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Re: Low-Cost VPS Testing

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Post by arcticfox »

asdkhadsj wrote: post #16
thesandlord wrote: post #12

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Give Google Cloud Run a try. Can run any Docker container, and billing is per request. It is basically a fully managed knative. https://cloud.google.com/run My side projects all run for free. (I work for Google Cloud)

That.. is really impressive! Had no idea about this, thanks! For a well rounded review, can you or anyone comment on similar offerings with competitors? I was not familiar with per-request containers, but it sounds like exactly what I wanted. Thoughts?

I've been trying every Docker platform for years (Joyrnt Triton, Tutum, k8s on various platforms)... Cloud Run is by far my favorite

Re: Low-Cost VPS Testing

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Post by AtroxDev »

arcticfox wrote: post #31
asdkhadsj wrote: post #16

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That.. is really impressive! Had no idea about this, thanks! For a well rounded review, can you or anyone comment on similar offerings with competitors? I was not familiar with per-request containers, but it sounds like exactly what I wanted. Thoughts?

I've been trying every Docker platform for years (Joyrnt Triton, Tutum, k8s on various platforms)... Cloud Run is by far my favorite

I fully agree with this. I'm using Cloud Run since the day it got into beta and never been happier. It beats all the other platforms (for docker) IMO.

Re: Low-Cost VPS Testing

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Post by progval »

m_b wrote: post #26

Regarding Scaleway lack of rDNS for IPv6: it's because they don't support it. Customers (like I was) asked for it many times since 2016 but it seems too hard to implement for them.

IPv6 is a second-class citizen on Scaleway. eg. IPv4 addresses are independent resources that can be assigned to any server (or load balancer), IPv6 are tied to a specific server, and can't be moved to an other one. And their load balancer does not support IPv6.

Re: Low-Cost VPS Testing

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Post by benbristow »

itake wrote: post #22
asdkhadsj wrote: post #20

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No, but that's mainly because I still have to manage the server running Dokku I believe? edit: For context what I was already using was manual docker on a DO box. While I recognized that Dokku would make it more seamless and easier, my issue was managing and securing the DO VM itself. I didn't see how Dokku would help that scenario

yep. Dokku is not as simple as heroku.

It's definitely not as simple as you have to maintain the server yourself. But being able to run multiple applications/containers on a server for the price of one dyno really makes up for it for personal projects!

If I were working on a project with a corporate budget then using Heroku or a different style of architecture like serverless would be a no-brainer

Re: Low-Cost VPS Testing

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Post by OJFord »

tyingq wrote: post #25
Hamuko wrote: post #10

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Isn't that even more expensive? DO advertises it as "as little as $10 per month".

Ah, I had assumed you could run one node.

If it's like AWS' equivalent, you can, but the cost is more than that because you're paying for a managed control plane.

Re: Low-Cost VPS Testing

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Post by MuffinFlavored »

wooly_bully wrote: post #15
fastball wrote: post #11

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Have you tried running Dokku[0] on a VPS? [0] https://github.com/dokku/dokku

Seconding this. Big fan of Dokku on a DO droplet as an inexpensive way to make applications.

I feel like setting up Docker + Terraform might be easier? Postgres + Redis + containerized app with little effort.

Re: Low-Cost VPS Testing

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Post by scarejunba »

ivoecpereira wrote: post #27
asdkhadsj wrote: post #20

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No, but that's mainly because I still have to manage the server running Dokku I believe? edit: For context what I was already using was manual docker on a DO box. While I recognized that Dokku would make it more seamless and easier, my issue was managing and securing the DO VM itself. I didn't see how Dokku would help that scenario

I would suggest reading about Ansible and working on an initial collection of Ansible playbooks that might help on that. Check out https://www.thecloud.coach/ansible-crash-course . Of course nothing beats a dedicated devops but some playbooks regarding main security compliances might do a great job. Anyone correct me if I am wrong but I am seeing it as a good base practice for these cases.

Honestly, I think this is going in the wrong direction for OP's use-case. He definitely should go in the serverless direction.

If he learns any sort of dev-ops infra management he's just wasting his time.

Re: Low-Cost VPS Testing

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Post by tyingq »

OJFord wrote: post #35
tyingq wrote: post #25

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Ah, I had assumed you could run one node.

If it's like AWS' equivalent, you can, but the cost is more than that because you're paying for a managed control plane.

I had assumed it was like Linode:

"Linode Kubernetes Pricing LKE pricing includes only the resources you consume – Linodes, NodeBalancers, and Volumes. Your cluster’s master services are free of charge."

So whenever they are out of their beta, you should be able to run a $5/month single node K8S "cluster".

Re: Low-Cost VPS Testing

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Post by fastball »

asdkhadsj wrote: post #20
fastball wrote: post #11

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Have you tried running Dokku[0] on a VPS? [0] https://github.com/dokku/dokku

No, but that's mainly because I still have to manage the server running Dokku I believe? edit: For context what I was already using was manual docker on a DO box. While I recognized that Dokku would make it more seamless and easier, my issue was managing and securing the DO VM itself. I didn't see how Dokku would help that scenario

On DigitalOcean they have one-click setup for Dokku.
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