{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-list-jsx","path":"/blog/25/","result":{"data":{"prismic":{"allFeaturedblogs":{"edges":[{"node":{"featured_blogs_enabled":true,"heading":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Featured posts","spans":[]}],"featured_blog_1":{"__typename":"PRISMIC_Blog","_linkType":"Link.document","blog_header_image":{"dimensions":{"width":790,"height":395},"alt":null,"copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/6d8d81b1-971a-4313-b033-b4e125cb14a0_MondoDB-blog-header-790x395.PNG?auto=compress,format"},"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"Introducing DigitalOcean Managed MongoDB – a fully managed, database as a service for modern apps","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2021-06-29","blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"MongoDB is one of the most popular databases, and it’s ideal for apps that evolve rapidly and need to handle huge volumes of data and traffic. It offers advantages like flexible document schemas, code-native data access, change-friendly design, and easy horizontal scale-out.","spans":[{"start":22,"end":44,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://db-engines.com/en/ranking","target":"_blank"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"However, building and maintaining MongoDB clusters from the ground up can be a huge undertaking. Developers often complain that they have to spend their valuable time and resources on database management. Well, we’ve been listening and have some great news: accessing and managing MongoDB on DigitalOcean just got a lot simpler!","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We are excited to announce that DigitalOcean Managed MongoDB is now in General Availability. Managed MongoDB is a fully managed, database as a service (DBaaS) offering from DigitalOcean, built in partnership with and certified by MongoDB Inc. It provides you all the technical capabilities that make MongoDB so beloved in the developer community. Together we have ensured that you will get access to all the latest releases of the MongoDB document database as they become available.","spans":[{"start":32,"end":91,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/products/managed-databases-mongodb/"}},{"start":230,"end":241,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.mongodb.com/","target":"_blank"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Managed MongoDB simplifies the MongoDB administration. Developers of all skill levels, even those who do not have prior experience in databases, can spin up MongoDB clusters in just a few minutes. We handle the provisioning, managing, scaling, updates, backups, and security of your MongoDB clusters, allowing you to offload the complex, time consuming –yet critical – database administration tasks to us. This empowers you to focus on what really matters: building awesome apps.","spans":[]},{"type":"embed","oembed":{"height":113,"width":200,"embed_url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvHQSV7jnKA","type":"video","version":"1.0","title":"Create a MongoDB Database on DigitalOcean","author_name":"DigitalOcean","author_url":"https://www.youtube.com/c/Digitalocean","provider_name":"YouTube","provider_url":"https://www.youtube.com/","cache_age":null,"thumbnail_url":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NvHQSV7jnKA/hqdefault.jpg","thumbnail_width":480,"thumbnail_height":360,"html":""}},{"type":"heading2","text":"Benefits of Managed MongoDB","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Easy set up and maintenance: We create the database clusters for you. Simply choose the cluster configuration (e.g., memory, disk size, number of nodes, etc.), and the data center in which you want to host the database. Follow a few simple steps and your database cluster will be up and running in a matter of minutes. You can spin up clusters using the cloud control panel, CLI, or API.\n\n","spans":[{"start":0,"end":28,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Automatic daily backups with point in time recovery: Data is one of the most important assets of an app, so it’s critical to backup your database. We take backups of your entire clusters automatically on a daily basis, for free. We also provide a point in time recovery for 7 days, that way if things go wrong due to human error, machine error, or some combination of both, you can easily restore the database as it was at any point in the previous 7 days. \n\n","spans":[{"start":0,"end":52,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Automatic updates and access to latest MongoDB releases: You get access to MongoDB 4.4. This is the latest release of MongoDB and comes packed with numerous enhancements like hedged reads, rust, and swift drivers. Since we have developed Managed MongoDB in partnership with MongoDB Inc, you will always get access to new releases as they become available. With Managed MongoDB, the updates happen automatically. Just select a date and time for the updates and we take care of the rest. This makes it easy to stay up to date with MongoDB releases without disrupting your business.\n\n","spans":[{"start":0,"end":56,"type":"strong"},{"start":148,"end":169,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.mongodb.com/new","target":"_blank"}}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"High availability with automated failover: If your database goes down, it can take down the entire app, leading to bad customer experiences. With Managed MongoDB, you can easily minimize the downtime for your database and make it highly available with standby nodes. Standby nodes add redundancy, so if for example the primary node fails, the standby node is immediately promoted to primary and begins serving requests while we provision a replacement standby node in the background.\n\n","spans":[{"start":0,"end":42,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Scale up easily to handle traffic spikes: As your app gains traction and the usage grows, it’s important to have a database that can keep up with the increased demand. With Managed MongoDB, you can easily scale up the size of database nodes when needed.