What has been your experience using Fly?
ragamuf
derpycoder
I asked the same question a while back, looking for a way to deploy to a server.
Glad this discussion surfaced to the homepage.
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ca1989
ca1989
I started using asdf via cimon-io.asdf to get the exact version of elixir/erlang on the server.
Then I am building the release on the server (I know it’s sub-optimal, but it’s ok-ish for a toy project).
I am also building the assets on the server (again, sub-optimal, but acceptable for my use case).
I am using nginx as the proxy, no problem with that.
Everything was straightforward, I was really impressed.
Cheers
PS: I would say that if you already know ansible, reading the docs for mix releases and phoenix releases is enough to get you started
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sanswork
Mostly positive though for a long time I continued to self host our databases. I’d still prefer if they had a fully managed Postgres solution but what is there is generally good enough.
They’ve definitely had some growing issues over the last year though I’ve been lucky to avoid most of them causing us outages but I know for many other people that haven’t been so lucky there has been quite a bit of downtime.
Support definitely needs an improvement though we pay for email support and often my emails about outages won’t be responded to until like a day later.
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marschro
My servers are all FreeBSD hosts. So I use FreeBSD jails.
I automate everything with gitlab pipelines.
So at the end, I make a merge request. Tag it with a version. Then the pipeline tests and builds the code with mix release, deploys it, creates a completely new jail with the release and fires its up.
All I have to do is, merge the request, tag it and done.
I will write something about it as soon as I have the time.
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krasenyp
Please, write an article about your process. I’ve been learning FreeBSD for some time and would like to see real world usage, related to Elixir, because I plan on using the OS on my servers.
Currently, I’m able to build a service on the FreeBSD host, using releases, and then restart the system service.
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adw632
Some FreeBSD things to look at:
- Hashicorp Nomad (including Consul and Vault) is good for orchestrating multi datacentre workloads with a task driver for FreeBSD jails Introduction to Nomad | Nomad | HashiCorp Developer
- Nomad jail task driver https://developer.hashicorp.com/nomad/plugins/drivers/community/jail-task-driver
- Nomad with FreeBSD pot jail management tool Cluster provisioning with Nomad and Pot on FreeBSD - Klara Systems
- potluck registry of jail images https://potluck.honeyguide.net/
- for barebones jail creation (it’s not a jail management tool) mkjail can be useful GitHub - mkjail/mkjail · GitHub
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krasenyp
The problem is I’m not there yet and I don’t want to jump on orchestration before knowing my way around the OS. Yes, I can manage jails, but not VNET. I want to be able to set up and shape a network as I want, with no surprises afterwards. I’m the type of person who wants to know the fundamentals first.
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adw632
Some guides on VNET use with jails
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