By default, a user would use an ECS Instance when deploying applications on Alibaba Cloud. This usually is the go-to solution of most people. An ECS Instance in Alibaba Cloud is a Virtual Machine that give you a complete Linux/Windows machine for you to use. This is freedom as its best, and you are the […]

As part of being an Alibaba Cloud MVP, I get to test from time to time new products from this cloud provider for free, which is a really nice thing to have. In this occasion, thanks to some vouchers I got from the team in Hangzhou, I had the chance to play, for free, with […]

At the Apsara Conference 2020 I shared with the public why I chose Alibaba Cloud: “I’ve been involved in Chinese culture in a way for some years, and I’m also very familiar with Taobao and Alibaba in general. I’m always amazed how strong all the internal systems [are] and [by] the experience they have. When […]

El próximo 24 de Septiembre haré un pequeño webinar (15 minutos). En esta sesión descubriremos el ecosistema Serverless de Alibaba Cloud e introduciremos los servicios y herramientas que este proveedor cloud nos ofrece para poder correr nuestras aplicaciones de forma más eficiente.   El webinar será en Español.   Temas Qué es Serverless Familia de […]

Cloud providers, specially those ranked higher like Microsoft Azure, Alibaba Cloud or Amazon Web Services, tend to follow very scrupulously all regulations everywhere they have a data center or PoP (point of presence). In the case of Alibaba Cloud, we are talking about a big number of those, both international and regional certifications to assure […]

When you start your journey around deploying services in China, soon you realise that is not the same as in the rest of places. You even feel that your prior DevOps/Ops experience doesn’t help much on this matter. Suddenly, you feel you need help from companies who specialise in Chinese Clouds.     Why is […]

Today was published my new article in the official Blog of Alibaba Cloud (阿里云), named “Create a Cross-Region Active-Active Application on Alibaba Cloud“. If you want to have a look, you can find it in the following link: Create a Cross-Region Active-Active Application on Alibaba Cloud  

Today was published my new article in the official Blog of Alibaba Cloud (阿里云), named “Setting up GitOps with Alibaba Cloud OSS and GitHub Actions“. If you want to have a look, you can find it in the following link: Setting up GitOps with Alibaba Cloud OSS and GitHub Actions  

Vídeo sobre cómo crear una instancia ECS en Alicloud, fácil y rápido. En español.

Today was published my new article in the official Blog of Alibaba Cloud (阿里云), named “Working with Tengine and OpenResty“. If you want to have a look, you can find it in the following link: Working with Tengine and OpenResty  

Las empresas que buscan conectarse con el mercado digital de China muy pronto se dan cuenta de la necesidad de disponer de infraestructura local en dicho país. Con más de la mitad del mercado IaaS (nube pública) en China, Alibaba Cloud puede convertirse en el socio que estás buscando. Además, debido a que la compañía […]

There is a new podcast in town! Well, “Cloudcast” in this case 😅 Thanks to the Alibaba Cloud Academy I got invited to be part of the first edition of the program! Listen to the audio     Check the original live stream

As you may know, I’m a fan of the Alibaba Cloud Academy since it came to existence. Their way to structure the certifications is unique and really teaches you how to leverage the cloud just the way you want. I personally have a number of certifications from them. My way was to first learn from […]

If you weren’t aware, I submitted on November a Terraform Module I made to the Alibaba Cloud Open Platform Challenge. Said challenge was designed to bring developers closer to the tools Alibaba Cloud is trying to push across the community. Good news! I was among the winners!     They launched the challenge on November […]

In this article I’ll go through the advantages of using Aliyun Linux, a CentOS-based Linux distribution developed and maintained by Alibaba Cloud. Compared to other available Virtual Machines like Debian/Ubuntu or RHEL/CentOS (amongst others), Aliyun Linux is made in the cloud and for the cloud.     Alibaba optimised this distribution to the point that, […]