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# UpCloud

## Sitemaps
- [XML Sitemap](https://upcloud.com/sitemap_index.xml): Includes all crawlable and indexable pages.

## Posts
- [Meet Our New Public API Docs](https://upcloud.com/blog/meet-our-new-public-api-docs/): UpCloud's new Public API documentation is now live! Empowering developers with clearer and more reliable documentation than ever.
- [What You Get When You Choose UpCloud’s Managed Databases](https://upcloud.com/blog/what-you-get-when-you-choose-upclouds-managed-databases/): Of course, UpCloud doesn’t limit you to using only Managed Databases. For example, if you prefer to run an unmanaged database on its own Cloud Server, with all responsibility for provisioning, maintenance, and related tasks, you can do so.
- [UpCloud Appoints Claudio Camacho as Chief Marketing Officer to Accelerate Global Growth](https://upcloud.com/blog/upcloud-appoints-claudio-camacho-chief-marketing-officer-accelerate-global-growth/): UpCloud has appointed Claudio M. Camacho as Chief Marketing Officer. He will lead the company’s global marketing and brand strategy as UpCloud strengthens its position as a leading European sovereign cloud platform.
- [Flexible Scaling, Affordable HA, and Zero Hidden Fees – Our Updated Managed Database Plans](https://upcloud.com/blog/flexible-scaling-affordable-zero-hidden-fees-updated-managed-database-plans/): If you run databases in the cloud, you know the trade-offs.
- [What Are Managed Databases, and When to Use Them](https://upcloud.com/blog/what-are-managed-databases-when-to-use/): This effort is greatly relieved by switching to managed databases. However, not everything is taken off the team's shoulders. In this article, we discuss what a managed database is, why we should consider adopting one in our organization, and the advantages and disadvantages of this solution.
- [Why Data Transfer Fees Are the Biggest Risk to Your Server Bills](https://upcloud.com/blog/data-transfer-fees-biggest-risk-your-server-bills/): Many businesses start their cloud journey with a clear budget for compute and memory. They calculate their monthly spend based on CPU cores and RAM allocations. However, many often overlook a hidden variable that can double or even triple a monthly invoice. This variable is data transfer fees or “egress,” which represents the cost of moving data from a cloud provider to the public internet.
- [UpCloud Appoints Founder Joel Pihlajamaa as Chief Executive Officer](https://upcloud.com/blog/upcloud-appoints-founder-joel-pihlajamaa-chief-executive-officer/): Today, we're announcing that Founder Joel Pihlajamaa has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of UpCloud. Joel succeeds Arno Schäfer, who has led UpCloud through an important phase of growth and strategic development, delivering significant revenue growth and strengthening UpCloud's position as a leading European provider of sovereign cloud infrastructure. We thank Arno for his leadership and contributions to the company and wish him every success in the future.
- [Which GPU Model Should You Choose and Why?](https://upcloud.com/blog/which-gpu-model-should-you-choose-and-why/): Choosing the right GPU for the workload has become a critical decision when building AI applications and workflows. It is a balance between the unit's price and its performance. For many organizations, another important differentiator is energy consumption.
- [When Your Team Should Consider GPU over CPU](https://upcloud.com/blog/when-your-team-should-consider-gpu-over-cpu/): GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) isn’t something new. It started a long time ago, after the advent of graphics accelerators like the Voodoo. The first use of cards with a GPU installed was gaming.In mid 2010, the IT world began to consider GPUs for a new use case: mining cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.
- [Bring AI Search to Your PostgreSQL Database with pgvector Extension](https://upcloud.com/blog/ai-search-postgresql-database-pgvector-extension/): Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing our world today. It introduced new requirements for our applications, one of which is the use of a vector database. What is a vector database? Why should we consider this for AI workloads? How does pgvector fit the engineering landscape? We will answer these questions in this article.
- [UpCloud, Siili Solutions, and ConfidentialMind Partner to Deliver Sovereign AI for Europe](https://upcloud.com/blog/upcloud-siili-solutions-confidentialmind-partner-deliver-sovereign-ai-europe/): European organizations are under growing pressure to modernize with AI while maintaining control over where their data lives, how it is processed, and who governs the infrastructure behind it.
- [Using Trivy to Secure Your UpCloud Workloads: A DevSecOps Guide for Modern Infrastructure](https://upcloud.com/blog/trivy-secure-upcloud-workloads-devsecops-guide-modern-infrastructure/): For senior engineers and DevSecOps architects, the challenge isn't just stopping these threats but doing so without slowing development. Teams are shifting left in security by leveraging tools like Trivy to inspect containers, identify threats, and mitigate security risks before they manifest in production.
- [When Do You Need a Kubernetes Operator? A Practical Guide](https://upcloud.com/blog/when-need-kubernetes-operator-practical-guide/): Kubernetes has become the de facto platform for container orchestration and for organizations building distributed applications. However, operational complexity remains one of its biggest challenges. Nearly 70% of Kubernetes users point to fragmented tooling, cluster management challenges, and difficulties running stateful workloads at scale. Kubernetes operators were introduced to address these challenges and simplify "Day 2" operations such as backups, version upgrades, and automated failure recovery.
- [Modern Software Architecture Patterns (2026): What Actually Scales in Production](https://upcloud.com/blog/modern-software-architecture-patterns-2026-scales-production/): Most architecture advice you’ll find online was written by engineers solving problems at a scale your product may never reach. Systems handling billions of daily active users demand approaches that are genuinely ill-suited for a team of eight shipping a SaaS product. Yet those approaches dominate the discourse, and developers inherit strong opinions about distributed systems before they’ve encountered the real costs of running them.
- [Deploying AI Workloads on GPUs: A Practical Guide for Developers](https://upcloud.com/blog/deploying-ai-workloads-gpus-practical-guide-developers/): This guide focuses on those questions. It breaks down how different types of AI workloads behave, when GPUs actually make sense, and how to move from a working model to a production-ready deployment without getting stuck in unnecessary complexity.
- [Cloud vs VPS vs Dedicated Servers: Choosing the Right Infrastructure](https://upcloud.com/blog/cloud-vs-vps-vs-dedicated-servers-choosing-right-infrastructure/): Most infrastructure comparisons start with definitions. Dedicated servers give you full control, VPS is cheaper and shared, and cloud is flexible and scalable. That part is easy to understand.
- [The 8 layers of European digital sovereignty explained](https://upcloud.com/blog/8-layers-european-digital-sovereignty-explained/): Digital sovereignty is a critical topic in Europe today, driving significant market activity. Organizations are actively assessing their technology stacks, searching for sovereign solutions, and planning migrations.
- [Shoehorn – Intelligent Developer Platform](https://upcloud.com/blog/shoehorn-intelligent-developer-platform/): We built Shoehorn out of frustration. Some internal developer portals act like frameworks: you install one, then spend a quarter sifting through unmaintained community plugins, writing TypeScript and React, just to make it presentable. Most people running these portals are platform engineers, not frontend developers. So the portal becomes a product they're stuck maintaining, instead of a tool their developers can just use.
- [UpCloud responds to the “Copy Fail” and “Dirty Frag” Local Root Vulnerability exploits](https://upcloud.com/blog/copy-fail-local-root-vulnerability-exploit/): A new and easily exploitable "Copy Fail" local root vulnerability was identified on April 29, 2026, impacting all Linux deployments. Due to its simplicity compared to typical Local Root Exploits (LREs), systems with untrusted local users are at the highest risk. Updates are required for all Cloud Servers using any Linux distribution including Managed Kubernetes worker nodes.
- [UpCloud and Anders Innovations Partner to Deliver European Cloud Expertise](https://upcloud.com/blog/upcloud-anders-innovations-deepen-partnership-deliver-european-cloud-expertise/): We're proud to partner with Anders Innovations to bring together high-performance cloud infrastructure and hands-on development expertise for customers across Europe.
- [UpCloud and Bitmore Deepen Partnership to Bring Secure Hybrid Cloud Solutions to More Finnish Organizations](https://upcloud.com/blog/upcloud-bitmore-deepen-partnership-bring-secure-hybrid-cloud-solutions-finnish-organizations/): At UpCloud, we are continuing to invest in strong, long-term partnerships that help our customers solve increasingly complex cloud challenges. Today, we are excited to share that we are deepening our collaboration with Bitmore, expanding access to secure and high-performance cloud solutions for Finnish organizations.