\n\n","spans":[{"start":0,"end":41,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Secure by default: Since data is critical, it also needs to be secure. We encrypt data at rest with LUKS and in transit with SSL. When you create a new cluster, it’s placed in a VPC network by default that provides a more secure connection between resources. 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Such users would rather offload the tedious database administration and focus their limited time and energy on building and enhancing their apps. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"With this in mind, we introduced Managed Databases a couple of years ago and are excited to add Managed MongoDB to our portfolio. With this release, DigitalOcean Managed Databases now supports the following engines:","spans":[{"start":33,"end":50,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/products/managed-databases/"}}]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/87745cc1-1c5f-4463-b104-104b7fc30dc7_managed-databases-logos.png?auto=compress,format","alt":null,"copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":849,"height":104}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Managed MongoDB launch comes on the heels of DigitalOcean App Platform, a modern, reimagined PaaS (Platform as a Service) that we released a few months ago. App Platform makes it very easy to build, deploy, and scale apps and static sites. You can deploy code by simply pointing to your GitHub and GitLab repos, and App Platform will do all the heavy lifting of managing infrastructure, app runtimes, and dependencies. App Platform, along with Managed Databases, helps fulfill DigitalOcean’s mission by empowering developers, startups, and SMBs to focus more on their apps, and less on the underlying infrastructure and databases.","spans":[{"start":45,"end":70,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/"}}]},{"type":"heading2","text":"How Managed MongoDB works","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"DigitalOcean provides you with various compute options to build your apps like:","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Droplets: On-demand, Linux virtual machines suitable for production business applications and personal passion projects.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":8,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/"}}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"DigitalOcean Kubernetes: Managed Kubernetes with automatic scaling, upgrades, and a free control plane.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":23,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/"}}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"DigitalOcean App Platform: A fully managed Platform as a Service.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":25,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No matter which compute option you choose to build your apps, you can easily add Managed MongoDB to it. 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His keynote will be followed by sessions from community members, engineers, customers, and other experts that are building technologies and businesses powered by the cloud. With live Q&A and an active Discord server, there’s ample opportunity to engage and learn something new. Click here to attend the deploy conference.","spans":[{"start":14,"end":69,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://deploy.digitalocean.com/agenda/session/552806"}},{"start":347,"end":384,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://do.co/deploy-discord"}},{"start":461,"end":489,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://do.co/deploy"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We are also launching a hackathon for DigitalOcean Managed MongoDB. 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Check out the docs and let us know what you think!","spans":[{"start":22,"end":43,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://cloud.digitalocean.com/databases/new?engine=mongodb"}},{"start":59,"end":90,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://github.com/do-community/mongodb-resources","target":"_blank"}},{"start":141,"end":145,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/databases/mongodb/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"If you’d like to have a conversation about using DigitalOcean and Managed MongoDB in your business, please feel free to contact our sales team.","spans":[{"start":120,"end":142,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/company/contact/sales/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Happy coding!","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"André Bearfield","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Director of Product Management","spans":[]}],"tags":[{"tag1":{"__typename":"PRISMIC_Tag","tag":"Product Updates","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"product-updates"}}}],"author":{"__typename":"PRISMIC_Author","author_name":"André Bearfield","author_image":{"dimensions":{"width":553,"height":547},"alt":"André Bearfield","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/fdc7c85186f0a850b04083e1d4306bd1c19772e8_andre-bearfield.png?auto=compress,format"},"_meta":{"uid":"andre-bearfield"}},"_meta":{"uid":"introducing-digitalocean-managed-mongodb"}},"featured_blog_2":{"__typename":"PRISMIC_Blog","_linkType":"Link.document","blog_header_image":{"dimensions":{"width":790,"height":400},"alt":"Droplet Console","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/710499ae-78cc-4179-afc1-15793637b200_DODX3727-790x400-logo-2.jpg?auto=compress,format"},"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"Securely connect to Droplets with SSH key pairs using a new Droplet Console","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2021-08-10","blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"The famous author Ken Blanchard once said, “Feedback is the breakfast of champions.