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Product announcements, engineering posts, tutorials, and stories from a Canadian-owned cloud platform.
Why private cloud matters for Canadian businesses, how CloudStack provides enterprise IaaS capabilities, and the key architectural decisions for deploying production-ready private cloud infrastructure.
Staff at ZSoftly18 min read
Our sandbox cluster ran 8 EC2 instances 24/7 costing $260/month. Most were idle overnight. By separating platform services from time-based workloads and recognizing CI/CD managers as 24/7 services, we consolidated to 3 nodes saving $160/month while improving reliability.
Staff at ZSoftly13 min read
We ran 4 separate PostgreSQL clusters for 91MB of data. Each cluster had its own PodDisruptionBudget blocking node drains. This guide shows how we consolidated them into a single HA cluster with PgBouncer connection pooling using CloudNativePG and ArgoCD.
Staff at ZSoftly8 min read
Standard ArgoCD login commands fail on EKS Auto Mode because AWS manages ArgoCD differently. This guide shows you the correct authentication method using tokens and environment variables.
Staff at ZSoftly3 min read
Learn how Canadian businesses can use cloud security compliance automation for SOC 2, HIPAA, and ISO to cut risk, reduce audit pain, and control long-term costs.
Staff at ZSoftly12 min read
AWS EKS Auto Mode automates the entire Kubernetes data plane. This guide covers AWS managed services pricing, the cost model ($0.10/hr), and a decision framework for evaluating whether Auto Mode fits your AWS DevOps workloads.
Staff at ZSoftly9 min read