- [Introducing Starter and Premium Plans](https://upcloud.com/blog/introducing-starter-and-premium-plans/): At UpCloud, our ambition is clear. We aim to build the European cloud provider of choice for businesses that value performance, control, and European operations. This vision requires continuous investment in what matters most to you. We have recently expanded our Nordic footprint with new data centers in Copenhagen and Norway. We are also strengthening our GPU capabilities with models like the NVIDIA L40S and upcoming L4, H100 and B200 options to support AI and machine learning.
- [Edge Kubernetes and the Best Managed K8s Providers](https://upcloud.com/blog/edge-kubernetes-and-the-best-managed-k8s-providers/): Here are some limitations you may encounter when running Edge Kubernetes.
- [From Zero to 56 Resources: Deploying Cratis Studio on UpCloud](https://upcloud.com/blog/from-zero-to-56-resources-deploying-cratis-studio-on-upcloud/): Data sovereignty is something I genuinely care about. Not as a compliance checkbox or a talking point, but as a first-principles belief that the organizations and people you work with should have meaningful control over where their data lives, who can access it, and under what legal regime.
- [Building the European cloud provider of choice – Introducing new Starter & Premium Cloud Servers](https://upcloud.com/blog/building-european-cloud-provider-choice-introducing-new-starter-premium-cloud-servers/): At UpCloud, our ambition is clear: to build the European cloud provider of choice for businesses that want performance, control, and the confidence of European ownership and operations. That means investing continuously in the things that matter most to our customers: more European capacity, stronger resilience, modern platform capabilities, and infrastructure that is built for serious workloads.
- [PostgreSQL vs MongoDB: Relational vs Document Database Architectures](https://upcloud.com/blog/postgresql-vs-mongodb-relational-document-database-architectures/): “SQL vs NoSQL” is a matter of a different era now. In 2026, these two aren’t pitted against each other as opponents. Rather, they’re being used to design data architectures that combine the best of both worlds. The question isn’t which of these database architectures is better, but where each fits.
- [UpCloud and Knowit Partner to Deliver European Cloud for Hybrid and Multi-cloud Environments](https://upcloud.com/blog/upcloud-knowit-partner-deliver-european-cloud-hybrid-multi-cloud/): UpCloud has entered into a strategic partnership with Knowit, a leading Nordic digital transformation consultancy, to help organizations in Finland design and operate secure, resilient cloud environments with stronger control over their data.
- [PostgreSQL vs MySQL: A Practical Guide for Modern Workloads](https://upcloud.com/blog/postgresql-vs-mysql-practical-guide-modern-workloads/): If you’ve ever searched for “PostgreSQL vs MySQL”, you’ve probably run into the same recycled advice: MySQL is faster for reads, Postgres is better for complex queries. That line has been copied and pasted for over a decade, and it doesn’t help anyone choosing a database in 2026.
- [Self-Hosted vs. Managed Databases in 2026: A Guide on Which to Use When](https://upcloud.com/blog/self-hosted-vs-managed-databases-2026-guide/): In 2026, the question “Should I self-host or use a managed database service?” still haunts developers, CTOs, and engineering leads alike, across early startups, scale-ups, and large enterprises. On one hand, self-hosting offers full control, no vendor lock-in, and potentially lower unit costs at scale. On the other hand, managed offerings promise ease, reliability, the freedom to focus on shipping features rather than babysitting infrastructure, and lower total cost of ownership due to not having to staff or ramp up on expensive database administration skills.
- [Supabase vs Firebase: Which Backend Makes the Most Sense in 2026?](https://upcloud.com/blog/supabase-vs-firebase-which-backend-makes-the-most-sense-in-2026/): When choosing between Supabase vs Firebase, the hosting environment becomes part of the decision. UpCloud gives Supabase users a practical way to keep control over performance and costs, thanks to its zero-cost egress, reliable developer-focused plans, and the managed Kubernetes offering. This article walks through how Supabase and Firebase differ in real workflows, how to map their strengths to your project’s needs, and why many teams find that Supabase on UpCloud offers a smoother path from prototype to production.
- [On-Premise vs Cloud: Cost, Compliance, and Latency Explained](https://upcloud.com/blog/on-premise-vs-cloud-cost-compliance-latency-explained/): Most engineering leaders reach a point where cloud spending stops lining up with expectations. Bills rise faster than traffic growth, storage tiers multiply, and egress starts to show up as a silent tax on otherwise simple architectures. At the same time, the idea of moving some workloads on-premise resurfaces during every budgeting cycle, especially when teams start to notice some predictability in capacity and power costs over the years.
- [UpCloud Partners with Maria 01 to Support the Next Wave of Finnish and European Startups](https://upcloud.com/blog/upcloud-partners-maria01-support-next-wave-finnish-european-startups/): Finland's startup ecosystem has set a clear ambition: to create 100 startups generating €100 million in annual revenue by 2050. The “100x100” vision reflects a broader push to strengthen economic growth and global competitiveness through technology-driven companies.
- [Dokku vs Coolify vs Dokploy for Production Deployments](https://upcloud.com/blog/dokku-vs-coolify-vs-dokploy-production-deployment/): Tools like Dokku, Coolify, and Dokploy have become popular because they promise something many teams want: a Heroku-style PaaS that runs on servers you own. Instead of wiring together Docker, reverse proxies, TLS, and deployment scripts yourself, these platforms give you a layer that turns servers into a simple application platform.
- [City of Helsinki Builds Core Public Service System on UpCloud with Kodan and Kanto Company](https://upcloud.com/blog/helsinki-builds-core-public-service-system-upcloud-kodan-kanto/): The City of Helsinki is moving forward with a new core information system for public services, built in collaboration with Kodan and Kanto Company and powered by UpCloud's cloud infrastructure.
- [UpCloud Joins the Digital Defence Ecosystem to Advance Europe’s Sovereign Digital Capabilities](https://upcloud.com/blog/upcloud-digital-defence-ecosystem-advance-sovereign-digital-capabilities/): At UpCloud, we believe that Europe's security and resilience depend on strong, sovereign digital infrastructure. Today, we are proud to announce that UpCloud has joined the Digital Defence Ecosystem (DDE), a network of leading Finnish defense and technology companies and research institutes working together to shape the future of "New Defence".
- [UpCloud and bunny.net Partner to Power Sovereign Cloud and Edge Services](https://upcloud.com/blog/upcloud-bunny-partner-power-sovereign-cloud-edge/): We're excited to announce a strategic partnership between UpCloud and bunny.net to deliver a unified sovereign cloud and edge platform for organizations across both the public and private sectors.
- [Serve Your Website with UpCloud Static Web Hosting!](https://upcloud.com/blog/website-upcloud-static-web-hosting/): There are a lot of services and vendors where you can easily host your website. UpCloud is now joining them. But in what way?
- [Who’s Really in Control of Your Cloud Data?](https://upcloud.com/blog/who-really-control-your-cloud-data/): Recent news has brought cloud services to the forefront of public discussion in Finland. At the core of the debate is: Where will critical Finnish data be located in the future, and under which laws will it be governed?
- [UpCloud Connect Copenhagen Recap: Building Resilient and Sovereign Cloud Strategies](https://upcloud.com/blog/upcloud-connect-copenhagen-recap-building-resilient-and-sovereign-cloud-strategies/): On January 28th, we hosted another edition of UpCloud Connect, this time live from Copenhagen! Together with our strategic partners Solita and CloudPortal, and valued customer Qampo, we explored the challenges and opportunities Danish businesses are facing in an increasingly uncertain geopolitical climate.
- [Introducing UpCloud File Storage with NFS (Network File System) support](https://upcloud.com/blog/introducing-upcloud-file-storage-nfs-support/): Managing a shared storage environment across multiple servers can often be a bit of a chore. Many engineering teams find themselves caught between the manual effort of self managed NFS (Network File System) clusters and the high costs of hyperscaler solutions. 
- [GDPR in the Context of Cloud Computing Explained](https://upcloud.com/blog/gdpr-context-cloud-computing-explained/): The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European framework that governs the processing of personal data. It aims to enhance individuals' control and rights over their personal information and to enforce strict obligations for companies processing that information. 