\" This is something we truly believe at DigitalOcean, and we always strive to enhance our products based on customer feedback.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"With this goal in mind, we are excited to introduce a new Droplet Console that will make it much easier to connect to your Droplets securely. 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","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Writing the code, testing, deployment, monitoring the usage in production, and ensuring that your apps are able to handle the additional demand when customer base and usage grows are all essential and time-consuming tasks.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Additionally, being able to test multiple ideas, pivot, and double down on the ideas that actually work is critical in early stages of SaaS development. Once growth comes, it is equally important to scale up without compromising on performance or reliability. 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We feel like we know infrastructure and can handle most of the configuration and management. What we needed from a cloud was not bells and whistles but efficiency and reliability. DigitalOcean provides us a platform to build our apps and then gets out of the way. Just how we like it.” - Achyuth Krishna, Director of Engineering of Whatfix","spans":[{"start":0,"end":7,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://whatfix.com/blog/driving-the-future-now-were-excited-to-announce-our-90-million-series-d-funding/"}},{"start":287,"end":648,"type":"em"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We understand that scaling while maintaining reliability of applications and profitability of business is important, so we provide robust solutions which minimize downtime.","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Centra is a SaaS-based e-commerce platform for global direct-to-consumer and wholesale e-commerce brands. 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Thanks for spreading the DigitalOcean love!","spans":[{"start":12,"end":25,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://cloud.digitalocean.com/settings/referrals"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"– The DO Team","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2014-08-24","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"Community","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"community"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"give-your-friends-10-to-host-their-projects-and-get-25-yourself"}}},{"node":{"author":{"_linkType":"Link.document","author_name":"DigitalOcean","author_image":{"dimensions":{"width":600,"height":600},"alt":"Sammy avatar","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/a10e3c2eb15b74ee43f872be3044313423b1c9a9_sammy_avatar.png?auto=compress,format"},"_meta":{"uid":"digitalocean"}},"blog_header_image":{"dimensions":{"width":750,"height":400},"alt":"NYC expanding capacity","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/93cc0565-4c88-41b3-b2e3-5675db1ea1b4_nyc3capacity.jpg?auto=compress,format"},"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"Announcing NYC3 With IPv6 Support","spans":[]}],"blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"NYC3 is live! 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Like a NY apartment, space was getting tight on our servers, so we've expanded our East Coast presence to ensure server capacity for all users in the region.","spans":[{"start":29,"end":36,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://assets.digitalocean.com/blog/static/api-v2-enters-public-beta/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Below are DO articles that will help you get started with IPv6 on your Droplets:","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"How To Enable IPv6 For DigitalOcean Droplets","spans":[{"start":0,"end":44,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-enable-ipv6-for-digitalocean-droplets"}}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"How To Configure Tools To Use IPv6 on a Linux VPS","spans":[{"start":0,"end":49,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-configure-tools-to-use-ipv6-on-a-linux-vps"}}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"How To Add Additional IPv6 Addresses to your Droplet","spans":[{"start":0,"end":52,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-add-additional-ipv6-addresses-to-your-droplet"}}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"How To Configure Your Droplet to Only Use IPv6 Networking","spans":[{"start":0,"end":57,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-configure-your-droplet-to-only-use-ipv6-networking"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"You can also navigate the IPv6 tag for more IPv6 articles and questions in our community","spans":[{"start":79,"end":88,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/community/"}}]}],"blog_post_date":"2014-08-18","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"Product Updates","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"product-updates"}}},{"tag1":{"tag":"News","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"news"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"announcing-nyc3-with-ipv6-support"}}},{"node":{"author":{"_linkType":"Link.document","author_name":"Ben Uretsky","author_image":{"dimensions":{"width":197,"height":197},"alt":"Ben Uretsky","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/9c33dc1465bf14e543a18d402452f77970d3b4c1_aaeaaqaaaaaaaa3gaaaajdbmyjgxnzvjlti2zwutnddlzi04mgyxltlhyjfhotnlytgzna.jpg?auto=compress,format"},"_meta":{"uid":"ben_uretsky"}},"blog_header_image":null,"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"Network Instability in NYC2 on July 29, 2014","spans":[]}],"blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Last Tuesday we suffered the second network incident in our New York 2 (NY2) region in the span of a week. This is not acceptable to us, and I want to personally apologize to everyone who was affected.