regularly used in technology. Let’s break it down and take a closer look – what does cloud native really mean? What you need to know As a concept, cloud native is a set

Holly Hall
23 March 2021

Igor Ljubuncic
23 March 2021

How does Ubuntu 16.04 entering Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) affect snap publishers?

Article Cloud and server

At the end of April, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS will reach the end of its five years of mainstream support and enter the Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) phase. If you’re a snap developer, and you have built or based your snaps on Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial) packages and libraries, you may want to know how this milestone

Igor Ljubuncic
23 March 2021

Andreea Munteanu
17 March 2021

Ubuntu in the wild – 17th 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.

Andreea Munteanu
17 March 2021

Rhys Davies
16 March 2021

Running an open source multi-cloud with Ubuntu, LXD, and Mist

Article Cloud and server

This is a guest post authored by Chris Psaltis. We are reproducing it here with Chris’ permission. Chris is the co-founder and CEO of Mist.io and uses Ubuntu and LXD on his platform on a regular basis. Thanks, Chris! One of the advantages that Ubuntu brings to the cloud equation is improving an organization’s ability

Rhys Davies
16 March 2021

Lech Sandecki
9 March 2021

Open source enterprise support vs free open source use

Article Cloud and server

Many enterprises use open source enterprise support from a vendor, such as Red Hat or Canonical, to boost uptime and peace of mind. Others choose to use open source without any additional vendor support, relying on one of the major benefits of open source – the robust community support that is freely available....

Lech Sandecki
9 March 2021

Andreea Munteanu
5 March 2021

Code the future together using Ubuntu

Article Cloud and server

Where: CodeMotion 2021 – Italian edition When: March 23rd – 25th 2021 Location: virtual Italian space Get your ticket Described by the organisers as an event made by developers for developers, CodeMotion is an event that we love to attend. In November last year, we announced that Ubuntu wanted to code the future of Italy

Andreea Munteanu
5 March 2021

Andreea Munteanu
2 March 2021

Ubuntu in the wild – 2nd 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. It is a summary of all the things that made us feel proud to be part of this journey. What do you think of it? Why companies are still going manual Companies

Andreea Munteanu
2 March 2021

Joshua Powers
18 February 2021

Ubuntu EKS Platform Images for k8s 1.19

Article Cloud and server

This article originally appeared on Cody Shepherd’s blog. 1.19 Platform Images Now Live Following the GA of Kubernetes 1.19 support in AWS, EKS-optimized Ubuntu images for 1.19 node groups have been released. The ami-id of this image for each region can be found on the official site for Ubuntu EKS images. Like the 1.18...

Joshua Powers
18 February 2021

Tytus Kurek
12 February 2021

OpenStack Ironic, Cinder volume replication and Glance multi-store – OpenStack Charms 21.01

Article Cloud and server

Canonical is proud to announce the availability of OpenStack Charms 21.01. This new release includes: a tech-preview version of OpenStack Ironic operators (charms), Cinder volume replication and Glance multi-store support for Charmed OpenStack. OpenStack Ironic The latest version of OpenStack Charms brings initial...

Tytus Kurek
12 February 2021

Tytus Kurek
8 February 2021

Hybrid cloud – everything you need to know

Article Cloud and server

Hybrid cloud allows businesses to optimise their costs associated with cloud infrastructure maintenance. It also brings many other benefits, such as business continuity, compliance, better scalability and improved agility. According to the Forrester Wave: Hybrid Cloud Management, Q4 2020, hybrid cloud is an essential...

Tytus Kurek
8 February 2021

Bill Wear
6 January 2021

Improving CLI output with jq

MAAS Cloud and server

Welcome back to our series on MAAS CLI operations. In our previous post, we learned how to acquire and deploy machines using the MAAS CLI. It was also evident that the JSON output from the allocate and deploy commands was very lengthy for even one machine — so you can imagine how large a list

Bill Wear
6 January 2021

Canonical
4 January 2021

Juju vs Infrastructure as Code Tools

Article Cloud and server

Summary Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, like Terraform, CloudFormation and Pulumi, ensure easily reproducible infrastructure setups. Juju focuses on the lifecycle and relations of applications. Juju and IaC tools mostly operate on different layers of abstraction. Use Juju to manage any application, from simple web...

Canonical
4 January 2021

Valentin Viennot
16 December 2020

Use Amazon ECR Public and EKS-D to deploy LTS Docker Images

Article Cloud and server

It’s re:invent season already, and we had exciting news to announce with Amazon this year. With all these remote sessions, what’s better than a quick lab to play with the new stuff? It’s starting to feel like Christmas already! We’re going to kill two birds with one stone (just an idiom, keep reading) and experiment

Valentin Viennot
16 December 2020

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