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How about a (literally) one click installation to Heroku?

mmahemoff 14y ago
That covers the convenience factor well, but not the cost factor. Heroku's great for the right kind of app, but no-one would have heard of WordPress if it required a Heroku install.
smacktoward 14y ago
Aaand now you're back to the "platform dependent on a single company" problem.
- chrismdp 14y ago
  Fair point.
- elviejo 14y ago
  as mentioned before they could follow the Wordpress model with one-click install for individuals that one a hosted solution. And a download option for those who have the expertise to setup their own server.
- jeremyjh 14y ago
  What if you could one-click deploy to Heroku, OpenShift or AppFog? OpenShift can even have multiple competing hosting providers or you can use the free hosting from Redhat (which includes a LOT more resources than Heroku's free plan). And of course you could still do the traditional dedicated/VPS type installation.
  - vyrotek 14y ago
    The problem is that I'll want one-click on something that you didn't think to support. For example, I want to put it on Windows Azure :)
    - michaelbuckbee 14y ago
      I wasn't that familiar with Azure, but I had heard that they had Linux VMs now (which would be one option), but I did a little digging and it appears you can actually run RoR apps on the Windows side as well: http://rubyonrailsinazure.codeplex.com/ http://rubyonrailsinazure.codeplex.com/
    - tlrobinson 14y ago
      Start with a "LAMP compatible" app then. Most of these platforms can deploy PHP.
      - vyrotek 14y ago
        Yep, I agree. Wordpress installs on Azure with one click just fine.
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- tlrobinson 14y ago
  There's not a whole lot that's proprietary about the Heroku platform.
BenSS 14y ago
Better yet would be to get supported by CPanel/SimpleScripts (provided with millions of hosting accounts).
wilkie 14y ago
rstat.us has at least one user running on linode as well. Not much more to the set-up. deploying straight to AWS is also... surprisingly easy.

That covers the convenience factor well, but not the cost factor. Heroku's great for the right kind of app, but no-one would have heard of WordPress if it required a Heroku install.

smacktoward 14y ago

Aaand now you're back to the "platform dependent on a single company" problem.

chrismdp 14y ago
Fair point.
elviejo 14y ago
as mentioned before they could follow the Wordpress model with one-click install for individuals that one a hosted solution. And a download option for those who have the expertise to setup their own server.
jeremyjh 14y ago
What if you could one-click deploy to Heroku, OpenShift or AppFog? OpenShift can even have multiple competing hosting providers or you can use the free hosting from Redhat (which includes a LOT more resources than Heroku's free plan). And of course you could still do the traditional dedicated/VPS type installation.
- vyrotek 14y ago
  The problem is that I'll want one-click on something that you didn't think to support. For example, I want to put it on Windows Azure :)
  - michaelbuckbee 14y ago
    I wasn't that familiar with Azure, but I had heard that they had Linux VMs now (which would be one option), but I did a little digging and it appears you can actually run RoR apps on the Windows side as well: http://rubyonrailsinazure.codeplex.com/ http://rubyonrailsinazure.codeplex.com/
  - tlrobinson 14y ago
    Start with a "LAMP compatible" app then. Most of these platforms can deploy PHP.
    - vyrotek 14y ago
      Yep, I agree. Wordpress installs on Azure with one click just fine.
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tlrobinson 14y ago
There's not a whole lot that's proprietary about the Heroku platform.

BenSS 14y ago

Better yet would be to get supported by CPanel/SimpleScripts (provided with millions of hosting accounts).

wilkie 14y ago

rstat.us has at least one user running on linode as well. Not much more to the set-up. deploying straight to AWS is also... surprisingly easy.