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 system utilizes chroot and Unionfs for sandboxing apps, and the roadmap includes separating out features, reorganizing the system layout, and potentially exploring alternative sandboxing methods like SELinux.

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

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

3. { nodester stats }Open source platform provides free node.js hostingStarted by @chrismatthieuCurrently hosting about 2,000 appsGithub: 280 watchers + 32 forksCoupons requested: 10,000+Coupons in the wild: 3,000+

4. { system specs }Amazon EC2 Extra Large High Memory17.1 GB memory

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

6. 420 GB storage

7. 64-bit platform{ main components }

8. { implementation}

9. { high level }Handles all HTTP and Websocket requests without reverse proxyproxy.jsHandles all REST API, CLI, and nodester.com traffic2,000+ Node.JS apps!appsapp.js

11. Chroot & Unionfshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroothttp://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 distributionsaligned 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}