{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-tag-jsx","path":"/blog/tag/news/","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":"<iframe width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NvHQSV7jnKA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen></iframe>"}},{"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. You can also restrict access to your nodes to prevent brute-force password and denial-of-service attacks.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":18,"type":"strong"},{"start":178,"end":189,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/networking/vpc/"}}]},{"type":"heading2","text":"The need for Managed Databases","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"DigitalOcean’s mission is to simplify cloud computing so developers, startups, and SMBs can spend more time building software that changes the world. While databases are a critical component to any application, building, maintaining, and scaling them can be complex and time consuming. For developers that are building apps for their business, database administration is often not a core focus area. But it’s quite common to find developers that write the code and then also roll up their sleeves to maintain databases. 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. In addition to this, Managed MongoDB also integrates with the Node.js 1-Click App from DigitalOcean Marketplace making it a lot easier to build Node.js apps.","spans":[{"start":166,"end":215,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/nodejs"}}]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Simple, predictable pricing","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Just like all DigitalOcean products, Managed MongoDB provides simple, predictable pricing that allows you to control costs and prevent any surprise bills. You can spin up a database cluster for just $15/month, or a highly available three-node replica set for $45/month. Click here for more information.","spans":[{"start":270,"end":301,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/#managed-databases"}}]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Regional availability","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Managed MongoDB is currently available in the following regions:","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"NYC3 (New York, USA)","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"FRA1 (Frankfurt, Germany)","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"AMS3 (Amsterdam, Netherlands)","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We will be making Managed Mongo available in other regions soon. Please check out the release notes for most up to date information on regional availability.","spans":[{"start":86,"end":99,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/release-notes/"}}]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Join us at deploy, DigitalOcean’s virtual user conference","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Today we have deploy, DigitalOcean’s signature user conference, which focuses on celebrating, educating, and connecting awesome builders from all over the world.","spans":[{"start":14,"end":20,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://deploy.digitalocean.com/home"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Check out the keynote session from DigitalOcean's CEO, Yancey Spruill, in which he talks about where we're headed as a company and shares some exciting product updates. 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. Learn how you can participate, submit an app and get a t-shirt.","spans":[{"start":24,"end":66,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/mongodb-hackathon"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We hope you will give Managed MongoDB a try. Here are some sample datasets and sample apps that you can use to kick the tires. 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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At a high level, SSH works by creating cryptographic key pairs consisting of a public and private key, which are computer generated and stored separately to ensure their security. ","spans":[{"start":80,"end":117,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://cybernews.com/best-password-managers/most-common-passwords/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"SSH has become the default encryption protocol for many industries, but it was difficult to use SSH keys with DigitalOcean’s current Recovery (VNC) console, which is why we developed our new Droplet Console. The new Droplet Console is backed by an agent that security supervises the key pair, while also providing one-click SSH access to our users. You can see the full list of features below.","spans":[]},{"type":"heading2","text":"The new Droplet Console: More time saving, less time wasting ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The new Droplet Console is for everyone who is looking to build fast, secure apps and avoid hassles with SSH access & usability issues.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"In addition to easier SSH access, the new Droplet Console comes with:","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Copy/paste text: Instead of typing lengthy key pairs and text manually, you can use copy/paste to save time. ","spans":[{"start":0,"end":17,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Multi-color support: Multi-color support makes the console more useful and intuitive, and breaks the conventional standard appearance which is black text on a white background. ","spans":[{"start":0,"end":41,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Multi-language support: DigitalOcean’s new Droplet Console supports multiple languages, meaning you can now type and view any content in any language that is supported by UTF-8","spans":[{"start":0,"end":24,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"OS/images supported: Linux distributions (Ubuntu(16.04 - 20.04), Fedora (32 & 33), Debian (9), CentOS (7.6 & 8.3), CentOS 8 Stream, Rocky Linux and Marketplace images.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":20,"type":"strong"},{"start":148,"end":159,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The new Droplet Console is available by default on any new Droplets you spin up. 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A combination of internet-based delivery, subscription-based pricing, and low-friction product experiences have made SaaS solutions valuable tools for their users, and an excellent vehicle for software builders looking to distribute their products.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"These factors have made SaaS solutions ubiquitous; SaaS is the largest segment in the public cloud market, and is used to provide functionality ranging from personal finance apps for consumers, to productivity software for businesses, and even tools and services for software developers themselves to compose their applications and simplify their workflows. It is also not uncommon to find micro-SaaS applications being built for specific industries such as retail, job functions such as accounting or marketing, or tasks such as event management. 