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Features

  • Server Spin Up Automation

    Launch an Ubuntu 24.04 VPS/VM in your cloud provider account with a single er server create command.

    Current support for: Hetzner. More providers coming soon.

  • Configure a Server as a Web Host

    A single er server init command configures your Ubuntu VPS/VM as a secure web host.

  • CIS Level 1 Server Hardening OTB [Coming]

    Your Ubuntu server hardened to CIS Level 1 Server benchmark profile out-of-the-box.

    Involves 100s of configurations to provide a solid server security foundation.

  • Container Based App Hosting

    Your applications run in containers. Podman is the container runtime.

  • Intrusion Prevention. OOTB

    Fail2Ban installed and configured OOTB.

    Ability to add your own policies (coming)

  • Private Mesh VPN + SSH Lockdown

    Build a WireGuard mesh between your machine and your servers with er mesh, then lock SSH down to that private network so port 22 is no longer exposed to the public internet. A dead-man's switch guards against accidental lockout.

  • Application Security Scanning

    Scan your deployed apps for information-disclosure vulnerabilities with a single er server security-scan command.

  • CI/CD - Deploy Easily

    Multiple deploy flows to securely ship your application.

    Flow A: trigger from the CLI and build the image on the web host.

    Flow B: deploy a pre-built image from a container registry such as GHCR (private images supported).

    Git push trigger (coming). Git push + GitHub Action build (coming).

  • Host Multiple Apps on a Single Server

    Gives you the option the host multiple apps on a large server.

  • Custom domains + HTTPS always

    Configure your apps with custom domains. HTTPS is the default and configured automatically. TLS certs issued by Let's Encrypt and automatically renewed.

  • Manage Multiple Web Host Servers

    Give you the option to host each app on a smaller server or spread your apps across servers as you wish.

  • Apps can be composed of several services

    Define your application's composition using as a Docker compose file. You can define your UI and public API containers as public. Internal service containers will be on the internal network only.

  • Encrypted App Secrets

    Store per-app secrets in your system keyring with er app secret. They are injected into your containers at deploy time and kept out of your repo and Compose files.

  • Built-in Health Checks

    er doctor checks your local setup and er server doctor runs pass/fail diagnostics on a web host (container runtime, reverse proxy, firewall, connectivity) with remediation hints. er server status shows live runtime state, and missing CLI prerequisites install with er doctor --fix.

  • Predictable Cost

    You pick your cloud provider and server product hence know your where your cost is capped.

  • No Lock-in

    The freedom to switch cloud server provider. As easy as launching a server with the new provider. Run er server init and er app deploy. Finally cut over your DNS.

    Don't want to use EasyRunner any longer. No problem, you can still manually manage your servers.

  • Integrations

    Github: for automated secure CI/CD setup

    Hetzner: for automated server provisioning

    CloudFlare: for secure DNS record setup