In this post, you will get a glimpse of what you can do with Atomia – from working with the various end-user interfaces of the Atomia Cloud Hosting Package, to writing your own Atomia module for instantly deploying virtual Linux machines in the Amazon EC2 cloud! Enjoy.

Table of contents

The videos are divided into two categories as follows:

• The user interfaces of Atomia Cloud Hosting Package
  • Submit hosting order
  • The Atomia Control Panel
  • Add existing domain to account

• Behind the scenes of Atomia Provisioning Service
  • Domain registration with 63 lines of XML
  • Update contact ID with Atomia Domain
  • Deploy a Linux machine in the Amazon cloud
    • How did we do it?

Submit hosting order

This video showcases how to:

1. Order a hosting account through the Atomia Public Order Page.
2. View provisioned services through Atomia Billing.
3. Log in to the customer’s control panel as administrator.

Download as high-quality QuickTime movie, 23.5 MB.

The Atomia Control Panel

This video showcases how to:

1. Log in to the Atomia Control Panel as a hosting customer.
2. Click through important pages.

Download as high-quality QuickTime movie, 43.6 MB.

Add existing domain to account

This video showcases how to:

1. Add an existing domain name to an Atomia account.
2. Add an A record to the domain name.
3. See how the DNS servers are immediately updated.
4. Initiate a domain transfer.

Download as high-quality QuickTime movie, 29.2 MB.

In the following videos we will get our hands dirty and look under the hood of the Atomia platform. With the help of Atomia Client – a desktop application that displays raw data from the Atomia Provisioning Service – we can see what is actually happening behind those shiny end-user interfaces.

Domain registration with 63 lines of XML

Atomia Provisioning Service, or Atomia PS for short, is the very foundation of an Atomia based system. It is a user-friendly and universal provisioning system that requires no programming skills to set up and get running. Instead, all configuration necessary is done with human-editable XML.

This video showcases how to:

1. Write a service that uses existing modules to register a domain name and add it to DNS with an accompanying A record.
2. Run the service.
3. Check the result by polling the DNS server.

Download as high-quality QuickTime movie, 53.6 MB.

Update contact ID with Atomia Domain

Atomia Domain is a subsystem of the Cloud Hosting Package that handles registrations, renewals and updates of domain names. This video showcases how to:

1. Order two domain names from within an Atomia account.
2. View the resulting contact ID that the system automatically creates.
3. When registered, update the contact ID.
4. See how the system automatically contacts affected registries and updates their WHOIS info.

Download as high-quality QuickTime movie, 50.7 MB.

Deploy a Linux machine in the Amazon cloud

Atomia makes it easy to write services and associated modules of our own. In this video we have written a service and module than can deploy virtual Linux machines in the Amazon EC2 cloud. Let’s check it out in action:

Download as high-quality QuickTime movie, 35.3 MB.

How did we do it?

Atomia makes use of two kinds of services – simple services (which might make use of modules), and complex services. A simple service is like an individual building block, while a complex service makes use of simple services to build an entire structure.

This video showcases how to:

1. Write a simple service that includes a module.
2. Write a module in C# that can deploy and terminate Linux instances in the Amazon EC2 cloud.
3. Write a complex service that uses the simple service above to deploy a Linux machine, then register a domain name and add an IP address to DNS.

Download as high-quality QuickTime movie, 50.2 MB.

This display of complete programmatic freedom concludes our very first post about the possibilities of an Atomia based system. What do you think? Please share your thoughts in the comments.

As a public service, we hereby present you with our top 10 findings. Enjoy.

Storage

Gone are the days of 5¼-inch floppies, computer games on cassette tapes and write-protecting your precious data by covering a hole with a piece of tape. We at Atomia are sure glad for the modern alternatives, but they do make for stylish upper-body fashion.

Get your storage tee at Qshirt.

One UP

This one needs no explanation. The eighties is in and what represents the eighties more than the classic NES gaming console and the Italian-American plumber duo Mario and Luigi?

Get your One Up tee at Think Geek.

Hand Sign

Web people are cool because they (should) excel at both design, mark-up and code. This demands respect from fellow geeks and what better way to do it than in this shirt?

Get your Hand Sign tee at RedBubble.

Mark-up Love

Working with mark-up, nothing breaths love more than a tee like this. But before you buy one, make sure your loved one knows what it means without having to refer to Wikipedia.

Get your Mark-up Love tee at Rumplo.

Tetris

Even though it is hard to believe, this Russian sensation turned 15 this past summer. Pay tribute to a true classic and wear the third greatest game of all time, only surpassed by Super Mario Bros and the Legend of Zelda (according to IGN).

This exact Tetris tee is nowhere to be found, but you can buy other nice Tetris tees at Zazzle.

Everything I touch turns to nerd

Not all things nerdy are cool. At least that’s what they say. We wouldn’t know.

Get your Everything I touch turns to nerd tee at Threadless.

CSS Ninja

Styling your markup is cool. Ninjas are cool. Why not merge two cool things and create a mash-up? Mash-ups are cool too. Ok, we can go on like this forever. Let’s not.

Get your CSS Ninja tee at Zazzle.

T-qualizer tee

Even though dancing the macrena might not be your bag of tea, you will sure get some heads turning with this techno blue equalizer tee flashing to the beat on the dance floor. This is night club electronics working for you.

Get your T-qualizer tee at The T-Qualizer Store.

8-bit dynamic life

This is apparel for you and your loved one. Head over to your special friend and the hearts on the front of the your tees will start to light up as you close in. Perfect for showing off your love in public.

Get your 8-bit dynamic life tee at Amazon.

Wi-Fi detector tee

The Wi-Fi detector tee is both stylish and functional. Why bother booting up your laptop just to find out if there is a Wi-Fi Internet connection about. Let your attire do the work for you.

Get your Wi-Fi detector tee at ThinkGeek.

We hope this list of inspiration might be useful now when Christmas is only months away. If you have any other tips on stylish geek apparel, don’t hesitate to let us know in the comments.

PS. We will do what we can to update you later on with a photo of the Atomia crew wearing their geek tee of choice.