The DigitalOcean Newsletter: April 28, 2021

The DigitalOcean Newsletter

Read on for a monthly recap of all things DigitalOcean, including product updates, new tutorials, upcoming events, and more.

Product Updates

Premium AMD Droplets are now available in six additional datacenters
Earlier this year, we introduced Premium Droplets to support the growing needs of businesses with faster performance and the flexibility to choose underlying hardware for their workloads. We're thrilled to announce that Premium AMD Droplets are now available in NYC1, SGP1, AMS3, BLR1, LON1, and TOR1. With this release, we now support both Premium Intel and AMD Droplets in all our regions.
Managed Databases now support Droplets with dedicated vCPUs
We are excited to announce that DigitalOcean Managed Databases now support General Purpose Droplets, Storage-Optimized Droplets, and Memory-Optimized Droplets. Unlike the Basic Droplets, all these Droplet types offer 100% dedicated vCPUs and are ideal for mission critical workloads. Check out this blog post to learn more about the Droplet types supported by each database engine and the use case scenarios.
New capabilities for Kubernetes clusters
We introduced new capabilities for Kubernetes clusters, including:
- Use surge upgrade when upgrading an existing cluster. Surge upgrade is enabled by default when you create a new cluster.
- Move a Kubernetes cluster and its associated resources, such as Droplets, load balancers, and block storage volumes to a project using the DigitalOcean control panel or doctl command-line tool.
- Delete resources, such as load balancers and block storage volumes, associated with a Kubernetes cluster using the DigitalOcean control panel, API, or the doctl command-line tool.
Marketplace updates
We launched many preconfigured 1-Click Apps in the DigitalOcean Marketplace to help you save time and remove the hassle of provisioning servers.
- Web-WordPress: Web-WordPress is the open-source edition of WordPress. This 1-Click App automatically installs WordPress and any dependencies.
- QloApps: An open-source software that launches a multilingual hotel booking website within a matter of minutes.
- CloudCasa: A simple, scalable, and inexpensive cloud backup service for Kubernetes and cloud databases.

See more updates in the latest products and features blog post.

New Tutorials

When combined with a static site generator like Gatsby, DigitalOcean's App Platform provides a scalable JAMStack solution that doesn't require any server-side programming. Follow Portia Burton's latest tutorial on How To Deploy a Gatsby Application to DigitalOcean App Platform to learn more.
PHP is one of the most widely used programming languages on the web. Alena Holligan's latest tutorial on How to Install PHP 7.4 and Set Up a Local Development Environment can help you get started with it.
This conceptual article on Understanding Sockets tells you everything you need to know about network sockets: the different types, how you can examine them with various command-line tools, how to create and test sockets, and more. Check it out today!

Have you considered writing a tutorial that will help others in the developer community? Check out our Suggested Topics for Tutorials to see what our Editorial team is looking for!

Tech Talks

Upcoming

Getting Started With Python FastAPI
May 5, 11 a.m. ET / 3 p.m. GMT

Have you heard about Python's lightning-quick web framework FastAPI? Let's build and deploy a FastAPI app and dive into the features that make this framework unique.

Watch the Recording

Getting Started With Laravel and Inertia.js
Want to build single-page apps without having to build an API? See how much code Inertia.js saves you by using classic server-side routing and controllers.
Build a Web App With Django
Explore Django, a powerful Python Web framework that enables rapid development, robust database management, and many built in tools that make building your app easier.
What's New in DigitalOcean Managed Databases
Migrate your data quickly, get more powerful instances, and see how leveraging DigitalOcean Managed Databases allows you to focus on what's important: building your product.

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Inside DigitalOcean

DigitalOcean is officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange! Thank you to the NYSE team for assembling this IPO Day Recap video to help us celebrate this exciting occasion! #DOCN