Linode (Akamai Connected Cloud)

Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) provides developer-friendly cloud compute, object storage, and edge networking for deploying distributed, low-latency workloads.

When to Use

• Cost-Effective Cloud Compute (Akamai Cloud): Reliable, straightforward Linux virtual machines (Nanodes to High-Memory instances).
• Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE): Fully managed Kubernetes clusters with zero control-plane fee.
• NodeBalancers & Object Storage: Highly available layer 4/7 load balancers and S3-compatible bucket storage.
• Akamai Global Edge Integration: Combining compute with Akamai CDN and edge security services.

Quick Start

# Configure Linode CLI
linode-cli configure