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Canonical at AWS re:Invent – What you need to know!
By Carlos Bravo, 20 November 2023
Though the Las Vegas Grand Prix has come to a close, the Canonical team is gearing up for the next big race at AWS re:Invent, slated for November 27-December...
Netplan brings consistent network configuration across Desktop, Server, Cloud and IoT
By Lukas Märdian, 14 November 2023
Learn how Netplan has established itself as the proven network stack across all variants of Ubuntu – Server, Cloud, Embedded and now Desktop.
Ubuntu Snapshots on Microsoft Azure: Ensuring predictability and consistency in cloud deployments
By Jehudi, 2 November 2023
Canonical and Microsoft Azure integrate Snapshot Service with Azure’s update mechanisms for Ubuntu. Achieve deterministic updates across Ubuntu VM fleets,...
Ceph storage for Kubernetes
By Philip Williams, 19 October 2023
Opposites attract. Stateful and stateless. Storage and container management systems are almost polar opposites of each other. One deals with permanently...
A call for community
By Bill Wear, 16 October 2023
Introduction Open source projects are a testament to the possibilities of collective action. From small libraries to large-scale systems, these projects rely...
Canonical releases Ubuntu 23.10 Mantic Minotaur
By Canonical, 12 October 2023
Fortified security, enhanced desktop app discovery and new hardware support lead the latest release of Ubuntu 23.10 Mantic Minotaur.
SmartNICs in telco: benefits and use cases
By Serdar Vural, 11 October 2023
In our previous blog, we introduced smartNICs as technology enablers for next-generation converged data centres. We covered how smartNICs can increase...
MAAS Outside the Lines
By Bill Wear, 10 October 2023
Far from the humdrum of server setups, this is about unusual deployments – Raspberry Pis, loose laptops, cheap NUCs, home appliances, and more. What the heck...
What is a smartNIC and how is the technology shaping modern data centres?
By Serdar Vural, 6 October 2023
Data centres are going through a transformation. Gradually, we will see a new type of equipment attached to servers in almost every data centre: smartNICs are...
Securing open source software dependencies in the public cloud
By Aaron Whitehouse, 5 October 2023
Building stable and secure software requires understanding build systems and having a plan for vulnerabilities in your software dependencies.
Zenbleed vulnerability fix for Ubuntu
By Lech Sandecki, 3 October 2023
On 24 July 2023, security researchers from Google’s Information Security Engineering team disclosed a hardware vulnerability affecting AMD’s Zen 2 family of...
Start your Ubuntu Confidential VM with Intel® TDX on Google Cloud
By Hugo Huang, 20 September 2023
Confidential computing directly addresses the question of trust between cloud providers and their customers, with guarantees of data security for guest...