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Hosting for Software POC Environments, Prototyping and Workshops

Prototype in an environment that's as flexible and scalable as you need to fit your ever-evolving workloads.

Dynamically provisioned, scalable bare metal

Internal or customer POC environments and software prototypes need infrastructure you can quickly configure and reconfigure to adjust capacity as the workloads change. Equinix’s automated bare metal servers can be provisioned and deprovisioned in minutes—not months—to rightsize capacity on the fly.

Open and flexible for hassle-free integration

An open API for a dedicated-server platform hosted in a global network of data centers is a powerful tool in the software product development toolbox. Developers can use any of the existing solutions or integrations or build their own to interact with the Equinix bare metal cloud programmatically.

Equinix meets

Rodrigo Orzari

from AWS

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Key features

The production-ready capabilities you've been asking for

Full Access to Infrastructure Primitives

A global cloud that doesn’t have an opinion, giving you full access to high-quality primitives so you can configure your infrastructure the way you need it. Access server NICs, select CPU type and NVMe capacity, boot an OS of your choice and configure your network. Then, test your idea, rinse and repeat.

Unparalleled Networking

Use the software-defined Equinix Fabric to connect directly to any major cloud provider, carrier, partner or customer over a secure and reliable private link, anywhere in the world. Use a high-quality Equinix internet circuit or create your own solution. Use IPv4 addresses through Equinix’s Global Anycast IP service at low egress fees.

One Account, as Many Users as You Need

Register a single account and create an “Organization” via the Equinix Metal console, CLI or API and add as many customer trial or workshop participants as you need at any given moment. Individual participants can get going quickly, no credit card info required!

Useful guides & integrations

How to do it, step by step

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Technical Kubernetes

Tested in Equinix Metal, providing the extension of the environments in hybrid mode between AWS and our BMaaS.

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Integrations Terraform

Quickly deploy AWS EKS Anywhere on Equinix Metal

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Terraform user? Start here to get fimiliar with the Equinix Metal Terraform Provider.

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Technical Kubernetes

Adopting Rancher Kubernetes Engine on Equinix Metal using Terraform

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Technical Kubernetes

Run Kubernetes on Equinix Metal with Red Hat’s compliant and supported distribution, OpenShift Container Platform.

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Applications IaC , Kubernetes

Already corralled containers with Kubernetes? Time to corral multiple clusters by enabling one as “manager.”

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