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Infinity Welcomes Careful Versioning

Our distinguished competition took a puzzling position of “Imagine there’s no versions”. At Cloudsmith we think that’s crazy. Software versions are what makes software development possible. They make deployment possible. They make distribution possible. How else can you understand and navigate complex dependency trees or be sure your code will interact with a third party’s? Hint - you can’t! You must care about versions. And updates.

Using The Artifactory Terraform Provider

John Peterson of JFrog presents a step-by-step demo of using the Artifactory Provider for Terraform to automate configuration of Artifactory repositories. Terraform is the infrastructure as code tool from HashiCorp that enables building, changing, and managing infrastructure in a safe, repeatable way. Using a configuration language called HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL), operators and infrastructure teams can manage environments through human-readable, automated deployments.

Keep Watch on Docker Hub Pulls with JFrog Log Analytics

Have you heard? Docker Hub now limits usage by free anonymous and credentialed accounts. After the number of pulls from an IP address exceeds a fixed threshold within a six hour period (100 for anonymous, 200 for credentialed), Docker Hub throttles bandwidth. You’ll still get your Docker images, but at a much slower speed. You can read our earlier blog post to learn more about the Docker Hub policy changes.

Track your Bandwidth & Storage limits with our Quota API

At Cloudsmith, helping fledgeling startups grow from a single person operation to enterprise-level organisations is a constant joy! In those early stages, startups need all the help they can get to survive, and even veteran organisations experience similar challenges when scaling up rapidly. Cloudsmith can help with our self-service approach to managing and defining storage and bandwidth limits to keep costs under control while allowing you to scale when needed.

OpenShift Optimization with Jenkins CI/CD

Learn how Raiffeisen Bank International uses Densify container optimization analytics in their Jenkins CI/CD pipeline to precisely resource their Red Hat OpenShift containers. Since embedding Densify into their CI/CD workflow, Raiffeisen has reduced resource demands, cut the frequency at which container resources need to be expanded by nearly 50%, and reduced the risk of instability caused by memory shortages.

Games are in our DNA

At Cloudsmith we love playing video games, everything from Super Meat Boy to Halo, Fortnite to Candy Crush. We’ve got a big Pac Man money box sitting on the office shelf. Steve Collins, of Havok fame, is on our Board of Directors. Quite simply, gaming is in our DNA. When we started Cloudsmith we made a list of customers we’d love to work with someday and there were numerous games studios on the list.