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Show HN: Minimalist VPS Provider with Project Atomic / CoreOS Images

17 points by twelvenmonkeys 12y ago

twelvenmonkeys 12y ago
To note, I started this as a frustration to current VPS providers. I wanted a minimalist, straight to the point, fast deploying VPS service with no bullshit. Myself and another developer ended up creating our own provider from scratch with our own equipment co-located at a reliable DC. In all we used: Back-end: libvirt + kvm virtualization + ruby + go Front-end: siantra (control panel), WHCMS (billing), all integrated into one (sinatra is reversed proxied via lighttpd) Background / workers: resque + goworkers + some ruby workers We're the first to introduce Atomic Project images. We're still developing and continuing to add features. One of them being hourly billing as well as scaling.
- detaro 12y ago
  Interesting options, I like that you offer CoreOS and other "fancy" options. Also nice that you accept an SSH key, way to many services mail passwords around. From the FAQ: > Is this a contract? > No it is not, you may cancel at any time. Then how would you call it/what legal construct does describe the relationship with your customers? Maybe wording it as "Can I cancel anytime? Yes." would work better. EDIT: removed second question, misread something
flippant 12y ago
I used Kihi a few months ago. The only reason I stopped using them is because I went on vacation and forgot about it. In ~1 month of using their service, I had one problem that was resolved within an hour.
sharninder 12y ago
How is this different from something like Digital Ocean?
- twelvenmonkeys 12y ago
  At the moment, there's not much difference other than Atomic Images / Canadian location. As we move forward however, we'll be focusing more on containerization-oriented features such as integrated support for clustered deployments (RancherOS, Kubernetes) and the ability to deploy multiple master/minions at once with metric collection.
ryanmjacobs 12y ago
I just want to say that this VPS provider is fantastic. It's so cheap and easy to get running. I'm just discovering CoreOS and Docker, and having a lot of fun in the process. I highly recommend this service.

To note, I started this as a frustration to current VPS providers. I wanted a minimalist, straight to the point, fast deploying VPS service with no bullshit. Myself and another developer ended up creating our own provider from scratch with our own equipment co-located at a reliable DC. In all we used: Back-end: libvirt + kvm virtualization + ruby + go Front-end: siantra (control panel), WHCMS (billing), all integrated into one (sinatra is reversed proxied via lighttpd) Background / workers: resque + goworkers + some ruby workers We're the first to introduce Atomic Project images. We're still developing and continuing to add features. One of them being hourly billing as well as scaling.

detaro 12y ago
Interesting options, I like that you offer CoreOS and other "fancy" options. Also nice that you accept an SSH key, way to many services mail passwords around. From the FAQ: > Is this a contract? > No it is not, you may cancel at any time. Then how would you call it/what legal construct does describe the relationship with your customers? Maybe wording it as "Can I cancel anytime? Yes." would work better. EDIT: removed second question, misread something

flippant 12y ago

I used Kihi a few months ago. The only reason I stopped using them is because I went on vacation and forgot about it. In ~1 month of using their service, I had one problem that was resolved within an hour.

sharninder 12y ago

How is this different from something like Digital Ocean?

twelvenmonkeys 12y ago
At the moment, there's not much difference other than Atomic Images / Canadian location. As we move forward however, we'll be focusing more on containerization-oriented features such as integrated support for clustered deployments (RancherOS, Kubernetes) and the ability to deploy multiple master/minions at once with metric collection.

ryanmjacobs 12y ago

I just want to say that this VPS provider is fantastic. It's so cheap and easy to get running. I'm just discovering CoreOS and Docker, and having a lot of fun in the process. I highly recommend this service.