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nilayshrugged
5 May 2020

What is Cassandra and why are big tech companies using it?

Article Cloud and server

(Canonical recently added Apache Cassandra to its Managed Apps portfolio, based on customer demand. Want any cloud app managed? Reach out to Canonical now. You can also watch this webinar on how Managed Apps will help you maintain focus on your business, for more information.) It’s no secret that organisations have a...

nilayshrugged
5 May 2020


Joshua Powers
4 May 2020

Enhanced SSH and FIDO authentication in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Article Cloud and server

This article originally appeared on Joshua Powers’ blog One of the most exciting security enhancements in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) is the ability to use the Fast Identity Online (FIDO) or Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) devices with SSH. By using a second authentication factor via a device, users can add another layer...

Joshua Powers
4 May 2020


Alex Chalkias
24 April 2020

Ubuntu kernel 5.4: What’s new with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Article Cloud and server

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS has just arrived. The latest LTS comes with a new version of the Linux kernel – 5.4 – which brings a lot of exciting new features, faster boot times, enhanced performance and security. Additionally, the Canonical kernel team ran benchmark tests to validate the performance improvements of the new kernel....

Alex Chalkias
24 April 2020


Tytus Kurek
24 April 2020

Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS: stability, security and more

Article Cloud and server

Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS (long-term support) is here with enterprise-class stability, resiliency and even better security. As an LTS release, it will be supported by Canonical until 2025. However, customers can extend security updates by an additional five years through the ESM (Extended Security Maintenance) service as...

Tytus Kurek
24 April 2020


Rhys Davies
22 April 2020

Ubuntu 20.04 survey results

Article Cloud and server

In December 2019, we asked you what you thought were the most important things for us to include in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (now live!) 21,862 people took the survey, and have since become a part of our decision-making processes. We would like to thank each and everyone who spent their time to take this survey,

Rhys Davies
22 April 2020


Installing NVIDIA GPU Drivers On Oracle Cloud

Article Cloud and server

In recent reports, it is stated that datacenter-based GPU deployments is the fastest sector, and again, that’s no surprise.  The cloud has had its own incredible growth over the years, and it’s only natural that these two technologies are starting to work in harmony.  As a matter of fact, most public clouds have GPU offerings,


cmoullec
22 April 2020

A guide to a successful OpenStack adoption and deployment

Article Cloud and server

Discover Canonical’s proven OpenStack implementation process OpenStack is one of the most active open source projects in the world. It is an essential component of private cloud infrastructure for countless businesses, and over the last few years, it has evolved to become the de-facto standard for implementing cloud...

cmoullec
22 April 2020


cmoullec
20 April 2020

Kubernetes: a secure, flexible and automated edge for IoT developers

Article Cloud and server

The factors for implementing Kubernetes successfully at the edge Cloud native software such as containers and Kubernetes and IoT/edge are playing a prominent role in the digital transformation of enterprise organisations. They are particularly critical to DevOps teams that are focused on faster software releases and...

cmoullec
20 April 2020


Francis Ginther
16 April 2020

Introducing the Ubuntu AWS Rolling Kernel

Article Cloud and server

The linux-aws 4.15 based kernel, which is the default kernel in the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS AMIs, is moving to a rolling kernel model. Why is this changing? The Ubuntu rolling kernel model provides the latest upstream bug fixes and performance improvements around task scheduling, I/O scheduling, networking, hypervisor guests...

Francis Ginther
16 April 2020


Canonical
16 April 2020

You are invited to the virtual Ubuntu Masters event

Telecommunications Cloud and server

The Ubuntu Masters Conference is a platform for IT practitioners to share how they are solving industry-wide challenges with the global engineering community. These are the real-life use cases they are executing in their professional environments today, giving you actionable ideas to take into your own corporate...

Canonical
16 April 2020


Bill Wear
15 April 2020

LXD pod commissioning data

MAAS Cloud and server

MAAS is built to manage machines, including the operating systems on those machines. Enlistment and commissioning are features that make it easier to start managing a machine – as long as that machine has been configured to netboot. Enlistment enables users to simply connect a machine, configure the firmware properly,...

Bill Wear
15 April 2020


Bill Wear
9 April 2020

Questioning the doc

MAAS Cloud and server

Here’s a VLOG about some changes we’re making to the MAAS documentation. It’s all about using questions at the top of articles to help direct attention. This idea grew out of our frustration over long pages with lots of complex information. We tried a top table of contents, but that looks weird and requires a

Bill Wear
9 April 2020


Alex Chalkias
3 April 2020

LXD 4.0 LTS stable release is now available

Article Cloud and server

The stable release of LXD, the machine container hypervisor, is now available. LXD 4.0 is the third LTS release for LXD and will be supported for 5 years, until June 2025. This version comes with a significant amount of new features including adding virtual machines (VMs) support, the introduction of projects and...

Alex Chalkias
3 April 2020


Lech Sandecki
1 April 2020

FIPS 140-2: Stay compliant and secure with Canonical

Article Cloud and server

FIPS 140-2 is a set of publicly announced cryptographic standards developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. It is an essential part of FEDRamp requirements for many governmental agencies in the US and Canada, as well as their business partners from all around the world. Furthermore, as a well...

Lech Sandecki
1 April 2020