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"At DigitalOcean, one of our core beliefs is that our customers deserve as much transparency as possible. This applies just as much when we have problems as it does when things are going well. With that in mind we'd like to share some details on the incident and our response.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Our network is designed with a pair of core switches that each of the server racks are connected to. These core switches are also connected to one another and coordinate between themselves to allow a single bonded logical connection to each server rack through both cores. We always have sufficient capacity available on each core switch to handle all of our traffic so that we can continue operating normally if either core switch fails.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"In addition to having fully redundant core switches, we also have redundant routing engines in each core switch. The routing engine is essentially the brain of the switch – it handles management functions and some higher level network protocols. This redundancy is intended to allow us to continue operating with core switch redundancy, even if we have a failure of a single routing engine in either core switch.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"On Tuesday July 29 at 13:09 EST, the solid state disk in the active routing engine failed on one of our core switches. This triggered a failover to the backup routing engine, however the failover was not completely successful. As a result, the coordination that is necessary between the two core switches to present a single bonded link to the server racks was left in an inconsistent state. This, in turn, caused a portion of our network to be unreachable. We discovered the failed routing engine immediately, but it took us nearly an hour to fully understand that the failover was not completed successfully. Once we discovered this, we made the decision to completely isolate the broken core switch from the network moving all traffic over to the remaining core switch.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The recovery efforts were hampered by a recently discovered problem with the software on our core switches, which we believed may cause problems on the remaining switch if we moved all of our traffic to it. Since we had just finished qualifying a new version of the software in a pre-production environment, we made the decision to apply the update to the unaffected core switch before isolating the failed one. This added approximately 15 minutes to the recovery time, but ultimately put us in a stable position from which to continue operating until we could perform the necessary repairs on the affected switch.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We have been working around the clock since Tuesday to better understand the failures that happened, return the network to a fully redundant state, and make changes to our configuration and to our standard operating procedures to improve our ability to respond to similar failures in the future.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"First, we repaired the broken core switch and successfully returned it to production restoring core switch redundancy. This was successfully completed on Wednesday evening. We also made the decision to isolate a single core switch from the network a standard troubleshooting procedure when we see similar unexplained traffic loss for part of our network in the future. This should allow us to respond quickly to this type of problem going forward.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"As of Wednesday evening the network has been returned to its original configuration, all devices are fully redundant and functioning normally. We do not expect any further issues to recur at this time. We are confident that our NYC2 region has been stabilized.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We are working very closely with our networking partner to understand the nature of the failure, assess the chances of a repeat event, and to begin planning architectural changes for the future.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Our initial focus was on verifying the configuration so we initiated a line-by-line configuration review by engineers at our network partner in order to confirm that we have the most optimal settings for our architecture. Beyond validating the settings, we also asked them to test this configuration in their lab to ensure that it performs as expected on the hardware configuration and software versions that we are currently operating.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"In parallel, we returned the broken routing engine for complete failure analysis and we hope to get more definitive answers about both the cause of the failure and why the backup routing engine was unable to successfully take over. We expect some preliminary findings on this over the next few days.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Finally, we've scheduled a full network review with the chief architect at our network partner to identify short term tactical changes that can make our network even more stable, as well as longer term architectural changes to support us going forward. We will be reviewing these suggestions early next week and making decisions about how to proceed.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We know that you rely on us to be online all the time. We appreciate your patience and continued support. We'll do whatever it takes to ensure that your trust is well placed.