Nowaker

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by Nowaker 5mo ago
The general unavailability of everything was caused by the system.
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by Nowaker 11y ago
We're likely to use it in the future to choose the right provider and plan. However, I would definitely want to see DigitalOcean and Linode here.
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by Nowaker 12y ago
"We spend the time and energy searching all over the web for cheaper reservations for you", are you really spending time on searching things manually ? If so, I wouldn't pay anything for such a service, because you may appar
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by Nowaker 12y ago
VirtKick is open source, the code is on GitHub: https://github.com/virtkick
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Show HN: VirtKick – self-hosted DigitalOcean – try on your CentOS or VPS(virtkick.io)
10 points by Nowaker 12y ago|1 comments
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by Nowaker 12y ago
That's indeed extremely funny. I spotted it some time after I wrote the original post, then started writing my auto-trolling reply to self. ;)
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by Nowaker 12y ago
I found the reason to visit Stackshare real quick. I just checked today's Analytics of my startup https://www.virtkick.io - 20% visits originates from stackshare, so I now have to claim it. ;) Quite funny, I tell ya. It doe
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by Nowaker 12y ago
Leanstack.io was extremely useful for discovering services. Needed best A/B testing tools? I used to go to Leanstack. I don't seem to find any reason to visit Stackshare. I don't really care whether Twitter uses Zendesk or Fr
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VirtKick Federation – Free VPS for Open Source(virtkick.io)
15 points by Nowaker 12y ago|0 comments
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by Nowaker 12y ago
You may be surprised that VirtKick wraps WebVirtMgr and uses it as a JSON API for libvirt. :-) This is a temporary solution but does the job - it allowed us to start real quick with features that users care about, instead of harnessing libv
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by Nowaker 12y ago
I'm sorry but we missed your comment. Just created an issue to track this problem: https://github.com/virtkick/virtkick/issues/65 Please subscribe to the issue so you'll get the updates.
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(De)websockify SSH to avoid lockdown in hotel rooms(virtkick.io)
8 points by Nowaker 12y ago|0 comments
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by Nowaker 12y ago
Oh, forgot to actually add something there. To give you a better understanding, it'll work the same way as on Heroku.
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by Nowaker 12y ago
Cloud Foundry is a self-hosted Heroku. Both are PaaS (but it's you who provide the "P" with the former). VirtKick is a self-hosted DigitalOcean. Both are very simple IaaS (but it's you who provide the "I" with
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by Nowaker 12y ago
Thanks, can't wait!
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by Nowaker 12y ago
Frankly, there are two mutually exclusive camps: free software and open source. I myself sympathize with free software (GPL) whereas RushPL with open source (MIT). Selling proprietary versions has never been the reason for CLA, though! We w
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by Nowaker 12y ago
It's not our intention though, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8527999
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by Nowaker 12y ago
Exactly right, we value existing tools - that's what makes DO so strong. :)
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by Nowaker 12y ago
What one regards as a feature, other regard as misfeatures. If you like virt-manager, then VirtKick isn't really for you. We value a simple UI more than virt-manager, and REST API more than virsh. We don't say your way is wrong. I
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by Nowaker 12y ago
Yep. Our 128 GB hypervisor wasn't enough. We redirected traffic to a static HTML prototype, so - at least - you guys have a chance to see the design and planned features. https://demo.virtkick.io/
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by Nowaker 12y ago
Not at this point. We're focusing on features now. However, installing an alpha is a matter of 4 commands, give it a try: https://github.com/virtkick/virtkick-starter#virtkick-take-c...
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by Nowaker 12y ago
Not at this point (we mount an ISO as CD), but we've got it planned: https://github.com/virtkick/virtkick/issues/6
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by Nowaker 12y ago
Thanks for your comment. UI comes first as every user will hit it. API comes next. We planned DigitalOcean-compatible API altogether with a CLI. Looks like we removed this from our website by mistake (will get it back real quick), but it&#x
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by Nowaker 12y ago
We don't intend to sell modified proprietary versions. In fact, we planned to re-release it under MIT. Just see on the bottom: "Get excited: (...), MIT..." http://goo.gl/w64Ic5 from https://www.ind
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by Nowaker 12y ago
Oh, that's relatively easy at the moment. Put your distro in these two files. ISO will be autodownloaded by `virtkick-starter` script, and the distro will appear on VM create screen. It'll be configurable in the settings in a mont
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by Nowaker 12y ago
"Pain to configure" is a blocker here, though. That's why we sacrifice flexibility for simplicity. OpenStack is great for environments that need it - VirtKick won't fit them.
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by Nowaker 12y ago
Flynn, Deis, Heroku are PaaS - they are focused on applications. VirtKick is like DigitalOcean or Linode - they are focused on machines (and containers, that you think of as machines). You install it on your Linux desktop (for localhost hac
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by Nowaker 12y ago
Our intention is that you share code back to the project if you modified it and added some new great features. :) If I'm not wrong, it only applies to the modified source code, and not the data/machines that you work with. http:&
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by Nowaker 12y ago
Excactly right - plus on remote hypervisors too. External monitoring integration, and off-site status page, will be actual features of VirtKick. Think of VirtKick is a 1-click installable panel that you can use both on your desktop and as a
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by Nowaker 12y ago
I didn't spot your question. The best way would be to contribute. :) We currently have virtkick-starter, a bunch of scripts that set everything up. You could try it out on Guix and improve if needed. https://github.com/

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