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Joyent's Node SmartMachine Rollout This Morning - Announced on JSConf

36 points by js4all 16y ago

This morning they rolled out the new Node SmartMachines, first featured during NodeKO. Now everyone can get a coupon code via the API and provision a machine. API URL: https://api.no.de/ Node URL: https://no.de/

Raphael 16y ago
Just to be clear, get your account: http://smart.joyent.com/signup http://smart.joyent.com/signup Then, $ curl -k -u user:password https://api.no.de/heart https://api.no.de/heart -X POST
- js4all 16y ago
  Exactly. And this is still a preview. From Ryan's presentation: "The first 150 people can generate a coupon code for creating a no.de Smart Machine."
  - SingAlong 16y ago
    I was able to create an app from the interface at smart.joyent.com (your profile --> your applications). However when I clone repo or add the repo url to git remote of the project dir, it's asking for a password. What should i be entering there? Guessing it's because we're told to use the user git "git@git.smart... ". Anyone? the #joyent channel on freenode doesnt seem to have active staff right now.
    - digispaghetti 16y ago
      You need to include your local public SSH key in your account (under SSH Keys in the joynet interface). Then: git push ssh://node@<youurname>.no.de/home/node/repo master to ssh in you do: ssh node@<yourname>.node.de You are then in the /home/node directory on your machine.
    - js4all 16y ago
      Oh no, that's the wrong site. That one is about their earlier solution they bought from Reasonably Smart. The new Node.js solution lives under http://no.de http://no.de The correct repo is shown after you have provisioned your machine.
viraptor 16y ago
I tried to look around, but... I can't find any general information what is this all about? Nodes? SmartMachines? There's loads of installation instructions, API docs, etc. but where is the "what is it and why should I care" page?
- js4all 16y ago
  Node.js is the most promising new web application server. The key features are: * It's designed around an event loop and non-blocking IO * It executes server-side JavaScript on Google's V8 engine * It's fast and high troughput * Node.js is currently adopted by Joyent, Heroku, Yahoo and many others Details about Node.js can be found here: http://nodejs.org/ http://nodejs.org/
  - viraptor 16y ago
    Yeah - I meant - I know what NodeJS is - but what is that whole Joyent / no.de thing about? Is it hosted NodeJS? Or something completely different?
    - js4all 16y ago
      Great, I couldn't really believe that someone missed the hype. And yes, both provide early beta hosted Node.js. Heroku use their current infrastructure and offer node.js dynos on their new Beech stack. It's easy and fun to use. Joyent offers a full VPS based on SunOS. It can host node.js and other supporting packages, databases, all freely installable. You can even ssh into a SmartEngine. Ryan Dahl, the creator of node.js, has joined Joyent.
- joao 16y ago
  The best answer I could find, along with instruction to do some things, was at the Joyent wiki: http://wiki.joyent.com/node:faq http://wiki.joyent.com/node:faq Regarding specs of the service offered, it just says: I need more memory or disk! "As part of our beta service we have one size Node Smart Machine available. In our tests so far, few developers have hit those limits. If you are running out of disk or memory send a message to support@joyent.com or try running Node on a standard SmartOS Smart Machine."
nfriedly 16y ago
I tried it, but doing a GET to api.no.de/coupons returned an empty array ([]) and posting to ♥ got me {errors:"page not found"} I wonder if they're out of coupons..?
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- dpritchett 16y ago
  You need to POST instead.
DTrejo 16y ago
Thank you js4all!
gbelote 16y ago
This sounds like it might be a useful (will pay money for) service, but I have to say my first experience here was weird and slightly obnoxious. Why do I need to give you an SSH key when I first sign up? Why are coupon codes masked behind the API? When I first started it said I could request one, then I saw nothing. I did figure out that I can request through your API via command line, but it seems like a have to use a weird unicode heart (/heart doesn't work). After futzing with that I discover all coupons are gone. Awesome.
- MisterWebz 16y ago
  I don't understand what you're complaining about. All i did was register + $ curl -k -u user:password https://api.no.de/heart https://api.no.de/heart -X POST and then i had to generate the ssh key.
  - gbelote 16y ago
    Adding an SSH key was part of the sign up page on the website. Leaving blank only prompted me for it again. Running "curl -k -u user:pass http://api.no.de/heart http://api.no.de/heart -X POST" gave no output. I'm noticing in my history that I didn't use https, I guess that's why it didn't work. Why should I even have to jump to curl to request a coupon?
    - karanbhangui 16y ago
      It's a cute little developer centric signup mechanism. if you don't like it, wait for the regular release for an html form?

