We definitely understand - we plan on tackling this with the release of our Containership Kubernetes Service. Users will be able to enter the credentials to their hosting provider, and CKS will provision a highly-available and secure Kubernetes cluster on the IaaS of their choice.
This is really nice. In our experience, databases are still a huge hurdle for running stateful multicloud deployments. As we try to simplify multicloud container deployment, global replication and multi-region support are going to come in handy. I’m really excited to start dev’ing against this release, and hope to have a containerized version of FaunaDB available via Containership soon. I’d be interested to gauge interest in a containerized FaunaDB among the broader dev community, since to me it seems like a perfect match.
We are glad you like the model. This is exactly what the preview release is intended for. Our Enterprise Edition will truly fulfill the promise, because nothing goes with containerized deployments like globally distributed consistency.
this is definitely a valid concern. decoupling automation from your cloud provider, moving it a layer up the stack, and leveraging only IaaS, can actually be quite helpful in these scenarios. this is an area where having a multicloud strategy, or minimally the ability to move between clouds at will, is essential.
Wow, this is great - I started using Meter Feeder a few months ago in Pittsburgh. I'm sure Pittsburgh is similar to most of the country in that we've had no choice but to use antiquated meters. It really is one of those situations where since it's now easy, I've found myself always paying for parking, whereas before I skipped on payment more often than not.
Looking forward to watching Meter Feeder execute on its goals, and congrats on the acceptance to YC W16!
Thanks, Norman. We've recently rolled out to a few more areas around Pittsburgh. Looks like there are another five, in Southwester PA, switching to us over the next few months.
Thank you! We believe with native support for running persistent applications, ContainerShip leads the pack in simplicity for a full-featured containerized workload platform.
If you haven't already, check out http://12factor.net/config for their recommended best practice for dynamic configuration between environments through the use of environment variables.