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Blog posts tagged
"Public cloud"

Aaron Whitehouse
8 October 2025

Ubuntu worker nodes for OKE now in Limited Availability

Ubuntu Article

Oracle Kubernetes Engine now supports Ubuntu images for worker nodes natively, with no need for custom images 8 October 2025 – Today Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, announced that Ubuntu worker nodes for Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) are now available in Limited Availability. This means that OKE now supports Ubuntu images for worker ...

Jehudi
22 August 2025

A complete security view for every Ubuntu LTS VM on Azure

Security Article

Azure’s Update Manager now provides a complete security view for all Ubuntu LTS VMs—18.04, 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04—by showing available updates from Ubuntu Pro’s Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM). This helps identify instances that would benefit from security patching for the Universe repository and continued updates for older LTS relea ...

Aaron Whitehouse
30 August 2024

Integrating the Ubuntu Snapshot Service into systems management and update tools

Cloud and server Article

Ubuntu recently released a snapshot service to use the archive as it was at a point in history. This article explains how to integrate this into systems management or update tools. ...

agmatei
30 June 2024

Managed Apps on Public Cloud: Why Operations Matter, Part II

Apps Article

In the first part of this blog journey (I’d call it a post, but it’s actually two posts) we explored what operational excellence looks like in public cloud deployments. And while I do not want to spoil it for you, the main takeaway was that it is not easy and can become resource-intensive. With this ...

agmatei
27 June 2024

Managed Apps on Public Cloud: Why Operations Matter, Part I 

Apps Article

You might be tempted to think that running an app on a public cloud means you don’t need to maintain it. While that would be wonderful, it would require help from the public cloud providers and ...

Jehudi
29 April 2024

What’s New in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for Microsoft/Azure Users

Ubuntu Article

Explore the latest features and improvements of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, codenamed ‘Noble Numbat’. This release, optimized for Microsoft/Azure users, introduces an enhanced Azure Marketplace experience, optimized performance on Azure infrastructure, and advanced developer toolchains. Discover how Ubuntu continues to lead in confidential computin ...

Tytus Kurek
3 April 2024

OpenStack with Sunbeam as an on-prem extension of the OpenStack public cloud

Cloud and server Article

One of the biggest challenges that cloud service providers (CSPs) face these days is to deliver an extension of the public cloud they host to a small-scale piece of infrastructure that runs on customers’ premises. While the world’s tech giants, such as Amazon or Azure, have developed their own solutions for this purpose, many smaller, ...

Jehudi
28 March 2024

Deploying Open Language Models on Ubuntu

AI Article

Discover the benefits of using Ubuntu for open-source AI and how to seamlessly deploy models on Azure, including leveraging GPU and Confidential Compute capabilities. ...

Aaron Whitehouse
24 November 2023

Ubuntu Explained: How to ensure security and stability in cloud instances—part 3

Cloud and server Article

Applying updates across a fleet of multiple Ubuntu instances is a balance of security and service uptime. We explore best practices to maximise stability. ...

Aaron Whitehouse
21 November 2023

Ubuntu Explained: How to ensure security and stability in cloud instances—part 2

Cloud and server Article

You probably know that it is important to apply security updates. You may not be clear how to do that. We are going to explain best practices for applying Ubuntu updates to single instances and what the built-in unattended-upgrades tool does and does not do. ...

Jehudi
2 November 2023

Ubuntu Snapshots on Microsoft Azure: Ensuring predictability and consistency in cloud deployments

Cloud and server Article

Canonical and Microsoft Azure integrate Snapshot Service with Azure’s update mechanisms for Ubuntu. Achieve deterministic updates across Ubuntu VM fleets, bolstering Safe Deployment Practices (SDP). Uniformity in deployed packages now guaranteed from staging to production. ...

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