Blink Monthly Newsletter March 2022

👋 Hello Blink community!

Thank you all for supporting our recent funding announcement.

Blink raised $26M to help us grow our team and build the no-code future for cloud operations. We welcomed amazing new investors like Lightspeed Venture Partners and INT3, and our announcement was covered by technology media all over the world.

Keep reading for more exciting news from the Blink team ⬇️

Featured news

• Blink raises $26M to deliver the future of low-code for cloud operations
  New funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with additional investment from Entrée Capital, Hetz Ventures, and INT3. Read the announcement post
• What is Day-2 Operations and why does it matter for modern DevOps?
  Blink co-founder and CTO Haviv Rosh shares his perspective on the future of DevOps and how low-code/no-code unlock new opportunities for cloud operations teams. Learn more in Haviv's latest post
• Blink bytes: 30 seconds with Solution Architect Jonathan Roquelaure
  Blink bytes are short interviews with members of the Blink team. Get to know Blink Solution Architect Jonathan Roquelaure in this recent blog post. Meet Blink Solution Architect Jon Roquelaure

Recent blog posts

• The Benefits and Best Practices of DevOps Automation
  Why are teams committing themselves to the DevOps methodology? In this post, we dive into the benefits and best practices underpinning the DevOps movement. Learn more about the benefits and best practices of DevOps automation
• Understanding the DevOps Automation Landscape
  Investing in DevOps automation can mean many different things. In this post, we explore some of the different categories and opportunities for automation. Read more about the DevOps automation landscape

How-to guides

AWS

• Enforcing Mandatory Tags Across Your AWS Resources
• Using the AWS CLI to Update and Manage AWS User Permissions
• Adding a New IAM User With AWS CLI
• How to Find and Delete Unattached AWS Resources
• Troubleshooting Your EC2 Configuration in a Private Subnet

Azure

• Finding and Deleting Unattached Disks with the Azure CLI
• Enforcing Mandatory Tags Across Your Azure Resources

GCP

• How To Find and Delete Unattached GCP Disks
• Enforcing Labels and Tags Across Your GCP Resources

Kubernetes

• Running Global Health Checks on Your Kubernetes Cluster
• Troubleshooting Kubernetes Pods: The "RunContainerError"
• Troubleshooting the "CrashLoopBackOff" Error
• Troubleshooting the "ImagePullBackOff" Error
• Troubleshooting Kubernetes Pods: Stuck in a "Pending" State

Get started with Blink today

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The best part? The low-code/no-code future for cloud operations is available today. Sign up to create a Blink account.