Updates about Bytemark’s cloud servers and automated platform (formerly called BigV).
« Back to all postsBytemark Cloud is the hosting platform that we built in-house back in 2012. Originally, it was called BigV, but in 2016 we felt the time was right to rebrand the service. Bytemark Cloud still provides the same reliable hosting that you’ve used since 2012, it’s just a new name! Though we will, of course, continue to ship […]
Read moreOne of our manifesto principles is an ongoing commitment to transparency and clear communication. That’s why since 2005, we have detailed every outage affecting our products and network on our public forum. In 2015, we built on that commitment by launching a dedicated Bytemark Status site (https://status.bytemark.org) where we have continued to report all service interruptions […]
Read moreYou can now re-image your BigV VMs through the web control panel! This lets you install a fresh (or different) operating system, whilst keeping the VM spec and networking setup (IPs). Please note: Re-image wipes any attached discs, so please backup externally to keep data. You’ll be given a new root password You’ll likely get […]
Read moreAs you might know, if you’ve read the blog before, Bytemark’s data centre in York is right next to the East Coast Main Line (ECML). The ECML is one of the busiest lines on the UK rail network carrying passengers and freight up and down the east coast of the country. This gives us a […]
Read moreLast week, I wrote a tutorial on using “git push” to deploy Ruby applications to your own server using Dokku, a tool that lets you create an environment similar to Heroku on your own server. I demonstrated an example using a simple Ruby app to test the system, which if you haven’t done is well worth running […]
Read moreIf you’ve used Heroku you’ll be familiar with the convenience of using “git push” to deploy your Ruby application. Here’s how you can do the same on Bytemark Cloud using Dokku – a simple system that allows quick deployment of packaged applications, or “buildpacks”. Dokku uses software called Buildstep and contains your applications using Docker. That’s a lot of buzzwords to put onto […]
Read moreHere’s the paper I wrote for last week’s FLOSS UK Spring 2012 conference. I don’t really do slides, just scrolling through text and pointing at diagrams. But hopefully this is more useful afterwards – the paper spills all the details on how we’ve been implementing BigV, our excellent new hosting system. Have a read, and […]
Read moreNote: Since the original publication, BigV has been renamed Bytemark Cloud and offers many new features since the platform launched in 2011. BigV is Bytemark’s very own cloud hosting platform, built in-house. It builds on virtual machine (VM) technology to provide hosting that is both flexible and resilient. Flexibility: You can change your servers’ RAM or […]
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