Ask HN: Package and sell self-hosted web-app?

4 pointsby mrskitch9 yıl önce3 comments

I'm working on a SaaS product that, by the nature of it, doesn't make sense to do a cloud model. Instead I'd like to sell yearly licenses for it, and distribute a container or some easy-to-consume image.

The Docker store seems perfect for this, but I'm not seeing a lot of containers people charge outright for (which gives me flashbacks to the App Store). I'm wondering how folks here package up a server+DB for distribution and sale?

3 comments

relaxitup9 yıl önce

VM images are common. vmdk, qcow, etc. Check out Bitnami and the variety of different appliances/images they offer for most of the apps/services that they offer. That should help in figuring out how to package it up...

stephenr9 yıl önce

Why not package for common distros (deb, rpm) and require payment for access to your apt/yum repo - no payment, no updates.

the_common_man9 yıl önce

Checkout the cloudron store. But they don't sell apps afaik.