"The Ship has Sailed", on 20th September Containership Cloud announced that their platform will shut down by 31st October. Containership users are advised to find an alternative solution in the next 6 weeks. We are happy to help. Give Cloud 66 a spin to check if it meets your infrastructure needs.
Why Cloud 66?
We are a partner, not just a provider
We’re profitable, privately owned, and in this for the long-haul. Since 2012 we've helped tens of thousands of developers deploy more than 3 billion times. You can expect our products to be always on your side and help you along the way as you build and grow your business.
Cloud 66 Key benefits:
Cloud 66 makes it extremely easy for developers to configure and deploy software to any server. Our products are like your in-house DevOps team. They take care of your uptime, scaling, and security, just like your own team would. Combine the convenience of PaaS with the flexibility and control of IaaS, for your Rails, Node, and containerized (Kubernetes) infrastructure.
- Full flexibility. Build and configure your servers the way you want.
- Full control. You have SSH access to all your servers.
- Resize server CPU, memory & disk for free.
- No vendor lock-in. Deploy to any cloud or your own servers. Native integration with AWS, GoogleCloud, Azure, Linode, DigitalOcean, and Packet. Use our Registered Serversfeature to deploy anywhere else.
What product works best for you?
Cloud 66 has four different products that you can choose from depending on your infrastructure needs:
- Native products: Cloud 66 for Rails, Cloud 66 for Node,
- Container-based products: Cloud 66 Maestro and Cloud 66 Skycap.
Cloud 66 Maestro (A complete PaaS, backed by Kubernetes with native database and storage support) - is a full stack application management platform. With support for containers (backed by Kubernetes) and complete with support for non-containerized parts of your infrastructure including firewalls, network config, databases (provisioning, monitoring, backups, and replication), security and ACL access control, OS and server level security monitoring, deployment workflow management, native DB and storage components, Maestro Clusters and more.
Cloud 66 Skycap- is the easiest way to deploy and run applications on any existing Kubernetes cluster. You can use Skycap to automatically turn your source code into container (Docker) images, manage your Kubernetes configuration files and deploy your applications to any Kubernetes cluster.
Example of how to deploy applications to DigitalOcean managed Kubernetes with Skycap.
How much does it cost?
We offer a pay-as-you-go pricing for all our products.
- Rails, Node, and Maestro is a charge of $14.99 per server per month.
- Skycap is a charge of $3.99 per service per month.
How to move from Containership to Cloud 66
Checklist before you get started:
- Sign up for a Cloud 66 account with a free 4-week trial and no credit card is required during the trial period.
- A Git repo containing your application code. This can be a private or public repo.
- A cloud account or your own server(s). Cloud 66 does not host applications. We natively integrate with major cloud providers to manage servers on your own account, or you can bring your own servers via our Register Servers feature. We will automate the build and deployment of your application any cloud provider.
Move your apps in 3 steps: Code, Data, and Traffic:
You can migrate your application to Cloud 66 in 3 simple steps:
- Build and deploy your application’s code via the Cloud 66 dashboard
- Import your data to your new environment
- Redirect traffic to the new endpoint
_ Note _: Visit our help documentation for more in-depth migration guide. Additionally, check out Containership's documentation with a migration guide.
Successful Customers Stories:
Have a quick look at Cloud 66 customers' successful user stories.
- Spoon University , now part of the Discovery Channel. Happy customer since 2015. "Spoon University is built on a distributed architecture using several different technologies: Ruby-on-Rails, WordPress, a custom CMS, Cloud 66 Maestro, etc. The frontend is powered by a Docker cluster of node servers that pulls content from MongoDB and Elasticsearch." Read more: Spoon University + Cloud 66: creating an online food resource for Gen Z .
- This case study features Positive Energy Ltd , a project that simplifies renewable energy finance. It showcases how Positive Energy uses Blockchain, Cloud 66 Kubernetes solutions, and Google Cloud to achieve unbeatable performance. Read more: Blockchain and Kubernetes, the technology behind Positive Energy Ltd.
- Learn about Qwilr's early container journey. They were looking for an efficient solution that would allow it to run Node.js web server apps, connect to MongoDB, configure loadbalancer and deploy to AWS. Read more: How Qwilr turns business documents into attractive websites using Containers and Cloud 66.
- "Leaving the comfort zone of Heroku for a more "do it yourself" platform was a big decision, but so far, we are pretty happy where we are now." TextMaster case study on their containerised infrastructure setup, with Cloud 66 on AWS and Microsoft Azure. Read more: TextMaster - European leader in online translation powered by Cloud 66.
- Steam , the creative digital agency uses Cloud 66 to innovate the process of building polyglot applications and create flexible architectures in support for multiple client projects. Read more: Containerise marketing campaign in production.
- Allegorithmic , now part of AdobeIllustrator. Customer since 2015, deploys their application with Cloud 66 Maestro. Read more: Docker in the 3D animation world. Game on!
- Techstars customer since 2014. "The cost of using Heroku started to increase, we began to notice performance issues, and we needed to update 3rd party services we were using via Heroku." Read more: Keeping infrastructure management within the Techstars family.
- WebSummit , Europe's largest tech conference organisers for start-ups, investors, media and entrepreneurs runs on Cloud 66. Read more: Web Summit - the Global conference organisers run on Cloud 66 .
If you have any questions please join Cloud 66 Slack Community, where you can solve problems or learn from other awesome developers. Lastly - best of the luck with the migration whatever you decide - may the force be with you! ♥