Introducing Acorn: A cloud platform with the simplicity of early cloud computing backed by the power of modern development. Build, deploy, explore & share software, all within our free sandbox. Co-founder
@smw355
runs through all the features here:
Acorn is embarking on a new chapter! ✨ Co-Founder & CEO
@ShengLiang
shares details here on our new focus in building an open-source
#LLM
stack around our
@GPTScript_ai
technology. Check out the blog here for what's the come ➡️⬇️
#AI
#GPTScript
#Acorn
We're hosting our first
#acornmeetup
this Wednesday, August 10th. Acorn founders
@ibuildthecloud
and
@smw355
will be demoing Acorn and answering your questions. Join us:
They may also be giving out the first Acorn swag...
Acorn is a packaging framework for Kubernetes that is easy to pick up, and makes it possible to deploy the same artifact in dev, test and production environments. In this video, Acorn chief architect
@ibuildthecloud
walks through how to get started.
Acorn booth
#D15
is officially open at
#KubeCon
Chicago! Come by to chat with our team and check out our new cloud developer platform ☁️ Rumor has it we are giving away a Playstation 5 🎮 Don't miss out!
In a new blog,
@GuerillaNerd
explains how we're using Acorn here at Acorn Labs to support our DNS feature.
He provides detailed examples of working with databases, managing secrets and credentials, and deploying to EKS on
@AWS
using
@github
actions.
Our team is in Chicago today for
@AWSMidwest
Community Day! Stop by our table under the stairs to check out our latest release Acorn 0.7 and for a chance to win a Zelda
#TearsoftheKingdom
Nintendo Switch bundle 🎮🌰🐿️ Must be present to win.
📢 Announcing our latest release! 📢 Acorn v0.8, out today, is packed with many new features, along with an experimental
@depotdev
integration. Check out our latest blog post for all the details
Great article by
@_sameerkulkarni
explaining how to simplify containerized application development with Acorn, while leveraging Kubernetes as a back end. He details how the process typically works and how it can be streamlined with Acorn.
Introducing
@rubra_ai
: an open-source tool that simplifies
#AI
development!🍁Power it with tools you choose, run it locally, & develop assistants tailored to your needs✨ See what it's all about here ➡️⬇️
#Rubra
#ChatGPT
#OpenAI
#LLM
It's a big day at Acorn Labs. Last night we made the repo for our first project public. Acorn is a simple app deployment framework for
#Kubernetes
that generates a common artifact you can deploy anywhere. You can learn all about it at
As we've been getting feedback about Acorn, we're hearing lots of questions about how to use it with
@GitHub
actions and projects like
@argoproj
and
@fluxcd
.
We'll be covering all of that during our September
#acornmeetup
. Register now to join us:
If you missed today's
#acornmeetup
we've posted the video to YouTube.
@ibuildthecloud
and
@smw355
talk about the Acorn roadmap, demo how it works with Kubernetes and Docker, and answer lots of questions.
Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Acorn booth yesterday at
#kubeconeu23
to grab a mug and talk about improving the developer experience on
#kubernetes
. We will be demoing Acorn all day today at Booth G4, so come on by.
This week we're posting a four-part series on containerizing and scaling machine learning models on Kubernetes. In the first post we introduce Cog by
@replicatehq
and detail how to containerize a sample ML model
We released Acorn 0.2.0 on Friday, adding new features like container image listing, support for
#kubernetes
labels and annotations, and improving the installation experience.
@GuerillaNerd
wrote up a detailed overview of the new features.
Join us 9/14 for our second
#acornmeetup
- we will be discussing best practices for using Acorn as part of a CI/CD workflow, including:
- using Acorn with
@Github
Actions
- integration tests in CI
- using
#GitOps
tools like
@fluxcd
and
@argoproj
We've posted a great new Acorn Tutorial outlining how to get started using Acorn on Amazon EKS. From early feedback,
#EKS
has been one of the most common
#kubernetes
deployment locations we've seen for Acorn.
Acorn 0.3 expanded support for secret management in Acorn In this blog, Acorn software architect
@CloudNautique
explains how to consume secrets stored in Vault within Acorn.
in 20 minutes we'll be starting our first ever
#acornmeetup
online. You can still register.
@ibuildthecloud
is currently making sacrifices to the demo gods. (they will almost assuredly be unsucessful)
Register here:
Well yesterday was kind of exciting and crazy. Thanks to everyone who took a look at Acorn. If you haven't already, you can join our community chat on to come and say hello to our team, ask questions or provide feedback about Acorn.
We've been getting lots of feedback and questions about Acorn's Developer mode since we launched the project. Today we published a tutorial by Acorn engineer Thorsten Klein demonstrating how to use Acorn in developer mode to deploy a python application.
If you're excited about the new Services framework in Acorn 0.7,
@cloudnautique
has written up a detailed walk-through on how to build and consume Acorn Services, and Nested Acorns.
Ready to get started with Acorn in Azure? In his latest post,
@janakiramm
explains how to deploy and run acorn on
@azure
kubernetes service (
#AKS
) and container registry (
#ACR
)
In case you missed it, last week we released Acorn 0.3, which introduced first class support for native encrypting and decrypting of secrets, and integrated TLS for securing endpoints.
