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Technical SEO fitness: take our quiz to assess your fitness
Going to the gym regularly might get you fit, but dropping that routine will get out out of shape in no time. The same goes for your website — without a good fitness routine and proper maintenance, it might become a mess.…
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Snaps: How we got here
I’m celebrating nine years at Canonical, and coming up on 15 years since I started contributing to Ubuntu in the community. It’s been quite the ride, helping build, support and advocate for the most popular Linux desktop, and most used Linux distribution in the cloud.…
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Design and Web team summary – 08 December 2020
The web team here at Canonical run two week iterations. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration.
Web squad
Our Web Squad develops and maintains most of Canonical’s promotional sites like ubuntu.com,…
Read More Ubuntu 16.04 LTS upgrade vs extended security maintenance
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?…
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How to switch the Docker container runtime to containerd with Charmed Kubernetes
This article describes how easy it is for users of Charmed Kubernetes to switch from the Docker container runtime to containerd. You may have heard that Kubernetes is deprecating Docker as a container runtime after v1.20.…
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SUSE OpenStack Cloud reaches the end of life
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.…
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Migrating the Launchpad Keyservers from SKS to Hockeypuck
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.…
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Forecasting the future of cloud with OpenStack experts
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. …
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Install Amazon EKS Distro anywhere
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.…
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Canonical’s LTS Docker Image Portfolio is now available on Amazon ECR Public
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.…
Read More CLI-only MAAS operation
MAAS provides a state-of-the-art User Interface (UI), which simplifies usage. But you may not know that MAAS also has a robust Command-line Interface (CLI), which actually provides more functionality than the UI. …
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Embedded Linux for Teams
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.…
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Design and Web team summary – 24th November 2020
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.…
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Canonical publishes LTS Docker Image Portfolio on Docker Hub
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.…
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Canonical’s Open Operator Collection extends Kubernetes operators to traditional Linux and Windows applications
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…
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10 years and 10 million cores: charting OpenStack’s greatest achievements
Technology anniversaries have become more commonplace in recent years. The iPhone at 10 years old, indeed Canonical itself turned 15 last year. Here though, we want to look at OpenStack reaching double figures this year. …
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Less than 6 months to Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: 6 things to prepare
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.…
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Open Operators Training Day hosted by Canonical: a co-located KubeCon event
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Date: Tuesday, November 17Registration Fees: Complimentary
Read moreKali Linux 2021.4 Release | Kali Linux BlogKubeCon NA is just around the corner and, as always, we aim to give back to the community in any way we can.…
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Design and Web team summary – 10th November 2020
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, my name is Long.…
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