Hosting for BuildServer

[Diego Barreiro]

Is there any free option to host a BuildServer?
In Makeroid, we are currently hosting it on a paid VPS inside AmazonWebService EC2 infrastructure, but we would wonder if we can host it on GAE or Heroku or whatever other free service to reduce costs
Thanks in advance for the reply

[Jos Flores]

None that I know of, as the build server is quite intensive, and as
you grow in users, you'll probably need several running in parallel.
No free offerings will be able to handle the load in their free tier.
Also, think that, depending on the services you want to provide your
users with, you will not only need CPU time, but also a lot of storage
for apk files, and then some more storage for backups.

If you have filed as a company, you might get some kind of credits or
grants to pay for servers, but other than that, or running your own
office network (a beefy network connection and a cheap server box), I
don't see a way around it. Happy to hear other's experiences.

cheers,
José



On 19 August 2017 at 23:10, Diego Barreiro

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[Diego Barreiro]

Now, in Makeroid, we are running the BuildServer under a Smart VPS of ArubaCloud infrastructure

They have the cheapest VPS I know, and they are quite good and customizable

2 months for free, then 1$ per month for 1Gb of RAM, 20Gb of SSD and 1vCPU, there are more options too, but that I think is enough

Hope this helps anyone who wants to run a production BuildServer

[Jos Flores]

Thanks for the info, Diego. It sure will be helpful! :)

cheers,
José



On 28 August 2017 at 12:57, Diego Barreiro

[Ravi kumar]

Hi..

I am trying to build server in arubacloud.

I think it need 32 bit linux machine, so in the os selection which os is suitable

CentOS 6.x 32bit - Web Server LAMP

or

CentOS 6.x 32bit 

please give me sugestion.

Thank you

[Jos Flores]

Hi there,

you need some Java 32bit compatibility packages, but you can install
them on a 64bit machine.
The instructions are tailored for distros that use apt packages, so I
would recommend either Ubuntu or Debian 64bit with the appropriate
packages. It should be possible to use other distributions, but you
may need to do a bit of digging on how to install the compatibility
packages.

cheers,
José

[Moliata]

If I am right, 2nd option. First option is more for hosting a website, because LAMP Web Server is L Apache + MySQL + PHP

[Moliata]

Also L stands for Linux

[Diego Barreiro]

CentOS and Debian or Ubuntu are both based on Linux, but CentOS has been modified to suit non-GUI workspaces and consequently to host any type of server, so that's why is preferred it for hosting. It's more light and faster than Debian

However, any Linux distro is suitable for servers

IMO, I prefer to use CentOS in servers, but I've used too Debian, Ubuntu, Arch...

To host the BuildServer, as it has been said, it's preferred to use Debian or Ubuntu due to their package manager (aptitude) instead of CentOS (yum). Also, for getting started I would highly recommend Debian as it's easier to use

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[Ravi kumar]

thank you sir. I will try Debian.

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