[bombax-support] Where can I have my Bombax web applications hosted?

[poematrix]

Hi.

I just discovered Bombax and I am very excited about its potential.
Before I invest time to explore its full potential, I wanted to
briefly consult with you regarding hosting.

Once I have a Bombax web app ready to go, where can I have it hosted?

Thanks.
Elan

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[Dominic Blais]

Hello, Elan. Right now the two main options are to either host it
yourself or to use one of the existing OS X hosting companies out
there. These hosting companies have solutions ranging from co-
location to fully managed servers. Here are a few links to get you
started (this isn't a comprehensive list and I don't specifically
recommend these over other hosting companies):
http://www.macminicolo.net/
http://www.xservhosting.com/
http://www.solidspace.com/hosting_solutions/dedicated/mac_mini_configuration.aspx

I hope this helps and welcome to the Bombax community!

Sincerely,
Dominic Blais
COO & Hacker-in-Chief

[Jeff Cook]

I am interested in Bombax; however, all of my servers run Abyss web
server and being very happy with almost everything about Abyss have no
desire to change. Is there a way to run Bombax without nginx or is it an
essential part of the equation?

Regards,

Jeff Cook

[Dominic Blais]

Yes, you can do this, although extracting out Nginx and the Bombax GUI
app is a bit tricky. Abyss appears to support FastCGI and that's the
key to getting a BxApp to work with a web server. There are several
command line arguments to a BxApp that set things up. They are all
optional and if they are all omitted, it simply uses the default debug
socket at NSTemporaryDirectory()/bombax-debug.sock (i.e. use the
result of NSTemporaryDirectory()).

-socket {PATH_TO_FASTCGI_SOCKET} <-- use the same socket path as
you gave your server
-root {PATH_TO_URLROOT} <-- this could be '/mypackage' for example
to let your BxApp know that /mypackage is the root of all requests for
this app
-config 1 <-- if this is set, then it will launch the GUI
configurator for your BxApp
-threads 4 <-- you can set this for any number of threads, but 4 is
the default

The only other part is to have your server set the SERVER_SOFTWARE
param as 'Bombax/1.0'.

So, it's not easy, but it can definitely be done.

Sincerely,
Dominic Blais
COO & Hacker-in-Chief