Can distros make the link?
Deb Nicholson & Christopher Allan Webber
press@mediagoblin.org
2015-02-01 Sun
Introductions
Why should you care about decentralized web services?
What's the goal?
Packaging / how it can help!
So, talk over right?
What's needed?
Whew!
Configuring your application
Configuring the web server
SSL and DNS and friends
The database and migrations
Multi-instance config
Keeping it up to date
Wow! Are we depressed yet?
Things that might help
Containers
Configuration abstraction layers
Make it more GUI friendly?
Incomplete solutions with good ideas
Solutions to explore?
Config systems with recipes
devops -> "userops"
Functional distros: Guix/Nix
Sandstorm
https://demo.sandstorm.io/appdemo/70awyqss6jq2gkz7dwzsnvumzr07256pzdt3hda9acfuxwh6uh7h
Credits
- "Crème Chantilly" (whipped cream) by Paul Downey (CC BY 2.0):
- "Maraschino Cherries" by Windy Wingers (CC BY 2.0): https://www.flickr.com/photos/windywinters/3768609310
- "Ghirardelli Banana Split" by Sodanie Chea (CC BY 2.0): https://www.flickr.com/photos/sodaniechea/8010244504
- "Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce 4" by Katie (CC BY 2.0): https://www.flickr.com/photos/61192399@N04/9309721730
Credits (cotd.)
- "Fresh strawberry ice cream" by Joy (CC BY 2.0): https://www.flickr.com/photos/joyosity/3541994035
- "Whole Walnut Kernel" by Lawrencekhoo (CC BY-SA 3.0):
- "Banana - Isolated" by robin24 (CC BY 2.0): https://www.flickr.com/photos/robin24/5129712590
- "Peeled Banana" by Dan Foy (CC BY 2.0): https://www.flickr.com/photos/orangeacid/212833718
Thanks!
Let's package the customizable free software web of the future!*
Talk released under CC BY-SA 4.0 International.
Contact us:
- Deb Nicholson: deb@eximiousproductions.com
- Christopher Webber: cwebber@dustycloud.org
- MediaGoblin: http://mediagoblin.org/
* -- and add abstraction layers so this stuff is easy for users