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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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The last thing SaaS teams want is surprising and indecipherable bills from your cloud provider. Unfortunately, smaller businesses often experience unpredictable costs with cloud providers who are busy serving only the large enterprises.","spans":[]},{"type":"heading2","text":"DigitalOcean provides a simple, cost effective solution for SaaS builders","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Fortunately, at DigitalOcean we have a laser focus on small software development teams, who are trying to build the next generation of applications. Today, DigitalOcean customers are already building SaaS applications which serve all kinds of customers.","spans":[{"start":191,"end":217,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/solutions/saas/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We believe SaaS builders should focus on building apps that power their business, and not spend their valuable time on managing infrastructure. That is exactly what we have been able to enable through our intuitive products that are built for scale and reliability.","spans":[{"start":205,"end":223,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/products/"}}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Vidazoo is an advertising technology company specializing in video streaming and serving. It serves video ads to thousands of websites and handles close to 10 billion requests per day. \n\n“We are as much a data company as an adtech company. Our business relies on speedy and accurate data processing at massive scale. DigitalOcean provides us the perfect set of tools to operate our SaaS business profitably, while not making us feel the need to become full time system administrators. We plan to move a lot of our apps to DigitalOcean App Platform and other fully managed products.” - Roman Svichar, CTO of Vidazoo","spans":[{"start":0,"end":7,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://vidazoo.com/"}},{"start":187,"end":583,"type":"em"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We believe in meeting customers where they are. If they already have an understanding of cloud infrastructure technologies, they should be able to leverage that knowledge and get started with our products without any further ramp up.","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Whatfix is an enterprise SaaS provider that offers a digital adoption platform to businesses. The company helps enterprises gain the full value of their investments in enterprise applications by providing real-time, interactive, and contextual guidance to users of those applications. \n\n“What we really love about the DigitalOcean platform is the ease of use. 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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If you are interested in learning more about product updates, technical deep-dives and best practices for building SaaS products and businesses, please contact us to learn how we can help you get started. ","spans":[{"start":340,"end":357,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/migrate/?utmmedium=blog","target":"_blank"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Come build with DigitalOcean!","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Looking to migrate your SaaS to DigitalOcean? 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We understand that the only way we can realize this incredible opportunity to serve the 130+ million entrepreneurs and developers, around the world, is for all of us to work together, regardless of our backgrounds, our business opportunity is simply too important and massive, to have a culture where all people aren’t contributing as equals. ","spans":[{"start":171,"end":239,"type":"em"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"As part of this report, we are committed to the following goals around diversity, inclusion, and equity:","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"By 2025 in the U.S., we will reflect the communities we serve in our employee population in both race/ethnicity and gender, using the U.S. census as our indicator. ","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Globally, by 2022 we aim to have a zero differential in sentiment across all employees regardless of gender or ethnicity when conducting our annual TIDE employee survey. ","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"In evaluating equity, we will continue to ensure equal total rewards opportunities for all employees regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, location, sexual orientation, disability status, and more.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Why now? Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is ingrained in our values and we are accountable to deliver on our commitments, including sharing our dedication and progress towards diversity. We want DigitalOcean to be a transparent and inclusive place where you know where we stand and no matter your background or experiences, you have a voice and you are heard.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"A diverse workforce is vital for DigitalOcean to reach our significant potential. As I like to say, it’s not just what we do, it’s also how we do it. 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Leveraging cloud services, you get limitless access to key resources like compute, storage, and databases at a fraction of the cost of buying and maintaining your own servers. All this makes it easy to launch a new startup or scale your business on the cloud. However, choosing the right cloud provider to host your apps can be difficult, and needs may evolve over time. What worked when you started your businesses might not make sense economically or technically after a few years. Because of this, it's common for companies to move all their workloads to another cloud provider, or use a multi-cloud setup, in which different cloud providers are used for different parts of the business, to meet the changing needs of their business. ","spans":[{"start":5,"end":6,"type":"strong"},{"start":389,"end":405,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/blog/how-to-scale-your-saas-product-without-breaking-the-bank/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"However, migrating to another cloud provider involves a lot of planning, is time and effort intensive, and comes with the risk of the migration disrupting the experience for customers. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"'Simplicity in everything we do' is one of the core values at DigitalOcean. This is not just limited to our intuitive products, UI, docs, and pricing, but also extends to the process of migrating workloads from other cloud providers or on-premises environments. 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From identifying the right candidates for migration, to deciding on the ideal migration window, the key is to carefully put together a plan and involve the right stakeholders from the beginning. You can learn about some key considerations for migrating with minimal downtime in this Tech Talk from one of DigitalOcean’s solutions engineers. ","spans":[{"start":339,"end":395,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-GfUA5YuLE"}}]},{"type":"embed","oembed":{"height":113,"width":200,"embed_url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-GfUA5YuLE","type":"video","version":"1.0","title":"How To Migrate Any Application Anywhere With Minimal Downtime | Tech Talk","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/k-GfUA5YuLE/hqdefault.jpg","thumbnail_width":480,"thumbnail_height":360,"html":"<iframe width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/k-GfUA5YuLE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen></iframe>"}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"DigitalOcean has experience in migrating workloads of all sizes from other cloud providers, and aims to simplify and accelerate your migration process by providing several migration benefits. These include infrastructure credits to ensure you aren’t paying for redundant services during the migration period, expert guidance and training through our tutorials and Solutions Engineering Team, and around the clock technical support. Larger workloads may qualify for hands-on migration assistance from the DigitalOcean team, while we can connect smaller businesses with partners to help with the migration process. