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How to host a multiple-application project on Upsun

We’re here to shed a little light on how you can host and configure your multi-app projects on Upsun with a step-by-step guide on how to set up a project on our platform. Enabling your team to focus more on creating incredible user experiences and less on multi-app infrastructure management. As well as a few multi-app development tips along the way. We’re going to look at this through the lens of a customer on the lookout for multi-application hosting with a few specific constraints.

Clouds, caches and connection conundrums

We recently moved our infrastructure fully into Google Cloud. Most things went very smoothly, but there was one issue we came across last week that just wouldn’t stop cropping up. What follows is a tale of rabbit holes, red herrings, table flips and (eventually) a very satisfying smoking gun. Grab a cuppa, and strap in. Our journey starts, fittingly, with an incident getting declared... 💥🚨

The Limitations Of Combining CloudHealth And Kubecost

Ever since its release in September 2014, Kubernetes has been equally powerful and meme-able in the engineering world. For all the magic of its container orchestration and compute resource management, it’s also mysterious and, to many, confounding — especially when it comes time to pay for it. As we’ve written before, migrating to Kubernetes often means losing cost visibility.

Scaling in Kubernetes: An Overview

Kubernetes has become the de facto standard for container orchestration, offering powerful features for managing and scaling containerized applications. In this guide, we will explore the various aspects of Kubernetes scaling and explain how to effectively scale your applications using Kubernetes. From understanding the scaling concepts to practical implementation techniques, this guide aims to equip you with the knowledge to leverage Kubernetes scaling capabilities efficiently.

Rootless Containers - A Comprehensive Guide

Containers have gained significant popularity due to their ability to isolate applications from the diverse computing environments they operate in. They offer developers a streamlined approach, enabling them to concentrate on the core application logic and its associated dependencies, all encapsulated within a unified unit.

Joining the Power of AI and Automation: Today's Business-critical Opportunity

Artificial intelligence (AI) won’t fade anytime soon, and since Generative AI (genAI) joined the party in Nov. 2022, innovative business strategies will only get louder. The not-so-fun part of AI and genAI’s growth shows up when businesses resist change and the adoption of emerging technologies. But the truth is – business leaders must step up.

Install MLflow in less than 5 minutes

Install MLflow quickly on Ubuntu using our distribution, Charmed MLFlow. You can integrate it with different tools, so you can run it on your workstation with Jupyter Notebook or at scale with Charmed Kubeflow. Charmed MLFlow is a fully open source distribution of the upstream project, that benefits from security patching, tool integration and automated lifecycle management.

Run Azure Functions locally in Visual Studio 2022

Azure Functions offers a serverless solution that streamlines the development process, minimizes infrastructure overhead, and results in cost savings. The beauty of this approach is that you no longer need to grapple with server deployment and maintenance; the cloud infrastructure automatically furnishes the essential resources to support your applications.

31 Crucial DevOps Automation Tools Your Team Needs In 2023

As technology advances and business environments become increasingly competitive, your DevOps team has to continuously improve your product. The challenge is to free up their time so that they can release new product features and improve existing ones. Automating repetitive tasks is one way to accomplish this. Manual approaches also tend to generate or miss errors, slow time to market, and fail to test and monitor system health quickly enough.