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Thank you,","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Ben Uretsky","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"CEO, DigitalOcean","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2014-08-01","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"News","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"news"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"network-instability-in-nyc2-on-july-29-2014"}}},{"node":{"author":{"_linkType":"Link.document","author_name":"DigitalOcean","author_image":{"dimensions":{"width":600,"height":600},"alt":"Sammy avatar","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/a10e3c2eb15b74ee43f872be3044313423b1c9a9_sammy_avatar.png?auto=compress,format"},"_meta":{"uid":"digitalocean"}},"blog_header_image":{"dimensions":{"width":750,"height":400},"alt":"oauth","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/ea4c857d-93d3-4a3d-b5f3-89b7d4d2e280_oauth_sammy.png?auto=compress,format"},"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"Integrate Your Apps With Our API Using OAuth","spans":[]}],"blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"OAuth 2 is now available for applications harnessing the DigitalOcean API, giving developers an easy way to integrate their applications with user accounts. Users can quickly authorize third-party applications with read or read & write access to their DigitalOcean account without exposing personal credentials.","spans":[{"start":57,"end":73,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://developers.digitalocean.com/v2/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Prior to OAuth support, applications that used the API required users to supply their personal access token, a manual and inconvenient process. The new OAuth flow, available in APIv2, is much better suited for web applications, as users can safely and easily provide access to their accounts through a DigitalOcean authorization request page.","spans":[]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/c29e9aa5778d5f8316a68dec1533a0217339ac6c_authorize_application.png?auto=compress,format","alt":"Authorize Application page","copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":750,"height":336}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Additionally, users can view and revoke account access to authorized applications within the DigitalOcean control panel.","spans":[{"start":93,"end":119,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://cloud.digitalocean.com/settings/applications"}}]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Getting Started","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Since we use Ruby internally, we are providing our open source OAuth strategy for the community to use. The omniauth-digitalocean gem is on Github and published to RubyGems. Based on OmniAuth, the widely used Rack-based library for multi-provider authentication, the gem is an easy way to integrate \"sign in with DigitalOcean\" into Rails and Rack frameworks. We are excited to join the growing list of providers with OmniAuth strategies.","spans":[{"start":108,"end":133,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://github.com/digitaloceancloud/omniauth-digitalocean"}},{"start":183,"end":191,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://github.com/intridea/omniauth"}},{"start":386,"end":398,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://github.com/intridea/omniauth/wiki/List-of-Strategies"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We've also developed some community resources to help you get started with OAuth, including a general intro to OAuth 2 and a tutorial on how to use OAuth with DigitalOcean both as a user and as a developer.","spans":[{"start":94,"end":118,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/an-introduction-to-oauth-2"}},{"start":137,"end":171,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-oauth-authentication-with-digitalocean-as-a-user-or-developer"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"As we continue to refine our new API, we always appreciate any feedback on our API v2 Github page. And if you want to let people know about what you've built, submit your applications to the DigitalOcean projects page. 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It is through our users' support that we have now been able to expand to five regions globally.","spans":[{"start":23,"end":33,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digitalocean/suggestions/3069422-add-uk-data-center"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"London is experiencing a boom in tech and entrepreneurship that looks very similar to NYC's own tech expansion a few years ago, and we want to provide innovative companies in the United Kingdom with the infrastructure they need to grow and succeed. Additionally, we want to ensure that UK developers can comply with data privacy regulations by having a native facility.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"IPv6 and private networking are available for Droplets deployed in the new London region. We are excited to see what is developed in the London datacenter and look forward to offering more DigitalOcean regions around the world as we continue to grow.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No more waiting. Spin up a Droplet in LON1!","spans":[{"start":17,"end":43,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://bit.ly/_createdroplet"}}]}],"blog_post_date":"2014-07-14","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"News","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"news"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"introducing-our-london-region"}}},{"node":{"author":{"_linkType":"Link.document","author_name":"DigitalOcean","author_image":{"dimensions":{"width":600,"height":600},"alt":"Sammy avatar","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/a10e3c2eb15b74ee43f872be3044313423b1c9a9_sammy_avatar.png?auto=compress,format"},"_meta":{"uid":"digitalocean"}},"blog_header_image":{"dimensions":{"width":784,"height":392},"alt":"new sammy","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/2fa291f5-16cb-4f48-94ff-2b7b37f2f358_new-sammy-reveal-blog-banner.png?auto=compress,format"},"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"Sammy The Shark Gets A Birthday Makeover From Simon Oxley","spans":[]}],"blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Today we're celebrating our 3rd year since becoming officially incorporated as a company in 2011. 