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Whatever your needs are, DigitalOcean can provide the help you need to migrate your workloads smoothly. From step-by-step guidance to connecting you with experienced partners, we’ll make sure you have the peace of mind and minimal impact to your business during the transition. So, what are you waiting for? 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It’s also a tremendously exciting day for our customers and community. We are now officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange as a publicly traded company (NYSE: DOCN). While the IPO is an incredible milestone, I promise this is only the beginning of our journey together. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all of you. We could not have gotten to where we are today without the dedication of our employees, the trust of our customers, and the support of our community. It is an honor to be the CEO of this remarkable organization and a responsibility I do not take lightly. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"For me, it all comes back to our values. They start with community and end in love.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"DigitalOcean was founded 10 years ago, with the belief that software developers, startups, and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) were being poorly served by the emerging cloud computing market. We wanted to make a home for the millions of innovators who were unable to capitalize on the advantages and opportunities created by cloud infrastructure. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Our IPO will further enable us to fulfill our mission to simplify cloud computing so developers and businesses can spend more time creating software that changes the world. Today, more than 570,000 customers trust DigitalOcean with their projects or business. This is just the beginning. As we look ahead, we want to create a platform where even more developers and entrepreneurs can test their ideas, build their businesses, and realize their dreams.","spans":[{"start":57,"end":172,"type":"em"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Community and values continue to steer the ship","spans":[{"start":0,"end":47,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"When I first joined the team as CEO, I introduced our three key imperatives: Grow faster, grow smarter, and grow together. This focus on growth wasn’t just about ours, it was a commitment to yours. We wanted to “grow faster” so we could serve you even better with product innovations laser-focused on your needs. We wanted to “grow smarter” to direct our people and resources more efficiently to support your growth objectives and continue to improve your experience on our platform. And we wanted to “grow together,” knowing that a more aligned and engaged team would offer even higher levels of innovation in support of and service to our customers.","spans":[{"start":77,"end":121,"type":"em"},{"start":191,"end":196,"type":"em"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"As a public company, our focus will not change. Our values will continue to guide us and we will continue to hold ourselves accountable for empowering your growth and success. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We will remain focused on your unique needs as we deliver new innovations to help you grow your businesses and do even more with DigitalOcean. We will expand our global footprint to help even more developers and entrepreneurs around the world realize the benefits of cloud computing. And we will continue to grow and invest in our community. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"One of our first employees was brought on to help us craft and develop the robust community tutorials you know today. We believe our community is what helps make us special and know it’s something you rely on us to deliver and do well. We promise to continue to cultivate these important resources to help developers and entrepreneurs, like you, learn and grow throughout their journey. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Hub for Good grows with Pledge 1% ","spans":[{"start":0,"end":34,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"In 2020, our team launched Hub for Good to provide infrastructure credits, donations, and resources to help our community come together to solve the challenges of the world. As part of our IPO, we’re announcing our commitment to join the Pledge 1% movement. We will be allocating 1% of our pre-IPO equity valuation, around $50 million, to expand our Hub for Good charitable endeavors over the next 10 years. ","spans":[{"start":27,"end":39,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://do.co/hubforgood"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We are also renaming the Hub for Good program to honor one of our beloved team members who tragically passed away earlier this month. Hollie’s Hub for Good will honor Hollie Haggans, who not only helped build Hub for Good, but was also a fierce champion of our community of developers and startups. We are proud to have her legacy live on through this program and to continue to advance the inspiring work she accomplished during her 5+ years at DigitalOcean. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Moving forward, Hollie’s Hub for Good will also include projects to help bring more people into tech, will step up our commitment to open source software, and will be the vehicle to ensure that the footprint of our technology infrastructure is carbon neutral. Our ongoing commitment to Hollie’s Hub for Good is a meaningful way we can help put our technology in the hands of even more people so that they can change the world. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Looking ahead","spans":[{"start":0,"end":13,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Thank you again to all of those who helped support DigitalOcean and who helped get us to this exciting milestone. While today is a day for celebration, our work here is not done. 