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Show HN: Resin.io – Push Updates to Linux Devices with Git and Docker

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This looks fantastic! We are already using BeagleBone Black, so I plan on looking into this very soon.

A couple questions from a potential future customer:

* What are the bandwidth requirements for your agent?

* Has your agent had any issues with restrictive firewalls?

* How long until you think you'll have the container diff functionality finished? (We are on cellular connections mostly, so bandwidth is somewhat expensive.)

* How much funding/runway do you guys have? What would happen if you guys had to close down the business for whatever reason?

* Pricing? (Couldn't find it on your site.)

Hi there,

Diffs and other improvements that affect bandwidth requirements should be complete in the next two months, before we announce pricing. Our agent requires standard web ports, so a firewall that allows web browsing should allow a device to connect. We are funded by a well-known Silicon Valley VC, this will be announced in a few weeks.

Pricing isn't finalised yet (will be announced in 2 months) but drop me an email at alexandros@resin.io and I'd love to let you know our current thinking.

Can I push to a beagle bone black?

Reason I ask is last I checked Docker is only for 64 bit processors, and beagle bone black runs a 32 bit processor.

We support Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone Black. We've gotten Docker working on ARM to be able to do this.

That is wicked. Nice work.

This is great - having a fullly fledged, containerized device ready to go is awesome. How do you keep the underlying OS & container mgmt layers up to date?

We use passive/active partitions, very similar to how CoreOS does OS updates on their servers.

This looks very interesting! On the homepage under supported project types it has: Nodejs, Docker, Ruby, Python and Java. Would it be possible to get Erlang running on the device (using http://nerves-project.org/) ?

I guess if I used Docker it wouldn't matter what language is running in the container, but it would be nice to have that confirmed.

As you rightly say, with Docker any language can be used, so it's certainly possible to use Erlang!

Thanks!

If it runs in a Docker container, it runs on Resin.io. Try it and let us know how it goes. If you put the source up, we'll link it from the docs.

Awesome, thanks!

Note to devs, the fixed header on your site covers half the page on mobile devices.

Apologies, we'll get this corrected.

Will be interesting to test. Do you guys have a timeline for Raspberry pi 2 model B support?

We're working on it as we speak, should have it within Feb.

Thanks for the fast reply. Will order me some Rpi2 to test with.

Does resin.io handle the differences in GPIO-pins btw? I have both rev1 and rev2 Raspberry today, and make sure to not use the GPIO-pins that they have mixed around between the different revisions.

We do not abstract the hardware at all. Resin's job is to get your code running on the devices, and ensuring it keeps running well. If you want to use devices with underlying hardware differences, you can either make separate resin apps and maintain separate code branches for each type, or use some library that will abstract the different devices for you.

we do abstract networking control as resin is dependent on the network to keep operating, but the application can take control (and responsibility) of networking if needed.

Looks great.

- Do you plan to contribute changes to upstream projects (e.g. Docker for ARM), or open source other parts you have developed?

- Will you have a pricing model / level that's works for small scale private projects?

Thanks

We open source quite a bit and contribute back whenever we interface with an open source project. You can see our contributions at https://github.com/resin-io

Looks great. Do you plan to contribute changes to upstream projects (e.g. Docker for ARM), or open source other parts you have developed?

can you please describe a possible use-case? I'm not sure i grasp the utility of this. Thanks

We have users doing smart locks, digital signage, Point of Services systems, logistics, amongst many other use cases. More on this here -- https://resin.io/usecases/

thanks

Hi there!

Is there a timeline for Intel Edison support?

thanks!

Hey there! We're very close to Edison support, hopefully by end of Feb.

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