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CKE in public beta: managed, sovereign, and properly integrated Kubernetes
Clever Cloud was founded in 2010. At that point, Docker did not exist, and Kubernetes even less. The problem, however, was already there: running our first customers' applications reliably, in isolation, and predictably.
Clever Cloud launches Clever Kubernetes Engine (CKE) in public beta on April 27, 2026
Previewed at Devoxx starting April 22, CKE is the culmination of two years of R&D built around a complete reimplementation of Kubernetes.
The DEEP, OVHcloud and Clever Cloud consortium selected to deliver sovereign cloud services for European institutions
Paris – April 17, 2026 – The consortium composed of DEEP by POST Luxembourg Group, OVHcloud and Clever Cloud today announces its selection by the European Commission as part of a major procurement framework to provide sovereign cloud services to the institutions, bodies and agencies of the European Union. This contract, with a ceiling of €180 million over six years, marks a significant milestone in the concrete implementation of Europe’s digital sovereignty strategy.
What makes Clever Cloud unique
Most cloud platforms ask you to pick a lane. Serverless with hard limits on memory, execution time, and payload size. Containers locked to a single hyperscaler with databases resold from third parties. Or raw infrastructure where you manage everything yourself.
OpenTofu: the open-source Terraform fork — natively supported on Clever Cloud
In August 2023, HashiCorp changed Terraform's license. A few weeks later, OpenTofu
was born under the Linux Foundation. Here's what it means — and how to use it
with the Clever Cloud provider.
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ELK Stack: what it is used for and how to use it for observability
Understanding what is really happening inside a modern application has become increasingly complex. Microservices, cloud environments, and the growing number of physical or virtual servers all contribute to an explosion of technical signals. This distribution makes so-called “traditional” log analysis—based on directly connecting to a single machine—hard to sustain at scale.
Identity Access Management: pillar of security and compliance
Identity Access Management (IAM) is now one of the foundations of information system security and governance.…
Deployment variables got more consistent
When deploying your applications to Clever Cloud, you can configure the build and start of your application or secondary services using Environment Variables.
8 open source IAM solutions to structure access management
Identity and Access Management (IAM) defines how an organisation controls access to applications, APIs and data.
Manage your WordPress identities with Keycloak
Managing logins to your website can be a complex task. Fortunately, tools like Keycloak, an open-source Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution, can make it much easier to handle authentication and authorization for your application.
Building Smarter MCP Servers — From Theory to Practice
A few months ago, I published an article introducing MCP servers. Since then, I’ve…