Show HN: Gerph – A simple and blazing fast key-value configuration store API (github.com)

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OK, but I would rather see a service than just an API. Merely API is not enough for building things.

This project exposes a HTTP interface that proxies stuff to an underlying boltdb instance. Host it yourself and it's suddenly a service. Or am I misunderstanding your point?

dozzie 9y ago ↗

Oh, so the project is a service, after all. OP should have described it as so.

abiox 9y ago ↗

even if you pursue some notional distinction, it's unclear how an api can be made manifest without (being?) a service. what do you mean?

afandian 9y ago ↗

The whole Oracle v Google case ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_America,_Inc._v._Google.... ) is about an API (distinct from executable code).

spotlmnop 9y ago ↗

How does this differ from Consul?

calgoo 9y ago ↗

Is there no configurable security options available? Can't find any in the readme file.

Edit: Looking in the code I can not find any auth options. I think at least a simple authentication username / password should exist. I guess I can proxy it from haproxy or another web host. (Im not talking about putting it on the internet here, just on the local network).

philips 9y ago ↗

etcd uses boltdb, has both HTTP+JSON and gRPC endpoints, and is replicated using RAFT. Why would I use this instead?