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# Blog posts tagged *"machine provisioning"*

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[Anton Smith](https://canonical.com/blog/author/anton5mith)

8 October 2021

### [Provisioning bare metal Kubernetes clusters with Spectro Cloud and MAAS](https://canonical.com/blog/bare-metal-kubernetes-clusters-spectro-cloud-maas)

Cloud and server

Ubuntu tech blog

Bare metal Kubernetes (K8s) is now easier than ever. Spectro Cloud has recently posted an article about integrating Kubernetes with MAAS (Metal-as-a-Service. In the article, they describe how they have created a provider for the Kubernetes Cluster API for Canonical MAAS (Metal-as-a-Service).  This blog describes briefly the benefits of ba ...

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[Andres Rodriguez](https://canonical.com/blog/author/andreserl)

9 July 2019

### [MAAS 2.6 – ESXi storage, multiple gateways, HTTP boot and more](https://canonical.com/blog/maas-2-6-released)

Cloud and server

Ubuntu tech blog

Canonical is happy to announce the availability of MAAS 2.6. This new release introduces a range of very exciting features and several improvements that enhances MAAS across various areas. Let’s talk about a few notable ones: Growing support for ESXi Datastores MAAS has expanded its support of ESXi by allowing administrators to create & c ...

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[Christian Reis](https://canonical.com/blog/author/kiko)

20 December 2017

### [Machine reservation and multi-tenancy in MAAS](https://canonical.com/blog/machine-reservation-and-multi-tenancy-in-maas)

Cloud and server

Ubuntu tech blog

As product manager for MAAS, a common request MAAS end-users bring is multi-tenancy, which in its more fundamental form can be understood as the ability to reserve machines for certain sets of users. This is common when you have a central MAAS which is managing multiple parts of your datacenter; it applies less when you ...

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