- [Navigating the New Sovereignty Landscape: Highlights from UpCloud & Solita’s Business Breakfast](https://upcloud.com/blog/navigating-the-new-sovereignty-landscape-highlights-from-upcloud-solitas-business-breakfast/): On January 22nd, UpCloud hosted a breakfast event together with our strategic partner Solita, bringing together business leaders across industries. The event focused on a topic that has quickly moved to the top of the agenda for many organisations: digital sovereignty.
- [U.S. CLOUD Act and Why Corporate Structure Matters for Data Sovereignty](https://upcloud.com/blog/us-cloud-act-corporate-structure-matters-data-sovereignty/): European companies are increasingly seeking European data sovereignty. As part of this discussion one of the main concerns is the Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act, which obliges U.S. cloud providers to disclose any data pertaining to a customer within such provider’s possession, custody, or control, regardless of whether the data is located within or outside of the United States. 
- [Hei Norge! UpCloud Launches Data Center in Norway](https://upcloud.com/blog/upcloud-launches-data-center-norway/): Today, we are proud to announce the next step of our Nordic expansion with the launch of our new data center location in Stavanger, Norway, ready for deployment now.
- [Impact of the EU Data Act on Cloud Services](https://upcloud.com/blog/impact-eu-data-act-cloud-services/): As part of the EU’s data strategy, Regulation on Harmonized Rules on Fair Access and Use of Data (Data Act ) became applicable on September 12th, 2025. 
- [Expanding Our Nordic Footprint With the Launch of Our Danish DC: Hej København! ](https://upcloud.com/blog/expanding-nordic-footprint-danish-dc/): Today, we announce the further expansion of UpCloud’s global network with the launch of our new data center location in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- [Driving Cloud Sovereignty in Europe, UpCloud and Sigma Software Join Forces ](https://upcloud.com/blog/driving-cloud-sovereignty-europe-upcloud-sigma-join-forces/): We’re pleased to announce a new partnership with Sigma Software, a long-established technology consultancy with deep expertise in digital transformation, cloud engineering and regulated-industry solutions. Together, we’re strengthening the foundation for a more sovereign, secure and resilient European cloud ecosystem.
- [Inkufy and UpCloud Partner to Power Fair Workplaces with Secure European Cloud Infrastructure](https://upcloud.com/blog/inkufy-upcloud-power-fair-workplaces-secure-european-cloud/): We are proud to announce a new partnership between Inkufy and UpCloud, joining forces to promote transparency, compliance, and fair working conditions across Europe.
- [Security Requirements under NIS2 Directive](https://upcloud.com/blog/security-requirements-nis2-directive/): Directive (EU) 2022/2555, also known as NIS2 Directive, is the European Union’s updated framework for cybersecurity, replacing the original NIS Directive. 
- [We’re Partnering with Futurice to Strengthen European Digital Sovereignty](https://upcloud.com/blog/partnering-futurice-strengthen-european-digital-sovereignty/): Across Europe, organisations are re-evaluating where their data resides. With rising geopolitical uncertainty and a shifting regulatory landscape, the need for trusted, sovereign cloud solutions has never been clearer.

## Pages
- [Container Registry](https://upcloud.com/products/container-registry/)
- [Dedicated GPU Clusters for organizations building at scale](https://upcloud.com/solutions/dedicated-gpu-clusters/)
- [Alternative Comparison – OVHcloud vs UpCloud](https://upcloud.com/competitors-and-alternatives/alternative-comparison-ovhcloud-vs-upcloud/)
- [Alternative Comparison – Hetzner vs UpCloud](https://upcloud.com/competitors-and-alternatives/hetzner/)
- [High Performance Cloud Servers](https://upcloud.com/high-performance-cloud-servers/)
- [Premium Cloud Servers](https://upcloud.com/solutions/premium-cloud-servers/)
- [Network Peering](https://upcloud.com/products/network-peering/)
- [Global Backbone Network](https://upcloud.com/solutions/global-backbone-network/)
- [Windows Cloud Servers](https://upcloud.com/products/windows-cloud-servers/)
- [Linux Cloud Servers](https://upcloud.com/products/linux-cloud-servers/)
- [Public Sector](https://upcloud.com/solutions/public-sector/)
- [Starter Plans](https://upcloud.com/solutions/starter-plans/)
- [n8n VPS Hosting](https://upcloud.com/n8n-vps-hosting/)
- [Affiliate Program Agreement](https://upcloud.com/affiliate-program-agreement/)
- [White Label Cloud Services](https://upcloud.com/white-label-hub/)
- [Affiliate Program](https://upcloud.com/affiliate-program/)
- [OpenClaw VPS Hosting](https://upcloud.com/openclaw-vps-hosting/)
- [Content Delivery Network](https://upcloud.com/products/cdn/)
- [Defense and Security](https://upcloud.com/solutions/defense-and-security/)
- [Static Web Hosting](https://upcloud.com/solutions/object-storage-static-hosting/)
- [File Storage](https://upcloud.com/products/file-storage/)
- [Private Cloud GPUs](https://upcloud.com/products/private-cloud-gpus/)
- [Modern Slavery Policy](https://upcloud.com/modern-slavery-policy/)
- [Audio / Video GPU Servers](https://upcloud.com/solutions/audio-video-gpu-servers/)
- [AI/ML GPU Servers](https://upcloud.com/solutions/ai-ml-gpu-server-solutions/)
- [UpCloud Startup Program](https://upcloud.com/upcloud-startup-program/)
- [Cloudscapes](https://upcloud.com/cloudscapes-podcast/)
- [European Data Sovereignty](https://upcloud.com/european-data-sovereignty/)
- [2025 Cloud Landscape in Europe and the US](https://upcloud.com/2025-cloud-landscape-in-europe-and-the-us/)
- [EU Data Act](https://upcloud.com/eu-data-act/)
- [Privacy Notice](https://upcloud.com/privacy-notice/)
- [Marketing Privacy Notice](https://upcloud.com/marketing-privacy-notice/)
- [Managed Kubernetes – Signup](https://upcloud.com/products/managed-kubernetes-get-started/)
- [Web Hosting Survey Report 2025](https://upcloud.com/partner-program/web-hosting-survey-report-2025/)
- [Get started with UpCloud in USD](https://upcloud.com/try-upcloud-for-free/)
- [GPU Servers](https://upcloud.com/products/gpu-servers-get-started/)
- [Digital Services Act](https://upcloud.com/digital-services-act/)
- [Get started with UpCloud now](https://upcloud.com/get-started-with-upcloud/)
- [GPU Servers](https://upcloud.com/products/gpu-servers/)
- [VPS on UpCloud](https://upcloud.com/vps-hosting/)
- [UpCloud Essentials](https://upcloud.com/solutions/essentials/)
- [Brand renewal 2025 test blocks](https://upcloud.com/brand-renewal-2025-test-blocks/)
- [Managed Kubernetes – Signup](https://upcloud.com/products/managed-kubernetes-signup/)
- [Windows Server Hosting at UpCloud](https://upcloud.com/windows-server/)

## Case studies
- [Ormi powers real-time blockchain data infrastructure with UpCloud](https://upcloud.com/case-studies/ormi-powers-blockchain-infrastructure/): Blockchain indexing differs from typical cloud workloads. Instead of handling short bursts of activity, Ormi’s systems run continuously which creates sustained pressure across compute, storage, and networking.
- [Vitec MV migrates from US hyperscaler to UpCloud](https://upcloud.com/case-studies/vitec-mv-migrates-from-us-hyperscaler-to-upcloud/): As a European provider to schools and public sector organizations, Vitec MV handles sensitive information necessitating compliance with GDPR and European data regulation. Before moving to UpCloud, the company’s infrastructure was running on AWS and Microsoft platforms. While technically effective, these solutions raised increasing customer concerns around non European hosting and data sovereignty.
- [Achieving European data sovereignty and scalable growth for TAGGRS](https://upcloud.com/case-studies/achieving-european-data-sovereignty-scalable-growth-taggrs/): As a European company serving a predominantly European customer base, TAGGRS recognized a critical shift in market demand and growing concerns around data sovereignty. Larger clients, in particular, were demanding assurances about where their data was stored, driven by fears related to the U.S. Cloud Act and the desire to ensure GDPR compliance.
