It is good and all that they provide more services but why can't they provide the bread and butter of IAAS: virtual networking (aka VPC) - the ability to set up a virtual router and other nodes inside a private network. We are DO customer currently and need to hack around this limitation for quite a while now and it is the main reason we want to switch away.
DigitalOcean launches its container service
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I am a mechanical engineer who dabbles in web development from time to time. I am forever indebted to DigitalOcean for creating a super easy platform for someone who has no clue about VPS starting out. I know how to operate a linux machine but not the slightest idea about how to host a website myself until I came across DigitalOcean and their LAMP/LEMP tutorials. Once I was comfortable with DigitalOcean, I tried laun…
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> DigitalOcean has fullfilled my needs in the most perfect way with a huge knowledge base and detailed tutorials.
Agreed. The while I liked the price point and the UI, the tutorials were leagues ahead of everything else.
Re: DigitalOcean launches its container service
#253It is good and all that they provide more services but why can't they provide the bread and butter of IAAS: virtual networking (aka VPC) - the ability to set up a virtual router and other nodes inside a private network. We are DO customer currently and need to hack around this limitation for quite a while now and it is the main reason we want to switch away.
https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/networking/private-network...
DO's "private" networking was not even truly "private" previously as it was shared among its customers. Only recently did it get to the point that the "private" network is separated from the rest. Anyway, even the new "private" network does not allow for something like installing a custom DHCP server and configuring custom subnet for the nodes inside. One of the most common use cases is to route outbound traffic from all the nodes inside a private network through a public gateway and DO's current configuration does not allow that.
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#255Every other service has had containers for years. I'm not sure this is an exciting product announcement.
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> no ‘max 10 servers’ kind of rules You can contact their Support to get that increased. Just guessing at the reason, but if there was no limit, what happens if someone hacks your account and spins up a 100,000 node cryptocurrency mining farm?
The same thing applies to AWS, and AWS doesn't have '10 servers maximum' limit. Beyond anything, it tells people about their target audience, which is indie development. That's fine, and it's a great market to be in. But in the case I have to spin up 17 servers in 24 hours in three continents, I can't really afford to deal with DigitalOcean's support under that kind of stress. This doesn't happen often, but when it h…
I preemptively contacted Support to verify my bona fides - I think my cap now (self-requested) is something like 50 or so