The DigitalOcean Newsletter: May 26, 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

Storage-Optimized Droplets are now available in SGP1
We are continuously expanding the availability of our Storage-Optimized Droplets in additional regions. We're happy to share that Storage-Optimized Droplets are now available in SGP1. See all the currently supported regions here.
New base images available in control panel and via the DigitalOcean API
Fedora 34 and Ubuntu 21.04 base images are now available in the DigitalOcean control panel and via the API.
Updated Floating IP API
We have updated the Floating IP API responses to better align with our newer API models. The droplet and region fields now use the same response models used in the /v2/droplets and /v2/regions endpoints. See more details in our release notes.
Marketplace updates
We've launched new preconfigured 1-Click Apps in the DigitalOcean Marketplace to help you save time and remove the hassle of provisioning servers.
- Redpanda: Redpanda is a streaming platform for mission critical workloads. Redpanda is Kafka compatible, No Zookeeper, no JVM, and no code changes required.
- HumHub: HumHub is an open-source Enterprise Social Network. Easy to install, intuitive and adaptable with countless free modules.
- AutoPanel – Wordpress Automation: Create hassle-free Wordpress websites and save cost with AutoPanel – Wordpress Automation.
- Speckle Server: Speckle is the open-source data platform for the architecture, engineering and construction industry. It enables you to freely exchange data between software silos and automate design and delivery processes.

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

New Blog Posts

We recently introduced a new website for DigitalOcean technical documentation that's a comprehensive resource including tutorials, product details, sample code, references, etc. Read more about the new docs.digitalocean.com site, built on our very own App Platform, here.

New Tutorials

Ansible is a popular configuration management tool that allows you to remotely perform certain tasks on one or more nodes. Our tutorial series on How To Write Ansible Playbooks, published by Erika Heidi, provides an overview of Ansible's main features and how you can use them to automate server setup and application deployment.
Telepresence is a project that allows for speedy development on Kubernetes, enabling your locally-running services to communicate with those in the cloud. Check out our tutorial on How To Use Telepresence on Kubernetes for Rapid Development on Ubuntu 20.04 for more details.
Building a website can be tricky, but making sure it gets noticed is sometimes just as difficult. Portia Burton's latest tutorial on How To Boost SEO Using Gatsby's SEO Component and Gatsby React Helmet outlines how to use Gatsby's built-in search engine optimization tools to make a website more easily discoverable through web search queries.

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

Casting a Large Shadow: Leveraging Partnerships as a Small Startup
June 1, 11 a.m. ET / 3 p.m. GMT

A small startup can gain access to a large audience of users by leveraging a technology partnership with a larger, more established company. Contentful, Cloudflare, and Ninetailed.io discuss how each side thinks about technology partnerships and how to build out a program to scale them.

Watch the Recording

Migrating Between Clouds: How To Migrate Any Application Anywhere With Minimal Downtime
Avoid vendor lock-in by practicing concepts that help you audit your infrastructure, plan and execute a migration, and build applications with possible future migration in mind.
Building a REST API With Django REST Framework
Learn how to use the Django REST framework to quickly build robust RESTful APIs using Python. With a browsable API, robust authentication policies, and object serialization, the Django REST framework is a powerful toolkit that offers an amazing experience for rapidly creating RESTful APIs on top of the popular Python framework Django.
Getting Started With Python FastAPI
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.

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