- [Simplifying Kubernetes with a strong European Cloud Foundation ](https://upcloud.com/case-studies/simplifying-kubernetes-with-european-cloud/): In the broader market, Pionative observed a dual challenge facing organizations: the complexity of Kubernetes and a critical need for European Cloud infrastructure.
- [Paving the future of digital health with Oiva Health](https://upcloud.com/case-studies/oiva-health-paving-the-future-of-digital-health/): The healthcare industry is one of the most heavily regulated sectors, demanding unwavering reliability, stringent security, and constant availability. Oiva Health faces the complex task of delivering innovative digital health services while navigating a complex web of compliance requirements – most notably, the stringent demands of the European GDPR, but also other critical healthcare and data protection frameworks.
- [Shipit Boosts Performance and Halves Cloud Spend with UpCloud](https://upcloud.com/case-studies/shipit-boosts-performance-and-halves-cloud-spend-with-upcloud/): Prior to migrating to UpCloud, Shipit faced two primary challenges that constrained efficiency, these being unpredictable monthly expenses and the high complexity of managing their infrastructure.
- [Pioneering Sovereign AI in Europe with Cloud2](https://upcloud.com/case-studies/pioneering-sovereign-ai-in-europe-with-cloud2/): Cloud2's AI Control Room is an AI platform that lets businesses build and manage AI agents and agent teams securely within their own cloud or on-prem environments. As a scalable and secure alternative to SaaS-based AI, it's designed for European organizations that prioritize data sovereignty, particularly those in regulated sectors and SMBs seeking a cost-predictable path to scaling AI. 
- [Achieving Competitive Edge with European Cloud](https://upcloud.com/case-studies/achieving-competitive-edge-with-european-cloud/): With its strong commitment to ensuring data security, Hailey HR needed to find an ISO 27001 certified, European provider that could help the company fulfil GDPR compliance requirements.
- [How Liberbyte is Democratizing Data Exchange with UpCloud](https://upcloud.com/case-studies/how-liberbyte-is-democratizing-data-exchange-with-upcloud/): Liberbyte is on a mission to democratize data exchange – setting a new standard for sharing, exchanging, managing, and monetizing data on a global scale. Liberbyte’s bytEM is a decentralized software solution that provides transparent and controlled access to a global data exchange network, and enables users to create data products and services. 
- [A European cloud partnership built for open source agility with Aiven](https://upcloud.com/case-studies/a-european-cloud-partnership-built-for-open-source-agility/): Aiven helps businesses around the world manage open source data technologies like Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, and more – all as fully managed services. From fast-growing startups to major enterprises across finance, retail, and tech, Aiven’s mission is to empower customers to focus on innovation, not infrastructure.
- [Running Mission-Critical Applications 100% Faster ](https://upcloud.com/case-studies/running-mission-critical-applications-100-faster/): Hosted Power needed to guarantee end users exceptional speed, automatic scalability to handle peaks, better cost optimization, and 99.99% uptime reliability on TurboStack. They chose to build on UpCloud’s Private Cloud over hyperscalers for fine-grain control over CPUs and data centers, as well as robust infrastructure operations, uptime guarantees, and security.
- [1,800 Merchant Success Stories](https://upcloud.com/case-studies/1800-merchant-success-stories/): Vilkas, Finland's leading e-commerce platform provider, migrated to UpCloud for a more scalable, performant, and cost-effective solution. Facing rising costs with their previous VMware setup, Vilkas chose UpCloud and experienced faster platform performance, enhanced reliability, and better Lighthouse test results. The partnership has enabled Vilkas to scale efficiently, cut costs and focus on delivering a top-tier e-commerce platform.
- [How Sportmonks brought their API performance to new heights with cost efficient cloud](https://upcloud.com/case-studies/how-sportmonks-brought-their-api-performance-to-new-heights-with-cost-efficient-cloud/): Sportmonks needed to scale their infrastructure to handle growing demand. They chose UpCloud's high-performance cloud servers for better performance and cost-efficiency. With help from Twisted Bytes, they migrated seamlessly and now enjoy a managed solution that allows them to focus on delivering top-notch sports data to their customers.
- [Delivering seamless Odoo experiences at Avoin.Systems](https://upcloud.com/case-studies/delivering-seamless-odoo-experiences-at-avoin-systems/): Avoin.Systems turned to UpCloud to optimise server resources while also helping ensure compliance and sustainability requirements. With UpCloud’s solutions, Avoin.Systems has been able to reduce the overall infrastructure costs by 20% in a year compared to their previous setup.
- [Achieving scalability and cost-efficiency with UpCloud](https://upcloud.com/case-studies/adeona-upcloud/): Finnish Product Information Management provider, Adeona, sought a reliable and cost efficient cloud provider to power it's single-tenant SaaS product. Currently, Adeona has approximately 70 servers running on UpCloud, with a yearly growth rate of around 30%.
- [Safeguarding sensitive data at Skillboost ](https://upcloud.com/case-studies/safeguarding-sensitive-data-at-skillboost/): Skillboost sought a reliable and secure cloud infrastructure to store and manage sensitive student data. Committed to user privacy and achieving European regulatory compliance, the leading learning platform needed a cloud solution to help safeguard data while enabling seamless scalability and performance for its growing user base.
- [Combatting cyber threats with Hack The Box](https://upcloud.com/case-studies/combatting-cyber-threats-with-hack-the-box/): Hack The Box primarily uses UpCloud’s Private Cloud to run its workloads, offering the best combination of cost, guaranteed resources, and performance. It also allows the company to burst into the public cloud during times of heavy traffic when workload deployments spike by 150-300%.
- [How iSpeed Solutions improved their customer offering with UpCloud’s Singapore Data Centre](https://upcloud.com/case-studies/how-ispeed-solutions-improved-their-customer-offering-with-upclouds-singapore-data-centre/): When searching for their new cloud hosting provider, iSpeed Solutions needed reliability, efficient costs, and flexibility for their differing client requirements. UpCloud’s 99.999% SLA uptime guarantee ensured zero downtime during migrations from iSpeed’s previous provider and their own managed servers.
- [Cost-efficient cloud platform for Managed Kubernetes](https://upcloud.com/case-studies/cost-efficient-cloud-platform-for-managed-kubernetes/): Montel Intergalactic delivers DevOps expertise for the whole cloud infrastructure modernisation journey, including cloud migrations, containerisation, Kubernetes setup, and an automated continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline.
- [How Evermade cloudified their company infrastructure](https://upcloud.com/case-studies/how-evermade-cloudified-their-company-infrastructure/): Evermade is a comprehensive digital partner that helps brand realise their online potential. Evermade specialises in concepting, design, implementation, analytics, and digital marketing of world-class online services.  
- [How SimpleLogin sped up their service with UpCloud Managed Databases](https://upcloud.com/case-studies/simplelogin/): SimpleLogin provides solutions for sending and receiving emails anonymously. They improved their internal processes and customer services with UpCloud Managed Databases.

## Events
- [UpCloud Afterworks](https://upcloud.com/events/upcloud-afterworks-2026/): Wrap up your first day at Slush with a relaxed evening at UpCloud's Helsinki office. Join our team for drinks, snacks, and conversation with fellow attendees and people from Helsinki's tech community.
- [Cloud Native Days Poland](https://upcloud.com/events/cloud-native-days-poland/): Meet the UpCloud team at our booth and catch Pawel Piwosz's session on what data sovereignty means for your architecture.
- [UpCloud x Knowit: Hands-On Sovereign Cloud Workshop](https://upcloud.com/events/upcloud-x-knowit-hands-on-sovereign-cloud-workshop/): Join UpCloud and Knowit for a hands-on workshop on building a sovereign cloud with UpCloud.
- [Slush 2026: Bet on Europe](https://upcloud.com/events/slush-2026/): UpCloud is joining Slush 2026 as a Key Partner. Meet us in Helsinki on November 18–19 to talk about building your business on European cloud infrastructure.
- [Business Breakfast: Data, Regulation and Privacy – Navigating Europe’s Digital Future ](https://upcloud.com/events/business-breakfast-data-regulation-privacy-navigating-europes-digital-future/): Europe's changing digital landscape is affecting how organizations in Finland think about data, privacy, AI, cloud infrastructure, and business resilience. This breakfast event will examine what these developments mean in practice, what decision-makers need to consider now, and how organizations can maintain greater control over their data.
