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I'm fascinated how far we can take SaaS solutions to build something you would usually deploy on PaaS before (i.e. a CMS). While a slightly unrelated question,
by noway421 9y ago
I'm fascinated how far we can take SaaS solutions to build something you would usually deploy on PaaS before (i.e. a CMS).
While a slightly unrelated question, I was wondering: is there a PaaS platform which really replaces AWS ec2 instance by flexibility/capabilities? EC2 has great ecosystem (RDS+Elastic Cache+S3) and great flexibility of just setting up some extras on the side (App specific cron jobs+Letsencrypt cron jobs). Is there an offering which could really provide all that without going onto IaaS (which is what ec2 is) level?
- electricEmu 9y agoAzure has been something I've considered for this exact purpose. The PaaS and ARM Templates abstract away IaaS and provides both configuration and secret management. It should be possible for someone to deploy a Mastodon or Matrix instance via Azure PaaS with no IaaS management necessary. With Kudu's Git triggers, automatic updates might even be possible! It's no small feat though. It also would require a great deal of ARM JSON which is painful at times.
- noway421 9y agoSecret management, yes! Secret management + Automatic Deployments + Cronjobs + Lets encrypt management is what I'm really looking for. It could be solved on Amazon: codepipeline + ECS + lambda + route53 (although no let's encrypt here) but they are all really separated products which need some tinkering to set up nicely. And even then, cronjobs through lambda feel like such a dirty hack. ARM sounds interesting, but judging by the extensive documentation it's need way too much configuration.