Status Endpoint

[vanlooverenkoen]

Is it possible to create a status endpoint?

for example

/status -> Under Maintenance -> Under Heavy Load -> Server Down -> Ok

[jupiter50]

One suggestion @vanlooverenkoen: you can also run the files on your own server like myself and others? That way you have full control

[vanlooverenkoen]

Yeah but that will cost me a lot of money. Where do you host?

[jupiter50]

Not really, you can get cheap hosting for about $5 a month. I use my server for a number of things so pay a lot more

[vanlooverenkoen]

Yeah but most of the time you need to pay extra for a database.

[vanlooverenkoen]

And where do you host?

[jupiter50]

This app doesnt need a database. It writes JSON files to the file directory

[vanlooverenkoen]

Oke, I didn't know that. Where do you host your website?

[mess110]

Taking the load off my server is nice because it allows me to keep the server costs low.

Traffic seems to have increased and sometimes the script runs for more than 5 minutes and another script is triggered and memory gets full etc.

This is the first time I am starting to have some resource issues, will see how I address this. Pending

[jupiter50]

My 2 cents for what it's worth is that you already generous with your time, it's not really fair on you to also stump up more expense on higher server costs. Your small server is useful to validate and check and see how your application works but anyone looking to use this data for anything beyond all that should either move to their own server or compensate you on an ongoing basis for server costs.

[vanlooverenkoen]

Yeah I know but my application is used by 15 people daily, Could that realy be the problem? And if I host it myself? The resource issue will probably return.

[jupiter50]

What is your application? What are the exact calls they are making? If you host it yourself, you have control of scaling your server to meet demand. e.g start small and incrementally upgrade as load increases

[vanlooverenkoen]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=be.vanlooverenkoen.cryptochecker

This is my application.

[jupiter50]

What's your plan when you have 100 or 1000 or 10000 users?

I can't speak on Cristian's behalf but I personally think its a bit unreasonable for someone to expect him to cover the costs of being someone's back end service. By maxing his server, you are affecting others like me who occasionally use his server to validate any issues on my own server or see the impact of any application changes hes made before rolling it out on mine

[vanlooverenkoen]

Yeah I know, that's why I asked where you host?

[jupiter50]

It doesn't matter where I host mine, you just need to find a Linux based hosting (nearly all hosting companies) that you can afford. Check out for recommendations http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1

[vanlooverenkoen]

And I need to look for Ruby hosting? Or just linux?

[jupiter50]

@mess110 can probably better comment on what hosting he uses and what his app needs but if you get Linux then you should be able to install Ruby or whatever else you/the app needs

[vanlooverenkoen]

But that will always be a vps? or am I wrong?

[jupiter50]

I guess it depends on what package you go for and what rights the company will give you. But I believe VPS gives you the most access and freedom (which is what I have). This is more expensive though so Cristian might be able to recommend what his hosting is

[vanlooverenkoen]

Would you recommend to host it on a raspbery pi 3?

[mess110]

Regarding hosting, any VPS will do. I also prefer that option due to the flexibility of a VPS. Any Linux based VPS should do. It is what I also use for this project.

More info on how I am temporarily addressing this issue:

https://www.reddit.com/r/coinmarketcapjson/comments/6wrv72/new_version_v8_is_stable/

[vanlooverenkoen]

any recomendations about cpu cores, speed and amount of ram?

[vanlooverenkoen]

and how much space does your server need?

[mess110]

It is currently hosted on a server with 2 virtual CPUs, 1GB RAM and 30GB disk space. Please consider the server has quite a big load on it, normally that should suffice

[vanlooverenkoen]

Oke, I will take a look at it. I also have a synology nas at home. I wil take a look at that first