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Samuel Cozannet
8 February 2017

Automate the deployment of Kubernetes in existing AWS infrastructure

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

When I talk about Ubuntu and Kubernetes, and how we deploy the latter at Canonical using Juju, the main question I get is: Can you deploy in an existing infrastructure? Often, existing infrastructure means the VPC and/or subnets that I have been allocated to do my work on AWS. What is better than a little ...

Canonical
8 February 2017

Community Initiative UBports launches Ubuntu Fairphone 2

Phone and tablet Ubuntu tech blog

The Ubuntu Community UBports has one mission: to have the open source software Ubuntu on every device, starting with smartphones. UBports’ actions are based on collaborative development where developers are putting Ubuntu on different smartphones. During the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona end of February UBports will show a very speci ...

Canonical
7 February 2017

Who should bear the cost of IoT security: consumers or vendors?

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Anyone using the internet in Europe and the US on 21st October last year experienced what economists call an externality. It arrived in the form of a massive 1.2 Tbps DDoS attack on Dyn, a US-based internet infrastructure company. This, in turn, triggered outages at multiple sites – including PayPal, Twitter, Amazon and Netflix. The ...

Maarten Ectors
6 February 2017

10 crazy IoT ideas that can soon become real

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

1) Smart cities: revenue generating fountains What if instead of being a cost to cities, fountains become a revenue generator? Crazy idea? Just put the same coin accepting mechanism you find in vending machines and allow tourists to switch the fountain on for 30 seconds to get the ideal photo taken. But why not put ...

James Donner
3 February 2017

Cloud Chatter: January 2017

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Welcome to the first edition of 2017. In this issue we showcase what you can expect from us and invite you to meet with us at Mobile World Congress if you’re planning to be in Barcelona. We share our latest eBook on server provisioning and what Network Admins and IT Pros need to know to ...

Sergio Schvezov
3 February 2017

Snapcraft 2.26 has been released

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Hello snapcrafters! We are pleased to announce the release of version 2.26 of snapcraft has been released: https://launchpad.net/snapcraft/+milestone/2.26 Contributions This release has seen some contributions from outside of the snapcraft core team, so we want to give a shout out to these folks, here’s a team thank you for: Björn Tilleni ...

Amrisha Prashar
3 February 2017

The first consumer device to run snaps: Nextcloud box

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

The Nextcloud box is a private cloud and IoT solution for home users, giving consumers a way to take back control over their personal data. It’s an app-enabled home gateway and the first Ubuntu-Core-enabled consumer device. Snaps and Ubuntu Core are key enablers of the “out-of-the-box” solution, sustainable auto-update and security functi ...

David Callé
2 February 2017

Run scripts during snapcraft builds with “scriptlets”

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Please note: this blog post is over 5 years old and is out of date. Scriptlets have been superseded by Overrides. If you have snapped an application, or tried to snap an application, you know that Snapcraft heavily depends on built-in plugins for specific build systems and that it provides a large array of choices ...

Inayaili de León Persson
1 February 2017

January’s reading list

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Here are the best links shared by the design team during the first month of 2017: A Guide to 2017 Conferences Information Literacy Is a Design Problem Pattern patter. CLARK FROM INVISION, FOREVER! The Imbalance of Culture Fit a big list of good news from 2016 Calculate the ideal height of your ergonomic desk, chair ...

Maarten Ectors
31 January 2017

Industrial IoT revolution with Raspberry Pi compute module 3

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

The Raspberry Pi Foundation released a long awaited version of their Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3. The great news is that you get 4GB storage, 1GB memory and the same processor as the Raspberry Pi 3 for $30. This means that it now becomes a real solution for anybody wanting to build industrial products and ...

Canonical
30 January 2017

48% of people unaware their IoT devices pose a security threat

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

LONDON, U.K. – 30 January, 2017 – Nearly half (48%) of citizens remain unaware that their connected devices could be infiltrated and used to conduct a cyber attack. That’s according to a new IoT security whitepaper which was published today by Canonical – the makers of Ubuntu. The report, which includes research from over 2,000 ...

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