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Lewis, Senior Data Engineer

July 1, 2025

Deploying a Node.js Application to UpCloud From Jenkins!

Jenkins is one of the most popular open-source automation servers for setting up CI/CD pipelines, and when paired with UpCloud, it becomes a powerful platform for deploying Node.js applications. Jenkins gives you full control over your build and deployment processes, making it ideal for teams that want a highly customizable pipeline. Combined with UpCloud’s high-performance […]

  • Integrations

June 27, 2025

Running Containers with Podman on UpCloud: A Beginner’s Guide!

Introduction Podman is a container engine that enables building, running, and managing containers. It is usually considered as an alternative to Docker, as they both provide similar functionalities for managing containers. However, they differ in their architecture and the way they run containers. The major difference between Podman and Docker is that Podman is daemonless, […]

  • Integrations

June 24, 2025

Deploying a Node.js Application to UpCloud From Circle CI!

CircleCI and UpCloud make a great combination for deploying Node.js applications with speed and reliability. CircleCI offers a flexible and developer-friendly CI/CD platform that integrates easily with your GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket repository, allowing you to automate builds, tests, and deployments with minimal setup. UpCloud, on the other hand, provides high-performance cloud servers with predictable […]

  • Integrations

June 19, 2025

How to Install and Configure Shopware for Your Ecommerce Store on UpCloud!

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 […]

  • Integrations
  • Web hosting

June 17, 2025

Hosting the most popular ASP.NET Core CMS, Orchard Core at UpCloud!

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 […]

  • Integrations
  • Web hosting

May 22, 2025

Deploying a High-Availability PostgreSQL Database on UpCloud!

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 […]

  • Databases
  • Integrations

May 20, 2025

Deploying a Node.js Application from Travis CI to UpCloud!

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 […]

  • Integrations

May 15, 2025

How to Deploy and Configure Hugo for Fast and SEO-Friendly Static Websites!

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 […]

  • Web hosting

May 9, 2025

Kamal: A Beginner’s Guide to Deployment and Setup on UpCloud!

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, […]

  • Web hosting
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