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The initiative, supported by the Internet Society, outlines actions network operators should take to improve the resilience and security of routing infrastructure.","spans":[{"start":66,"end":155,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.manrs.org/cdn-cloud-providers/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The continued improvement of core internet security and stability is not only critical for our customers, but it is essential for our internet network peers and the community at large. In the first three days of December alone, the number of routing incidents — including route misoriginations and leaks — in the world surpassed 700. MANRS works to combat this prominent issue by bringing together a large group of industry stakeholders, which now includes DigitalOcean. By joining the initiative, we agree to follow specific guidelines to increase our routing security to ultimately help make the internet safer for both businesses and consumers.","spans":[{"start":232,"end":259,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://observatory.manrs.org/#/overview"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Since the very beginning, cooperation has been at the heart of how the internet has operated. Whole new protocols, enhancements to existing protocols and the development of common standards continue to improve the network of networks. The passion and energy of thousands of engineers across the globe is focused on making incremental improvements to key infrastructure so that the Internet continues to enable new and exciting technological advancements. Many of these experts voluntarily work on these issues because they understand the deep technical complexities and the risks they pose to internet security and availability. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Routing security threats have the potential to be detrimental to a business’s bottom line. However, with standardized controls and guidelines like MANRS, incidents can not only be reduced, but prevented. As more companies and cloud service providers adopt these controls, the fewer incidents and less damage there will be.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The technical steps MANRS outlines for cloud service providers to follow are:","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Filtering: prevents the propagation of incorrect routing information. This technique provides assurance against configuration errors that can lead to “hijacking” traffic directed to other networks, resulting in widespread outages.","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Anti-spoofing: prevents traffic with spoofed source IP addresses, a practice that can help dramatically diminish the prevalence and impact of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Coordination: facilitates timely communication and coordination among peers, which is essential for incident mitigation and better assurance of the technical quality of relationships.","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Global validation: encourages network operators to publish routing data, which is essential for limiting the scope of routing incidents, making the global system more resilient.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"\"The MANRS initiative shows that when the internet community comes together to create a baseline of routing security for network operators around the world, it is possible to protect the core of the internet,\" said Aftab Siddiqui, MANRS Project Lead and Senior Manager, Internet Technology, Internet Society. \"We are delighted to welcome DigitalOcean, whose conformance with the MANRS actions brings us one step closer to enabling a safer internet for everyone.\"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"“DigitalOcean has long understood the deep value of strong communities, and by joining MANRS our team is taking a necessary step in helping to build a better internet,” said Chris Higgins, VP Infrastructure. “We will be working with our peers to bring these benefits to even more networks.”","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2020-12-17","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"News","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"news"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"digitalocean-joins-manrs"}}},{"node":{"author":{"_linkType":"Link.document","author_name":"Daniel Levy","author_image":{"dimensions":{"width":867,"height":951},"alt":null,"copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/d1c19de4-5baf-4efa-9b8d-6be97b41c24d_daniel_levy+copy.jpg?auto=compress,format"},"_meta":{"uid":"daniel-levy"}},"blog_header_image":{"dimensions":{"width":1200,"height":628},"alt":null,"copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/b4301a9f-e6be-4783-9c03-a7395af3dade_Solarwind_Blog.jpg?auto=compress,format"},"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"Monitor your applications on DigitalOcean with SolarWinds","spans":[]}],"blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Providing awesome customer experiences is a top priority for most businesses. 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These values guide us every day in our mission to simplify cloud computing so developers and businesses can spend more time creating software that changes the world.","spans":[{"start":72,"end":87,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/about/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Our value of simplicity is the main reason we’ve worked these past few years to evolve DigitalOcean well beyond our initial Droplets. To better support developers of all skills levels as they scale their apps, we now offer a continuum of cloud computing products.","spans":[]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/298fd17d-91f2-4d71-b8a6-de7d4d3d2a43_DigitalOcean+continuum+of+cloud+computing.png?auto=compress,format","alt":null,"copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":960,"height":540}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"At one end of the spectrum is our growing portfolio of Droplets: virtual machines that give you complete control of your infrastructure set-up. At the opposite end is App Platform, which allows you to deploy apps written in popular programming languages, without having to manage infrastructure. 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While many of you initially turned to us for smaller, personal projects, you can now DO business on DigitalOcean.","spans":[{"start":169,"end":181,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"In fact, many of our business customers came to DigitalOcean after first trying clouds provided by other companies that are household names. Customers usually choose DigitalOcean because they find our platform easier to use, and much more affordable.\n","spans":[]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/3e0f3eda-6fc0-46fc-a42f-b51ddc42863d_digitalocean+customers+2020.png?auto=compress,format","alt":null,"copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":953,"height":538}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Here’s how the founders of Scraper API, a web scraping API, and Cloudways, a popular managed hosting service, explain their decision to run on DigitalOcean.\n\n“The pieces DigitalOcean has in place just really make sense. I need a bunch of Droplets that can scale up quickly with Kubernetes and Load Balancers. I need Redis and Postgres. I don't need the weird stuff from the other cloud providers.\"\n- Dan Ni, Founder and CEO Scraper API\n\n“DigitalOcean pioneered simplicity and predictability in the cloud space. Its price-performance ratio and reliability are unmatched. DigitalOcean has been a great partner.”\n- Aaqib Gadit, Founder and CEO Cloudways","spans":[{"start":27,"end":39,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.scraperapi.com"}},{"start":64,"end":73,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.cloudways.com"}},{"start":158,"end":650,"type":"em"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Join us at deploy. We’d love to chat.","spans":[{"start":11,"end":17,"type":"em"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We’re glad to have you along for the DigitalOcean voyage.