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We are excited to announce native support for hosted CI/CD on Armv8-A architecture! This launch is a result of a close partnership with Arm and Packet to give Arm developers quick and easy access to native test infrastructure, enabling them to significantly improve productivity and reliability with fast builds and identification of bugs earlier in the development process.

In the absence of readily available CI/CD services that natively supports Arm, developers relied on emulators while building and validating their code, which does not always detect architecture specific artifacts being introduced in their codebases. As the adoption of the Armv8-A architecture continues to grow, it is critical for organizations to have easy access to a CI/CD platform that natively supports Arm and doesn’t require resources and effort to set up and manage. Today's announcement addresses this need with a solution that offers hosted build and test infrastructure with no installation or management overhead.

This announcement would not have been possible without tremendous contributions from Packet and Arm. The Armv8-a machines are hosted on Packet's cloud and the Arm team has been key in driving this effort to fruition. Read the entire text of the announcement here. 

This tutorial explains how to manually create a GCE VM image using Packer. Before you start, you should be familiar with the following concepts:

• GCE Virtual Machines
• GCE Images
• Packer Intro
• Google Compute Builder
• Shell Provisioner

The best way to get started is to install Packer and run scripts manually on your local machine to create a VM image. Once you understand the mechanics of it, you should consider automating your workflow by following our documentation on Automated creation of GCE image using Packer.

This tutorial explains how to build an AWS AMI using Packer. Before you start, you should be familiar with the following concepts:

• Packer Intro
• Amazon Instance Builder
• File Provisioner
• Manifest Post Processor

The best way to get started is to install Packer and run scripts manually on your local machine to create an AMI. Once you understand the mechanics of it, you should consider automating your workflow by following our documentation on Automated AWS AMI creation using Packer.

This tutorial explains how to manually provision an AWS EC2 virtual machine using Terraform. Before you start, you should be familiar with the following concepts:

• AWS EC2
• Terraform overview
• Terraform aws_instance
  
  

The best way to get started is to install Terraform and run scripts manually on your local machine to provision a VM. Once you understand the mechanics of it, you should consider automating your workflow by following our documentation on Automated provisioning of AWS EC2 using Terraform.

Most organizations store proprietary Docker images in private registries. While it is easy to deploy public Docker images to Kubernetes, there are some additional steps involved when you're dealing with private images. This tutorial shows you how to configure a Kubernetes cluster to access those private images. 

The tutorial assumes that you have working knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes and understand the following concepts:

* Docker Getting Started
* Docker Registry 
* Kubernetes basics
* kubectl command
* ImagePullSecrets concept