server.coop VS website

An update: I have found someone for the room in the current house, but that location is very temporary, as it is not conducive to the kind of development I am looking for. What is consuming all my time, and is the reason I have not been actively working on further organizing, is that I am instead working on a prototype for a commercial version of Roomba that automatically plugs itself into a standard power outlet. When I get the very basic prototype of the idea done, I will write up a business plan that details my thoughts on the further steps towards commercialization and post them widely for feedback and additions. As the current location for these ideas is only in my head, I need to get them out in physical form before I can seek collaboration on this endeavor. Hopefully this will be done in a month or two. However, if other people have product ideas that are further fleshed out or are interested in taking over another idea I had that is currently on hold due to lack of interest and time (a cooperative cloud provider https://github.com/TheOtherRealm/server.coop that needs a complete overhaul, or more likely to start from scratch, that replaces the Docker swarm with something better), by all means share!

Traefik : A modern HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer that makes deploying microservices easy. Traefik integrates with your existing infrastructure components and configures itself automatically and dynamically. it's also well integrated with Let's Encrypt (Alternatives : HAProxy, Kong, NGINX)

Let's Encrypt

cert-manager is a CRD (Custom Resource Definition) that dynamically generates TLS/SSL certificates for our applications using Let's Encrypt (although it also supports other issuers).

Install Certbot Certbot is a CLI that helps to obtain and maintain Let's Encrypt cert.

Let's Encrypt. CapRover automatically configures each service with nginx. SSL certificates (on multiple domains too) are just the click of a button.

you should look at free services like https://letsencrypt.org/

Let's Encrypt Let's Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority brought to you by the nonprofit Internet Security…letsencrypt.org

Today, you will learn how to deploy your node.js project to the internet via an Amazon Web Services EC2 Instance at little or no cost. You will learn how to create an AWS EC2 Instance and work in Amazon Linux 2, create and manage services with SYSTEMD, use NGINX as a reverse proxy and obtain an SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt to ensure your website is secure via HTTPS protocol. So let’s get to it and deploy your project to your EC2 Instance.

Luckily you can get the https easily. I’ve been using https://letsencrypt.org/ to get it encrypted. Was fast and free. No real barrier just a bunch of setup.