TaronAvagyan

> ask 100 random people

I don't think it should be left to the opinion of 100 "random" people.

I'll quote Wikipedia[0] again: "Self-hosting is the practice of running and maintaining a website or service using a private web server..."

Embrasure is built on a Virtual Private Cloud instance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-hosting_(web_services)

Postgresql is a great example.

True, but it doesn't have a program wrapper and isn't part of the AWS Free tier.

For a lot of teams, it's a better choice than Embrasure, but Embrasure serves its use case well and all of its components can be deployed with AWS's free plan.

Based on a strict definition, I agree that Embrasure may not be considered self-hosted, but I don't think that's the "prevailing expectation."

For example, look at Infisical's documentation[0], and you'll see they offer self-hosting solutions on AWS, GCP, Azure, and more.

[0]https://infisical.com/docs/self-hosting/overview

That's a fair point. Thanks for the feedback!

I would disagree. Sure, you don't own the hardware, but you have total control over Embrasure's functionality within your self-contained instance.

Wikipedia: "Self-hosting is the practice of running and maintaining a website or service using a private web server, instead of using a service outside of someone's own control."

I agree this is generally a good idea, but sometimes you can't avoid using secrets. Right?

SSM is a great alternative, but it's a managed solution. Embrasure is self-hosted.

> expected "self-hosted" to mean I can host anywhere

You're referring to a cloud-agnostic solution.

Embrasure is self-hosted since each instance is deployed within an organization's infrastructure, but as you mentioned, it's AWS-dependent.

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