- [Knowit Next: Building Resilience in an Era of Uncertainty](https://upcloud.com/events/knowit-next-building-resilience-in-an-era-of-uncertainty/): How can organizations maintain their competitive edge when disruptions are increasing and transformation needs to happen faster than ever?
- [Technology Lock-In: How Easy Is It to Switch?](https://upcloud.com/events/technology-lockin-breakfast-seminar/): How prepared is your organization to change direction when technology, regulations, or geopolitical circumstances shift?
- [Digital Sovereignty Panel at Maria 01 NEXT Startup Festival](https://upcloud.com/events/digital-sovereignty-panel-maria-01-next/): Join UpCloud, Slush, and Maria 01 at the Maria 01 NEXT Startup Festival for a panel discussion on what digital sovereignty means in practice and how Europe can turn greater control over technology and infrastructure into an opportunity to lead.
- [AI Finland Afterwork Meetup on Sovereign AI](https://upcloud.com/events/ai-finland-afterwork-meetup-sovereign-ai/): UpCloud and Siili Solutions are hosting AI Finland's autumn kick-off meetup at the UpCloud rooftop in Helsinki, bringing together members of Finland's AI community for an evening focused on sovereign AI.
- [Cloud and AI Agents Breakfast with Aiven for Startups, ConfidentialMind, and UpCloud](https://upcloud.com/events/cloud-ai-agents-breakfast-aiven-confidentialmind-upcloud/): Join Aiven for Startups, ConfidentialMind, and UpCloud for an exclusive breakfast event exploring the future of European cloud infrastructure, practical AI agents for startups, open-source AI ecosystem and scaling businesses.
- [Knowit Talks: How to Secure Digital Freedom with Sovereign Cloud Solutions](https://upcloud.com/events/knowit-talks-how-secure-digital-freedom-sovereign-cloud-solutions/): At this Knowit Talks breakfast seminar, speakers from Choose European, Knowit, and UpCloud will share perspectives on how organizations can maintain control over their infrastructure, data, and long-term technology decisions in a changing geopolitical and regulatory environment.
- [AI Finland Summer Forum](https://upcloud.com/events/ai-finland-summer-forum/): AI Finland Summer Forum brings together the people shaping the next phase of AI in Finland. The event combines keynote discussions, practical workshops, and networking into one afternoon focused on real-world AI adoption and infrastructure.
- [UpCloud Tech Day!](https://upcloud.com/events/upcloud-tech-day/): Automating Infra with AI Agents & GPU Power
- [Business Breakfast: The Future of Voice AI in Regulated, High-volume Customer Services](https://upcloud.com/events/business-breakfast-the-future-of-voice-ai-in-regulated-high-volume-customer-services/): Join us, together with our partner Sigma Software for an exclusive breakfast event this May 28th. Packed with practical application insights and open discuss on the future of sovereign AI, apply now to secure your spot!
- [CTO Meet & Greet Lunch](https://upcloud.com/events/maria-01-cto-meet-greet-lunch/): If you’re working through infrastructure decisions, scaling challenges, platform reliability, or just trying to make cloud costs more predictable, come join us for a relaxed conversation with other technical leaders facing similar questions.
- [Webinar: Sovereign Data Platforms in practice with Dataminded](https://upcloud.com/events/webinar-sovereign-data-platforms-in-practice-with-dataminded/): Join us, together with our partner Dataminded for this exclusive session this May 28th. This hands-on webinar moves beyond theory to showcase the practical implementation of sovereign, cloud-agnostic data platforms using open-source technologies. Not to be missed!
- [From Helsinki to Hamburg: Why the AI race will not be decided in Silicon Valley](https://upcloud.com/events/from-helsinki-to-hamburg-why-the-ai-race-will-not-be-decided-in-silicon-valley/): Join UpCloud CEO, Arno Schäfer for Masterclass event From Helsinki to Hamburg: Why the AI race will not be decided in Silicon Valley this May 6th at OMR Festival.
- [Kubernetes Community Days Helsinki](https://upcloud.com/events/kubernetes-community-days-helsinki/): Join UpCloud at Kubernetes Community Days Helsinki this May 20th! Stop by our booth and meet the team building our cloud native infrastructure.
- [Business Breakfast: Building Sovereign Cloud Resilience](https://upcloud.com/events/business-breakfast-building-sovereign-cloud-resilience/): Join UpCloud and our partners Knowit for an exclusive business breakfast event May 21st at 8.30am. Hear from leading cybersecurity strategist, Aapo Cederberg, UpCloud CPO, Teemu Toppola and Mikko Järvenkylä, Head of Offering at Knowit as they unpack how organizations can respond to growing geopolitical uncertainty, regulatory pressure, and increasing dependency on hyperscale cloud providers.
- [SaaSiest Malmö 2026](https://upcloud.com/events/saasiest-malmo-2026/): We're heading to Malmö this May 5th and 6th for SaaSiest 2026! As proud event sponsors we will be there across the event and you can find us at booth 21. Come talk to our team and discuss sovereign cloud without compromise.
- [DevOps Finland February Meetup](https://upcloud.com/events/devops-finland-february-meetup/): This meetup features expert talks on cloud governance and automation, followed by open discussion and networking. Whether you’re deep into infrastructure automation or curious about modern DevOps workflows, there’s something for you.
- [KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://upcloud.com/events/kubeconcloudnativecon-europe-2026/): Join us at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 in Amsterdam! Stop by our booth for live demos, expert consultations, and some Finnish hospitality.
- [CloudFest 2026](https://upcloud.com/events/cloudfest-2026/): Join UpCloud March 23rd - 26th for this years instalment of CloudFest at Europa Park, Rust, Germany. Meet us at booth Z09 across the 3 days for demos, conversation and much more!
- [UpCloud Connect Oslo](https://upcloud.com/events/upcloud-connect-oslo/): Join UpCloud Thursday, March 5th from 8am CET, in Akersgata 35 to explore the future of European Cloud against the backdrop of the complex geopolitical landscape.
- [Business Breakfast: Cutting through Cloud Sovereignty Complexity](https://upcloud.com/events/business-breakfast-cutting-through-cloud-sovereignty-complexity/): Join us as we explore what EU sovereign cloud means in practice, together with partners Futurice on Thursday, February 12th for breakfast event!
- [Netlight & UpCloud: Startup Leaders Breakfast](https://upcloud.com/events/netlight-upcloud-startup-leaders-breakfast/): ​Together with our partners, Netlight, we welcome startup leaders to an exclusive breakfast on scaling efficiently in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.
- [We’re sponsoring FOSDEM 2026!](https://upcloud.com/events/were-sponsoring-fosdem-2026/): At UpCloud, we champion transparency, interoperability, and open standards in cloud computing — which is why we’re proud to be an official sponsor of FOSDEM 2026, Europe's leading free and open source software event.
- [UpCloud Connect Copenhagen](https://upcloud.com/events/upcloud-connect-copenhagen/): Join UpCloud Wednesday, January 28th from 2.00pm CET, in Frederikskaj 4 to explore the future of European Cloud against the backdrop of the complex geopolitical landscape.
- [Business Breakfast: Navigating the New Sovereignty Landscape](https://upcloud.com/events/business-breakfast-navigating-new-sovereignty-landscape/): Join UpCloud, together with our strategic partners Solita, on January 22nd where we explore the evolving landscape of digital sovereignty and cloud transformation. This event is designed for a select group of decision makers, CIOs, CTOs, Heads of IT, Risk, and Compliance, who are navigating the challenges and opportunities of cloud adoption in a rapidly changing regulatory environment.
- [UpCloud Afterworks](https://upcloud.com/events/upcloud-afterworks/): Join UpCloud this November 19th from 5.30pm EET, at our Helsinki HQ to chat with fellow tech enthusiasts. Whether you were at Slush or just want to catch up on the latest industry buzz, this is the place to be.
- [European Cloud Opportunities in a US-Dominated Market](https://upcloud.com/events/european-cloud-opportunities-in-a-us-dominated-market/): This on-demand webinar session is ideal for developers, IT leaders, and decision-makers looking to stay ahead in the rapidly evolving cloud landscape.
- [UpCloud Connect Stockholm: Shaping Europe’s Cloud Future](https://upcloud.com/events/upcloud-connect-stockholm/): Join UpCloud this September 18th from 5.30pm CEST, in Foo Café Stockholm to explore the future of European Cloud against the backdrop of the complex geopolitical landscape.