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"deploy is our first ever global virtual user conference, and we hope that you enjoy it. You can join the livestream at digitalocean.com/deploy. I’d love for you to connect with me and other members of the DigitalOcean team in our deploy channel on Discord.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":7,"type":"em"},{"start":0,"end":6,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/deploy"}},{"start":119,"end":142,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/deploy"}},{"start":119,"end":142,"type":"strong"},{"start":230,"end":255,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://do.co/deploy-discord"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"As always, you can sign up for a free DigitalOcean account, or reach out for a conversation with our sales team to learn how you can use DigitalOcean in your business.","spans":[{"start":19,"end":58,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://cloud.digitalocean.com/registrations/new"}},{"start":79,"end":111,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/company/contact/sales/"}}]}],"blog_post_date":"2020-11-10","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"News","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"news"}}},{"tag1":{"tag":"Product Updates","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"product-updates"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"deploy-2020"}}},{"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":null,"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"Reminder: Use best practices to avoid phishing scams on DigitalOcean","spans":[]}],"blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"We've noticed an uptick in phishing attempts targeting our user base. These are attempts by bad actors to take over your account and use your resources or information to cause harm.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The most recent examples are emails sent to some users' inboxes which contain links to a non-DigitalOcean site (perhaps a lookalike site) to reset your password or gain control of your account. Do not click on these links!","spans":[{"start":194,"end":222,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Today we learned that some DigitalOcean customers received an email designed to appear as though it was from Customer Support at DigitalOcean. Its subject was “Account Ref: [Various Number and Letters],” and the email claimed that the user account had been disabled. The easiest way to tell that this isn't a real DigitalOcean message is that it doesn't come from support@support.digitalocean.com.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Please do not click on any of the links in these emails. We do not send account recovery links in our emails for this reason. Instead, we will ask you to log in to your accounts directly.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"If you did click on the link and enter your account credentials, immediately try to change your DigitalOcean password by logging in at http://cloud.digitalocean.com/login. If you are unsuccessful, or if you believe your account has been compromised, please open a ticket with Customer Support.","spans":[{"start":135,"end":170,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://cloud.digitalocean.com/login"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"For increased security, we also highly recommend enabling 2FA (two-factor authentication). For how to do that, please visit How to Manage Two-Factor Authentication.","spans":[{"start":124,"end":163,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/accounts/security/2fa/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Stay safe out there!","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2020-01-24","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"News","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"news"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"use-best-practices-to-avoid-phishing"}}},{"node":{"author":{"_linkType":"Link.document","author_name":"Tim Falls","author_image":null,"_meta":{"uid":"tim_falls"}},"blog_header_image":{"dimensions":{"width":1197,"height":673},"alt":null,"copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/514341ec-c494-4c44-bb9c-44252590890a_DigitalOcean_Currents_Open_Source_2019.jpg?auto=compress,format"},"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"DigitalOcean Currents: December 2019","spans":[]}],"blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"The fall is an especially exciting time of the year at DigitalOcean. In recognition of the impact the open source movement has had on software development, we make a concerted effort each October to support developers around the world. Our extended developer community gathers to generate a massive, global wave of open source software contributions. We call this phenomenon Hacktoberfest.","spans":[{"start":91,"end":97,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.linuxfoundation.org/uncategorized/2018/08/corporate-open-source-programs-are-on-the-rise-as-shared-software-development-becomes-mainstream-for-businesses/"}},{"start":375,"end":388,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"On the heels of Hacktoberfest's record-breaking sixth year, we thought we’d take a fresh look at how people view the current state of open source development and the future of the community.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"In that spirit, this fall’s installment of our seasonal Currents report is dedicated to open source for the second year running. We surveyed more than 5800 developers around the world on the overall health and direction of the open source community. When we last checked in with the community in 2018, more than half of developers reported contributing to open source projects, and most felt the community was healthy and growing.","spans":[{"start":296,"end":300,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/currents/october-2018/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Of course, a lot can change in a year. So what can we expect from the next generation of open source developers? 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Developers over age 45 are more likely to list lack of interest as a reason for decreased participation, signaling that much of the growth of the community may depend on future generations of developers.","spans":[]},{"type":"heading4","text":"The community is generally viewed as friendly and welcoming, but it depends on whom you ask","spans":[]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/d3dd5c6b-c256-4977-a198-cb15e9531167_currents_men_vs_women_opern_source.jpg?auto=compress,format","alt":null,"copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":1200,"height":570}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"While a majority (58%) of respondents feel the community is friendly, women report feeling more barriers to entry than men. Nearly a quarter of women who contribute would participate more frequently if the community were more inclusive, and two thirds would contribute more if there were more opportunities and resources to help them get started.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"One reason for this disconnect is seemingly linked to how developers value diversity and how they personally assess the current state of the open source community on diversity measures – 75% of women said diversity is of utmost importance, compared to 58% of men. Almost half (45%) of the men surveyed rated the community’s diversity as very good or excellent, compared to just a third (33%) of women.