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Blog posts tagged
"metal as a service"

Anton Smith
8 October 2021

Provisioning bare metal Kubernetes clusters with Spectro Cloud and 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 ...

Canonical
21 October 2020

Automating Server Provisioning in phoenixNap’s Bare Metal Cloud with MAAS (Metal-as-a-Service)

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

As part of the effort to build a flexible, cloud-native ready infrastructure, phoenixNAP collaborated with Canonical on enabling nearly instant OS installation. Canonical’s MAAS (Metal-as-a-Service) solution allows for automated OS installation on phoenixNAP’s Bare Metal Cloud, making it possible to set up a server in less than two minute ...

Mark Baker
18 July 2017

How modelling helps you avoid getting a stuck OpenStack

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Lego model of an Airbus A380-800. Airbus run OpenStack A “StuckStack” is a deployment of OpenStack that usually, for technical but sometimes business reasons, is unable to be upgraded without significant disruption, time and expense. In the last post on this topic we discussed how many of these clouds became stuck and how the decisions ...

Canonical
2 June 2017

Customising MAAS installs

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

by Matt Jarvis, Consulting Architect at Canonical Canonical’s MAAS is a bare metal provisioning and lifecycle management system. In this post, we’ll look at customising installs provisioned by MAAS to enable site specific configuration. Historically, the paradigm for bare metal machine installation has been to use a ‘golden master’ image, ...

Alexia Emmanoulopoulou
27 March 2017

Video tutorial: learn how to install MAAS

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

This short video offers step-by-step instructions on how to install MAAS (Metal as a Service) to your machine. Before you start you’ll need: One small server for MAAS and at least one server which can be managed with a BMC. It is recommended to have the MAAS server provide DHCP and DNS on a network the ...

Canonical
2 March 2017

Bare metal server provisioning series: the economics of automation

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

This is the first in a series of blogs posts discussing the value of bare metal server provisioning and the economics it can bring to businesses. The server industry is becoming more and more automated. Robots are helping to deploy servers and clouds that are moving away from large racks of blades and hardware managed ...

Canonical
23 January 2017

What IT pros need to know about server provisioning

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Big Software, IoT and Big Data are changing how organisations are architecting, deploying, and managing their infrastructure. Traditional models are being challenged and replaced by software solutions that are deployed across many environments and many servers. However, no matter what infrastructure you have, there are bare metal servers ...