# CoTech Gathering 2018: Shared Hosting and Infrastructure

**URL:** https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-gathering-2018-shared-hosting-and-infrastructure/1110
**Category:** CoTech Meetings
**Tags:** gatherings
**Created:** [5 November 2018 17:07 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-gathering-2018-shared-hosting-and-infrastructure/1110 "2018-11-05T17:07:28Z")
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### Author: ![chris](https://community.coops.tech/user_avatar/community.coops.tech/chris/32/2_2.png) [@chris](https://community.coops.tech/u/chris)
#### Post date: [6 November 2018 22:55 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/cotech-gathering-2018-shared-hosting-and-infrastructure/1110/6 "2018-11-06T22:55:42Z")

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> [@shaun](#):
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> Several CoTech members are already providing hosting services.

Would it be worth the co-ops that are providing hosting services posting a summary of what physical and virtual servers they are currently running to this thread?

> [@shaun](#):
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> we could look at running Open Stack.

We have kicked this around a few times (two years ago [on Loomio](https://www.loomio.org/d/ZjrD8fKb/autonomous-infrastructure/24) and [the wiki](https://wiki.coops.tech/wiki/Coop_Cloud) and last year [on the wiki](https://wiki.coops.tech/wiki/Wortley_Hall_2017/Co-Tech_Shared_Developer_Infrastructure) and [on here](https://community.coops.tech/t/initial-meeting-about-cooperative-hosting/507/16) and [earlier this year on here](https://community.coops.tech/t/co-operatively-owned-server-hardware/980/5)) and I think we have the same issues with OpenStack and OpenShift etc:

- Time / money to be able to learn how to deploy and maintain these stacks of tools
- Hardware / money for hardware to run the infrastructure on
- Front end / money to develop a front end for client metering and billing

It’s hard to see how we can get something like this rolling without a fair amount of cash…

> [@harry](#):
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> There are certainly some hosting needs for big coops and trade unions it would be nice to fill.

Would it be worth people who know of specific needs, that can’t be met by the co-ops which are currently doing hosting, to post the rough requirements here?

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