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Sendhub / shipbuilder

shipbuilder

The Open-source self-hosted Platform-as-a-Service written in Go

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What it is

The Open-source self-hosted Platform-as-a-Service written in Go

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This looks incredibly useful! In the repo (github.com/sendhub/shipbuilder) I see that it is written in go-lang -- which is quickly becoming my favorite programming language. It…

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Period	Start (UTC)	End (exclusive, UTC)	Mentions	Submissions	Comments
Aug 5	2013-08-05 00:00:00 UTC	2013-08-12 00:00:00 UTC	5	1	4
Aug 12	2013-08-12 00:00:00 UTC	2013-08-19 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Aug 19	2013-08-19 00:00:00 UTC	2013-08-26 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
Aug 26	2013-08-26 00:00:00 UTC	2013-09-02 00:00:00 UTC	4	1	3
Sep 2	2013-09-02 00:00:00 UTC	2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Sep 9	2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC	2013-09-16 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
Sep 16	2013-09-16 00:00:00 UTC	2013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Sep 23	2013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC	2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Sep 30	2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC	2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC	2	0	2

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jaytaylor·Oct 4, 2013

You should checkout ShipBuilder [1][2]. ShipBuilder is a freely available open-source self-hosted PaaS -- it aims to be an open clone of Heroku. It uses Go, LXC, and HAProxy. [1] https://github.com/sendhub/shipbuilder [2] http://shipbuilder.io Disclaimer: I am a committer on the project

In Docker + Red Hat OpenShift = The Tipping Point for Open PaaS?

jaytaylor·Oct 2, 2013

This looks interesting but I don't care much for deployment services that I can't operate and host myself. Shameless plug for my Open-Source self-hosted Heroku Clone: ShipBuilder Http://shipbuilder.io Https://github.com/SendHub/shipbuilder Get full control over your production environments with the power of LXC, Go, and HAProxy!

In Show HN: Cloud 66 EasyDeploy - Making Deployment of Open Source Projects Simple

jaytaylor·Sep 13, 2013

I also found myself asking this same question, and after careful consideration I ended up choosing LXC over Docker, and here are some reasons why: - LXC works fine on it's own. - Docker has it's own bugs, so you get all of the Docker bugs in addition to potential LXC bugs. - IPTables routing for containers to the outside world isn't that hard to manage. - LXC is simple and straightforward, and by comparison Docker is a convoluted confusing mess of additional layers of complexity. - LXC is already used in many real-world applications for operational software everyday. If you want to know anything else about real-world usage of LXC, please feel free to contact me (jay at jaytaylor com), or check out my relevant project: ShipBuilder [1]. [1] https://github.com/sendhub/shipbuilder

In How is Docker.io different from a normal virtual machine?

jaytaylor·Aug 29, 2013

Thanks for pointing this out minikomi, I will have to put together an EC2 quickstart guide. I am thinking of a more succinct form of what is currently the server install documentation [1]. [1] https://github.com/Sendhub/shipbuilder/blob/master/SERVER.md...

In Docker: Git for deployment

consciousness·Aug 28, 2013

I've been keeping an eye on the ShipBuilder PAAS project - the minimalist Heroku clone written in Go. It is starting to look quite promising. Quoting jaytaylor's comment [1] from below: > You may be interested in checking out ShipBuilder - it > is an open-source Heroku-clone PaaS. > > ShipBuilder is written in Go, and uses Git, LXC and > HAProxy to deliver a complete solution for > an application platform-as-a-service. > > http://shipbuilder.io [2] > > https://github.com/sendhub/shipbuilder [3] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6292463 [2] http://shipbuilder.io [3] https://github.com/sendhub/shipbuilder

In Docker: Git for deployment

tombenner·Aug 28, 2013Submission

Shipbuilder: PaaS in Go

2 points · Open discussion

jaytaylor·Aug 28, 2013

You may be interested in checking out ShipBuilder - it is an open-source Heroku-clone PaaS. ShipBuilder is written in Go, and uses Git, LXC and HAProxy to deliver a complete solution for application platform-as-a-service. http://shipbuilder.io https://github.com/sendhub/shipbuilder

In Docker: Git for deployment

jaytaylor·Aug 19, 2013

This looks very similar to the ShipBuilder PaaS written in Go (https://github.com/sendhub/shipbuilder). I am excited to see all these open source PaaS systems beginning to emerge and mature. These all help to foster and sustain an environment which makes creating and hosting large-scale applications easier for developers. A considerable and big win in the OSS world if you ask me!

In Open Source Google App Engine Clone

jaytaylor·Aug 9, 2013

Perhaps ShipBuilder is right up your alley. ShipBuilder is an open-source Heroku-esque PaaS which uses Go, Git, LXC, and HAProxy, with Docker support coming soon! The Shipbuilder codebase is super easy to understand, and aims to make it fast and easy to deploy arbitrary web-applications. Get total control over all aspects of your staging and production environments. More info: http://shipbuilder.io/ https://github.com/sendhub/shipbuilder

In Getting to Docker 1.0

jaytaylor·Aug 8, 2013

When we first began creating ShipBuilder several months ago, Docker was too unstable to develop against. We then looked at using bare LXC instead and realized it was very straightforward (basically as simple as: lxc-clone, lxc-start, lxc-stop, and lxc-destroy). In fact, most of the LXC functionality is encapsulated in this 50-line file: https://github.com/Sendhub/shipbuilder/blob/master/src/execu... I am certainly open to the possibility of adding docker compatibility, especially in the form of a pull-request ;)

In ShipBuilder - Open Source PaaS written in Go

kstaken·Aug 8, 2013Submission

ShipBuilder - Open Source PaaS written in Go

41 points · Open discussion

consciousness·Aug 8, 2013Recommendation phrase

This looks incredibly useful! In the repo (github.com/sendhub/shipbuilder) I see that it is written in go-lang -- which is quickly becoming my favorite programming language. It also uses HAProxy, which I've used many times in the past and it is easily the most powerful software load-balancer in existence. What a potent combination of technology...will definitely be keeping an eye or two on this!

In ShipBuilder: Go make your deployments smooth sailing

jaytaylor·Aug 6, 2013

shameless plug: Open-source Heroku-esque PaaS which uses Go, Git, LXC, and HAProxy. ShipBuilder is a freely available open-source project which aims to make it fast and easy to deploy arbitrary web-applications. Get total control over all aspects of your staging and production environments. More info: http://shipbuilder.io/ https://github.com/sendhub/shipbuilder

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