36 points by js4all 16y ago

Raphael 16y ago

Just to be clear, get your account: http://smart.joyent.com/signup http://smart.joyent.com/signup Then, $ curl -k -u user:password https://api.no.de/heart https://api.no.de/heart -X POST

js4all 16y ago
Exactly. And this is still a preview. From Ryan's presentation: "The first 150 people can generate a coupon code for creating a no.de Smart Machine."
- SingAlong 16y ago
  I was able to create an app from the interface at smart.joyent.com (your profile --> your applications). However when I clone repo or add the repo url to git remote of the project dir, it's asking for a password. What should i be entering there? Guessing it's because we're told to use the user git "git@git.smart... ". Anyone? the #joyent channel on freenode doesnt seem to have active staff right now.
  - digispaghetti 16y ago
    You need to include your local public SSH key in your account (under SSH Keys in the joynet interface). Then: git push ssh://node@<youurname>.no.de/home/node/repo master to ssh in you do: ssh node@<yourname>.node.de You are then in the /home/node directory on your machine.
  - js4all 16y ago
    Oh no, that's the wrong site. That one is about their earlier solution they bought from Reasonably Smart. The new Node.js solution lives under http://no.de http://no.de The correct repo is shown after you have provisioned your machine.

viraptor 16y ago

I tried to look around, but... I can't find any general information what is this all about? Nodes? SmartMachines? There's loads of installation instructions, API docs, etc. but where is the "what is it and why should I care" page?

js4all 16y ago
Node.js is the most promising new web application server. The key features are: * It's designed around an event loop and non-blocking IO * It executes server-side JavaScript on Google's V8 engine * It's fast and high troughput * Node.js is currently adopted by Joyent, Heroku, Yahoo and many others Details about Node.js can be found here: http://nodejs.org/ http://nodejs.org/
- viraptor 16y ago
  Yeah - I meant - I know what NodeJS is - but what is that whole Joyent / no.de thing about? Is it hosted NodeJS? Or something completely different?
  - js4all 16y ago
    Great, I couldn't really believe that someone missed the hype. And yes, both provide early beta hosted Node.js. Heroku use their current infrastructure and offer node.js dynos on their new Beech stack. It's easy and fun to use. Joyent offers a full VPS based on SunOS. It can host node.js and other supporting packages, databases, all freely installable. You can even ssh into a SmartEngine. Ryan Dahl, the creator of node.js, has joined Joyent.
joao 16y ago
The best answer I could find, along with instruction to do some things, was at the Joyent wiki: http://wiki.joyent.com/node:faq http://wiki.joyent.com/node:faq Regarding specs of the service offered, it just says: I need more memory or disk! "As part of our beta service we have one size Node Smart Machine available. In our tests so far, few developers have hit those limits. If you are running out of disk or memory send a message to support@joyent.com or try running Node on a standard SmartOS Smart Machine."

nfriedly 16y ago

I tried it, but doing a GET to api.no.de/coupons returned an empty array ([]) and posting to ♥ got me {errors:"page not found"} I wonder if they're out of coupons..?

deleted 16y ago
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dpritchett 16y ago
You need to POST instead.

DTrejo 16y ago

Thank you js4all!

gbelote 16y ago

This sounds like it might be a useful (will pay money for) service, but I have to say my first experience here was weird and slightly obnoxious. Why do I need to give you an SSH key when I first sign up? Why are coupon codes masked behind the API? When I first started it said I could request one, then I saw nothing. I did figure out that I can request through your API via command line, but it seems like a have to use a weird unicode heart (/heart doesn't work). After futzing with that I discover all coupons are gone. Awesome.

MisterWebz 16y ago
I don't understand what you're complaining about. All i did was register + $ curl -k -u user:password https://api.no.de/heart https://api.no.de/heart -X POST and then i had to generate the ssh key.
- gbelote 16y ago
  Adding an SSH key was part of the sign up page on the website. Leaving blank only prompted me for it again. Running "curl -k -u user:pass http://api.no.de/heart http://api.no.de/heart -X POST" gave no output. I'm noticing in my history that I didn't use https, I guess that's why it didn't work. Why should I even have to jump to curl to request a coupon?
  - karanbhangui 16y ago
    It's a cute little developer centric signup mechanism. if you don't like it, wait for the regular release for an html form?