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Pip the WoT guy 5mo ago

Business idea for devs: relay hosting as a service.

If you want to run a relay, now you have to:

- rent a server

- configure it

- install relay software

- maintain it over time

What if you could simply click a button, and have your relay hosted without hassle.

You'll have the ability to configure every detail from a nice admin panel, so it fits your usecase perfectly.

You can even add custom code on all major relay functions like:

- when a client connects

- when receiving an event

- when receiving a req

- when a client fails to auth

and so on

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il_lost_ 5mo ago

Eggstr

relay tools

and lnvps

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 5mo ago

this is why at the moment i'm working on some sync systems to enable a DNS with multiple relay servers at different locations distributing connections so that if one or more of them go offline for whatever reason, the other servers still answer, and all of the relays in the cluster sync together so whenever new events go into one of the replicas, they are propagated across the cluster instantly

high-availability, reliable relay hosting. doesn't even have to be that expensive, a VPS at $5/month should be able to serve about 1000 users. i've got later designs in mind to create larger clusters where there is a number of "archival" replicas that maintain a larger database and then smaller ones that have a "layer 2" database that propagates queries to the archival replicas and pulls in older data that fell out of the smaller relay caches so that when there is spikes in demand for older events these are pulled in by the first one to get the query and then when stored, replicated across the "cache relay" databases.

building the deployment system for this will be the third task in my list of things to do, once i have built out all the parts for it.

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Freedom Tech Co. 5mo ago

we're working on this, using cloudron

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Pip the WoT guy 5mo ago

I want to learn more

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Freedom Tech Co. 5mo ago

Cloudron is a self hosted platform geared towards small businesses. Kinda like start 9 but on clearnet, with email, and auth services (ldap, oidc)

Used by thousands of companies, and it's the reason that Freedom Tech Co can operate without google, microsoft etc

We are in the process of putting a bunch of apps on their store, including:

- httpN

- blossom

- strfry relay

- btc core

- btcpay server

- SIGit

- Trackstr

With cloudron you can run on your own infrastructure, and it's entirely point and click.

It's a paid service (with free tier), if you don't pay, you lose updates. That's it. And the fact they charge means you get support, and the service is sustainable.

Here's a sample package: https://git.nostrdev.com/stuff/cloudron-strfry

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Pip the WoT guy 5mo ago

wow, this is really great!

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cloud fodder 5mo ago

yes, and with open source relay tools, anyone can create their business without having to code it. just install. (like cpanel was)

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Pip the WoT guy 5mo ago

I've messaged you on Simplex to learn more about it sir