Blog posts tagged
"kubernetes"

261 posts


Kris Sharma
10 January 2022

Kubernetes for Finservs – Unlocking success in digital transformations

Article Financial Services

The global health crisis has accelerated the digital transformation within the financial services industry. A McKinsey report highlights that “In a competitive environment of rising cost pressures, where rapid action and response is imperative, financial institutions must modernise their technology function to support...

Kris Sharma
10 January 2022


Michael C. Jaeger
6 January 2022

Application composability and the shipping container

Article Charms

The previous blog post talked about the composability of applications. The key element for composing applications is defining the relations between application elements. And supporting relations is one of the advantages of the Charmed Operator Framework – including its runtime, the Charmed Operator Lifecycle Manager....

Michael C. Jaeger
6 January 2022


Michael C. Jaeger
5 January 2022

Application composability – a cloud computing perspective

Article Charms

Let’s remember the time in the 2000s when companies introduced their cloud computing offerings at a large scale. New services were put into the popular IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS categories. New kinds of storage and messaging technologies were promoted. Also, novel approaches were discussed, such as designing applications for...

Michael C. Jaeger
5 January 2022


Michael C. Jaeger
4 January 2022

Deploy and maintain applications with Charmed Operators

Article Ubuntu

Recently, I remembered a situation when I was in elementary school and visited a friend at his house. At some point, his mother wanted us to go to a neighbour and ask to borrow some eggs. We went a few houses down, opened the garden gate, entered through the door to the house, and arrived

Michael C. Jaeger
4 January 2022


Alex Chalkias
28 December 2021

Kubernetes infographic: usage of cloud native technology in 2021

Article Kubernetes

2021 has been an interesting year for the Kubernetes and cloud native ecosystem.  Due to the pandemic, cloud adoption saw a big spike in adoption. As the year wraps up soon, we wanted to reflect on the top findings from the Kubernetes and cloud native operations report and we have a cool infographic for you.

Alex Chalkias
28 December 2021


Alex Chalkias
16 December 2021

Canonical Kubernetes 1.23 hits GA

Article Kubernetes

The Kubernetes crew at Canonical is delighted to announce that Canonical Kubernetes 1.23 is now generally available. The team is committed to releasing in tandem with upstream so our users and customers can benefit from the latest features and improvements as soon as they become available. This blog is a quick...

Alex Chalkias
16 December 2021


Anton Smith
14 December 2021

Bare metal Kubernetes: The 6 things you wish you knew before 2022

Article Cloud and server

2022 is right around the corner, and it’s not just time to prepare for Christmas, play video games, buy presents, or share anti-Christmas memes. It’s time to start making some predictions for bare metal Kubernetes! Take a minute and let’s think about it. Developers have advent of code so they’re busy right now. Sysadmins and

Anton Smith
14 December 2021


Alex Chalkias
24 November 2021

Kubernetes 1.23 rc testing with MicroK8s

Article Kubernetes

Today, Kubernetes 1.23 release candidate was made available upstream for testing and experimentation. General availability is planned for December 7th, so now is the time to report back any issues or bugs. Developers, DevOps and open source software enthusiasts can try out the latest features using MicroK8s. MicroK8s is...

Alex Chalkias
24 November 2021


Omar Ali Amin
2 November 2021

Kubernetes Fully Managed: Overcoming CIOs challenges

Article Cloud and server

How can organisations use Kubernetes while cutting down operational costs and overcoming the biggest challenges facing CIOs when adopting the platform?

Omar Ali Amin
2 November 2021


Canonical
11 October 2021

Canonical Presence at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA: Keynote by Founder/CEO Mark Shuttleworth, Announcement of Ubuntu 21.10 Beta

Article Canonical announcements

Canonical, the makers of Ubuntu, will have a major presence at this year’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA. The Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship conference brings together adopters and technologists from leading open-source and cloud-native communities. It takes place Oct. 11-15 in Los Angeles and with a virtual...

Canonical
11 October 2021


Anton Smith
8 October 2021

Provisioning bare metal Kubernetes clusters with Spectro Cloud and MAAS

Article Cloud and server

Bare metal Kubernetes (K8s) is now easier than ever. Spectro Cloud has recently posted an article about integrating Kubernetes with MAAS (Metal-as-a-Service. In the article, they describe how they have created a provider for the Kubernetes Cluster API for Canonical MAAS (Metal-as-a-Service).  This blog describes briefly...

Anton Smith
8 October 2021


Canonical
23 September 2021

Portainer and Canonical Expand Partnership Launching Business Charm for Charmed Kubernetes

Kubernetes Canonical announcements

Auckland, New Zealand – Portainer announced the launch of its Portainer Business Charmed Operator, allowing for seamless integration with Canonical’s Charmed Kubernetes distribution. The new Portainer charm allows users of Canonical’s Charmed Kubernetes distribution to automatically install and integrate Portainer...

Canonical
23 September 2021


anastasiavalti
13 September 2021

Operator Day returns for KubeCon NA 2021

Article Kubernetes

Register for free What is Operator Day? Operators simplify everyday application management on Kubernetes. Learn how to use them, how to create them in Python, and how to evolve from configuration management to application management. We’re working to create a community-driven collection of operators for everything...

anastasiavalti
13 September 2021


Canonical
13 September 2021

Enterprise Open Source Summit: A Business Perspective on Open Source

Article Canonical announcements

November 10, 2021 Canonical, Nextcloud, Collabora, Linbit, OpenNebula and Factor Group will present business perspectives on the use of open source in enterprise environments at the Enterprise Open Source Summit event scheduled for November 10, 2021. Open source solutions are becoming increasingly popular in all areas...

Canonical
13 September 2021