Learn more about the release:
In a new tutorial,
@CloudNautique
dives into the native secret management functionality in . He discusses best practices, and how Acorn makes these easy to use for anyone deploying to
#kubernetes
.
All Smiles at
@DevOpsDaysChi
! Stop by our spot Franklin-02 today & tomorrow Aug 9-10 to chat with us. Here's what's going on:
💻 Come check out the latest Acorn demo
🌰 Score some exclusive Acorn swag
🎮 Enter to win a Tears of the Kingdom Nintendo Switch Bundle
See you there!
Let's talk about
#OCI
: with container adoption increasing, it's important to ensure you're OCI Compliant. Here we discuss the benefits & how it helps contribute to the growth & improvement of the ecosystem
@OCI_ORG
#containers
#kubernetes
#devops
It's mind blowing how easy Acorn makes it to develop and deploy apps on
#kubernetes
. Get your free account today & launch an app to see what it's all about
Two weeks from today we'll be hosting a 40-minute hands-on training on using Acorn to simplify building cloud-native applications. Join us to get introduced to a new project for accelerating cloud-native development.
Learn more:
Easily deploy
#NATS
in minutes 🌰 Check out this tutorial on how to build and run
@nats_io
in
#Acorn
& connect it to your app ➡️
⚡Ready to launch? Click for instant deployment in
#Acorn
➡️
Have you checked out our new cloud developer platform? Not sure where to start? Walk through this tutorial here to get an idea of how Acorn simplifies the whole flow from development, to testing and deployment
#kubernetes
#devops
#acorncloud
If you're looking to get started with Acorn on Kubernetes, Acorn co-founder
@cloudnautique
has published the compulsory (and definitive) tutorial on using Acorn to run Wordpress. Great read, with very clear examples of how to build an Acornfile.
Acorn Runtime in a Nutshell 🐿️ Our new self-guided online workshop covers everything you need to know to deploy apps on Kubernetes simply and effectively. Walk through the steps here:
#k8s
#kubernetes
#containers
#acornruntime
#devops
Part two of our four-part series on running machine learning models on Kubernetes is now live. In this post
@janikiramm
details how to simplify deploying and scaling our model on Kubernetes.
For those of you not able to make it to
#KubeCon
today, we just posted a great new tutorial by
@lucjuggery
that details how to deploy the original Docker voting app with Acorn.
We're two hours from the start of our September
#acornmeetup
. Hope you can join us to learn all about using Acorn on
#kubernetes
with CI/CD and GitOps.
Register Now:
In a new post,
@_sameerkulkarni
explains how to simplify containerized application development with Acorn, while leveraging Kubernetes as a back end. He details how the process typically works and how it can be streamlined with Acorn.
Today we released Acorn 0.7, which introduces two new concepts: Services and Nested Acorns. Acorn Services allow developers to provision and consume cloud resources. While nested Acorns provide a way to build pipelines for each phase of an app lifecycle.
Our next
#acornmeetup
on Oct. 12 will cover running stateful apps, including:
- Core principles of running stateful apps on
#Kubernetes
.
- How to run Maria DB locally and s RDS in production
- How to backup and recover stateful deployments
Register now:
It's that time of year: sizzling summer cookouts followed by sparkling fireworks 🎆 From the team at Acorn, we hope everyone has a beautiful Independence Day!🗽
#4thofjuly
#independenceday
@pauldotyu
Now is a great time to give it a play, we just dropped Acorn 0.7, which introduces services integration, nested acorns and a number of cool features.
Over the last few weeks,
@lucjuggery
has been developing a series on how to use Acorn to deploy the Docker voting app. In the third post in the series, he shows how to implement persistent storage and use them with Redis and Postgres images.
Tomorrow at this time we'll be starting our second
#acornmeetup
- a deep dive into CI/CD patterns with Acorn. Looking forward to seeing everyone and answering your questions.
Register Now:
Acorn Chief Architect Darren
@ibuildthecloud
Shepherd talks with
@JordiMonPMM
on his coding journey & what to expect with the Acorn experience. Check it out - thanks for the feature
@software_daily
! ⬇️
Kubecon Special: Acorn with Darren Shepherd
This episode of Software Engineering Daily is part of our on-site coverage of KubeCon 2023.
Our host
@JordiMonPMM
speaks with Darren Shepherd who is the Chief Architect and Co-Founder at Acorn Labs.
Microservices are Dead, Long Live the Monolith! - In a new post, Acorn architect
@craigjellick
weighs in on the recent debate on whether microservices architectures have been oversold and if re-adopting monoliths can improve scalability and reduce costs.
This Wednesday we're running the next
#acornmeetup
online to focus on building and managing stateful Kubernetes applications.
@ibuildthecloud
and
@smw355
will be walking through examples using MariaDB and RDS.
Learn more and register:
We released our cloud developer platform last month: have you played around with it yet? Try deploying your first Acorn today 🌰 All you need is a GitHub account to get started! ➡️
#devops
#developers
#kubernetes
Join us two weeks from today for our second online
#acornmeetup
, where we will be demonstrating how to integrate Acorn into your existing CI/CD workflows.
