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Stéphane Graber
16 February 2016

Running snaps in LXD containers

Cloud and server Article

Introduction The LXD and AppArmor teams have been working to support loading AppArmor policies inside LXD containers for a while. This support which finally landed in the latest Ubuntu kernels now makes it possible to install snap packages. Snap packages … Continue reading → ...


Jorge O. Castro
15 February 2016

Introducing Juju Resources

Cloud and server Videos

The Juju team have been working hard on a new feature coming up in Juju 2.0 called “Juju Resources”, and we’re now at a point where we can share the goodness and call for bugs/feedback! As noted in the video linked below, the feature isn’t quite complete, so expect some rough edges, and for some ...


James Donner
12 February 2016

Telco Demos With Juju: APIdaze

Cloud and server Article

From Big Data to web services, there is so much that can be made with our service modeling tool Juju. As we count down to Mobile World Congress, we’ll be diving into the telco focused Juju solutions that make deploying innovative SaaS services simple. APIdaze provides an API for building telecom services and web applications. ...


Tom Callway
12 February 2016

Voting begins for OpenStack Austin talks

Cloud and server Article

We’ve submitted several talks to the OpenStack Summit in Austin. We’ve listed them all below with links to where to vote for each talk so if you think they are interesting – please vote for them! Understanding updates to the Ubuntu Cloud Archive Speaker: Mark Baker Over 2000 organisations build OpenStack clouds using packages fromthe ...


Jorge O. Castro
11 February 2016

The Model of a Good Time: Juju Charmer Summit 2.0 @ cfgmgmntcamp

Cloud and server Article

Over 100 Juju enthusiasts gathered this week for our second Juju Charmer Summit in beautiful Gent, Belgium as part of the Config Management Camp. This was our first time officially participating and helping to sponsor the event, and we are proud to join the existing Ansible, Chef, CFEngine/Rudder, Foreman, Puppet, and Salt tracks. Over 70 ...


Jorge O. Castro
11 February 2016

Juju GUI 2.0 Release Introduction

Cloud and server Videos

Jeff Pihach gives a run through of the new design of the latest release of the Juju GUI. We are always interested to hear what you think about the GUI and for input on what features you want to see next. We can be found on IRC on freenode.net in #juju and #juju-gui, on the ...


Dustin Kirkland
10 February 2016

Docker, Alpine, Ubuntu, and You

Cloud and server Article

There’s no shortage of excitement, controversy, and readership, any time you can work “Docker” into a headline these days.  Perhaps a bit like “Donald Trump”, but for CIO tech blogs and IT news — a real hot button.  Hey, look, I even did it myself in the title of this post!Sometimes an article even starts out about CoreOS, but gets divert ...


Ellen Arnold
10 February 2016

Federal Government experts Awnix join Canonical’s Partner Programme

Cloud and server Article

Canonical is excited to welcome OpenStack solution provider Awnix to its Reseller Programme.  Awnix provides OpenStack solutions tailored to the US federal government.  Awnix is led by a team of technology experts with decades of experience serving the government and corporate markets. Awnix’s founders are former Federal data center archi ...


Thibaut Rouffineau
10 February 2016

Ubuntu Core is available for the Intel® NUC

Internet of Things Article

Over the last few months Canonical and Intel have been working together to create a standard platform for developers to test and create x86-based IOT solutions using snappy Ubuntu Core. The results are here today and we’re pleased to announce the availability of the Ubuntu Core images for the Intel® NUC DE3815TY on our developer ...


Amrisha Prashar
5 February 2016

Phone Update: OTA-9

Phone and tablet Article

The full list of key Ubuntu Phone updates are provided below: Sound controls and playlist support from indicator controls A new Music app will be released shortly to utilise this feature Scopes Smooth refresh of contents Background audio playback supported with control via indicators System settings and Indicators Custom ringtones are now ...


Guest
5 February 2016

Juju Charmers Summit: The Real Day

Cloud and server Article

Okay then, day 3. My liver is still pretty much functioning although hopefully I can “juju deploy new-liver” on my trip back to the UK. So what happened on day 3? Of course for those not interested in Juju there was no day 3, but for those who stuck around, hopefully they had a very ...