Alex Tweedly wrote:
On 19/11/2019 18:19, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
I may be able to help with the workaround, writing a script to set
that up. But I'm finding that there are so many different shared
hosting configs, each with their own precious special needs, that
making a single installation script for all of them is non-trivial.
...
That's not *simply* selfishness, because I believe there are perhaps
only a handful of ISPs who provide a high percentage of the Livecode
(shared) servers found in the real world, and I'm optimistic to think
that solving this problem for those cases would be enough to make a
difference, and specifically would help anyone coming to LC server as
a new user.
Google tells me (in a 30 second search, limited to the first two pages)
that only on-rev (aka Livecode hosting) and HostM specifically
advertise
themselves for Livecode servers. Maybe those two would be a good start
?
I suppose they would.
I don't use either, but you've inspired me. :)
I use Dreamhost and Interserver, and conceivably if I write a script
that works with both of those we may find that's fine for most others.
And then for edge cases we can maintain the code on GitHub so anyone who
needs a change for another host can just add that part.
In order of prevalence I'd guess that LC deploys are most common on:
on-rev.com (very big)
hostm.com (kinda big)
dreamhost.com (several)
jaguarpc.com (a few)
...and after that we're looking at a long but slim tail.
I'll give it some thought for when my client work is behind me and I
have some spare time.
It would also be nice to write a script for installing LC Server on
systems that don't have it preinstalled (pretty much everyone right now
except on-rev and hostm). Even better would be to handle both shared
and VPS hosting. If Let's Encrypt can be automated for so many systems
with CertBot (an excellent piece of work), surely we can install LC
Server.
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Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Systems
Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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