do-install-button
Infrastructure
deployment button
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
8 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score +0.10.
Idea: 3 for, 5 againstExecution: 2 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea that makes deployment easy
From 4 comments
Love it! This is the exact type of thing that we hoped would come from providing the MetaData service. Please submit it to our projects page so we can highlight it:…
andrewsomething on HNThis is very cool, nice work!
mbertrand on HNWill definitely use :)
acron0 on HNThis is quite cool.
phalgun_g on HN
Objections
Running a deploy script with runcmd and sudo access raises security concerns
From 2 comments
I like the idea, but runcmd could be dangerous as well as setting sudo permissions.
bhhaskin on HNIt's installing a brand new VM. By definition, it's got more than just root, it's got enough permissions to bring up new VMs entirely. Being worried about whether it has sudo…
jerf on HN
Tying deployment to one VPS provider is limiting; Docker or other tools may be better
From 2 comments
Why not just use docker for this? Then you can install anywhere that has docker.
zwischenzug on HNThat _is_ the point. Why tie yourself to one VPS provider?
zwischenzug on HN
Requests
Add support for other providers such as Azure and Heroku
From 1 comment
Upvoting, in part because as much as I don't understand why an open-source project would want to advertise a particular vendor, if one insists on Facilitating Deployment (while…
akavel on HN
Questions
How will support be handled going forward?
From 1 comment
How are you planning on handling support for this going forward? I have no specific need, I'm just always curious about how folks transition from, "I have a neat idea" to "I want…
diminoten on HN
Why is the app hard-coded to DigitalOcean rather than the user?
From 1 comment
Something Something WebIntents. Why is "DigitalOcean" a choice made by the app, instead of by the user? Can there be a standard for this sort of installation metadata?
gohrt on HN
Alternatives named
Heroku Button
From 2 comments
I'd be interested in adding this button once it gets offical support from DigitalOcean. I added the Heroku Button[1] to a self-hosted OS app I wrote[2] and it seems to be useful…
swanson on HNand for heroku: https://blog.heroku.com/archives/2014/8/7/heroku-button
doczoidberg on HN
Deploy to Azure button
From 1 comment
same button for azure: http://www.bradygaster.com/post/the-deploy-to-azure-button
doczoidberg on HN
Sandstorm
From 1 comment
I think https://sandstorm.io/ is the leading project in this area.
wmf on HN
Bitnami
From 1 comment
You're looking for Bitnami: https://bitnami.com
manacit on HN
Docker
From 1 comment
Why not just use docker for this? Then you can install anywhere that has docker.
zwischenzug on HN