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He's there when we announce a new datacenter location, when we give thanks for all the love and support, and even when we're partying down at SXSW.","spans":[{"start":98,"end":132,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://assets.digitalocean.com/blog/static/we-re-excited-to-announce-our-singapore-datacenter-sgp1/"}},{"start":142,"end":182,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://assets.digitalocean.com/blog/static/happy-thanksgiving-from-sammy-the-turkey/"}},{"start":204,"end":225,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://vimeo.com/88664728"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Now, after 3 years, 2 round raises, 2 million Droplets launched, and over 150,000 developers using our platform, Sammy feels a little more grown up.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"So we asked for help from Simon Oxley – designer of graphics and muppet mascots, creator of the original Twitter bird and Github's Octocat – to give Sammy some special treatment. Now Sammy looks amazing and feels better than ever.","spans":[{"start":26,"end":37,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://twitter.com/simonoxleee"}},{"start":122,"end":138,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://octodex.github.com/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Without further ado, here's the new and improved Sammy The Shark:","spans":[]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/MjFhNjg0NjEtZjc3YS00YWI5LTg3MmQtMDA2NDU0MGVjOTAx_sammytheshark.gif?auto=compress,format","alt":"Sammy Mural","copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":750,"height":422}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Here is a closer look at the new Sammy:","spans":[]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/10508e5ef3ac8b50a3c70252b39abcfdcaf8772f_sammy-normal.png?auto=compress,format","alt":"Sammy","copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":750,"height":483}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Just because Sammy lives in the ocean doesn't mean he can't fly :)","spans":[]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/359d620b30eff181fc504940c280dc81ec2f3b50_sammy-jetpack.png?auto=compress,format","alt":"Sammy Jetpack","copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":750,"height":483}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Or float....","spans":[]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/909f4151ab742bd58f441f397cbbc2d60065ee34_sammy-balloon.png?auto=compress,format","alt":"Sammy Balloon","copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":750,"height":483}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"What would Sammy look like if he was swimming towards you? #notallthatscary","spans":[]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/eceebf5d559465963a9c32c4451e15d2a87d0ff0_sammy-front.png?auto=compress,format","alt":"Sammy Front","copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":750,"height":483}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Now that's a good lookin' shark.","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2014-07-10","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"Community","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"community"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"sammy-the-shark-gets-a-birthday-makeover-from-simon-oxley"}}},{"node":{"author":{"_linkType":"Link.document","author_name":"Bryan Liles","author_image":null,"_meta":{"uid":"bryan_liles"}},"blog_header_image":{"dimensions":{"width":750,"height":400},"alt":"gophers digging through the ground illustration with words 'Getting started with Go'","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/83c59839-f74f-4beb-bc84-0a64c4d1bdf0_Go_Blog.png?auto=compress,format"},"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"Get Your Development Team Started With Go","spans":[]}],"blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Here at DigitalOcean, Go is quickly becoming one of our favorite programming languages. 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Through word of mouth and on social channels (e.g. Twitter), I've found special gems like go-tigertonic and testify. Yes, we could have gotten by without them – but they provide benefits we don't feel the need to replicate in-house.","spans":[{"start":202,"end":215,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://github.com/rcrowley/go-tigertonic"}},{"start":220,"end":227,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://github.com/stretchr/testify"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"There are also a few package repositories that exist; however, none of them can be considered a standard. There are announcement services like OSS Go, but they aren't helpful if you are looking for something specific.","spans":[{"start":143,"end":149,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://twitter.com/oss_go"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"While this remains an unsolved issue, Go has a secret weapon:","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The standard library included with Go is incredibly robust, and unless you are looking for something industry specific or niche, there's a high probability the standard library has a complete solution – or the stepping stone to help you build a solution.