- [Web Hosting: Industry Trends & Actionable Strategies](https://upcloud.com/events/web-hosting-webinar/): Join UpCloud on Thursday, August 21st at 1 PM CEST, as we delve into the our recent Web Hosting Survey Report 2025. This webinar session is a must-attend for infrastructure providers, hosting businesses, and strategic planners looking to navigate the evolving digital landscape.
- [Cloud Native Finland Meetup](https://upcloud.com/events/cloud-native-finland-meetup/): Save the date! Cloud Native Tech and Kubernetes are coming to Helsinki.
- [UpCloud Connect: Shaping Europe’s Cloud Future](https://upcloud.com/events/upcloud-connect-shaping-europes-cloud-future/): Join UpCloud this May 13th from 3pm EEST, in our Helsinki Office to explore the future of European Cloud against the backdrop of the complex geopolitical landscape.
- [DevOps Days Prague](https://upcloud.com/events/devops-days-prague/): Join us at DevOps Days Prague on May 22 for a fantastic community-driven day exploring software development, IT infrastructure operations, and the intersection between the two.
- [From Code to Scale: Building Cloud-Native with Open Source Tools](https://upcloud.com/events/best-practices-for-scaling-open-source-infrastructure-in-the-european-cloud/): Join UpCloud and Aiven at Malmö's Foo Cafe for an engaging session on cloud-native infrastructure and real-time data processing.
- [WordCamp Krakow](https://upcloud.com/events/wordcamp-krakow/): Join us at WordCamp Krakow to network with the amazing WordPress community and learn how web hosting drives modern organizations.
- [DevOps Days Amsterdam](https://upcloud.com/events/devops-days-amsterdam/): We're stoked to be a gold sponsor of the 13th edition of DevOps Days Amsterdam! Join us this June 18-20, at the Pakhuis de Zwijger, for a lively and insightful dive into everything DevOps.
- [Unlocking the Power of Managed Kubernetes® with UpCloud](https://upcloud.com/events/unlocking-the-power-of-managed-kubernetes-with-upcloud/): Join Will Barlow, Senior Product Marketing Manager and Miguelángel Fernández, PaaS Lead Product Manager at UpCloud on Thursday, April 10th as they deep dive into the latest advancements in UpCloud's Managed Kubernetes.
- [CloudFest](https://upcloud.com/events/cloudfest/): We’re excited to be at Cloudfest 2025, joining forces with our partner Elemento to connect with the cloud community and sponsor some great experiences at the event!
- [Navigating Digital Transformation in Regulated Industries:](https://upcloud.com/events/navigating-digital-transformation-in-regulated-industries/): Join Mafalda Johannsen, UpCloud and Sampsa Somerma, Director of Digitalization, Data & AI at Oriola Corporation Thursday, March 20th as they explore digital transformation in regulated industries!
- [KCD Helsinki](https://upcloud.com/events/kcd-helsinki/): Come meet us at the inaugural Kubernetes Community Day Helsinki! We're looking forward to a full-on day of cloud native, with engaging technical talks, open source project demos, and mingling with the community.
- [Odoo User Club](https://upcloud.com/events/odoo-user-club/): Join us for the Odoo User Club, on March 27, hosted up UpCloud and Avoin.Systems!
- [Pre-FOSDEM Happy Hours](https://upcloud.com/events/pre-fosdem-happy-hours/): Kick off the FOSDEM weekend with UpCloud’s Happy Hours! Join our engineers from 7.30pm on Friday, January 31, for drinks and snacks – on us, of course!
- [Valkey Fireside Chat](https://upcloud.com/events/valkey-fireside-chat/): When Valkey emerged as the open-source alternative to Redis under the Linux Foundation earlier this year, it sparked excitement throughout the developer community. With a 2025 roadmap focusing on performance, extensibility, and memory efficiency, Valkey is poised to redefine in-memory NoSQL databases.

## Tutorials
- [Part 2: Setting Up a Production-Ready RabbitMQ Node on UpCloud](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/rabbitmq-setup-upcloud/): Part 1 of this series established the architecture: a three-node RabbitMQ cluster on UpCloud with quorum queues, private SDN networking for inter-node traffic, and a load balancer to route client connections to healthy nodes.
- [Part 1: Designing a Highly Available RabbitMQ Architecture on UpCloud](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/rabbitmq-high-availability-upcloud/): RabbitMQ is an open-source message broker that lets applications exchange messages through queues instead of calling each other directly. Producers publish messages to RabbitMQ, consumers process them asynchronously, and the broker handles routing, buffering, acknowledgements, and delivery rules between them. This makes RabbitMQ useful for background jobs, event-driven workflows, retries, workload smoothing, and decoupling services that should not depend on each other’s availability at the exact same moment.
- [Start Running LLMs Locally with Ollama](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/start-running-llms-locally-with-ollama/): Large Language Models (LLMs) are no longer limited to cloud and SaaS services (such as Anthropic or OpenAI). With tools like Ollama, we can run quite powerful models directly on our machines, even laptops, within minutes.
- [Run LLM Locally Using UpCloud’s GPU Server and Docker Model Runner](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/run-llm-locally-using-upclouds-gpu-server-docker-model-runner/): Using Large Language Models (LLM) no longer requires you to be forced to use SaaS products like Claude, Cursor, or OpenAI. With decent GPU offerings and the ability to run models on these machines, we gain flexibility, greater security, and the ability to build cheaper solutions.
- [Installing pgvector on UpCloud Managed PostgreSQL](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/installing-pgvector-upcloud-managed-postgresql/): Pgvector is a PostgreSQL extension that allows us to use relational databases as vector databases. This means that we are able to use AI applications like RAGs, recommendation systems, and so on with traditional, well-known databases, without adding another piece into our architecture and without adding more cognitive load to the teams - they already know how to work with PostgreSQL.
- [How to Install Code-Server on Ubuntu 24.04 and 26.04](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/install-code-server-ubuntu/): Code-server allows you to code anywhere and on any device such as a tablet or laptop with a consistent integrated development environment.
- [Getting Started with Openclaw on Ubuntu Cloud Server](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/getting-started-openclaw-ubuntu-cloud-server/): OpenClaw took the world by storm at the beginning of 2026. Everyone talks about it, many engineers use it, but what is it? And how to run OpenClaw for ourselves? This tutorial answers these questions and helps to install and manage OpenClaw in your own environment.
- [Deploying an Edge-Ready Kubernetes Cluster Using UpCloud Kubernetes Service (UKS) and CLI](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/deploying-edge-ready-kubernetes-cluster-cli/): A previous guide showed how to deploy a UKS cluster through the Control Panel. In this tutorial, you’ll take a hands-on approach using the UpCloud CLI to build an edge-ready cluster from scratch. By the end, you would have deployed a full application stack, gained practical experience with Upcloud’s edge-ready Kubernetes Architecture, and learnt how to troubleshoot real-world scenarios you’re likely to face in distributed environments.
- [Building a Self-Hosted RAG System with Open-Source Tools](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/building-self-hosted-rag-system-open-source-tools/): This tutorial walks through building that stack using open-source components on UpCloud. Instead of focusing on RAG theory, the goal is to show how realistic it is to run a minimal but practical system using an open LLM runtime, a local embedding model, PostgreSQL with pgvector, and object storage. By the end, you will have a working self-hosted RAG pipeline that mirrors the architecture many teams now deploy in production.
- [Deploying an Open-Source Data Platform on UpCloud](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/deploying-an-open-source-data-platform-on-upcloud/): Managing data at scale is now baseline. Teams must reliably ingest, store, transform, process, and serve data across many sources and consumers.
- [OpenTofu on UpCloud, Hands-on Tutorial](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/opentofu-on-upcloud-hands-on-tutorial/): Use this tutorial if you’re ready to build. You’ll provision an UpCloud VM with the OpenTofu UpCloud provider, configure remote state on an S3-compatible bucket (with DynamoDB locking), enable client-side AES-GCM encryption for state and plans (OpenTofu ≥1.7), add guardrails with Conftest + OPA, and optionally verify Terraform compatibility via import. If you want the concepts, trade-offs, and state patterns first, read OpenTofu 101 guide. Otherwise, continue to Prerequisites.
