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Ask HN: How are enterprise web apps distributed?
Hey,
I have built a web application for a company and initially I wanted to host it on my servers and provide them access via a login and password. The company is insisting that the software and its data must live on their servers.
The web application is coded in Django with Postgres as the database. How do I distribute the application on their server without giving away the source code?
And in general, how are enterprise applications distributed? And how are updates provided?
Thanks!
- byoung2 11y agoIf you call it a SaaS app, they will understand that it lives on your servers.
- rashoodkhan 11y agoInitially it was supposed to be that way. But some of their clients don't want any data living outside the country, hence they want to use their own server for storing the data.
- jtfairbank 11y agoCould you just find a host in their country?
- jfroma 11y agoThe way it have worked well for us is to give them a VM image (ovf) as a blackbox. Look at github enterprise for example. Edit Regarding protecting your code do it legally first by contract, then look at code obfuscation tools for python.
- rashoodkhan 11y agoAlright. I will try the VM method and see how to go about it. Thanks!