SPaaS (Small Product as a Service)

A lightweight Heroku like PaaS.

Link to CLI

Info

Currently only nodejs deployments

Install Server

Prerequisites

• Docker
• SSH into Server

With Domain

You have to have your domain setup already.

Execute on Server:

docker run -d \ 
    -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
    -v ~/<spaas-directory>:/root/.spaas \
    -e HOST_CONFIG_FOLDER='~/<spaas-directory>'
    --label traefik.frontend.rule=Host:spaas.<your-domain>.<your-domain-extension> \
    --name spaas mgranderath/spaas

Now you should be able to access the dashboard at http://spaas.<your-domain>.<your-domain-extension>

Without Domain

Execute on Server:

docker run -d \ 
    -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
    -v ~/<spaas-directory>:/root/.spaas \
    -e HOST_CONFIG_FOLDER='~/<spaas-directory>'
    --label traefik.frontend.rule=PathPrefixStrip:/spaas \
    --name spaas mgranderath/spaas

Now you should be able to access the dashboard at http://<your-ip>/spaas

Next Step (Modifying config)

Next you should modify the config to your liking. There should be one created in ~/<spaas-directory>. It's nane is .spaas.json.

You can modify the following settings:

Setting	Default	Explained
username	spaas	this is the username you use to login
letsencrypt	false	use automatic letsencrypt ssl certs (only with domains)
letsEncryptEmail	"[email protected]"	this is the email that will be used to request certs
domain	example.com	the domain to be used for deployments
useDomain	false	use the domain for deployments

If you change the letsencrypt or letsEncryptEmail settings you should remove the traefik container (docker rm -f spaas-traefik) and then restart SPaaS (docker restart spaas).

Important Info

• The default login credentials are spaas:smallpaas
• Without a domain the deployed apps can be accessed under <your-ip>/spaas/<app-name>
• With a domain the deployed apps can be accessed under <app-name>.<your-domain>.<your-domain-extension>
• !!! You should change the password as soon as possible. Either using the dashboard or the cli application !!!

Deploying a App

!!! Only nodejs is supported for now !!!

Create a new app

When you create a new app using either the cli or the dashboard you should get back a path called RepoPath. This is the location of the git repo on the server.

You should add the following as a git remote for the project you want to deploy:

git remote add spaas <ssh-server-username>@<server>:<repo-path>

Before Deploying

You have to specify the start command for the server to know which command to run to start the web server.

Add a file spaas.json in the project directory.

{
  "start": <app-start-command>
}

Deploying

To deploy the app you just have to follow the usual procedure to push to a git repository.

1. git add .
2. git commit -m "message"
3. git push spaas master

If the push succeeds and you do not see any error you should be able to see your app on the address that is specified above depending on your configuration.