Hi folks. I am a newbie. Please pardon my for being presumptuous but....
have you guys considered creating a bash script that would enable non-technical users to provision a "plain vanilla VPS" with a live installation of thirty bees?
By "plain vanilla VPS" I mean one that does not have any applications installed on it except for those included with the operating system such as CentOS 7.x. In other words, I am imagining a bash script that would install:
nginx 1.12.x
MariaDB 10.2.x
PHP 7.1x
the required and recommended PHP extensions
the recommended thirty bees php.ini settings
and any other necessary items
See, CentOS 7: Nginx, MariaDB Installation script led me to avitex/centos7psinstall.sh which enabled me to successfully install PrestaCart 1.6x (along with Nginx and MariaDB) on a USD 2.50/month (two US dollars and fifty cents per month) plain vanilla VPS with 1 CPU and 512MB 500GB in no more than 15 minutes by doing the following:
Logging in to my inexpensive USD 2.50 per month account at my ISP.
“Spinning up” (that is to say, creating) a new CentOS 7.x server with a three clicks (had I chosen the default server in Miami it would have only taken me two clicks). That took me less than 10 seconds. I am not exaggerating.
in the same terminal I had logged into in previous two steps.
Answering a few questions and following the instructions at prompts in the same terminal I ran the bash script in the previous step.
This was simple, cheap, easy, and allowed me (a non-technical person) to look at the script and verify that the code being installed was coming from a known source (namely, prestashop.com).
"There are lots of products that are loved just by techies but not by normals. When something is getting hyped by techies, one of the hardest things to figure out is whether it will cross over to normals." Excerpted from Techies and normals.
I presume the more reasonable thirty bees installation options potential users are offered, the more users thirty bees will likely amass. And make no mistake about increasing the number of users of thirty bees software is essential at this point. Clearly thirty bees user base must grow big quickly in order to generate sufficient income to become self-sustaining.
Sure, initially developers (businesses) attract users (customers). A new restaurant (developers) must open its doors to attract customers (users). But ultimately it is users (customers) that make or break a business. A busy restaurant can normally find plenty of cooks because the restaurant will generate sufficient income to pay the cooks. But how would a restaurant employing some of the finest chefs in the world afford to pay their salaries without customers?
I do not pretend that this bash script option I have suggested is the single best option for every potential user of thirty bees. Rather the bash script option is an option that thirty bees should make available. Why?
I assume that at least, say, 5% of potential users of thirty bees will likely see this as the best option for them. Why?
This option would enable potential non-technical users to remarkably quickly and easily provision a new server that they had just spun up on a VPS at an ordinary ISP with with thirty bees. I estimate the installation would take no more than 15 minutes with a minimum of muss and fuss.
Yes, I am aware of thirty bees other installation options including A2 Hosting's single click using Softaculous https://www.a2hosting.com/thirty-bees-hosting. No, those solutions are not necessarily better than the one I am proposing.
If you disagree with my one or more of arguments please present me with carefully considered arguments that specifically rebut one or more of my arguments. Please neither rebut points I have not made nor misrepresent points I have made in order to, say, trot out a favorite argument of yours.
I have little patience for male technical folks who jettison their rational thinking in order to cleave to some deeply cherished yet erroneous, often inane, and almost always self-serving belief of theirs that they blindly worship. Women, on the other hand, often cannot help but follow their hearts therefore I do not mind them being irrational but I simply won't argue with them when they are. If you crave enlightened political correctness please don't engage me in discourse.
For example, if you seem to be a man and were to respond with something like, “anyone who wants what u r suggesting should use the terminal. lol.” or “Did you pull that 5% number out of thin air? Good grief. Get a grip. SMH” I would likely rip your argument to shreds and pillory you.
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Hi folks. I am a newbie. Please pardon my for being presumptuous but....
have you guys considered creating a bash script that would enable non-technical users to provision a "plain vanilla VPS" with a live installation of thirty bees?
By "plain vanilla VPS" I mean one that does not have any applications installed on it except for those included with the operating system such as CentOS 7.x. In other words, I am imagining a bash script that would install:
See, CentOS 7: Nginx, MariaDB Installation script led me to avitex/centos7psinstall.sh which enabled me to successfully install PrestaCart 1.6x (along with Nginx and MariaDB) on a USD 2.50/month (two US dollars and fifty cents per month) plain vanilla VPS with 1 CPU and 512MB 500GB in no more than 15 minutes by doing the following:
Entering
ssh root@the_domain_my_ISP_instantly_assigned_to_my_new_CentOS7.x_server
Entering the password my ISP assigned to my new CentOS 7.x server.
Entering:
bash -c "$(wget -O - https://gist.githubusercontent.com/avitex/ea35054b28530b3b3fd482c7232b47f1/raw)"
in the same terminal I had logged into in previous two steps.
This was simple, cheap, easy, and allowed me (a non-technical person) to look at the script and verify that the code being installed was coming from a known source (namely, prestashop.com).
"There are lots of products that are loved just by techies but not by normals. When something is getting hyped by techies, one of the hardest things to figure out is whether it will cross over to normals." Excerpted from Techies and normals.
I presume the more reasonable thirty bees installation options potential users are offered, the more users thirty bees will likely amass. And make no mistake about increasing the number of users of thirty bees software is essential at this point. Clearly thirty bees user base must grow big quickly in order to generate sufficient income to become self-sustaining.
Sure, initially developers (businesses) attract users (customers). A new restaurant (developers) must open its doors to attract customers (users). But ultimately it is users (customers) that make or break a business. A busy restaurant can normally find plenty of cooks because the restaurant will generate sufficient income to pay the cooks. But how would a restaurant employing some of the finest chefs in the world afford to pay their salaries without customers?
I do not pretend that this bash script option I have suggested is the single best option for every potential user of thirty bees. Rather the bash script option is an option that thirty bees should make available. Why?
I assume that at least, say, 5% of potential users of thirty bees will likely see this as the best option for them. Why?
This option would enable potential non-technical users to remarkably quickly and easily provision a new server that they had just spun up on a VPS at an ordinary ISP with with thirty bees. I estimate the installation would take no more than 15 minutes with a minimum of muss and fuss.
Yes, I am aware of thirty bees other installation options including A2 Hosting's single click using Softaculous https://www.a2hosting.com/thirty-bees-hosting. No, those solutions are not necessarily better than the one I am proposing.
If you disagree with my one or more of arguments please present me with carefully considered arguments that specifically rebut one or more of my arguments. Please neither rebut points I have not made nor misrepresent points I have made in order to, say, trot out a favorite argument of yours.
I have little patience for male technical folks who jettison their rational thinking in order to cleave to some deeply cherished yet erroneous, often inane, and almost always self-serving belief of theirs that they blindly worship. Women, on the other hand, often cannot help but follow their hearts therefore I do not mind them being irrational but I simply won't argue with them when they are. If you crave enlightened political correctness please don't engage me in discourse.
For example, if you seem to be a man and were to respond with something like, “anyone who wants what u r suggesting should use the terminal. lol.” or “Did you pull that 5% number out of thin air? Good grief. Get a grip. SMH” I would likely rip your argument to shreds and pillory you.
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