--- title: Blog posts tagged "k8s" description: Canonical makes open source secure, reliable and easy to use, providing support for Ubuntu and a portfolio of enterprise-grade technologies. Founded in 2004, Canonical operates globally with team members in over 80 countries. url: https://canonical.com/blog/tag/k8s?format=md --- # Blog posts tagged "k8s" #### [How to set up a micro lab: four principles for a reliable homelab](https://canonical.com/blog/how-to-set-up-a-reliable-homelab) After over a decade of running a homelab, I have learned a few difficult lessons. Although it begins as a “lab,” you inevitably end up with something you want to keep. If a service goes down for an extended period of time or you lose data, it can feel catastrophic. The anxiety of missed emails --- MicroCloud #### [Canonical announces 12 year Kubernetes LTS](https://canonical.com/blog/12-year-lts-for-kubernetes) Canonical’s Kubernetes LTS (Long Term Support) will support FedRAMP compliance and receive at least 12 years of committed security maintenance and enterprise support on bare metal, public clouds, OpenStack, Canonical MicroCloud and VMware. February 11,  2025 Today, Canonical announced a 12 year security maintenance and support commitment --- Canonical announcements #### [How should a great K8s distro feel? Try the new Canonical Kubernetes, now in beta](https://canonical.com/blog/try-canonical-kubernetes-beta) Try the new Canonical Kubernetes beta, our new distribution that combines ZeroOps for small clusters and intelligent automation for larger production environments that also want to benefit from the latest community innovations --- Kubernetes #### [Canonical Presence at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA: Keynote by Founder/CEO Mark Shuttleworth, Announcement of Ubuntu 21.10 Beta](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-at-kubecon-na2021) Canonical, the makers of Ubuntu, will have a major presence at this year’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA. The Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship conference brings together adopters and technologists from leading open-source and cloud-native communities. It takes place Oct. 11-15 in Los Angeles and with a virtual option. Ubuntu is --- Canonical announcements #### [Portainer and Canonical Expand Partnership Launching Business Charm for Charmed Kubernetes](https://canonical.com/blog/portainer-and-canonical-expand-partnership-launching-business-charm-for-charmed-kubernetes) Auckland, New Zealand – Portainer announced the launch of its Portainer Business Charmed Operator, allowing for seamless integration with Canonical’s Charmed Kubernetes distribution. The new Portainer charm allows users of Canonical’s Charmed Kubernetes distribution to automatically install and integrate Portainer Business as part of the --- Canonical announcements #### [Operator Day returns for KubeCon NA 2021](https://canonical.com/blog/kubecon-na-2021-operator-day-hosted-by-canonical) Register for free What is Operator Day? Operators simplify everyday application management on Kubernetes. Learn how to use them, how to create them in Python, and how to evolve from configuration management to application management. We’re working to create a community-driven collection of operators for everything that’s integrated and te --- Kubernetes #### [Atresmedia modernises Spain’s most popular streaming platform with Canonical Charmed Kubernetes](https://canonical.com/blog/atresmedia-modernises-spains-most-popular-streaming-platform-with-canonical-charmed-kubernetes) The streaming service for the leading communication group in Spain leaves behind outdated applications and adopts a microservices architecture enabled by Canonical. SPAIN, August 24, 2021— Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, announces that Atresmedia, the leading company in the Over-The-Top (OTT) services market in Spain, selected its Cha --- Canonical announcements #### [Kubernetes & Cloud Native report 2021 by Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-global-survey-kubernetes-cloud-native) Industry global survey from Canonical: 85% of enterprises have yet to cross the chasm to full Kubernetes and Cloud Native adoption.Data from 1,200 respondents and insights from seven industry experts reveal rapid growth, some growing pains Read full report London, UK, June 29, 2021 – Despite high adoption rates of cloud native technologie --- Canonical announcements #### [Canonical & Ubuntu at KubeCon Europe 2021](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-and-canonical-at-kubecon-europe-2021) It’s that time of the year again! KubeCon and CloudNativeCon Europe 2021 are just around the corner and, as always, Canonical and Ubuntu have a lot cooking in the Kubernetes oven especially for the event. This year, we’ll be showcasing solutions and best practices around Charmed Operators, as well as streamlined Kubernetes at the edge --- Kubernetes #### [KubeCon co-located events: Operator Day is back!](https://canonical.com/blog/kubecon-colocated-events-operator-day-2021) RSVP What is Operator Day? Another KubeCon is just around the corner and, due to popular demand, we’re hosting Operator Day again! Designed for KubeCon, but free and open to all. Last year, thousands of you joined us to get hands-on training from Ubuntu’s experts, so this time around we’re making the workshop even more elaborate and inter --- Kubernetes #### [Kubernetes 1.21 available from Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/kubernetes-1-21-available-from-canonical) Today, Canonical announces full enterprise support for Kubernetes 1.21, from cloud to edge. Canonical Kubernetes support covers MicroK8s, Charmed Kubernetes and kubeadm. Starting with 1.21, moving forward Canonical commits to supporting N-2 releases as well as providing extended security maintenance (ESM) and patching for N-4 releases in --- Cloud and server #### [Kubernetes across clouds: Ubuntu at NVIDIA GTC 2021](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-talks-kubernetes-at-gtc) NVIDIA GTC is back again and we’re thrilled to be talking all things Kubernetes with you, on April 12-16! This year too, the conference will be hosted virtually and registration is free, which means even more of us can get together to share knowledge and ideas at the #1 AI conference and workshop! Ubuntu and --- Kubernetes #### [Canonical completes Azure Arc Validation Program, helps increase user confidence in Arc enabled production Kubernetes](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-completes-azure-arc-kubernetes-validation-program) Microsoft Azure has just announced the details of its new Azure Arc Validation Program, aiming to further increase customer confidence in deploying Arc enabled Kubernetes in production workloads, and at scale. Canonical is one of the Kubernetes distribution providers to participate in the program, by completing conformance tests for one o --- Kubernetes #### [How to switch the Docker container runtime to containerd with Charmed Kubernetes](https://canonical.com/blog/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. Docker as an underlying runtime is being deprecated in favor of runtimes that use the Container Runtime Interface(CRI) --- Company #### [Exploring ROS 2 Kubernetes configurations](https://canonical.com/blog/exploring-ros-2-kubernetes-configurations) 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 --- Cloud and server #### [Distribute ROS 2 across machines with MicroK8s](https://canonical.com/blog/distribute-ros-2-across-machines-with-kubernetes) 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 --- Cloud and server 1. *Previous page* 2. [1](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/k8s?format=md&page=1) 3. [2](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/k8s?format=md&page=2) 4. [*Next page*](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/k8s?format=md&page=2)