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Blog posts tagged
"cloud"


Bill Wear
8 December 2020

MAAS CLI-only machine deployment

Ubuntu MAAS

Continuing in our series on CLI-only MAAS operation, it’s time to deploy machines. In the previous post, we reached the point of creating and commissioning machines, using only the MAAS CLI. Moving forward, there are two key steps: acquiring machines, and then deploying them. Let’s take a look Acquiring a machine using the CLI When ...


Tytus Kurek
7 December 2020

SUSE OpenStack Cloud reaches the end of life

Cloud and server Article

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 ...


Bill Wear
2 December 2020

MAAS CLI-only machine creation

Cloud and server MAAS

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
30 November 2020

CLI-only MAAS operation

Cloud and server MAAS

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 series of blog posts, ...


sidfaber
23 November 2020

Exploring ROS 2 Kubernetes configurations

Cloud and server Article

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
17 November 2020

Distribute ROS 2 across machines with MicroK8s

Cloud and server Article

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 ...


Andreea Munteanu
16 November 2020

Mark Shuttleworth on overcoming software complexity

Cloud and server Article

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 telecommunications enterpr ...


sidfaber
9 November 2020

ROS 2 on Kubernetes: a simple talker and listener setup

Cloud and server Article

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. ...


Canonical
5 November 2020

MTS selects OpenStack and Canonical for next-generation cloud infrastructure

Cloud and server Article

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 lifecycle management ...


Tytus Kurek
4 November 2020

OpenStack Charms 20.10 – Victoria, OVN, CNTT and more

Cloud and server Article

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 full support from Ca ...


sidfaber
2 November 2020

ROS 2 and Kubernetes Basics

Cloud and server Article

Construct a prototype ROS 2 system distributed across multiple computers using Kubernetes. Our goal is not only to provide you with a working configuration, but also to help you understand why it succeeds and overcome future design challenges. ...


Canonical
21 October 2020

Automating Server Provisioning in phoenixNap’s Bare Metal Cloud with MAAS (Metal-as-a-Service)

Ubuntu Article

As part of the effort to build a flexible, cloud-native ready infrastructure, phoenixNAP collaborated with Canonical on enabling nearly instant OS installation. Canonical’s MAAS (Metal-as-a-Service) solution allows for automated OS installation on phoenixNAP’s Bare Metal Cloud, making it possible to set up a server in less than two minute ...