June 16, 2017
What's new in ContainerPilot 3.0 by Tim GrossThis week we released ContainerPilot v3. Let's take a look at what's changed.
April 25, 2017
Redis on Autopilot by Jason PincinA tutorial on using the Redis Autopilot Pattern blueprint.
January 26, 2017
Secrets management in the Autopilot Pattern by Tim GrossNo matter how we deploy our applications, managing secrets invokes the chicken-and-the-egg problem. Applications built with the Autopilot Pattern can be easily made to leverage secrets management services. Learn how to use Hashicorp Vault with Autopilot Pattern applications, with an example showcasing Jenkins CI.
January 12, 2017
Containers and microservices and Node.js! Oh, my! by Wyatt PreulLearn microservices, Node.js, and containers by example using the provided application. This post walks through an example application that is split out into Node.js microservices running in Docker containers.
December 21, 2016
Enterprise Native Mobile Apps with Node.js & Containers (Synchro Labs) by Bob Dickinson, President and CEO, Synchro LabsBuilding high-quality, native mobile apps can require significant time and cost, and require skill sets that enterprises don’t have in house. The resulting apps can be difficult to manage, update, and secure.
November 11, 2016
Autopilot Pattern Nginx with automatic SSL certificates by Jason PincinA tutorial on using the Nginx Autopilot Pattern blueprint.
November 11, 2016
WordPress on Autopilot: easy scaling and automatic SSL by Casey Bisson, Jason PincinJoyent and 10up introduce Autopilot Pattern WordPress implementation that makes it a snap to build and operate WordPress websites at any scale.
October 20, 2016
Stateful Applications on Autopilot by Tim GrossTim Gross presents a tutorial on building stateful applications using the Autopilot Pattern at Velocity Santa Clara.
September 21, 2016
Introduction to ContainerPilot for building applications by Alexandra White and Wyatt Lyon PreulBuilding a simple Hello World application with ContainerPilot and the AutoPilot Pattern using Node.js.
September 1, 2016
Autopilot Pattern Node.js in Docker by Wyatt Lyon PreulIntroducing two new modules to make implementing Autopilot Pattern applications in Node.js even easier.
August 2, 2016
Consul and etcd in the Autopilot Pattern by Tim GrossApplications developed with the Autopilot Pattern have containers acting as autonomous actors using an external service catalog like Consul or etcd for coordination. Both services bring assumptions that bring challenges to serverless environments.
July 19, 2016
Persistent storage patterns for Docker in production by Casey BissonPersistent storage in Docker is a stumbling block for many production deployments, but the problem is easier to solve than you might imagine, and we can do it with the infrastructure and apps we already use and depend on.
July 6, 2016
Video: introduction to the Autopilot Pattern by Tim GrossTim Gross introduces the Autopilot Pattern with illustrated examples and a walkthrough of our Autopilot Pattern example application
June 1, 2016
Cisco's Mantl on Triton by Casey BissonCisco's Mantl is intended to be a standardized platform for containerized microservices. It packages a number of open source components with a single install process. Joyent Triton, including our public cloud and private data centers world wide, is now an officially documented platform for Mantl.
May 12, 2016
The Autopilot Pattern and the rise of app-centric micro-orchestration by Casey BissonContainer scheduling and orchestration are among the most critical problems to solve in modern applications, but it turns out they're not so tough if you look at them the right way.