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Linux boxes via SSH: suspended when disconected

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Re: Linux boxes via SSH: suspended when disconected

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Post by Imustaskforhelp »

This is fascinating idea. I created an idea like this on top of firecracker and custom golang ssh client to build something like this for my own personal use case (the abstraction part of pricing and how to connect it seemed the more difficult part for me atleast)

What stack does this use underneath?

Good luck with launch, this idea is similar to railway in terms of pricing model. I discussed about it a few comments back and I think its an interesting idea and we are seeing alternatives within such pricing model

Also are you using some cloud provider itself or building it yourself, I'd be interested in so many details to discover

Have a nice day and looking forward to ya response! Good luck with your project!

Re: Linux boxes via SSH: suspended when disconected

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Post by nine_k »

messh wrote: post #9
nine_k wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting to compare with Fly's sprites: https://sprites.dev/#billing

One difference other than price is that sprites doesn't seem to use ssh

Also, they cost less than a shellbox when unused (idle), and more when used.

Re: Linux boxes via SSH: suspended when disconected

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Post by messh »

Imustaskforhelp wrote: post #11

This is fascinating idea. I created an idea like this on top of firecracker and custom golang ssh client to build something like this for my own personal use case (the abstraction part of pricing and how to connect it seemed the more difficult part for me atleast) What stack does this use underneath? Good luck with launch, this idea is similar to railway in terms of pricing model. I discussed about it a few comments…

Hi thanks for the interest!

This is all written in python and the AsyncSSH package. Firecracker for VMs with memory mapped files for ram. Paddle for billing. Caddy as a reverse proxy for certificates.

It works on top of very large bare metal instances.

I'm thinking maybe open sourcing but it will take some more work on the code to make it publishable w/o embarrassing myself :)

Re: Linux boxes via SSH: suspended when disconected

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Post by einsteinx2 »

messh wrote: post #5
Egor3f wrote: post #4

$36/mo for 2/4/50 VPS without public IP... Ok, I get the idea that the service is for non-regular use, but I think even $0.005 per hour ($3.6/mo) of suspended state is too expensive. The same config in Hetzner is just $4.09/mo for 24/7 working VPS with public IPv4 address

Hi, That is a good point actually. The suspended price has to be significantly lower than the alternative. I'll revise it. Still, there is the advantage of simplicity not having to deal with the web console etc. Some people may enjoy this

Yeah this is a cool idea but the pricing is way too high. For anything I would use this for I could just set up any VPS from any provider for cheaper and it’s stateful in the sense that it’s my own VPS and my files/applications/tmux sessions/whatever will be there the next time I SSH in.

The UX here seems really nice, but after spending a couple minutes setting up the VPS, I essentially get the same UX (aka just ssh in and so stuff).

I’d potentially be willing to pay some premium over a standard VPS, but certainly not a 10x premium…honestly probably not even 2x.

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