We have just updated our CloudBalkan Control Panel to a new major version 2.0. It brings dozens of new tools and enables lots of new features. The redesigned control panel is now better, more intuitive and mobile friendly than ever before. Read More
Debian has announced a new point releas. The 9.7 came out on Jan, 23rd and focuses mainly on security updates. Precious Debian 9 installation can be upgraded to the 9.7 release.
The changelog is available at: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/ChangeLog
The new version is available on CloudBalkan.
The FreeBSD team has just announce the release of FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE. This is the first release of new major version 12.
The new point release of the Debian distribution has just been released. As a point release, it includes updates and adjustments on security issues and bugs. This release is not an entirely new version and any Debian 9 can be upgraded to include those patches.
The new release is already available on CloudBalkan.
We are to share with a nice little tool with a big potential. The CloudBalkan Command-Line Interface enables you to list and manage your servers, domains and storage drives through a simple set of commands. It provides a basic functionality for cloud automation tasks. We share it although it is still in very early development, because we see a huge interest in it. Also feel free to share your thoughts and recommendations.
You’ll find the tool in our public Github repository:
Ansible is one of the most popular and well supported automation frameworks to date. It allows you to manage your servers and applications configuration with sets of tasks, arranged in so called playbooks, by simply defining the desired end state. Ansible playbooks are basically YAML files in which the user defines those tasks, the states and commands to be executed. An Ansible playbook is typically executed on multiple targets, from a single point by using just an SSH connection.
To start using Ansible you’ll need to install only on a single server that you’ll be using for the execution of playbooks. In this article we’ll go through the steps to install the latest version of Ansible on an Ubuntu server.
To install the latest version you will need to add an custom PPA repository.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install software-properties-common sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ansible/ansible
Then you can simply run the apt update:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ansible
Once the installation is complete, you can start using the set of Ansible application:
ansible ansible-connection ansible-doc ansible-inventory ansible-pull ansible-vault ansible-config ansible-console ansible-galaxy ansible-playbook ansible-test
Mikrotik RouterOS 6.43.4 is now available as an image for Cloud Routers. Read More
This week we are focusing on networking. We want to share a bit more about cloud routers and how to start your virtualized network infrastructure on CloudBalkan. As our Cloud Routers service started with the Mikrotik Cloud Hosted Router, we’ll focus on the RouterOS as well. You can learn how to setup an Virtual Private Netowrk hub on the cloud or how to setup a powerful firewall in just a few minutes. Keep an eye on the blog and you’ll find a lot interesting articles on networking. Read More
Today CloudBalkan officially announces the start of a new facility that marks a big step forward. Named CB-SOF-02 (Dry River) the Next Generation Data Center has just opened racks in Sofia, Bulgaria. Read More
Happy Programmers’ Day to all software developers around the flat earth!
Today is the 256th day of this year and as every year, on the 2^8 day we celebrate the magic of programming.
We wish you all the best!