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I've just tried heroku so far and took me about 30 min to deploy my prototype, but I read there are limitations. Go take a look at fly.io and I think there's al

by jfabre 5y ago

I've just tried heroku so far and took me about 30 min to deploy my prototype, but I read there are limitations. Go take a look at fly.io and I think there's also another one that specialize in elixir hosting. Once I understand elixir/erlang better, I will probably want to host there.

lostcolony 5y ago
https://www.gigalixir.com/ https://www.gigalixir.com/ is likely what you're referencing. Since they're focused on Elixir first it supports a buncha the nice things the BEAM supports, such as native clustering, hot upgrades, and opening a REPL to a running cluster.
jamil7 5y ago
I got around to trying https://render.com/ https://render.com/ recently, it's also pretty easy and cheaper than Heroku, I think they support Phoenix/Elixir but I've never used it or tried. Also side note Heroku seems to have just stalled and atrophied as a product since the Salesforce acquisition, still one of the easiest hosts though.
- anurag 5y ago
  (Render founder) Lots of Phoenix/Elixir apps are hosted natively (no Docker) on Render, and of course we support Dockerized apps as well. https://render.com/docs/deploy-phoenix https://render.com/docs/deploy-phoenix
- AlchemistCamp 5y ago
  Yes, they support Elixir (including clustered apps) and it's very easy. I wrote a tutorial and did a 6 minute screencast on that a while back: https://alchemist.camp/articles/elixir-releases-deployment-render https://alchemist.camp/articles/elixir-releases-deployment-r... I generally use a VPS, but Render is a top-notch host if you want something managed. In many ways, I think it's like Heroku was before Salesforce bought them.
- leodriesch 5y ago
  You can deploy pretty much anything on Render, AFAIK it’s all container based. Here’s the docs for Phoenix deployments: https://render.com/docs/deploy-phoenix https://render.com/docs/deploy-phoenix
- bliteben 5y ago
  what a horrible name for a site, I can't imagine googling for how to add x extension to postgres with render.
  - toqy 5y ago
    what type of results do you imagine you'd get for that kind of query rather than what you'd want to get? especially given the context of postgres extension, i'd assume if there was content out there that google would find it with that query. A friend of mine who worked at an SEO agency once had a client who's company name was a misspelling of some noun that google would automatically fix which i found hilarious.
  - jamil7 5y ago
    Query + render.com seems to do the trick.
- Inversechi 5y ago
  On the topic of render there was a really nice podcast on Software Engineering Daily from the founder talking about their product. https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2021/12/07/render-with-anurag-goel/ https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2021/12/07/render-with-...

by jfabre 5y ago

lostcolony 5y ago

https://www.gigalixir.com/ https://www.gigalixir.com/ is likely what you're referencing. Since they're focused on Elixir first it supports a buncha the nice things the BEAM supports, such as native clustering, hot upgrades, and opening a REPL to a running cluster.

jamil7 5y ago

I got around to trying https://render.com/ https://render.com/ recently, it's also pretty easy and cheaper than Heroku, I think they support Phoenix/Elixir but I've never used it or tried. Also side note Heroku seems to have just stalled and atrophied as a product since the Salesforce acquisition, still one of the easiest hosts though.

anurag 5y ago
(Render founder) Lots of Phoenix/Elixir apps are hosted natively (no Docker) on Render, and of course we support Dockerized apps as well. https://render.com/docs/deploy-phoenix https://render.com/docs/deploy-phoenix
AlchemistCamp 5y ago
Yes, they support Elixir (including clustered apps) and it's very easy. I wrote a tutorial and did a 6 minute screencast on that a while back: https://alchemist.camp/articles/elixir-releases-deployment-render https://alchemist.camp/articles/elixir-releases-deployment-r... I generally use a VPS, but Render is a top-notch host if you want something managed. In many ways, I think it's like Heroku was before Salesforce bought them.
leodriesch 5y ago
You can deploy pretty much anything on Render, AFAIK it’s all container based. Here’s the docs for Phoenix deployments: https://render.com/docs/deploy-phoenix https://render.com/docs/deploy-phoenix
bliteben 5y ago
what a horrible name for a site, I can't imagine googling for how to add x extension to postgres with render.
- toqy 5y ago
  what type of results do you imagine you'd get for that kind of query rather than what you'd want to get? especially given the context of postgres extension, i'd assume if there was content out there that google would find it with that query. A friend of mine who worked at an SEO agency once had a client who's company name was a misspelling of some noun that google would automatically fix which i found hilarious.
- jamil7 5y ago
  Query + render.com seems to do the trick.
Inversechi 5y ago
On the topic of render there was a really nice podcast on Software Engineering Daily from the founder talking about their product. https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2021/12/07/render-with-anurag-goel/ https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2021/12/07/render-with-...