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Lech Sandecki
8 December 2020

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS upgrade vs extended security maintenance

Article Ceph

Weighing the options with an Ubuntu 16.04 upgrade Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus is transitioning from its five-year standard security maintenance window in four months, leaving many asking the question: can I manage an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS upgrade by April 2021, or do I need more time to plan this migration? In the Less than

Lech Sandecki
8 December 2020

Tytus Kurek
7 December 2020

SUSE OpenStack Cloud reaches the end of life

Article Cloud and server

Time passes by! A year has passed since SUSE announced its decision to discontinue SUSE OpenStack Cloud, and many enterprises are already affected. This is because SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 reaches the end of life (EOL) in late May 2021. There are 6 months left to solve this problem. So it is time to think

Tytus Kurek
7 December 2020

Igor Ljubuncic
4 December 2020

When you need the numbers just right – benchmark and profiling applications in the Snap Store

Article Cloud and server

The world of software is a vast and complex one, often too difficult to easily assess by human intuition alone. Which is why detailed and accurate measurements of software behavior are essential in helping us understand and gauge how well our applications perform. The Snap Store has a fair share of productivity tools...

Igor Ljubuncic
4 December 2020

Bill Wear
2 December 2020

MAAS CLI-only machine creation

MAAS Cloud and server

The whole point of MAAS configuration is to get machines deployed. If you read the previous post in this series, you know how to install MAAS and do basic configuration using only the MAAS Command-Line Interface (CLI).  So far, so good, but now we need to enable networking and create some machines. Enabling DHCP The

Bill Wear
2 December 2020

Bill Wear
30 November 2020

CLI-only MAAS operation

MAAS Cloud and server

MAAS provides a state-of-the-art User Interface (UI), which is relatively simple to use, if the required inputs are known and understood. You may be less familiar with the MAAS Command Line Interface (CLI), which is actually more robust, providing additional functionality that’s not accessible via the web UI. In this...

Bill Wear
30 November 2020

sidfaber
23 November 2020

Exploring ROS 2 Kubernetes configurations

Article Cloud and server

Kubernetes and robotics make a great match. However, as we have seen, robots running ROS 2 can be tricky to set up on Kubernetes. This blog series has explored running ROS 2 on Kubernetes, set up a simple talker and listener, and distributed that demo across three machines. The configurations presented may not quite fit

sidfaber
23 November 2020

sidfaber
17 November 2020

Distribute ROS 2 across machines with MicroK8s

Article Cloud and server

Introduction Our simple ROS 2 talker and listener setup runs well on a single Kubernetes node, now let’s distribute it out across multiple computers. This article builds upon our simple ROS 2 talker / listener setup by running it on multiple K8s nodes. At the completion of this setup expect to have a ROS2 Kubernetes

sidfaber
17 November 2020

Andreea Munteanu
16 November 2020

Mark Shuttleworth on overcoming software complexity

Article Cloud and server

While today we see an enormous amount of incredible software being published, both by tech giants and niche providers, there is a significant lag in the telco industry’s ability to leverage it.  The promise of a software-defined technology landscape is, of course, agility.  But what is the main factor preventing...

Andreea Munteanu
16 November 2020

Valentin Viennot
16 November 2020

Edge computing is dead, long live micro clouds and IoT gateways

Article Cloud and server

“The King is dead, long live the King.” It might be my french roots speaking, but it seems that actual use cases are replacing King Edge, and it might be for the best. Warning; do not read this blog if you’re particularly sensitive about edge computing (and if you don’t know what this is about,

Valentin Viennot
16 November 2020

Canonical
13 November 2020

Canonical’s Open Operator Collection extends Kubernetes operators to traditional Linux and Windows applications

Article Cloud and server

13th November 2020: Canonical’s Open Operator Collection, the largest collection of application operators, now supports both cloud-native and traditional applications on Windows and Linux. The collection is hosted at Charmhub.io and follows the Open Operator Manifesto. Next-generation operations unify CAAS and IAAS “The...

Canonical
13 November 2020

Lech Sandecki
11 November 2020

Less than 6 months to Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: 6 things to prepare

Article Apps

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus will enter the extended security maintenance (ESM) period in April 2021. This article explains the ESM period and provides a guide for six key considerations when planning a migration path from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Contact us with your ESM questions What is ESM? Every Ubuntu Long Term Support...

Lech Sandecki
11 November 2020

sidfaber
9 November 2020

ROS 2 on Kubernetes: a simple talker and listener setup

Article Cloud and server

Kubernetes and ROS make a great match, but ROS2 can be tricky to set up. In this post we demonstrate a scalable system with MicroK8s on Ubuntu.

sidfaber
9 November 2020

Canonical
5 November 2020

MTS selects OpenStack and Canonical for next-generation cloud infrastructure

Article Cloud and server

5th November, 2020: MOSCOW, Russia – MTS (NYSE:MBT; MOEX:MTSS), Russia’s largest mobile operator and a leading provider of media and digital services, announces the selection of Canonical’s Charmed OpenStack to power the company’s next-generation cloud infrastructure. MTS plans to leverage Charmed OpenStack’s advanced...

Canonical
5 November 2020

Tytus Kurek
4 November 2020

OpenStack Charms 20.10 – Victoria, OVN, CNTT and more

Article Cloud and server

Canonical is proud to announce the availability of OpenStack Charms 20.10. This new release introduces a range of exciting features and several improvements which enhance Charmed OpenStack. OpenStack Victoria OpenStack Charms 20.10 brings OpenStack Victoria on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (via Cloud Archive) and Ubuntu 20.10 with...

Tytus Kurek
4 November 2020

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