Portal
Infrastructure
cloud hosting platform
SHOW HN2015
86points
47comments
#310of 2,565 in 2015
Top 13%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
11 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score +0.31.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple personal server market need
From 2 comments
This is awesome: exactly the kind of simplicity the personal server market needs. I dropped you an email; really interested in making Known work with the platform.
benwerd on HNThis looks great and I'm always please to see products that make it easier for people run their own infrastructure without having to become sysadmins [1]. I especially like the…
amirmc on HN
VM-based design keeps apps long-running
From 1 comment
What I like about the VM-centric design you've adopted is that 'apps' are long-running by default. Sandstorm in its current form is not great for hosting internet-facing sites.
rdrey on HN
Objections
Not self-hostable yet
From 2 comments
This looks great and I'm always please to see products that make it easier for people run their own infrastructure without having to become sysadmins [1]. I especially like the…
amirmc on HNI'm trying to figure out from the site, but there seems to be no info on that. Is it possible for me to host my own Portal (similar to Sandstorm)?
NhanH on HN
Uncertain hardware specs and performance
From 2 comments
Looks cool but anyone know what the hardware specs (CPU/RAID/SSD model/etc...) are?
jaequery on HNWhat's the CPU to be exact? If it's something like an sandy/ivy-bridge I was thinking of giving you guys a try. We are not too happy with EC2's specs and looking for something…
jaequery on HN
Requests
Open source or self-hostable version
From 3 comments
This looks great and I'm always please to see products that make it easier for people run their own infrastructure without having to become sysadmins [1]. I especially like the…
amirmc on HNI'm trying to figure out from the site, but there seems to be no info on that. Is it possible for me to host my own Portal (similar to Sandstorm)?
NhanH on HNYour website says: > Portal is designed to help create a world in which users are not locked in by proprietary technology. Portal users should be able to switch to alternative…
itistoday2 on HN
Benchmarks and CPU details
From 2 comments
What's the CPU to be exact? If it's something like an sandy/ivy-bridge I was thinking of giving you guys a try. We are not too happy with EC2's specs and looking for something…
jaequery on HNLooks cool but anyone know what the hardware specs (CPU/RAID/SSD model/etc...) are?
jaequery on HN
Developer docs for adding apps
From 1 comment
This is awesome! I just signed up. A couple of questions: - If I want add my own app, will there be docs/examples on how to do that? I'd love to have my own app to deploy…
fmitchell0 on HN
Questions
Uptime compared to AWS or Azure
From 1 comment
Very cool! A few questions: 1. Is the hardware infrastructure in house or built on another cloud provider? I ask because you offer several server locations. Am I afforded the…
nharada on HN
Backup and snapshot options
From 2 comments
This is awesome! I just signed up. A couple of questions: - If I want add my own app, will there be docs/examples on how to do that? I'd love to have my own app to deploy…
fmitchell0 on HNDomain registration and ssl cert are included? How are sites/services backed up? Is it easy to download all apps and data locally for backup?
owly on HN
Difference from Sandstorm
From 1 comment
What's the difference between this and Sandstorm?
fiatjaf on HN
Alternatives named
Sandstorm
From 2 comments
What's the difference between this and Sandstorm?
fiatjaf on HNThis runs VMs, Sandstorm runs OS containers. Apps for Sandstorm might need a little work to integrate with Sandstorm's model for users and permissions, but apps in Portal won't…
rdrey on HN
Sovereign
From 1 comment
Maybe you'd be interested in the sovereign project? https://github.com/al3x/sovereign.git Sovereign is a set of Ansible playbooks that you can use to build and maintain your own…
fit2rule on HN
EC2 and AWS
From 2 comments
What's the CPU to be exact? If it's something like an sandy/ivy-bridge I was thinking of giving you guys a try. We are not too happy with EC2's specs and looking for something…
jaequery on HNVery cool! A few questions: 1. Is the hardware infrastructure in house or built on another cloud provider? I ask because you offer several server locations. Am I afforded the…
nharada on HN
Camlistore
From 1 comment
It should be possible to run an entirely open source set of apps on Portal or Sandstorm and move between services freely. With Portal, we're experimenting with things like…
staunch on HN