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RightScale-Ready Ubuntu 11.04 Amazon AMIs

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

Ubunutu 11.04 Natty Narwhal is released, and there’s something in it for RightScale users! We’ve been working with our partners at Canonical to make it possible to use Ubuntu AMIs out of the box with RightScale. This means you can … Continue reading →

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NorthScale publishes Memcache Server Template, you can publish too!

Posted on September 14, 2010 by

With last week’s release we relatively quietly threw a big switch, which allows all RightScale users to publish their own ServerTemplates to the RightScale community via our component library. This means that you can now publish a complete server configuration … Continue reading →

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Windows in the Cloud with RightScale

Posted on August 17, 2010 by

As many of you know we’ve been working on supporting Windows on par with Linux within RightScale for close to a year. Well, the big moment has finally arrived where we can announce the GA (General Availability) of our Windows … Continue reading →

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RightScale + Ubuntu + Eucalyptus = cloud in a box

Posted on April 20, 2009 by

Need a cloud in a box? Want a cloud in a box? Well, then, start requisitioning a couple of machines now so you’re ready on Thursday to load up Ubuntu 9.04, install Eucalyptus, and follow the prompt to register your … Continue reading →

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64-bit CentOS5 Amazon EC2 image release

Posted on October 23, 2007 by

A 64-bit version of our CentOS5 image is now available for general consumption! The image is called `RightImage CentOS5 x86_64 V1_12` with AMI ID ami-31c72258 and location `rightscale_images/CentOS5_X86_64_V1_12`. See the changelog for info on past images. This is our first … Continue reading →

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RightScale supports Amazon’s new machine types

Posted on October 17, 2007 by

Amazon just introduced new types of servers, larger ones! Until now it was a “one size fits all” model where you got 1/2 an Opteron CPU, 1.75GB of memory, and 160GB disk. Now you can get a server with two … Continue reading →

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New CentOS5 RightImage V1_10 published

Posted on October 1, 2007 by

A new RightScale CentOS5 base image (RightImage) is available: RightImage CentOS V1_10 ami-08f41161, please see the changelog for the details of what has changed. We also try to keep the Public AMI listing on Amazon’s site up-to-date. A little background … Continue reading →

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RightImages changelog

Posted on September 26, 2007 by

We are currently maintaining CentOS and Fedora Core RightImages. The motivation for these images and the way we build them automatically using a script is described in our RightScripts rationale blog entry. The short version is that we keep the … Continue reading →

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Configuring servers with RightScripts

Posted on August 7, 2007 by

With EC2 the way one configures a server is by creating a machine image (AMI). But there has to be a better way! The first time I created an AMI almost a year ago it was a lot of fun. … Continue reading →

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