Nodester is an open source platform that provides free Node.js hosting. It currently hosts around 2,000 apps and is built on Amazon EC2 instances. The main components are proxy.js which handles all HTTP and Websocket requests, and app.js which handles the REST API, CLI, and nodester.com site. The roadmap includes separating out features, reorganizing the system layout, looking at alternative sandboxing, and potentially breaking components out to their own VMs.

1. { nodestaaarrrarrrchitecture } @nodester @chrismatthieu @WeAreFractal @nodeAZ

2. { nodester architecture } @nodester @chrismatthieu @WeAreFractal @nodeAZ

3. { nodester stats } Open source platform provides free node.js hosting Started by @chrismatthieu Currently hosting about 2,000 apps Github: 280 watchers + 32 forks Coupons requested: 10,000+ Coupons in the wild: 3,000+

5. 6.5 ECU (2 virtual cores with 3.25 ECU each)

6. 420 GB storage

8. { implementation}

9. { high level } Handles all HTTP and Websocket requests without reverse proxy proxy.js Handles all REST API, CLI, and nodester.com traffic 2,000+ Node.JS apps! apps app.js

11. Chroot & Unionfs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnionFS

12. { roadmap }

13. { replaced “forever” with upstart }

14. { separate out features } and { reorganize system layout }

15. { separate out features}

16. { reorg system layout } /var/nodester /api /apps /nodester.com /proxy

17. { look at alternative sandboxing implementations }

18. SELinux? http://selinuxproject.org set of kernel modifications and user-space tools that can be added to various Linux distributions aligned with Orange Book (TCSEC) mandatory access control (MAC)

19. { create VM }

20. { replace node-http-proxy }

21. { break out components to own VM’s for production}