DigitalOcean launches its container service

Re:DigitalOcean launches its container service by rolleiflex on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @08:14PM (#18660560)

Thanks for the tutorials and for keeping them up to date. I’m probably not their target audience for the most part, but when I need to do something in an unfamiliar stack, [stack name] + digitalocean is usually my first search. Wish you guys had a little more of a professional oriented products (think AWS/GCP) and no ‘max 10 servers’ kind of rules so I could use it.

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Re:DigitalOcean launches its container service by skissane on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @09:18PM (#18660856)

> no ‘max 10 servers’ kind of rules

You can contact their Support to get that increased. Just guessing at the reason, but if there was no limit, what happens if someone hacks your account and spins up a 100,000 node cryptocurrency mining farm?

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Re:DigitalOcean launches its container service by rolleiflex on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @09:29PM (#18660911)

The same thing applies to AWS, and AWS doesn't have '10 servers maximum' limit.

Beyond anything, it tells people about their target audience, which is indie development. That's fine, and it's a great market to be in. But in the case I have to spin up 17 servers in 24 hours in three continents, I can't really afford to deal with DigitalOcean's support under that kind of stress. This doesn't happen often, but when it happens, it absolutely breaks you.

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Re:DigitalOcean launches its container service by zonywhoop on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @09:51PM (#18661010)

AWS most definitely has service limits that apply to all products including ec2 for this exact (and other abusive) reasons. In fact, the aws limits are even more convoluted and can hit at random if not tracked. More details here: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/faqs/#How_many_instances_can_I_ru...

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Re:DigitalOcean launches its container service by geerlingguy on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @11:42PM (#18661450)

Yeah, as I was building out some apps over the past year it was a game of ‘which account limit will I hit next’. Most of them require a support ticket to be raised, and justification.

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Re:DigitalOcean launches its container service by zacharybk on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @11:16PM (#18661357)

Hey Rolleiflex - Thanks so much for being a DigitalOcean customer! We would be happy to increase your Droplet limit if you get in touch. Just visit the support link from your Cloud control panel to make the request or drop me a line directly (first name @).

Thanks! Zach Director of Support, DigitalOcean

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Re:DigitalOcean launches its container service by rolleiflex on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @12:41AM (#18661637)

Hey Zach, thanks for chiming in. I’ve moved on from DO to AWS a long time ago, but I appreciate the sentiment.

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Re:DigitalOcean launches its container service by ksec on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @08:51AM (#18663849)

May be they should allow customer to set higher default limit instead of 10? Which is silly.

( I never knew there was such a low limit of 10 instances. )

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Re:DigitalOcean launches its container service by freehunter on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @09:27AM (#18664129)

For what it's worth, my account has a limit of 25 and I've never requested an increase. So I guess after some period of use and payment they trust you and increase your limit automatically?

I've been a DO customer for 5 years but I'm not sure when my droplet limit was increased.

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Re:DigitalOcean launches its container service by csomar on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @12:13PM (#18665648)

I thought the limit was for your protection and you can get it increased just by contacting them?

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Re:DigitalOcean launches its container service by warrenm on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @03:36PM (#18710293)

I preemptively contacted Support to verify my bona fides - I think my cap now (self-requested) is something like 50 or so

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Re:DigitalOcean launches its container service by amichal on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @09:49PM (#18660994)

AWS also has a initial soft limit on EC2 instances. I dont remember what it is but its <100

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Re:DigitalOcean launches its container service by rolleiflex on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @12:39AM (#18661632)

Yeah, I’m sure they have — It’s just that AWS’ limits are a lot more compatible with a startup (vs an indie developer) than DigitalOcean’s.

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Re:DigitalOcean launches its container service by Drdrdrq on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @02:43PM (#18667092)

FWIW, I find AWS limits confusing and seemingly random. Also, the fact that you can't limit total spending is _very_ unfriendly to (at least indie, as you point out) developers. I have no experience with DO though, maybe that will change with this offering.

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Re:DigitalOcean launches its container service by dwrowe on Thursday December 13, 2018 @08:30AM (#18672131)

Have you actually dealt with their support though? Your example of going from (seemingly) zero servers to 17 across 3 continents in 24 hours (indicating unforeseen absolutely incredible traction and growth) seems significantly less likely than getting a response from their support team increasing usage limits within the same timeframe.

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