- [Deploying Jaeger on UpCloud Managed Kubernetes with OpenTelemetry!](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/deploying-jaeger-on-upcloud-managed-kubernetes-with-opentelemetry/): If you’ve already explored our earlier guide, Understanding Distributed Tracing and Why Jaeger Matters, you know how tracing helps connect the dots between microservices, latency, and performance in modern systems.
- [Extending OpenTelemetry on UpCloud with Thanos for Scalable Metrics Storage](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/extending-opentelemetry-on-upcloud-with-thanos-for-scalable-metrics-storage/): In our earlier guide, What is OpenTelemetry? Understanding the Standard for Cloud-Native Observability, we explained how OpenTelemetry standardizes the collection of metrics, traces, and logs across distributed systems. Then, in the follow-up tutorial, How to Deploy OpenTelemetry on UpCloud Managed Kubernetes, we showed how to put those concepts into practice by deploying the OpenTelemetry Collector and instrumenting a Python application on UpCloud’s infrastructure.
- [How to Deploy OpenTelemetry on UpCloud Managed Kubernetes](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/how-to-deploy-opentelemetry-on-upcloud-managed-kubernetes/): OpenTelemetry gives you a unified, open-source framework for collecting metrics, traces, and logs across your cloud-native infrastructure. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to deploy a complete OpenTelemetry pipeline on UpCloud Managed Kubernetes from setting up the cluster and deploying the OpenTelemetry Collector, to instrumenting a Python application and verifying telemetry flow into your observability backend.
- [Monitoring on UpCloud with Prometheus: Part 5](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/monitoring-on-upcloud-with-prometheus-part-5/): So far in this series, you’ve built a complete observability foundation on UpCloud. You’ve set up Prometheus and Grafana to monitor infrastructure-level metrics from Kubernetes and VMs, and you’ve added application-level instrumentation using Prometheus client libraries for real-time insights into your workloads. With dashboards and alerts in place, your system is observant. The only aspect you haven’t considered yet is the storage of all this data.
- [Monitoring on UpCloud with Prometheus: Part 4](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/monitoring-with-prometheus-part-4/): After setting up the foundation with infrastructure-level monitoring in earlier parts of this series (tracking Kubernetes workloads, VM metrics, and visualizing them in Grafana), you have a solid understanding of system health and resource usage monitoring. But infrastructure metrics only tell part of the story. To truly understand your applications' behavior, you need to observe them from the inside.
- [Monitoring on UpCloud with Prometheus: Part 3](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/monitoring-upcloud-prometheus-part-3/): In the first two parts of this series, we walked through setting up Prometheus on an UpCloud-managed Kubernetes cluster and began collecting metrics from both the cluster and external VMs using Node Exporter. With Prometheus scraping metrics effectively, the next logical step is turning that raw data into meaningful visual insights. That’s where Grafana comes in.
- [Monitoring on UpCloud with Prometheus: Part 2](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/monitoring-upcloud-prometheus-part-2/): After setting up Prometheus in Part 1 on a dedicated UpCloud Managed Kubernetes cluster, with support for both Kubernetes-native workloads and external VMs, you now have a flexible monitoring foundation in place. But collecting metrics is only as good as the visibility it provides. To truly understand what’s happening on your virtual machines, you’ll need host-level metrics like CPU usage, memory availability, and disk I/O.
- [Deploying MariaDB on UpCloud: A Beginner’s Guide](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/deploying-mariadb-upcloud-beginners-guide/): MariaDB is an open-source relational database that was originally created as a fork from MySQL. Some of the original developers of MySQL created MariaDB with the purpose of keeping it free and open-source under the GNU general public license.
- [Monitoring on UpCloud with Prometheus: Part 1](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/monitoring-upcloud-prometheus-part-1/): ...run to provision the cluster: upctl k8s create \ --name monitoring-cluster \ --network monitoring-net \ --zone de-fra1 \ --plan "production-small" \ --version 1.30 \ --node-group name=monitoring-nodes,count=3,plan=4xCPU-8GB This command provisions a...
- [Docker Offload – Using the power of the cloud to develop locally](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/docker-offload-cloud-develop-local/): In this article, we dig into the general improvement of our work, Docker Offload.
- [Running LLMs on UpCloud GPUs with Ollama](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/running-llms-on-upcloud-gpus-with-ollama/): This tutorial will guide you through setting up Ollama and running the Mistral-7b model on your UpCloud GPU instance. We'll focus on a straightforward approach to get you up and running in no time.
- [Step-by-Step Guide to Deploying the LEMP Stack for High-Performance Web Applications](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/step-by-step-guide-to-deploying-the-lemp-stack-for-high-performance-web-applications/): LEMP stack is a combination of multiple technologies that work together to create reliable and high-performance dynamic web applications. The word “LEMP” is an acronym for these technologies which are Linux, Nginx (pronounced Engine-X), MySQL, and PHP.
- [Deploying a Node.js Application to UpCloud From Jenkins](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/deploying-a-node-js-application-to-upcloud-from-jenkins/): Jenkins is one of the most popular open-source automation servers for setting up CI/CD pipelines, and when paired with UpCloud, it becomes a powerful platform for deploying Node.js applications. Jenkins gives you full control over your build and deployment processes, making it ideal for teams that want a highly customizable pipeline. Combined with UpCloud’s high-performance virtual machines and predictable pricing, it’s a solid choice for developers looking to self-host and scale their infrastructure.
- [Running Containers with Podman on UpCloud: A Beginner’s Guide](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/running-containers-with-podman-on-upcloud-a-beginners-guide/): Podman is a container engine that enables building, running, and managing containers. It is usually considered as an alternative to Docker, as they both provide similar functionalities for managing containers. However, they differ in their architecture and the way they run containers.
- [Deploying a Node.js Application to UpCloud From Circle CI](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/deploying-a-node-js-application-to-upcloud-from-circle-ci/): CircleCI and UpCloud make a great combination for deploying Node.js applications with speed and reliability. CircleCI offers a flexible and developer-friendly CI/CD platform that integrates easily with your GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket repository, allowing you to automate builds, tests, and deployments with minimal setup. UpCloud, on the other hand, provides high-performance cloud servers with predictable pricing, an ideal hosting solution for modern web applications.
- [How to Install and Configure Shopware for Your Ecommerce Store on UpCloud](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-shopware-for-your-ecommerce-store-on-upcloud/): Shopware is a modern, open-source ecommerce platform built for businesses that need scalability, flexibility, and full customization. With its modular architecture, advanced SEO tools, and API-first approach, Shopware stands out as a developer-friendly solution for creating high-performance, fully responsive online stores.
- [Hosting the most popular ASP.NET Core CMS, Orchard Core at UpCloud](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/hosting-the-most-popular-asp-net-core-cms-orchard-core-at-upcloud/): It's no surprise that you can host ASP.NET Core apps at UpCloud, but let's see a concrete example: how would you host an app using the open-source CMS Orchard Core?
- [Deploying a High-Availability PostgreSQL Database on UpCloud](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/deploying-a-high-availability-postgresql-database-on-upcloud/): PostgreSQL is an open-source relational database management system that is compliant with SQL standards and ACID properties. In addition to its relational data model, PostgreSQL also supports the object-oriented database model, which enables working with complex and user-defined data types and structures for storing and querying data. This hybrid object-relational model makes it suitable for a wide range of use cases and aligns it with a variety of application requirements without sacrificing performance or reliability.
- [Deploying a Node.js Application from Travis CI to UpCloud](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/deploying-a-node-js-application-from-travis-ci-to-upcloud/): Travis CI and UpCloud make a strong pair for deploying modern web applications. Travis CI provides a straightforward continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) platform that supports Node.js and a variety of other frameworks out of the box, automating your workflow from code commit to production delivery. On the other hand, UpCloud’s high-performance cloud infrastructure gives you the flexibility and speed needed to host scalable applications.
- [How to Deploy and Configure Hugo for Fast and SEO-Friendly Static Websites](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/how-to-deploy-and-configure-hugo-for-fast-and-seo-friendly-static-websites/): Developers need fast, secure, and efficient ways to build modern websites—whether it's a personal blog, product landing page, or documentation site. A static site generator like Hugo is that’s fast, easy to use, and highly customizable is a great solution to deploy and pull content quickly. Unlike traditional CMSs that rely on databases and server-side rendering, Hugo generates pre-rendered static HTML files, making your site lightning-fast, secure, and easy to deploy.