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Younger developers were also significantly more likely to say the community is inclusive (68%) than older generations (42%), who are more likely to report feeling excluded due to negative community interactions (57%).","spans":[]},{"type":"heading4","text":"The jury is still out on whether big tech engagement with the open source community is a net positive or negative","spans":[]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/1b5dd90f-0253-4245-a9ab-a0938021b8f1_currents_major_tech.jpg?auto=compress,format","alt":null,"copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":1200,"height":559}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"In 2018, developers reported an even 50/50 split on whether large tech companies contribute as much to the open source community as they gain. In 2019, that split has become more complicated, with 40% of developers saying they are concerned about the level of big tech involvement, and another 25% who are unsure.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Self-serving intentions and restrictive licenses were the two biggest issues for developers concerned about big tech, while the third who are unconcerned feel the big tech players provide important resources for the community. One might fairly conjecture that developers’ opinions of big tech are also swayed by their data privacy practices and other related social/political issues that’ve been in the news.","spans":[]},{"type":"heading4","text":"What these findings mean to DigitalOcean","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"After more than 20 years of the open source movement, the community is still growing far beyond what the original leaders envisioned. As we head towards 2020 and beyond, it’s clear that the open source community will need to continue evolving to stay healthy and to empower people from all walks of life to participate in building the software that will power our future.","spans":[{"start":54,"end":84,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.cbinsights.com/research/report/future-open-source/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"For our part, DigitalOcean will keep doing our part to strengthen and celebrate the community, through initiatives like Hacktoberfest and providing free educational resources to support folks at all stages of their open source journeys. If you’d like to get involved, but aren’t sure how, check out our five-part tutorial series: An Introduction to Open Source.","spans":[{"start":330,"end":360,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorial_series/an-introduction-to-open-source"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The future of open source is bright, and we’re excited to be a part of it.","spans":[]},{"type":"heading4","text":"About Currents","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"DigitalOcean Currents highlights the latest trends among developers in the cloud.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"If you would like to be among the first to receive Currents each quarter, sign up\nhere. You’ll also be able to share ideas on what topics we should cover and participate in our next survey.","spans":[{"start":74,"end":86,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScwem9s1c7oKRbRF_ZKcTdxQUQlns52L2CgltSyHn1UJOpvkw/viewform"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Read more about these and other findings in the full Currents report here.","spans":[{"start":69,"end":73,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/currents/december-2019/"}}]}],"blog_post_date":"2019-12-05","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"News","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"news"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"digitalocean-currents-december-2019"}}},{"node":{"author":{"_linkType":"Link.document","author_name":"Daniel Zaltsman","author_image":{"dimensions":{"width":188,"height":188},"alt":"Daniel Zaltsman","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/663d428f56c46eeb165c811add8f1f60402aa451_daniel_zaltsman-c47f4847.png?auto=compress,format"},"_meta":{"uid":"daniel_zaltsman"}},"blog_header_image":{"dimensions":{"width":1537,"height":769},"alt":null,"copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/555f9c96daad823db7ec1bb1b3a361b3023482e2_hf_19_social_1537x769png.png?auto=compress,format"},"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"Hacktoberfest Is Back for Year Six!","spans":[]}],"blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"It’s that time of year again when we come together to support and celebrate the open source technologies we use and love.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"For the sixth straight year, Hacktoberfest will bring together people representing more than 150 countries, both online and in person. And while the mission stays the same, the size of the community and the number of contributions continue to grow year over year. In 2018, precisely 105,341 of you signed up and contributed 401,231 pull requests to projects on GitHub. This year we’re expecting closer to 150,000 participants. We hope you’ll be one of them. And we can’t wait to see what each of you contribute!","spans":[{"start":29,"end":42,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"For those just joining us, welcome! Hacktoberfest is a monthlong celebration of open source software. It was started at DigitalOcean as a way to foster a sense of community and encourage more participation in open source projects. To reward Hacktoberfest contributors, we’ve designed a limited edition T-shirt for those who complete the challenge each year. 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With October five days away, we’re already expecting to exceed last year’s number of events! Wow.","spans":[{"start":226,"end":235,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/eventkit"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Image credit: https://hallofrankfurt.de/hacktoberfestffm-2019-f8f500989493","spans":[{"start":0,"end":74,"type":"em"},{"start":14,"end":74,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://hallofrankfurt.de/hacktoberfestffm-2019-f8f500989493"}}]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/d7733cf7748fb258140661ef1e5f5dc653061e48_image3-1.png?auto=compress,format","alt":null,"copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":1999,"height":1333}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"What can you expect from a Hacktoberfest event? It’s a great opportunity to meet other developers in your local communities and work towards a shared goal. You can find the full list of events on our Events page. If you’re planning to organize an event, be sure to read the entire Event Kit and submit your event via the event submission form. Lastly, if you’re in or around New York City, we invite you to join us at the Hacktoberfest kickoff celebration at the DigitalOcean headquarters.","spans":[{"start":200,"end":211,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/events"}},{"start":281,"end":290,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/eventkit"}},{"start":321,"end":342,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/eventkit/#form"}},{"start":422,"end":455,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hacktoberfest-2019-official-kick-off-celebration-tickets-71109054095?aff=eac2"}}]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Participating for the right reasons","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Why did we create Hacktoberfest? And why does DigitalOcean invest so much into the event? The truth may surprise you. We believe in using our resources to broaden awareness of open source projects and in reinvesting in our communities. As customers and creators of open source software, this is just one of the ways we reinvest in the people and technology we believe in. It’s also why we try to improve the experience every year, focusing on quality of learning and participation over the quantity of pull requests.","spans":[{"start":331,"end":370,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/community"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"In an effort to encourage thoughtful contributions, we’ve introduced a one-week review period for project maintainers. When a user submits a new PR (ready-to-review, not a draft), we give it a seven-day “grace period” before it becomes a valid Hacktoberfest contribution. 