AFAIK, the answer is yes only to some of your points listed below:
On Dec 10, 4:38 pm, rvjcallanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks James,
>
> I may have gotten the wrong end of the stick here.
> I've been playing around with the SDK up to now but have not actually
> deployed yet.
>
> Are you basically saying that I can...
>
> 1. Allow 1000s of Google Apps account holders to easily deploy
> *isolated instances* of my app:
Well, they are not isolated, you have to write your code to isolated
them (based on detecting the custom domain)
>
> 2. Protect my app code from inspection by said Google Apps account
> holders.
Yes.
>
> 3. Assign responsibility for hosting cost of app instances to said
> Google Apps account holders (when the service is eventually monetised)
>
again, you have to track traffic for each deployed app (based on
detecting the custom domain) and do your own billing, unless Google
will roll out a billings service based on deployed app domains (that
of course would be great) and not just on consumption per developer
account.
> 4. Roll-out software updates automatically to each Google Apps account
> holder who uses my app.
Yes
>
> If the answer is "YES" to each of the above, then you will have made
> my day!!
regards
Roberto
>
> On Dec 10, 6:28 pm, James Ashley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Maybe I'm missing something. But it doesn't seem like it would take
> > much effort to write a script to automate it.
>
> > Something along the lines of:
>
> > instance_names = ('a', 'b', 'c',...)
>
> > for name in instance_names:
> > # change the instance name in app.yaml
>
> > # call appcfg.py
>
> > You'd probably want to keep the instance names in a database, to
> > associate with billing, etc, but that could be something for later
> > down the road.
>
> > On Dec 10, 5:25 am, rvjcallanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > I am new to GAE (who isn't?) and this subject has been touched on
> > > before in a number of guises but I think we could all benefit from a
> > > little more clarity.
>
> > > I am developing a "proof-of-concept" business app which can benefit
> > > hugely from the GAE framework. My ideal scenario is to deploy the app
> > > to each customer as a separate isolated instance, integrated within
> > > his managed Google Apps business account.
>
> > > The main reasons for this preference are:
>
> > > 1. I would like to keep customer data and bugs isolated
>
> > > 2. Each customer is an island as far as the application data model is
> > > concerned. One big database would require all tables and queries to be
> > > qualified by a customer ID, adding an unnecessary layer of complexity
> > > and impacting performance.
>
> > > 3. I would like each customer to take individual responsibility for
> > > hosting costs
>
> > > 4. I wish to leverage the Google Apps for managing user accounts
> > > within each organisation.
>
> > > 5. I wish to expose my own API to allow for customisation.
>
> > > Bear in mind that each app instance may have to support a few thousand
> > > users at most (but probably not millions).
>
> > > Right now, deploying individual app instances in the way described
> > > above is kludgy at best. While it may be feasible to do this manually
> > > for a small number of high-value customers, it is certainly not a
> > > scalable solution. There is also the issue of protecting intellectual
> > > property.
>
> > > I am wondering if there is anything in the "unofficial" roadmap to
> > > address this requirement in the future. I would like to start
> > > developing now on the basis that deployment of individual app
> > > instances (and updates) will eventually be a single-click operation.
>
> > > Is this wishful thinking?
>
>
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