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"heading2","text":" Integrating With External Code","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"As you start integrating packages written externally, you should take care to *use* the external packages and not *become* the external package. External API interfaces can change, or your team may decide that it needs to replace backend systems with something more robust. Use Go's interfaces to insulate your application from your imported package's types; in doing this, the focus will shift to fulfilling your project's needs rather than building around a core you don't own or have control over.","spans":[{"start":79,"end":82,"type":"em"},{"start":115,"end":121,"type":"em"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"As an example, if you're using an external Redis client package, it exports the following:","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" ```[redis]{`","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" package redis","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" type Redis struct {}","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" func (r *Redis) Get(k string) (*RedisKVPair, error) { // omited}`}``` ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"You could use this code in your application, but you'll run into two problems: The first problem is that you'll need a Redis server if you ever want to test code that uses this package. The second is that you won't be able to easily upgrade or swap the Redis client out if you require additional functionality.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Using Go's powerful interfaces, you start specifying the behavior you desire:","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"```[go]{`","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" package myapp","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" type KeyPair struct {","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" Key string","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" Value []byte","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" }","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" type KeyStore interface {","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" Get(k string) (*KeyPair, error)","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" }`}```","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Next, you can create your own type that wraps the external dependency:","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" ```[go]{`","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"package myapp","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" func NewRedisKeyStore() {","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" return &RedisKeyStore{","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" r: redis.Redis{},","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" }","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" }","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" func (rks *RedisKeyStore) Get(k string) (*KeyPair, error) {","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" rkvp, err := rks.r.Get(k)","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" if err != nil {","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" return nil, err","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" }","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" return &KeyPair{","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" Key: rkvp.Key,","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" Value: rkvp.Value,","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" }, nil","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" }","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"`}``` ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Finally, instead of using the external Redis client explicitly, you can use your wrapper or swap it out in tests:","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"```[go]{`","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" type MockKeyStore struct {","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" Dict map[string][]byte","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" }","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" func NewMockKeyStore() {","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" return &MockKeyStore{","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" Dict: map[string][]byte{},","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" }","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" }","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" func (mks *MockKeyStore) Get(k string) (*KeyPair, error) {","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" return &KeyPair{Key: k, Value: mks.Dict[k]}, nil","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" }","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" `}```","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Managing Dependencies","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"After a bit of time, packages you rely on will be updated to fix bugs and add new features. You will quickly learn that `go get` is not a robust solution for maintaining and organizing dependencies. There are two solutions here that you can try: vendoring your dependencies or using an external tool such as [godep](https://github.com/tools/godep).","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The team evaluated vendoring packages but found out quickly that it can be overwhelming. Hence, we are currently leaning towards using godep to manage our dependencies. It provides a method for ensuring that an explicit package is used. Keep in mind it doesn't do so in a declarative manner, so you have to make sure you have the proper version installed prior to saving with godep.