This is theoretically possible with their architecture, but they are currently reviewing how easy it would be to implement it and if it's worth the trouble.
I created a public feature request: http://support.heroku.com/forums/42310/entries/87156 - would you care to add your vote? Cheers, Wojciech On Dec 8, 11:47 pm, Chris Hanks <christopher.m.ha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wojciech, if you ask support about that and get some good news, would > you report back? I'm curious about this too. > > Thanks! > > Chris > > On Dec 8, 2:05 pm, Oren Teich <o...@heroku.com> wrote: > > > I don't know if that's possible or not it's probably a function of the > > SSL protocol and our routing mesh, but it's beyond my technical > > knowledge. Best bet is to drop support@ a line, and see what they > > say. They'll be able to dig into the details for you. > > > Oren > > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Wojciech Kruszewski <wojci...@oxos.pl> > > wrote: > > > Thanks Oren, this makes sense. > > > > So can that one mostly idle server handle SSL requests for multiple > > > applications? > > > > I mean I tried Heroku and was very happy with the experience - looks > > > like it needs little to no maintenance on my part. I'd wish to host a > > > handful smaller web apps, each with 1-3 dynos. > > > > I could live with piggyback ssl, if it was my own wildcard > > > certificate. > > > > - Wojciech > > > > On Dec 8, 8:58 pm, Oren Teich <o...@heroku.com> wrote: > > >> They are totally independent. The way our architecture works, dynos > > >> run on machines called railguns, which are specially set up for the > > >> job. We have to setup a special (and yes, mostly idle) server just to > > >> handle the SSL requests. It's not possible with the product we have > > >> today to run dynos on that server. > > > >> Oren > > > >> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Wojciech Kruszewski <wojci...@oxos.pl> > > >> wrote: > > >> > Hi, > > > >> > I've read your explanation about why you charge $100/mo for custom SSL > > >> > (http://docs.heroku.com/ssl#faq). You need exclusive IP, Amazon > > >> > assigns only one IP for an instance, so you need to reserve full > > >> > instance just to use one SSL cert - seems fair. > > > >> > Ok, but if you reserve full EC2 instance just for me... then why do I > > >> > have to pay for extra dynos? Aren't you double-billing for this > > >> > instance? > > > >> > I believe it's "just against your architecture" but still I'd like to > > >> > know the explanation. > > > >> > Regards, > > >> > Wojciech > > > >> > -- > > >> >http://twitter.com/WojciechKhttp://oxos.pl-Rubyon Rails development > > > >> > -- > > > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >> > Groups "Heroku" group. > > >> > To post to this group, send email to her...@googlegroups.com. > > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >> > heroku+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > >> > For more options, visit this group > > >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en. > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "Heroku" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to her...@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > heroku+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Heroku" group. To post to this group, send email to her...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to heroku+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en.
