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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

Paul Collins
3 December 2020

Migrating the Launchpad Keyservers from SKS to Hockeypuck

Article Ubuntu

Ubuntu and Launchpad use OpenPGP keys heavily. Each source package is signed with the uploader’s key, and binary and source package downloads from Ubuntu’s primary archives and from users’ Personal Package Archives (PPAs) are indirectly signed by the publisher process with per-archive keys of its own. Access to...

Paul Collins
3 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

Sarah Dickinson
2 December 2020

Forecasting the future of cloud with OpenStack experts

Article Ubuntu

OpenStack, the cloud computing platform, has proved to be a beacon of success for open source. It rounds off 10 years in existence this year, a period which has seen it reach nearly 200 countries, and we want to look ahead to what the future holds for the technology. We’ve spoken to a number of

Sarah Dickinson
2 December 2020

Canonical
1 December 2020

Install Amazon EKS Distro anywhere

Article Canonical announcements

One install, one cluster, snap! Today, we’re excited to announce that EKS is available outside of AWS, on any Ubuntu system, with the EKS snap. This announcement builds on the existing collaboration between Amazon and Canonical to ensure the quality, security, and usability of Ubuntu-based EKS clusters on AWS. “Amazon...

Canonical
1 December 2020

Canonical’s LTS Docker Image Portfolio is now available on Amazon ECR Public

Article Ubuntu

Today, Canonical announced the availability of its curated set of secure container application images on Amazon ECR Public, complementing the current offering. Multiple registries, one product Developers now also have access to the LTS Docker Image Portfolio from the Amazon ECR Public registry. Free and commercial...

Canonical
1 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

Galem KAYO
26 November 2020

Embedded Linux for teams

Article Internet of Things

A Linux kernel for each developer team, which uses it to bring up target boards. Bespoke, built, issued, and maintained over years by the vendor. Teams that focus on building great apps, rather than figuring out hardware dependencies. Happy developers that bootstrap smart devices in no time. This is what highly...

Galem KAYO
26 November 2020

Anthony Dillon
24 November 2020

Design and Web team summary – 24th November 2020

Article Design

The web team here at Canonical run two-week iterations. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration. Meet the team Hi, I am Carlos Wu. I work for the Webteam as a web developer, and I just recently reached 1 year at Canonical! I have worked previously in a number

Anthony Dillon
24 November 2020

Canonical
24 November 2020

Canonical publishes LTS Docker Image Portfolio on Docker Hub

Article Canonical announcements

Ten year maintenance commitment on app images provides secure cloud software supply chain November 24th 2020: Canonical has published the LTS Docker Image Portfolio, a curated set of secure container application images, on Docker Hub. The LTS Docker Image Portfolio comes with up to ten years Extended Security...

Canonical
24 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

Galem KAYO
17 November 2020

Cybersecurity defenses for IIoT

Article Ubuntu

Cybersecurity attacks on industrial IoT solutions can have detrimental consequences. This is the case because IoT devices record privacy-sensitive data and control production assets. Therefore, demonstrable trustworthiness is prerequisite to IoT adoption in industrial settings. Fortunately, IT security is a mature...

Galem KAYO
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