Ask HN: Deploying a web app to a VPS in 2017

Posted by ollieco on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @04:17AM
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I am a looking to deploy a small web application to a VPS that I bought.

I was hoping to learn a bit about devops in the process (instead of relying on a PaaS like Heroku) but the ecosystem seems overwhelming. There seems to be a large number of moving parts - Docker, Kubernetes etc.

What are some of the simpler options to deploy web apps to a VPS?

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Re:Ask HN: Deploying a web app to a VPS in 2017 by pocketgophers on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @05:34AM (#14444012)

My site, https://pocketgophers.com, is written in Go and deployed on a single VPS. I described my setup at https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/best-go-dev-deployment-envi...

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Re:Ask HN: Deploying a web app to a VPS in 2017 by dsy_oi on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @05:18AM (#14443934)

I think you should use dokku[1], which is the simplest if you want to deploy on a VPS. Kubernetes, ECS are multi-node solutions and may not be ideal for you now.

[1]: https://github.com/dokku/dokku

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Re:Ask HN: Deploying a web app to a VPS in 2017 by sanswork on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @04:20AM (#14443683)

It really depends on what the webapp is developed in.

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Re:Ask HN: Deploying a web app to a VPS in 2017 by ollieco on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @04:24AM (#14443697)

It is written in Go (Golang).

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Re:Ask HN: Deploying a web app to a VPS in 2017 by sanswork on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @05:33PM (#14448723)

stick the executible on the server with nginx in front of it for the easiest setup.

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