Purpose With the help of this installation guide, you should be able to install and use Ascender in under an hour, even if you are new to Linux. Prerequisites OS Rocky 8 or 9 CPUs Testing Production 2 4+ RAM 8GB 16GB+ Storage 32GB 60GB+ While it’s not necessarily a prerequisite, it is a best...
Automation is the cornerstone of modern enterprise infrastructure, and CIQ is at the forefront of this revolution. We are excited to announce the rollout of Ascender installers for all Kubernetes-based platforms. Ascender governs the automation of Rocky Linux management at scale as well as workloads, networking, devices, public clouds, and other infrastructure at an enterprise...
The ask for me to create this was “We want to see network configs backed up to git.” That’s easy, because I’ve done that in the past…but it was done before Execution Environments (EEs), so I need to figure that out. “Oh yeah, and if the config changes we just made go sideways, we want...
At CIQ, our dedication to open source forms an integral part of our operational ethos, so we're thrilled to make the sources to our Ascender platform available to all. The Open Source Model: Doing Right by Our Customers Being a company in open source is not just about building and sharing code; it's about doing...
Something our customers have asked for is a way to do Long Term Support (LTS) with Rocky, and we answered by adding the ability to CIQ Mountain. In fact, we have a video showing exactly how to do that below. While that functionality is awesome, what’s not awesome is configuring and maintaining it manually. That’s...