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If you’re not already using DEV, we hope you’ll participate in the Hacktoberfest chatter on their platform too.","spans":[{"start":68,"end":83,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://dev.to"}}]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/04086d2fdf068d4fc25429c9829957fe7d290d78_image1-2.png?auto=compress,format","alt":null,"copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":523,"height":699}},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/61eb118cd4406d5b02525b833040e34aeca21ca6_image2-2.png?auto=compress,format","alt":null,"copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":522,"height":700}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Screenshots from DEV.to","spans":[{"start":0,"end":23,"type":"em"}]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Changing the world – one PR at a time","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"This year, we’re also hoping to drive awareness of the negative impacts many people around the world are experiencing due to the many environmental crises we’re faced with – and encourage participation in projects that are targeting these causes. We’ve identified a handful of projects on GitHub that focus on supporting the environment, which you can find in our Climate section. We hope you’ll consider contributing to some of the impactful work being done by activists, scientists, and mission-driven organizations around the globe.","spans":[{"start":357,"end":379,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/#climate"}}]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Final considerations","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"As always, please make sure you read through the Details and FAQs for Hacktoberfest, not only to educate yourself but to be able to help others along the way. Even though many of you live and breathe open source every day, we were all beginners once. Here’s an encouraging reminder of this from last year:","spans":[{"start":49,"end":56,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/details"}},{"start":61,"end":65,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/faq"}}]},{"type":"preformatted","text":"I did it! 🤩 I completed the @digitalocean #Hacktoberfest challenge! Most importantly, I proved myself I was knowledgeable enough and very capable of contributing to #oss! 🙏 Me: 5 / Imposter Syndrome: 0 🔥 pic.twitter.com/67kIsnoC6X\n— José Postiga (@josepostiga) October 14, 2018","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"With all of that said, it’s time to get started. Let's join forces to make a difference! Here is the shiny new Hacktoberfest website we created for you all to enjoy. We hope you’ll get your project and/or company involved, attend an event, and maybe even contribute to something that helps the environment (or any other amazing project). And most importantly, have a happy Hacktoberfest!","spans":[{"start":101,"end":132,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Happy Hacking,","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Daniel Zaltsman","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Senior Manager, Developer Relations","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2019-09-25","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"News","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"news"}}},{"tag1":{"tag":"Community","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"community"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"hacktoberfest-is-back-for-year-six"}}},{"node":{"author":{"_linkType":"Link.document","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"}},"blog_header_image":{"dimensions":{"width":784,"height":418},"alt":"Managed Databases illustration with dolphin and cool octopus ","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/9397e9af87dcfd94b12cb315f03dc525621df4bd_image3.png?auto=compress,format"},"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"Metrics for Managed Redis are now available","spans":[]}],"blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"We recently launched Managed Databases for MySQL and Redis to further give developers the ability to focus on building apps while spending less time on managing their infrastructure. Our Managed Databases allow you to spin up clusters with just a few clicks without having to worry about configuring, managing, scaling, updating, and securing your databases.","spans":[{"start":21,"end":58,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://blog.digitalocean.com/take-the-worry-out-of-managing-your-mysql-redis-databases/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"There’s been a lot of excitement for Managed MySQL and Redis in our community, and we’re really thankful to our users who have shared positive feedback for these offerings.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Here are some of our favorite responses:","spans":[]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/4bebf7a2c3bcf0e42a514beccdb01e35ad017c57_image10.png?auto=compress,format","alt":null,"copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":886,"height":292}},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/de2392aac2251dd3795feecc0bc6a39330ab9667_image7.png?auto=compress,format","alt":null,"copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":892,"height":295}},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/7db4db356d09c9acb1cd31f67a3dd975ff68df92_image4.png?auto=compress,format","alt":null,"copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":889,"height":388}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"With this response in mind, we're very excited to announce that Managed Redis is now generally available and provides metrics to monitor performance and the health of your clusters. 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Typical use cases include traditional CRUD websites that need persistent storage and an ability to quickly retrieve data from the database.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":20,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_database"}},{"start":29,"end":34,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.mysql.com/"}},{"start":39,"end":49,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.postgresql.org/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Redis has gained a lot of momentum in the last few years as an open source, in-memory data structure store, used as a database, cache, and message broker. Typical use cases include apps with real-time analytics, high-speed transactions, and machine learning.