Tutorial
Cloud and server
Tutorial: Install single-server OpenStack with conjure-up
by David Callé on 2 February 2018
OpenStack is the de facto open source standard to build private and public clouds. We believe deploying and getting familiar with OpenStack should be an easy...
Desktop
Tutorial: Install Ubuntu on a Chromebook
by David Callé on 30 January 2018
Chromebooks have gained popularity as relatively inexpensive web-centric laptops. They give access to web-based and native applications through the Chrome...
Desktop
Your first robot: Introduction to the Robot Operating System [2/5]
by Kyle Fazzari on 21 January 2018
Desktop
Tutorial: Continuous delivery of snaps with Circle CI
by David Callé on 19 January 2018
Bullet-proof continuous delivery of software is crucial to the health of your community, more than a way to run manual tests, it also enables your early...
Desktop
How to turn your website into a desktop app
by David Callé on 15 November 2017
Turning your website into a desktop integrated app is a relatively simple thing to do, but distributing it as such and making it noticeable in app stores is...
Cloud and server
MAAS KVM Pods
by Canonical on 18 October 2017
This is a guest post by Michael Iatrou, cloud solutions architect at Canonical OpenStack is the dominant solution in the IaaS space, fueled by the need for...
Cloud and server
How to set up Kubernetes with conjure-up and monitor apps with Weave
by Marco Ceppi on 17 August 2017
On August 2, Luke Marsden (Weaveworks) and Marco Ceppi (Canonical) presented a webinar on how to Speed up your software development lifecycle with Kubernetes....
Internet of Things
ROS production: create Ubuntu Core image with snap preinstalled [5/5]
by Kyle Fazzari on 9 May 2017
This is the fifth (and final) blog post in this series about ROS production. In the previous post we created a gadget snap to allow confined access to the...
Internet of Things
ROS production: obtaining confined access to the Turtlebot [4/5]
by Kyle Fazzari on 27 April 2017
This is the fourth blog post in this series about ROS production. In the previous post we created a snap of our prototype, and released it into the store. In...
Internet of Things
ROS production: our prototype as a snap [3/5]
by Kyle Fazzari on 21 April 2017
This is the third blog post in this series about ROS production. In the previous post we came up with a simple ROS prototype. In this post we’ll package that...
Internet of Things
From ROS prototype to production on Ubuntu Core
by Kyle Fazzari on 6 April 2017
Please note that this blog post has outdated technical information that may no longer be correct. For latest updated documentation about robotics in Canonical...