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, […]

A terraform module to create a private Container Registry namespace and a RAM role able to pull/push from the namespace created. Alicloud Terraform Module. NOTE: This module uses AccessKey and SecretKey from profile and shared_credentials_file. If you have not set them yet, please install aliyun-cli and configure it. Architecture Diagram After using this module, the […]

When dealing with critical ECS instances, specially the ones running our applications, many times we worry about their performance all the time, sometimes to the point in where we need to pay or learn to use a number of platforms in order to monitor it. Although you can create automatic alarms using CloudMonitor, sometimes you […]

Learn how your devices can connect to Alibaba Cloud’s Internet of Things (IoT) solution by setting up a simulated IoT device. Have a look to the Webinar I recorded while in Hangzhou at Alibaba’s offices last month. >> GitHub Repository with the full example For a modern IT-based enterprise, integrating your hardware into the cloud […]

This article is about my experience a the Apsara Conference 2019, for the Instagram stories posts go to my Instagram profile.     The Conference The Apsara Conference, also called “Yunqi Conference” in chinese, or “云栖大会”, is the biggest cloud computing & AI conference in Asia. This conference is held every year in Yunqi, Hangzhou […]

Alberto Roura is an Alibaba Cloud MVP Diamond, Tech Writer and ACP Certified. He is the founder of Cirrus Audit, a Cloud Consultancy business that is currently trialing a public beta of its first SaaS product for SMEs, a multicloud optimisation tool with special focus on APAC providers. Cirrus Audit Panel is the multicloud resource […]

Alibaba Cloud have kindly invited us to their Castlereagh Street offices in between Martin Place and Wynyard stations. 1st speaker: Ben Dechrai, Auth0 A token walks into a SPA Securing SPAs isn’t as straight forward as a traditional web application. The code is there for all to see. Cookies and local storage aren’t 100% safe. […]

What we want to solve with this tutorial? The problem we want to solve with this article is a very recurrent one. That one that appears when you are developing a website in your local machine, but your client wants to see the progress as you work. The classic approach is to start an ECS […]

When I got my NAS, I had clear that I wanted to access it from anywhere in the world, as I’m a person who loves travelling and from time to time I’ll need the documents, photos and files in general stored in it. It just made sense for me. To make things easier, I purchased […]

Cirrus Audit Panel is a multicloud resource optimisation SaaS platform targeted to SME businesses (investors welcomed). It aims to help IT professionals deal with multiple cloud providers and accounts at the same time, all without worrying too much about the technical jargon. You can see how a Virtual Machine performs and costs within seconds, no […]

This GitHub repository is been created to help you understand how to easily deal with emails when working on serverless architectures on Alibaba Cloud Function Compute. We make use of nodejs8 runtime and the official SendinBlue API wrapper sendinblue-api. To orchestrate all, we leverage fun, an amazing tool made by Alibaba Cloud that helps you form serverless […]

Today was published my tenth article in the official Blog of Alibaba Cloud (阿里云), named “Tengine, Docker, and PHP Application Best Practices“. If you want to have a look, you can find it in the following link: Tengine, Docker, and PHP Application Best Practices  

Today was published my ninth article in the official Blog of Alibaba Cloud (阿里云), named “Using PouchContainer to Deploy a Node Site in Alibaba Cloud“. If you want to have a look, you can find it in the following link: Using PouchContainer to Deploy a Node Site in Alibaba Cloud  

Alibaba Cloud (阿里云) is certainly becoming an obvious place where growing organisations are migrating their websites and campaigns to the cloud. This is helping them seeing a lot more prosperity in their operations. Thanks to their fantastic stack made of Apsara (Operating System), hardware and unique products, expect anything running there smoothly. Today, I’m going […]

Introduction to Alibaba Cloud’s IoT platform and discussion of different use-cases. Hear how to leverage the IoT platform to create the next-gen gadgets. 5.30pm – 5.45pm Welcome and Networking 5.45pm – 6.45pm Introduction to IoT Platform, Demo 6.45pm – ~ Networking over some food and drinks after the Meetup   IoT with Alibaba Cloud Friday, […]