ElfDisclosure for July 2023 : GitOps-based SaaS now Open Source
I've just finished putting together a progress report ElfHosted for July 2023. The report details all the changes we went through during the months (more than I remember!), and summarizes our various metrics (CPU, Network, etc.)
What is ElfHosted? 
ElfHosted is "self-hosting as a service" (SHAAS? ) - Using our Kubernetes / GitOps designs, we've build infrastructure and automation to run popular self-hosted apps (think "Plex, Radarr, Mattermost..") and attach your own cloud storage ("bring-your-own-storage").
You get $10 free credit when you sign up, so you can play around without commitment!
We're building "in public", so follow the progress in the open-source repos, the blog or in Discord.
TL;DR? Here's a guide to getting started, and another to migrating from another provider.
Of particular note here is that the GitOps and helm chart repos which power a production, HA SaaS, are now fully open-sourced!
(Oh, and we generated actual revenue during July 2023!)
Here's a high-level summary:
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| Focus | June 2023 | July 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Cluster | $428 | $428 |
| Store | $632 | $223 |
| CI | $208 | $200 |
| Cloud | $30 | $20 |
| Development2 | 146h / $21,900 | 124h / $18,600 |
| Focus | June 2023 | July 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Users | 14 | 48 |
| Ingress | 24TB | 19.5TB |
| Egress | 1TB | 3.3TB |
| Pods | 478 | 619 |
| Focus | June 2023 | June 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Total invested thus far | $23,200 | $42,669 1 |
| Revenue | $0 | $43 (0.1% of total invested!) |
More details and pretty graphs in the report!
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