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":5,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://redis.io/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Whether you are using MySQL, Redis, or PostgreSQL, building and managing database clusters from the ground up is a herculean task. Developers often spend valuable time and resources on database management, which prevents them from focusing on building and enhancing apps.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We introduced Managed Databases to simplify the lives of developers by addressing these common challenges:","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Determining the optimal infrastructure needed to host your databases is time-intensive","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Scaling the infrastructure that supports your database is often a slow and expensive task","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Implementing reliable failover processes is difficult","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Over-provisioning of underlying infrastructure leads to increased costs","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Setting up a complete and reliable backup and recovery process requires a lot of effort","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Maintaining and updating databases often needs dedicated personnel","spans":[]},{"type":"heading3","text":"How Managed Databases work","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We're proud to extend the simplicity that DigitalOcean is known for to Managed Databases. Developers of all skill levels, even those with no prior experience in databases, can spin up database clusters with just a few clicks. Select the database engine, storage, vCPU, memory, and standby nodes and we take care of the rest. The following database engines are currently supported:","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"MySQL (version 8)NEW","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Redis (version 5)NEW","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"PostgreSQL (version 10 and 11)","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Managed Databases are built on top of our core compute platform and use local SSD storage, which makes them lightning fast. In addition to a simple dashboard, you can manage your database clusters programmatically with the DigitalOcean API.","spans":[{"start":223,"end":239,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://developers.digitalocean.com/documentation/v2/#databases"}}]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/12a097782406d270de32d27f5236859e5d6a3dd0_swatch?auto=compress,format","alt":null,"copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":100,"height":54}},{"type":"heading2","text":"Simple, predictable pricing","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Just like all DigitalOcean products, Managed Databases provide simple, predictable pricing that allows you to control costs and prevent any surprise bills. You can spin up a database cluster for just $15/month, or a high-availability cluster with a standby node for $50/ month. Pricing is the same for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Redis engines. Backups are free and included as part of the service. Ingress bandwidth is always free, and egress fees ($0.01/GB per month) will be waived for 2019.","spans":[{"start":63,"end":90,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/#anchor--Databases"}}]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Benefits of Managed Databases","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Worry-free setup & maintenance: Save time by launching a database cluster with just a few clicks. Never worry again about security patches to the OS or database engine – once a new version or patch is available, simply click a button to enable it.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":30,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"High scalability to support your growth: You can scale up at any time with no impact to your application. You have flexibility, so you can spin up read-only nodes to scale read operations or remove compute overhead from reporting requirements. This also keeps expenses in check as you reduce overprovisioning of infrastructure.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":39,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Free daily backups with point-in-time recovery: We automatically back up your databases every day. If things go wrong, you can easily restore data to any point within the past seven days.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":46,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Automated failover to maximize availability: In the event of a failure, Managed Databases will automatically fail over to a standby node and minimize downtime for your customers.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":43,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"End-to-end security: Databases run in your account’s private network, which isolates communication at the account or team level. You can restrict requests to your database from the public internet by whitelisting specific inbound sources. Data is encrypted when at rest and in transit to prevent cyberattacks.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":19,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Regional availability","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"There is a huge demand for Managed MySQL and Redis among customers. In order to provide the best user experience, we plan to do a phased roll out of these engines. The table below provides tentative timeline for the data center availability. Please refer to our release notes for the most up-to-date information. \nAugust 20August 27September 4NYC1AMS3SGP1FRA1LON1BLR1SFO2NYC3TOR1\n## What’s next","spans":[{"start":258,"end":275,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/platform/release-notes/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We hope that you are excited about this release and will give the service a try. Managed Databases for MySQL and Redis are currently in Limited Availability (LA) and will move to General Availability (GA) in a few weeks. Managed Redis will include database-level metrics to monitor performance, usage, and errors after it moves to GA.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Ready to create a database? Try Managed Databases now.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":54,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://cloud.digitalocean.com/databases"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"If you’d like to have a conversation about using DigitalOcean and Managed Databases in your business, please feel free to contact our sales team.","spans":[{"start":122,"end":144,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/company/contact/sales/"}}]}],"blog_post_date":"2019-08-20","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"Product Updates","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"product-updates"}}},{"tag1":{"tag":"News","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"news"}}},{"tag1":{"tag":"Engineering","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"engineering"}}},{"tag1":{"tag":"Developer Relations","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"developer-relations"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"take-the-worry-out-of-managing-your-mysql-redis-databases"}}}]}}}