@ibuildthecloud
will be providing a live demonstration and answering questions.
Today we released version 0.6 of Acorn, which introduces new features including ComputeClass and VolumeClass which will help simplify the scheduling and allocation of workloads and volumes. Read all about it here:
Last month we published a post by
@janakiramm
who walked through how to secure Acorn application endpoints with TLS certificates. It's a great tutorial:
Find the Acorn team this week in Austin, Texas at
#DevOpsDaysAustin
! Stop by our table May 4-5 to check out a demo and grab some Acorn swag
@DoDAustin
You'll want to tune in this Friday, Mar 1 @ 10am PT/1pm ET for the latest on
#GPTScript
!✨
@ibuildthecloud
will be providing an overview of the project, some limitations we've been navigating, & new features added since launch.
Click here to attend!➡️⬇️
We're excited to share an excellent new workshop on using Acorn that
@lucjuggery
has created. The workshop works as a hands-on lab to learn how to incorporate Acorn into your
#kubernetes
and
#cloudnative
development process.
Deploy apps in
#Acorn
sans deep
#k8s
knowledge just like how
@baserow
allows users to create & manage
#databases
sans extensive programming knowledge. This guide here shows how to launch
@baserow
in
#Acorn
➡️
Ready to launch? ➡️
Next Thursday at 10 am US pacific, we'll be hosting an online training on Acorn, focused on building a local development environment that can be used for iterative development and deploying workloads against any
#kubernetes
infrastructure. Register now:
You'll want to tune in this Friday, Mar 1 @ 10am PT/1pm ET for the latest on
#GPTScript
!✨
@ibuildthecloud
will be providing an overview of the project, some limitations we've been navigating, & new features added since launch.
Click here to attend!➡️⬇️
Two weeks from today we're hosting PartycCon at
#Kubecon
. Join us to eat drink and catch up about all things
#kubernetes
. The party starts at the end of the opening night booth crawl.
Register now to join us:
Our next online meetup is scheduled for October 12th, and is focused on everything you need to know to run stateful
#kubernetes
apps using Acorn. Learn more:
In the final post in our series of tutorials on running AI workloads on Kubernetes,
@janakiramm
demonstrates how to build, deploy and scale a PyTorch Chatbot Model on Kubernetes using Cog and Acorn.
We're just 3 weeks away from
#kubecon
in Detroit. We'll be exhibiting, demoing and hosting a party with our friends
@chainguard_dev
,
@vivsoft
and
@DefenseUnicorns
on Wednesday the 26th starting at 7:30. Register now to join us.
What are the best practices for building a
#Kubernetes
home lab in 2023? In a new series,
@_sameerkulkarni
dives deep into building a home lab. In his first post, he outlines the reasons to build a home lab, and what hardware he decided to use.
Last week we intro'd Acorn Services to bring simple, reusable cloud service provisioning & management to app teams! Check out our latest tutorial demonstrating how to build an Acorn Service for
@MongoDB
Atlas to deploy a database as part of an app template
Attending
#KubeCon
this week? Booth duty required as part of attendance? Whether it's your 1st
#conference
or your 500th, these few days will fly by! Here are some pro tips from Director of Engineering
@craigjellick
on how to make the best of it.
Looking to build or upgrade your Container Registry this year? In his latest post,
@janakiramm
looks at the market for Private Container Registry tools in 2023 and outlines the key products to consider.
Looking to host your own digital library?
#Piwigo
+
#Acorn
to the rescue! ✨
@TheTechMaharaj
shows how you can organize & share your assets like a pro with
@piwigo
using our cloud platform. Get set up today ➡️⬇️
Next Thurs. Nov 2, 2023 @ 10am PT / 1pm ET we will hosting a live training on all things Acorn! Tune in as architect
@BillMaxwell
walks thru all the features like deploying your first Acorn, writing Acornfiles, creating Acorn images & more
Sign up now!
In the latest post in his series on getting started with Acorn,
@lucjuggery
outlines how to incorporate custom domains and TLS certificates into his deployment of the Docker voting app.
We're proud to announce
@acornlabs
has been named a winner of the Winter 2023 Intellyx Digital Innovator Award Winners 🏆🎉 Thanks
@Intellyx
for the feature!
#KubeCon
is this week! Our team will be at booth
#D15
in the Solutions Showcase Tues - Thurs. Swing by to get some exclusive Acorn swag, check a demo of our new cloud developer platform, & enter to win a PS5. See you there!
In the third part of our series on building and running AI models using containers,
@janikiramm
provides a detailed tutorial on deploying and scaling TensorFlow Vision AI Models on
#Kubernetes
running GPUs.
Next Wednesday is our second
#acornmeetup
- we will cover best practices for using Acorn as part of a CI/CD workflow, including:
- using Acorn with
@Github
Actions
- integration tests in CI
- using
#GitOps
tools like
@fluxcd
and
@argoproj
Attending
#KubeCon
this week? Swing by the Acorn booth
#G4
! Chat with the team, grab some swag, & check out how Acorn helps simplify app deployment on
#K8s
#Kubernetes