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"While our engineering team has a strong grasp on managing our dependencies, this too remains an unsolved problem. There still isn't a simple, Go community accepted, declarative solution that allows us to specify external dependencies and the exact versions we want to use. The community is working on it, however, and a few solutions exist for your team to evaluate at the [Go Wiki Tools Page](https://code.google.com/p/go-wiki/wiki/PackageManagementTools).","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Writing Go","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"One thing your team may appreciate about Go is that it doesn't require a resource heavy IDE to be productive. You can use your already-familiar text editor and start writing code. If you do this without any research though, you will be missing out on extensions that can help your productivity. I use Sublime Text for writing Go, and the popular GoSublime plugin provides features like code completion and formatting. Other team members use [Vim Go](https://github.com/fatih/vim-go) with large amounts of success.","spans":[{"start":346,"end":355,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://github.com/DisposaBoy/GoSublime"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Another tool to keep an eye on is Oracle – it provides source analysis that will aid you in navigating your projects. From evaluating expressions to understanding types and callees, Oracle integration in editors will be a huge productivity boost to developers. You can try it out today if you use Emacs or the Atom package.","spans":[{"start":34,"end":40,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://godoc.org/code.google.com/p/go.tools/oracle"}},{"start":310,"end":322,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://atom.io/packages/go-oracle"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Our team has settled on a single workspace with multiple repositories. As mentioned above, it's still the early days of dependency management, but since we ensure that the team works on all projects in a similar manner, multiple people are able to work with multiple projects simultaneously without any major problems.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Deploying Go","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"After writing your software, you'll want to run it in production. Use a tool like fpm to build debs and RPMs and deploy those to your production. You'll get the value of being able to deploy from an internal repository with an explicit version. Since Go compiles down to a single binary, there will be no dependencies to manage.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"As an example, you can create a Makefile to build a deb:","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"```[go]{` VERSION=0.5.0","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" BUILD=$(shell git rev-list --count HEAD)","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" widget-dpkg:","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" mkdir -p deb/widget/usr/local/bin","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" cp $(GOPATH)/bin/widget deb/widget/usr/local/bin","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":" fpm -s dir -t deb -n widget -v $(VERSION)-$(BUILD) -C deb/widget .","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"`}``` ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Before thinking of creating packages by hand, consider using your continuous integration system as the builder. This way you'll be guaranteed an up-to-date package after every successful build. We are currently using Drone.IO for continuous integration. We're also moving to Makefiles for automating tasks, which are well known and a great way to ensure that everyone who touches the code can test and build it.","spans":[{"start":217,"end":225,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://drone.io/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Taking Advantage Of Go's Ecosystem","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Go provides tools to make it easier to work within its ecosystem. The DO team uses `golint` which finds simple mistakes and ensures that everything has at least a minimal set of documentation. With `godoc` we have an easy to use interface for viewing the documentation for all the code that our projects contain. The Golang Nuts mailing list is an invaluable resource.","spans":[{"start":317,"end":328,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/golang-nuts"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"So far, our short foray into Go has been a great success. Developers not familiar with the language have ramped up and become productive quickly. The language's speed of development, coupled with its easy-to-grasp concurrency, has allowed to us to write better software in a faster manner. We experimented with Go while rewriting our Droplet Console, and that experience has given us the confidence to move forward on multiple new projects.","spans":[{"start":334,"end":349,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://assets.digitalocean.com/blog/static/new-super-fast-droplet-console-thanks-golang/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"If your team hasn't tried Go, it should be on your short list.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Write Go For DO","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"As we continue to write new services, as well as rewrite old ones, we grow a deeper appreciation for the language's strength in building distributed systems. If you're a software engineer that's interested in writing Go – we are hiring.","spans":[{"start":222,"end":235,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://careers.digitalocean.com/careers/software-engineer/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"*Oh, and if you have experience writing Go, feel free to comment below and share your thoughts.*","spans":[{"start":1,"end":95,"type":"em"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"by Bryan Liles","spans":[{"start":3,"end":14,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://twitter.com/bryanl"}}]}],"blog_post_date":"2014-06-30","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"Engineering","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"engineering"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"get-your-development-team-started-with-go"}}}]}}}