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Re: Show HN: Build your own Heroku on your own servers

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Post by ksajadi »

boundlessdreamz wrote: post #49

1. What happens if I need a binary available on the server? (wkhtmltopdf) 2. Can I choose the linux distribution? 3. Can cron jobs be set up? 4. What about stuff like scout/monit etc ? 5. What about redis/memcaches/mysql/postgres?

1. We support manifest files (in private beta now) to allow you just that. 2. Yes. Both on the server (as you would do normally on any linux box) and through our CRON app. 3. We provide minimal vital signs for all the servers: memory, disk and CPU. 4. MySql and PostgreSQL are supported. Redis is coming soon. Memcache is after that.

However, it is always good to remember, all the boxes are yours and you have shell root access to them. So if we don't support something right now, you can always jump on the box and do it yourself the the Pro way!

Re: Show HN: Build your own Heroku on your own servers

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Post by ksajadi »

amalag wrote: post #45

Very impressive. Could you help with the pricing a bit more. The cost is $9 per server per month in addition to costs from the cloud provider with the first server free? BTW your FAQ still lists $7 https://www.cloud66.com/help/faq

Sorry about that. We are updating the FAQ page.

Yes. The $9 per server per month gives you: starting your app by provisioning, configuring and deploying. Monitoring and managing it as well as on going scaling, backup, add-ons, load balancers and other management features like continuous deployment or central logging features.

Re: Show HN: Build your own Heroku on your own servers

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Post by jhuckabee »

amalag wrote: post #45

Very impressive. Could you help with the pricing a bit more. The cost is $9 per server per month in addition to costs from the cloud provider with the first server free? BTW your FAQ still lists $7 https://www.cloud66.com/help/faq

When I first opened the page about an hour ago they listed $6/month. Then I saw $7/month listed on the FAQ page, and now the home page says $9/month.

Re: Show HN: Build your own Heroku on your own servers

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Post by ksajadi »

jhuckabee wrote: post #53
amalag wrote: post #45

Very impressive. Could you help with the pricing a bit more. The cost is $9 per server per month in addition to costs from the cloud provider with the first server free? BTW your FAQ still lists $7 https://www.cloud66.com/help/faq

When I first opened the page about an hour ago they listed $6/month. Then I saw $7/month listed on the FAQ page, and now the home page says $9/month.

I know we had an issue with the FAQ page (was stating $7 instead of $9 which is the right one). But never $6! Did you see that on the homepage?

Re: Show HN: Build your own Heroku on your own servers

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Post by ksajadi »

arielpts wrote: post #47
ksajadi wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

CloudFoundry is great to build a PaaS on your own servers and want to manage it. However if you really don't want to manage and run an infrastructure then you would probably don't want to run a system like CloudFoundry!

Why!?

I assumed (perhaps wrongly) that if you don't want to deal with infrastructure you'd prefer PaaS solutions like Heroku and therefore you wouldn't want to manage not only a software package like CloudFoundry but also the servers that run it.

Re: Show HN: Build your own Heroku on your own servers

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Post by ksajadi »

nlh wrote: post #37
ksajadi wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We built Cloud 66 to combine the convenience of PaaS with control of having your own servers. Even if we are down, your servers will still be up on your own preferred cloud vendor serving your users! That's a win for everyone!

This is very cool stuff. Do you guys support (or do you plan to support) any type of cross-provider failover? I.e. if AWS goes down, auto re-deploy to Linode and handle the DNS re-routing, etc.?

Great point! Yes. We already configure DNS records for the stack (load balancers and servers). This allows us to take the same cut of code and build scripts and execute them against another provider like Linode or Joyent when AWS has issues automatically.

Re: Show HN: Build your own Heroku on your own servers

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Post by MathieuLoutre »

I have used this since it's been in beta because I know the guys behind the service. Besides being exceptionally dedicated and cool guys, the service is genuinely good. It definitely solved our problem of going to production with something like Heroku. It's a lot more cost/performance effective and also (as mentioned in one of the comments) you have full access to your box if you need it!

When you know what's in the pipeline, it's even more exciting. Keep up the good stuff guys.

Re: Show HN: Build your own Heroku on your own servers

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Post by instakill »

slajax wrote: post #34
lvangool wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually you get to choose what sizes you want (whichever cloud provider you choose). See here: http://blog.cloud66.com/post/39922150128/custom-server-sizes...

Cool I must have missed that in the video. Thanks!

There's a video?

Re: Show HN: Build your own Heroku on your own servers

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Post by JangoSteve »

ksajadi wrote: post #54
jhuckabee wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I first opened the page about an hour ago they listed $6/month. Then I saw $7/month listed on the FAQ page, and now the home page says $9/month.

I know we had an issue with the FAQ page (was stating $7 instead of $9 which is the right one). But never $6! Did you see that on the homepage?

For what it's worth, I misread the button at the bottom of the "How it works" page when I first scanned through; I thought it said "Try Cloud $6", but it actually said "Try Cloud 66". Maybe that's what they saw.
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