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Shopware is a modern, open-source ecommerce platform built for businesses that need scalability, flexibility, and full customization. With its modular architecture, advanced SEO tools, and API-first approach, Shopware stands out as a developer-friendly solution for creating high-performance, fully responsive online stores. Unlike closed systems like Shopify or limited platforms like PrestaShop, Shopware software gives you […]

It’s no surprise that you can host ASP.NET Core apps at UpCloud, but let’s see a concrete example: how would you host an app using the open-source CMS Orchard Core? Orchard Core? If you’re a .NET web developer, you most possibly do your work built on ASP.NET Core. And if you do that, it’s useful […]

Introduction PostgreSQL is an open-source relational database management system that is compliant with SQL standards and ACID properties. In addition to its relational data model, PostgreSQL also supports the object-oriented database model, which enables working with complex and user-defined data types and structures for storing and querying data. This hybrid object-relational model makes it suitable […]

Travis CI and UpCloud make a strong pair for deploying modern web applications. Travis CI provides a straightforward continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) platform that supports Node.js and a variety of other frameworks out of the box, automating your workflow from code commit to production delivery. On the other hand, UpCloud’s high-performance cloud infrastructure gives […]

Developers need fast, secure, and efficient ways to build modern websites—whether it’s a personal blog, product landing page, or documentation site. A static site generator like Hugo is that’s fast, easy to use, and highly customizable is a great solution to deploy and pull content quickly. Unlike traditional CMSs that rely on databases and server-side […]

Kamal is an open-source deployment tool that automates the process of deploying and managing containerized web applications on target servers. These target servers can be provisioned anywhere whether in an on-premises environment, Cloud environment, hosted VPS, or even a simple virtual machine that you create on your own. Kamal was originally created for Rails applications, […]

Welcome back to this series on supercharging your CI/CD pipelines by deploying lightning-fast GitHub Actions Runners on UpCloud’s Managed Kubernetes! In Part 3 of this series, you looked at monitoring, logging, and some common troubleshooting scenarios, including diagnosing runner registration issues, debugging scale-set controllers, and effectively examining logs to resolve operational hiccups. Now, in this […]

Welcome back to the four-part series on supercharging your CI/CD pipelines by deploying lightning-fast GitHub Actions Runners on UpCloud’s Managed Kubernetes! In Part 2, we looked at advanced configurations, including customizing runner deployments, implementing network policies for enhanced security, and setting up autoscaling to optimize costs. In this installment, Part 3, we turn our attention […]

Teams often need reliable and secure ways to store, share, and collaborate on files — and ownCloud fits that need well. But getting it up and running isn’t always straightforward. You’ll need to pick the right server, configure the database, set permissions, and handle backups to keep your data safe and durable. That’s where UpCloud […]