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Cost-effective game server hosting and development solutions to build your game and scale as you grow. Drive performance and speed to market with developer-friendly cloud computing services.

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Cloud Computing Services

Transform your game workloads with affordable, feature-rich cloud services that are fast to deploy and backed by expert human support, regardless of how much you spend with us.

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Cloud GPU

On-demand GPUs for parallel processing workloads such as machine learning, scientific computing, and video processing.
High Memory VMs

High Memory CPU

Run workloads that require enterprise-grade performance with large amounts of system RAM and 100% CPU resources 24/7.

Dedicated CPU

Powerful infrastructure for CPU-intensive applications such as video encoding, machine learning, and data analytics processing.

Low-cost, no-cost add-ons

Cloud Firewall

Filter network traffic
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DDoS Protection

Advanced DDoS mitigation
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DNS Manager

Create and managed DNS records

Backups

Safe and simple cloud backups

Why millions of developers choose us.

Award-Winning Support

No tiers or hand-offs. A highly-trained service team who answer the phone and solve your issue 24/7/365. 

Predictable Pricing

Always know what you will pay monthly with flat, transparent pricing across every data center.

Cloud Simplified

Easily manage and scale your infrastructure with our intuitive Cloud Manager,  automation, one-click apps, and more.

Global Network

Our global data centers and Next Generation Network deliver the low latency, security, and reliability you need to scale.

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Featured Services

Kubernetes

Simplified Kubernetes for projects of all sizes. Deploy Kubernetes clusters with our fully-managed container orchestration.
Monitoring

Monitoring

Easily analyze performance graphs and keep track of your transfer usage right from our Cloud Manager. Create custom alerts for when you near thresholds you set.

Images

Easily create, store, and deploy one image across multiple machines with Custom Images.
Gaming Success

The move to Akamai solved cost, security, and performance concerns.

"I’m looking forward to the new integrations we can put in place enabled by our work with Akamai and Linode.”

Mike Kasprzak, Co-founder, Caretaker, Lead Developer
Ludum Dare

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The latest content, technical guides, apps, customer stories, and more. 

Guides, How-to's, and Technical Docs

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  1. Install and Use the MongoDB Community Shell

    This tutorial explains how to install the MongoDB Community Shell on macOS, Windows 10, and Debian-based Linux systems.

  2. Use the Linode Ansible Collection to Deploy a Linode

    The Linode Ansible collection provides plugins for managing Linode services with Ansible. This guide shows how to install and use the Linode Ansible collection.

  3. Using the Linode Ansible Module to Deploy Linodes

    In this guide, learn how to deploy and manage Linodes using Ansible and the linode_v4 module.

  4. Use Terraform to Provision Linode Environments

    This article gives you step-by-step instructions on how to use Terraform to provision, modify, and destroy infrastructure using only code and simple commands.

  5. Navigate MongoDB and Query Your Data

    Learn how to navigate your MongoDB database. From examples of the various query operators through text searches and indexing, this tutorial has you covered.

  6. How to Use Indexes in MongoDB

    Learn what MongoDB indexes are, how to create and modify them to improve your database query performance.

  7. Understand and Use IP Addresses

    This guide will help you understand the Internet Protocol (IP) which underpins the entire Internet, as well as IP addresses, and how to describe and use them.

  8. Install and Configure Apache Kafka on Ubuntu

    Learn how to install and configure Apache Kafka, a popular open-source platform for stream management and processing first developed by LinkedIn.

  9. Creating a Multicloud Infrastructure Using Terraform

    This guide shows you how to use Multicloud Terraform to provide a consistent workflow so you can manage infrastructure with only a few configuration files.

  10. Securing MySQL Server

    This guide shows how to audit MySQL security, including: using the secure installer, modifying the root user, and adding new users.

  11. Backup MariaDB or MySQL Databases to Linode Object Storage with Restic

    Restic is a backup utility written in Go. This guide shows how to configure Restic to backup your MariaDB (or MySQL) databases onto Linode Object Storage.

  12. Deploy Secure Linodes using Cloud Firewalls and Terraform

    This guide will show you how to use the Terraform application to deploy Linode instances with pre-configured Cloud Firewalls assigned to them.

  13. Set Up WireGuard VPN on Debian

    WireGuard encrypts your traffic quickly and safely. This guide will show you how to set up a Wireguard VPN server and client on Debian.

  14. Use HashiCorp Vault to Manage Secrets

    How to configure, deploy, and use HashiCorp Vault to manage application secrets

  15. A Beginner's Guide to Terraform

    A look into Terraform's primary components, features, and configurations for the new Terraform user

  16. Import Existing Infrastructure to Terraform

    This guide will describe how to import existing Linode infrastructure into Terraform using the official Linode provider plugin.

  17. Managing Secrets with Terraform

    Learn everything you need to know about secrets management with Terraform.

  18. How to Deploy Microservices with Docker

    This guide describes how to effectively use Docker in production using a sample NGINX/Flask/Gunicorn/Redis/Postgresql Application Stack.

  19. Configure PostgreSQL

    This guide will show you how to tune PostgreSQL for better performance on your Linode

  20. How to Install and Set Up a 3-Node Hadoop Cluster

    This Linode guide will show you how to install and set up a 3-node Hadoop cluster.
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Craft of Code: Customer Stories

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    Mike Kasprzak

    Finding Gaming Magic and Running with It
  2. FUTBIN

    FUTBIN

    FUTBIN’s Golden Goal
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Marketplace Solutions

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  1. VS Code Server

    Run VS code in the cloud, right from your browser
  2. GitLab One-Click App

    GitLab

    Most popular self-hosted Git tool to manage the DevOps lifecycle
  3. Jenkins One-Click App

    Jenkins

    Automate your infrastructure by delegating jobs and tasks to Jenkins
  4. MongoDB One-Click App

    MongoDB

    NoSQL database engine for document-oriented databases
  5. MySQL / MariaDB Database One-Click App

    MySQL/MariaDB

    World’s most popular open source database
  6. PostgreSQL One-Click App

    PostgreSQL

    Powerful and flexible open source relational database management system

  7. RabbitMQ

    Most popular open source message broker
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