Cloud 66
Infrastructure
deployment management
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
16 positive, 38 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 8 critical, out of 62 comments about the project. Thread score +0.11.
Idea: 6 for, 4 againstDesign: 3 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fills a real need for managed infrastructure with Heroku-like ease
From 2 comments
I think this targets a real painful need, managing an EC2 app on your own is not lacking frustrations, simple things like creating a rolling backup of instances needs complex…
eranation on HNThis is an awesome idea. I've been looking for something with the flexibility of managed infrastructure but the ease of use of Heroku for a while. I'll definitely be trying it out.
lucisferre on HN
Keeps full root access to your own servers
From 2 comments
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…
MathieuLoutre on HN1. 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…
ksajadi on HN
Clean, slick UI
From 1 comment
Great job, the UI looks really slick, Ubuntu is working on something similar (deploying development stacks to any cloud):…
jcastro on HN
Objections
Only supports Rails for now
From 2 comments
Heroku does more than rails apps. This seems to only do rails?
emperorcezar on HNfor a still fairly new to intermediate developer like myself, this seems more work than running it on heroku. not a bad concept, but maybe for more advanced developers.
oprules on HN
Pricing seems too low for the value provided
From 1 comment
At $9/month I suspect you are drastically under-valuing the service you provide. Sysadmin time is expensive, and your value proposition is the same as Heroku: pay us so you don't…
_phred on HN
Unclear company backing and long-term viability
From 1 comment
At $9/month I suspect you are drastically under-valuing the service you provide. Sysadmin time is expensive, and your value proposition is the same as Heroku: pay us so you don't…
_phred on HN
Seems more complex than Heroku for less experienced developers
From 1 comment
for a still fairly new to intermediate developer like myself, this seems more work than running it on heroku. not a bad concept, but maybe for more advanced developers.
oprules on HN
Requests
Node.js support
From 2 comments
No mention of what size instances are being created on aws seems a bit scary. Otherwise cool. I'd use it if it were self hosted and available for node.
slajax on HNThanks for your question. 1. node.js support is coming soon! 2. We're going to have at least one self-hosted real-time push solution in our app store (think Socket.io or Faye).…
ksajadi on HN
Python/Django support
From 2 comments
Any love for python/django? Or maybe will wok on top of the heroku buildpacks?
mamcx on HNThis, but Python hosting.
Beltiras on HN
Redis support
From 1 comment
Do you have a better pricing page somewhere? $9 per server per month... what kind of server? Micro instance? Also, is there any Redis support?
instakill on HN
Unicorn support
From 1 comment
Any plans to support nginx/unicorn? Love passenger, but I really need the rolling restarts...
oldgregg on HN
Digital Ocean support
From 1 comment
This is awesome! I see there's Linode support built in - any plans to do the same with Digital Ocean?
rjsamson on HN
Questions
How does the deployment work technically
From 1 comment
Can you give a technical explanation of how this actually works? Heroku works by compiling your git repository with a buildpack into a "slug" and then booting that slug on a…
themgt on HN
How it differs from Elastic Beanstalk
From 1 comment
doesn't amazon elastic beanstalk solve the "heroku-ish deploy on EC2" problem?
riffraff on HN
How security updates are handled
From 1 comment
What about server security updates? How do you handle normal package updates, restarting services after an update, etc?
adamonduty on HN
What security measures are in place
From 1 comment
What about security? How do you address it?
orangethirty on HN
Alternatives named
Elastic Beanstalk
From 1 comment
doesn't amazon elastic beanstalk solve the "heroku-ish deploy on EC2" problem?
riffraff on HN
Heroku
From 1 comment
Heroku does more than rails apps. This seems to only do rails?
emperorcezar on HN
CloudFoundry
From 1 comment
How is this different from CloudFoundry? Which does this for more than rails apps?
Vekz on HN
OpenShift Origin
From 1 comment
isn't OpenShift Origin better?
assente on HN
Juju
From 1 comment
This is a neat solution for a reality those of us who have been building web applications for a decade have faced: If you want your application experience (code + infrastructure)…
j45 on HN