Fredrik Jansson
How to set up log export from Avassa to Google
In this blog post, I’ll describe how to setup log export to GCP from the Avassa edge platform. Offloading logs While the Avassa platform has a lot of tooling around logs and metrics in our APIs and UI, many of our customers have a hybrid…
Read moreMQTT with Intermittent Networks Connections
MQTT is a very common protocol in IoT scenarios. It’s a lightweight protocol that is widely supported in most corners of this domain. In this article, we take a closer look at how to cache MQTT messages in the the event of a connectivity outage.…
Read moreCan I get an email on alerts?
In this article, we’ll look at how to set up email notifications when an alert is raised in the Avassa platform. This can help users that lack an operation center instantly track alerts through their inbox. No alert shall go unnoticed A recent conversation with…
Read moreWhat happens when a host goes down without Control Tower access?
In this blog post we will look at what happens when a site loses it’s connection to the Control Tower and a host goes down. Given a lot of sites, it will be norm to have a few sites offline, all the time. We consider…
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Learn how to use the Avassa REST API with Postman
All Avassa operations are available over a REST API, see the reference documentation. One way of learning the REST API is to use the…
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How to place applications based on edge hardware devices
The Avassa Edge Platform supports mounting devices into applications. Devices in this context are (typically) hardware that is attached to a host in an…
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How to use label matching for application placement
When you have built an application for the edge, it’s time to deploy it to specific sites and hosts with certain characteristics. This would…
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How to distribute site-specific secrets and configurations
In the Avassa system, an application specification defines the container structure and associated application-specific configuration and secrets. You want to aim for keeping one…
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CI/CD tools and Avassa: how to build a successful integration
All our customers have already invested in CI/CD for their cloud applications and we aim to be a very good citizen in those environments.…
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The extremely short story of how I converted a k8s application to Avassa
Converting an application from Kubernetes to Avassa might sound like it has the potential of being a time-consuming maneuver. So when one of our…
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