Tutorials Archives - The Iron.io Blog Scalable serverless application tools to run background tasks with Docker containers and manage messaging queues with cloud elasticity and handheld customer support. Wed, 02 Aug 2023 04:53:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.iron.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cropped-iron-avatar-1-32x32.png Tutorials Archives - The Iron.io Blog 32 32 Sending SMS notifications https://blog.iron.io/sending-sms-notifications/ https://blog.iron.io/sending-sms-notifications/#respond Tue, 31 Mar 2020 23:45:55 +0000 https://blog.iron.io/?p=7182 A very common use case for using a service like Ringcaptcha is to be able to schedule SMS’s or calls. Maybe you want to schedule a text to go out at specific time, or notify all your users about something via SMS every day. Ringcaptcha doesn’t have scheduling built in, but here’s an easy way…

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]]> https://blog.iron.io/sending-sms-notifications/feed/ 0 Sending Email & SMS Notifications https://blog.iron.io/sending-email-sms-notifications/ https://blog.iron.io/sending-email-sms-notifications/#respond Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:36:04 +0000 https://blog.iron.io/?p=7179 Sending notifications is key to delivering great service. A growing user base means distributing the effort and shrinking the time it takes to get emails and messages to your users. Sending notifications is a required part of almost any application or service. Whether it’s sending verification emails, texting users, sending out a newsletter, emailing usage…

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]]> https://blog.iron.io/sending-email-sms-notifications/feed/ 0 How To Build Your Own Docker Images https://blog.iron.io/how-to-build-your-own-docker-images/ https://blog.iron.io/how-to-build-your-own-docker-images/#respond Mon, 20 Jan 2020 14:48:20 +0000 http://ironio2016.wpengine.com//blog/?p=1161 Thanks to Ugur Ceylan for the base image! CC BY 2.0 What’s with the Docker community’s love affair with Alpine Linux? Tiny containers mean more compute resources left over for actual… computing! Alpine Linux is particularly tiny. It says so, right on the tin: “Alpine Linux is a security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution based.” Do you…

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]]> https://blog.iron.io/iron-io-arm-support/feed/ 0 How to Bake Your Own Pi https://blog.iron.io/how-to-bake-your-own-pi/ https://blog.iron.io/how-to-bake-your-own-pi/#respond Mon, 14 Mar 2016 20:07:48 +0000 http://www.iron.io/?p=6009 It’s 3/14, and that means it’s international Pi day! A day where we rejoice over the transcendental number that seems to be everywhere. So, why am I writing about pi on the Iron.io blog? It turns out pi is the best (read: the absolute best!) way to test out computers. It’s sufficiently random, requires large…

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]]> https://blog.iron.io/how-to-bake-your-own-pi/feed/ 0 Running IronWorker on Docker + Node.js + Windows https://blog.iron.io/running-ironworker-on-docker-node-js-windows/ https://blog.iron.io/running-ironworker-on-docker-node-js-windows/#respond Thu, 10 Dec 2015 23:30:46 +0000 http://ironio2016.wpengine.com//blog/?p=1143 Exosphere champions best of breed cloud applications. In their own words, “We’ve set out on a mission, a quest if you will, to gather together the best small to medium applications in each class, and try to bolt them together in such a way that combined they form a powerful, user-friendly, complete core small business…

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]]> https://blog.iron.io/running-ironworker-on-docker-node-js-windows/feed/ 0 Adrian Cockroft Wants You to Run Gauntlt https://blog.iron.io/adrian-cockroft-wants-you-to-run-gauntlt/ https://blog.iron.io/adrian-cockroft-wants-you-to-run-gauntlt/#respond Sat, 05 Dec 2015 00:46:22 +0000 http://ironio2016.wpengine.com//blog/?p=1136 Thanks to David Goehring for the base image CC BY 2.0 Secure APIs with a robust ruggedization framework A few months ago Adrian Cockroft gave a keynote at devopsdays Amsterdam. In it, he recommended the use of Gauntlt. It’s a robust ruggedization framework for APIs. In plain English, Guantlt is an easy way to test…

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]]> https://blog.iron.io/adrian-cockroft-wants-you-to-run-gauntlt/feed/ 0 First Class Support for Docker: Better Service, More Legroom https://blog.iron.io/first-class-support-for-docker-better-service-more-legroom/ https://blog.iron.io/first-class-support-for-docker-better-service-more-legroom/#respond Thu, 05 Nov 2015 04:03:58 +0000 http://ironio2016.wpengine.com//blog/?p=1108 Thanks to Richard Moross for the base image CC BY 2.0 Overview “Docker, please visit the front desk to receive your complimentary upgrade to first-class seating.“ That’s right, Docker just received a first-class upgrade on Iron.io. A ways back, Travis (our digital frontiers-man of a CTO) announced beta support for Docker. Today, we’re ripping off…

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]]> https://blog.iron.io/first-class-support-for-docker-better-service-more-legroom/feed/ 0 FAQ Series: What is an overlord-minion architecture? https://blog.iron.io/faq-series-what-is-an-overlord-minion-architecture/ https://blog.iron.io/faq-series-what-is-an-overlord-minion-architecture/#respond Wed, 07 Oct 2015 03:50:40 +0000 http://ironio2016.wpengine.com//blog/?p=1100 What do you do when even batch processing can’t save you? Yaron suggests giving the overlord-minion pattern a try. The first step to speed is usually batch processing. All that’s needed there is a server + queue. When the server is ready to work, it grabs a batch of requests from the queue. This works…

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]]> https://blog.iron.io/faq-series-what-is-an-overlord-minion-architecture/feed/ 0 FAQ Series: What is batch processing? https://blog.iron.io/faq-series-what-is-batch-processing/ https://blog.iron.io/faq-series-what-is-batch-processing/#respond Tue, 29 Sep 2015 03:42:27 +0000 http://ironio2016.wpengine.com//blog/?p=1094 What do you do when flooded with requests? One good solution is batch processing. In a simple architecture, a server processes requests as they’re received. This fails when requests come in faster than they’re processed. Oh no! Those requests are probably being dropped. Yaron walks us through a simple solution called batch processing. All that’s…

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