Rayburst
Infrastructure
server provisioning
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
6 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 7 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Idea: 3 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 4 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea for simplifying server setup.
From 3 comments
Great work, always wanted something like this. Good for "dev ops" people like me who would rather focus on the app than server configuration (but still need to do it).
plasma on HNI like the concept; I think simple server configuration is still an unsolved problem and it's good to see someone taking a stab at something new. I'll hopefully have a chance to…
robotmay on HNVery cool. Are you planning on adding support for the new Ubuntu 12.04 LTS release soon?
aaronbrethorst on HN
Objections
Running remote scripts with sudo and unseen recipes is a trust and security risk.
From 3 comments
If your target audience for this is the individuals who don't have the skills or time to really settle down and do the install by hand, do you honestly think that they have the…
imroot on HNThere's elevated risk because the downloadable scripts use `sudo`. I think the concept is great, but asking users to allow `sudo` permissions to a foreign script site unseen is…
fruchtose on HNBefore I would deploy this, I'd have to really understand what you're doing with your chef recipies -- I would be concerned that your use of chef might throw my system into a…
imroot on HN
No visible company or contact information on the site.
From 1 comment
This literally sounds too good to be true. I found no contact or company information on their website, except 2 email adresses. I can't verify if this is just a clever way of…
netmute on HN
No support or security patch notifications described.
From 1 comment
Looks nice for testing something, but I see no information about support (especially notifications about security patches). EDIT: looking at their scripts, it's using a client…
ktosiek on HN
Requests
Support for Linode and more distributions such as Ubuntu 12.04.
From 2 comments
Any possibility of supporting Linode? I haven't looked into it, but I'd imagine it's possible and Linode is a awesome provider.
Jake232 on HNVery cool. Are you planning on adding support for the new Ubuntu 12.04 LTS release soon?
aaronbrethorst on HN
Make install scripts or recipes readable before running.
From 2 comments
Possible to make the scripts readable? I would never run the scripts as directed but would be very interested in retrieving the script, reviewing it and then running it myself.
pbreit on HNwould it be possible to display the resulting chef recipes from the chosen configuration on /server/:id ?
stephenhandley on HN
Questions
Why compile Ruby from source and how it differs from stock Ruby.
From 2 comments
Why you need to compile Ruby from source in your bootstrap script? https://rayburst.com/i/eaccdda22268af9633720f6d799d5004
tszming on HNI am curious because I usually use stock Ruby for Chef deployment, just want to know if you have any specific reason(s).
tszming on HN
How it differs from apt-get, yum or Gentoo-style builds.
From 2 comments
How is this different from a script with apt-get or yum? I understand there are some, but not that significant benefit. Did I miss something?
sweetass on HNI'm not entirely serious here.. But isn't this kind of running Gentoo on top of Ubuntu? Having little experience with big deployments: Are people really preferring to build from…
darklajid on HN
Alternatives named
Centmin.
From 1 comment
I like Centmin for PHP - bash scripts and standard RPMs: www.btcentral.org.uk/projects/centmin/ Does Rayburst do anything different (apart from different programming languages)?…
autoipad on HN
Puppet and Chef.
From 1 comment
This looks useful. Why did you use chef vs. puppet? Personal familiarity, or was it better in some externally objective way?
rdl on HN
Gentoo.
From 1 comment
I'm not entirely serious here.. But isn't this kind of running Gentoo on top of Ubuntu? Having little experience with big deployments: Are people really preferring to build from…
darklajid on HN