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Greater organization insights through weekly activity reports emails

Keeping track of your project-related activities can be an overwhelming task. With so many projects, tickets, users, and deployments happening simultaneously, having a clear and simple high-level overview of your entire organization is a very welcome addition to any team. That’s why we’ve created our Weekly Organization Activity Reports which will help to keep you on top of changes across various Projects within your organization.

How To Spot Cost Inefficiencies In Your Cloud

It’s almost impossible to create an optimized cloud system out of the gate and keep it running at a perfect balance over the long term. There’s almost always something that could benefit from some tweaks and adjustments. Cloud costs have a way of creeping up slowly while you’re not paying attention. And if you’re not careful, they can spiral out of control before you realize anything is happening.

CircleCI Technical Demo + Q&A

Join us for a high level tour of CircleCI, and learn how to most effectively utilize the platform’s features and capabilities. Every first and third Wednesday, we’ll be offering a technical demo so you can learn best practices and have all your CircleCI questions answered. Topics Covered: How it works: the nuts and bolts of the product Why CircleCI can make developers’ jobs easier and more rewarding How CircleCI can support your security posture by ensuring organizational policies and guardrails are met Greater visibility by surfacing trends and status across your organization

Components Deep Dive: Docker-Compose in Bunnyshell

Discover how to easily create an environment in Bunnyshell using your docker-compose.yaml file. This developer-focused video walks you through the process of importing your services and configuring your components using 100% Docker-compose syntax. Learn how to expose public hosts, attach volumes, and set up build arguments. We'll wrap up with a demonstration of how to deploy your environment in just a few minutes.

Components Deep Dive: Helm & Kubernetes in Bunnyshell

Learn how to deploy an environment in Bunnyshell using Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests. This developer-centric video breaks down the process of configuring components such as the frontend, backend, and databases. Dive into the details of using Helm components, running user-defined scripts, creating values files, and leveraging Helm's templating system. We also explore how to use Kubernetes manifests and perform replacements within your application.

Components Deep Dive: Generic Components in Bunnyshell

Discover how to work with generic components in Bunnyshell, a powerful tool for developers. This video provides a practical example of integrating a serverless database, Neon, into an environment. Learn about the configuration of generic components, how they run on images, and their use of deploy and destroy scripts. We also explore how to use exported variables within the same component or other components, and how to organize and manage scripts.

Automating Preview Environments in Bunnyshell

Learn how to set up and automate preview environments in Bunnyshell to improve code reviews, gather feedback, and facilitate QA testing. This video demonstrates how to enable automatic preview environment creation, configure settings for deployment and destruction, and manage pull requests See how to create a new environment, modify the source environment, and view the changes made in the application. This video also covers the automatic deletion of environments after a pull request has been closed or merged.

Troubleshooting with Bunnyshell

This video demonstrates how to troubleshoot various issues using Bunnyshell, including failed builds, broken backend, and issues caused by generic components. Learn how to access pipeline logs, container outputs, and Kubernetes resources for debugging, as well as how to perform SSH into containers and port forward for databases. By utilizing these techniques, you can efficiently identify and resolve problems without needing direct access to the Kubernetes cluster or infrastructure.

Create Environments from a Template in Bunnyshell

In this tutorial, learn how to create environments in Bunnyshell using custom templates. Templates help to streamline the process of setting up environments, making it faster and more reliable. The video demonstrates how to create environments for development and staging from custom templates and provides an overview of how to deploy them. By using templates, you can ensure consistency and predictability across your projects.