Directus self-hosted instance on aws lightsail Ubuntu 22.04 with cloudron server managment tool

[alexmazaltov]

What is your idea?

I want to share my experience of how I was able to create an AWS Lightsail Ubuntu 22.04 instance (22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 13 18:54:49 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux) The delivery path of custom extensions in that case is complicated and not obvious and needs to be clarified.

What are the key takeaways from your post?

1. Creating AWS Lightsail instance that fits with cloudron requirements.
2. Bind static IP address to be pointed in my domain management, as well creating A record for new subdomain to be specified during setting up cloudron server (e.g.: cloud.alefinvest.xyz)
3. Perform updates in aws lightsail instances before running up cloudron-setup shell script.
4. Setting up A record to finalist cloudron server management (my.cloud.alefinvest)
5. Setting up A record for new app(directus 10.10.5) installation directus.cloud.alefinvest.xyz
6. Delivery custom extension via filemanager UI inside installed directus app.
7. TODO: Performing steps following README.md in example folder of custom directus-extension-stripe

What type of post is this?

Self-Hosting Guide

Country of residence

Ukraine, US

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[alexmazaltov]

Is Ukrainian location acceptable for contributions in dev blog?

[phazonoverload]

Yes indeed. As long as there's no US trade embargo we are open to authors from all over the world 😄 There are some regions where paying is harder, which is why we ask upfront. As far as I remember, Ukraine has never been an issue in the past.

Now, I'm wondering how generic we can go with this post in terms of extension delivery for self-hosted projects. Any thoughts?

[alexmazaltov]

I think we can cover the deployment via cloudron the directus backend app and nextjs frontend app to fetch data from directus app via API.

Here my repo that prove possibility to do so: https://github.com/alexmazaltov/nextjs-app-for-directus-vai-cloudron

[phazonoverload]

Hey @alexmazaltov and apologies for the delay. On further review, this seems like a very niche setup for specific vendors, so it isn't the right fit for this program.