- [Kamal: A Beginner’s Guide to Deployment and Setup on UpCloud](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/kamal-a-beginners-guide-to-deployment-and-setup-on-upcloud/): Kamal is an open-source deployment tool that automates the process of deploying and managing containerized web applications on target servers. These target servers can be provisioned anywhere whether in an on-premises environment, Cloud environment, hosted VPS, or even a simple virtual machine that you create on your own. Kamal was originally created for Rails applications, but it can actually deploy any type of web application that can be containerized.
- [Supercharge Your CI/CD: Deploy Lightning-Fast GitHub Actions Runners on UpCloud’s Managed Kubernetes: Part 4](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/supercharge-your-ci-cd-deploy-lightning-fast-github-actions-runners-on-upclouds-managed-kubernetes-part-4/): Welcome back to this series on supercharging your CI/CD pipelines by deploying lightning-fast GitHub Actions Runners on UpCloud’s Managed Kubernetes! In Part 3 of this series, you looked at monitoring, logging, and some common troubleshooting scenarios, including diagnosing runner registration issues, debugging scale-set controllers, and effectively examining logs to resolve operational hiccups. Now, in this final installment, the focus shifts to fortifying your GitHub Actions runners with solid security practices to ensure your CI/CD pipeline remains safe, reliable, and compliant.
- [Deploy Lightning-Fast GitHub Actions Runners on UpCloud’s Managed Kubernetes: Part 3](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/deploy-lightning-fast-github-actions-runners-on-upclouds-managed-kubernetes-part-3/): Welcome back to the four-part series on supercharging your CI/CD pipelines by deploying lightning-fast GitHub Actions Runners on UpCloud’s Managed Kubernetes! In Part 2, we looked at advanced configurations, including customizing runner deployments, implementing network policies for enhanced security, and setting up autoscaling to optimize costs.
- [Installing ownCloud on UpCloud server and DBaaS: A Full Setup Guide](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/installing-owncloud-on-upcloud-server-and-dbaas-a-full-setup-guide/): Teams often need reliable and secure ways to store, share, and collaborate on files — and ownCloud fits that need well. But getting it up and running isn’t always straightforward. You’ll need to pick the right server, configure the database, set permissions, and handle backups to keep your data safe and durable.
- [How to Install and Configure OwnCloud: A Step-by-Step Guide](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-owncloud-a-step-by-step-guide/): ownCloud is a self-managed cloud storage platform that allows users to store, share, and collaborate on files over the Internet. It functions similarly to Google Drive, DropBox or Microsoft OneDrive but gives users complete control over data security, privacy, and management. As an open-source cloud storage solution, ownCloud enables users to self-host on their preferred cloud provider or on-premise infrastructure.
- [Running Containers with Docker on UpCloud: A Complete Guide](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/running-containers-with-docker-on-upcloud-a-complete-guide/): Containerization technology has revolutionized the way we build, distribute, and run software. It provides a lot of advantages including less resource overhead, portability, and startup speed. The evolution of containerization also paved the way for the microservices architecture to be widely adopted. Since a typical microservices application can be composed of tens or hundreds of separate components, it’s more efficient to use containers for deploying these microservices at scale.
- [Setting Up a Secure Ruby on Rails Environment on UpCloud: Best Practices](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/setting-up-a-secure-ruby-on-rails-environment-on-upcloud-best-practices/): Ruby on Rails (RoR) is a robust, open-source web development framework designed to help developers build applications efficiently. Written in the Ruby programming language, this framework provides a well-defined structure that organizes an application's code, databases, and logic for seamless development. It follows the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architectural pattern, which separates the business logic, user interface, and controller—the component that acts as an intermediary between the  user interface and business logic.
- [How to Create a Fast, SEO-Friendly Website with Gatsby on UpCloud](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/how-to-create-a-fast-seo-friendly-website-with-gatsby-on-upcloud/): Gatsby is an open source React-based web framework and static site generator (SSG) that enables developers to build fast, scalable, and secure websites. Although it’s mainly an SSG, Gatsby-powered websites are also capable of serving dynamic content, thanks to the underlying React functionality. 
- [Supercharge Your CI/CD: Deploy Lightning-Fast GitHub Actions Runners on UpCloud’s Managed Kubernetes: Part 2](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/supercharge-your-ci-cd-deploy-lightning-fast-github-actions-runners-on-upclouds-managed-kubernetes-part-2/): Welcome back to the four-part series on supercharging your CI/CD pipelines by deploying lightning-fast GitHub Actions Runners on UpCloud’s Managed Kubernetes! In the previous installment, you successfully set up a functional self-hosted runner on an UpCloud-based Kubernetes cluster, ready to execute your GitHub Actions workflows.
- [Build, Deploy, and Scale Laravel Apps Quickly Using UpCloud’s Fast Cloud Servers](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/build-deploy-and-scale-laravel-apps-quickly-using-upclouds-fast-cloud-servers/): Laravel is a popular open-source framework that makes it easy for developers to build web applications. It offers out-of-the-box components and features that can be included in a project to provide different functionality for a web application.
- [How to set up basic server monitoring with Beszel on UpCloud](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/basic-server-monitoring-beszel/): In any case, both approaches are often overkill for basic server monitoring requirements, and this is where Beszel comes in.
- [How to deploy and run Dokploy on Developer Cloud Servers](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/deploy-run-dokploy-upcloud-cloud-servers/): By using UpCloud Developer plan Cloud Servers and Dokploy’s high-capability deployment tools, you can streamline your processes and ensure efficiency and scalability. This guide will familiarize you with UpCloud's cloud platforms and a new tool, Dokploy.
- [UpCloud WHMCS Module Installation Guide](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/upcloud-whmcs-module-installation-guide/): This guide will walk you through the process of installing and configuring the UpCloud VPS Module for WHMCS.
- [How to Deploy Next.js to Cloud Servers: A Step-by-Step Guide](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/how-to-deploy-next-js-to-cloud-servers-a-step-by-step-guide/): Next.js is one of the most popular frameworks for building modern web applications, offering the flexibility of server-side rendering (SSR), static site generation (SSG), and an optimized developer experience on top of React. Whether you're building a personal project, an internal tool, or a high-traffic production application, Next.js makes it easier to create fast, scalable, and SEO-friendly web experiences.
- [How to run Drupal with DDEV on UpCloud Developer Cloud Servers](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/run-drupal-ddev-developer-servers/): Drupal is an open-source content management system (CMS) that powers millions of websites globally, from e-commerce stores to enterprise-level apps and government sites. 
- [Deploy Lightning-Fast GitHub Actions Runners on Managed Kubernetes® with UpCloud: Part 1](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/supercharge-your-ci-cd/): GitHub Actions Runners are the backbone of GitHub’s CI/CD workflows, executing jobs defined in your pipelines. While GitHub provides hosted runners, many teams opt for self-hosted runners for faster build times, cost efficiency, and custom environments tailored to their workloads. Self-hosted runners are particularly useful for resource-intensive jobs, proprietary software builds, or workflows requiring specific tools or configurations.
- [How to use GitHub Actions to deploy onto UpCloud Cloud Servers](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/github-actions-deploy-upcloud-servers/): GitHub Actions provide a powerful and flexible way to automate your software workflows directly from your GitHub repository. With UpCloud's robust and scalable cloud infrastructure, you can create a seamless deployment pipeline that enhances your development process.
- [How to install and run Django on UpCloud Developer Cloud Servers](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/install-django-developer-cloud-servers/): Django is a robust framework for developers to build strong, scalable web applications. It makes building better web apps easier and faster, and with less code.
- [Deploying a Node.js Application to UpCloud From Gitlab CI/CD](https://upcloud.com/resources/tutorials/deploying-a-node-js-application-to-upcloud-from-gitlab-ci-cd/): GitLab CI/CD and UpCloud can be a powerful duo when it comes to deploying Node.js applications. GitLab CI/CD automates the entire process of building, testing, and deploying your Node.js apps, making it easier than ever to push updates and ensure quality. Meanwhile, UpCloud offers a reliable and cost-effective cloud infrastructure that’s perfect for hosting your applications.

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