Can I host my applications from 8base?
In other words, click deploy and link my custom domain so that it publishes? Similar to how Firebase offers Firebase Hosting
Hey @Adrianmed!
Currently we do not offer hosting, though can happily point you in the right direction if that’s something you’re looking for.
Maybe soon 
I was curious about this also. An SPA only needs a CDN to host the bundle and HTML. Amazon CloudFront seems like it could be integrated seamlessly.
I totally agree Mike! It just becomes a scope creep issue on our side.
I was thinking we could do some type of s3 static site hosting deployment tool. But then again, it may just be better made as a tutorial?
Yeah… scope creep, and another dependency and area of support / risk. A tutorial would be good, a list of ways / vendors to host, maybe even a partnership?
I’m going to give a few of these a try: https://blog.bitsrc.io/8-react-application-deployment-and-hosting-options-for-2019-ab4d668309fd
Well, I tried Zeit Now, but it’s UI is a bit confusing. I couldn’t find a way to make it use “dist” as the output folder for my React SPA app. Also, I needed to refresh some pages after configuring… it didn’t update itself. Overall, the UI doesn’t feel polished.
Now I just tried Netlify, and it only took a few minutes to publish my app. It asked for the build command and publish directory up front, and then I said publish. I’m not sure about their pricing, but I do like the continuous deployment integration with GitHub.
Netflify is great. I’ve personally used s3 for built sites as it’s so affordable.
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I see hosting as a natural extension of the 8base platform. With that said, it’s so simple and provided by so many others, Netlify, Firebase, S3/CF, etc. that it’s hardly a solution to the problem that I look to 8base to solve. Would be nice to have, but not priority IMHO.
Sebastian, is there any progress being made in this direction? I think 8base really needs a hosting service.
@ivanjuras I don’t think it makes sense for 8base to become a web host provider. It’s a very far stretch from their current graphic as a service platform, which isn’t really related at all.
If you’re looking for an easy hosting solution I can highly recommend Vercel. It automatically deploys to a very stable and fast worldwide CDN when I merge anything to my master branch, and it’s very cheap and scalable (not just for hobby project)
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Hey @ivanjuras - thank for your comment. I’m curious to understand how you believe 8base offering hosting would be more valuable than using a Netlify, Vercel, or S3? Is there something specific to how you see 8base being able to do it better? Do you simply wish there were better hosting tutorials?