What are your plans for the Equinix Metal Load Balancer service?
Tyler Auerbeck introduced us to the new Load Balancer (EMLB) service during his Equinix Demo Day Winter 2023 session, https://deploy.equinix.com/events/demo-day-2/. Now that all Equinix Metal users have access to this feature through the console and API, what are you planning to do with it? The service is documented athttps://deploy.equinix.com/developers/docs/metal/networking/load-balancers/. One of the first integrations to be released is the Cloud Provider Equinix Metal (CPEM) support for managing Kubernetes Service resources with the LoadBalancer type. The integration will provision EMLB load balancers and pools and configure ports to map to the Kubernetes nodes and ports where the service is available. The dozens of API calls all happen automatically when CPEM is used in a Kubernetes cluster running on Equinix Metal! The CPEM docs for using this integration are in the project README:https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cloud-provider-equinix-metal#service-load-balancers. More API documentation is available at: https://github.com/equinix/lbaas-api-docsEquinix-native Load Balancer-as-a-Service now in public beta
Equinix-native Load Balancer-as-a-Service. It’s now in public beta, and if you have an Equinix Metal account you can take it for a spin free of charge (while in beta) via the console or the Metal API. Making it especially powerful is its use of our global high-speed network backbone. Launch an instance, and your user traffic will automatically get in the internet’s fast lane at the closest location possible! You can read more about that—and generally about the direction of the product—in thisblog post. If you want to spin up a load balancer and feel the magic for yourself, all the details are in the docs. Here’s also a live demo from our recent developer event.
Create a GPT Chatbot in 20 minutes with Large Language Models
Benjamin Jenkins joins up to discuss Large Language Models, text generation, and demystifying AI. In this episode we demonstrate building our own GPT (similar to CHatGPT) using LMStudio by Hugging Face. Using Equinix, we're able to spin up a server within 20 minutes Johnny Tseng = Director, Equinix Metal Sales Benjamin Jenkins = Field CTO Get started with Equinix Metal using code "EquinixLive" for $250 credit = https://deploy.equinix.com/How to Simplify Network Ops at Equinix
Network operations in the public cloud is easy because it is highly abstracted. How to bring a similar level of network abstraction to your own dedicated cloud environment at Equinix? This session will demonstrate and share how to simplify, automate, and interconnect any network environment.Dedicated support for Metal OTW – Join the Beta!
The new support experience for Metal users (Beta) is Live! Metal customers have access for the very first time to an Enterprise-compliant support experience. Key Support Center Beta Features: All-New Support Case System – Easily create Metal support cases with our redesigned case submission system. Unified Case Management – View and manage all your support cases for Equinix products in one place. Seamless Collaboration – Seamlessly invite team members to monitor the status for any Metal support case. Realtime Notifications – Receive email notifications whenever your Metal case has been updated. How do I join the beta? It’s easy, fill out this request form! Who and how to access the beta? For qualifying organizations and users, the new support portal can be accessed in two ways: via a link displayed on the support page of Metal console directly via the URL https://customer-support.equinix.com/ and SSO (same credentials as for Metal) Be sure to check out the Support section of our documentation for more details and let us know how you like it!Nutanix Terraform Cluster Provisioning
Come join Equinix's Chris Privitere! Nutanix Terraform Cluster Provisioning simplifies the process of setting up cloud environments. By using a few lines of code, you can efficiently configure and deploy clusters. This method ensures a streamlined and consistent setup, reducing manual errors. It's a reliable solution for managing complex IT infrastructures. LINKS Nutanix Workshop Create an Account Deploy Labs
On-Demand vs. Reserved Hardware in Equinix Metal
In this video, we'll discuss Equinix Metal server options with a focus on comparing On-Demand and Reserved Server options. We start with a walkthrough from the perspective of a new customer and show you how to add a new SSH Key to your profile. Then we break down the differences between On-Demand and Reserved systems before we walkthrough how quick and easy it is to provision both options. Head to our digital services website to learn more about Bare Metal Servers: https://deploy.equinix.com
