Cheapest way to host a meilisearch instance

[cngeru]

Which is the cheapest way to host a meilisearch instance (preferrably on gcp) ?
Looking to run meilisearch on a Cloud Run For Anthos ... How much will this cost per month

[fharper]

IMHO, DigitalOcean is the cheapest: for 10$/month, you can have a virtual machine (called Droplet) that run MeiliSearch perfectly. You can even use the Marketplace app to easily have an instance running.

As for GCP, not sure about the smallest instance you could have. Let me check if someone has more information about GCP.

[cauerego]

you probably meant $5 per month.

but in reality the cheapest is always self hosting. you don't even need internet, just an arduino or raspi or even an old android running termux or asop. can't get any cheaper.

[fharper]

Actually, no, 10$ per month since MeiliSearch can be a bit greedy memory-wise when you index a lot of documents.

True that the hosting it yourself save immediate cost, but there are hidden cost of maintaining yourself your stack and services, but it's another discussion I guess.

[nubpro]

Actually, no, 10$ per month since MeiliSearch can be a bit greedy memory-wise when you index a lot of documents.

True that the hosting it yourself save immediate cost, but there are hidden cost of maintaining yourself your stack and services, but it's another discussion I guess.

can you give a rough figure when you say "a lot"? Is 60k a lot?

How well does it perform if I were to use a raspberry pi?

[fharper]

It's not. I'm testing something else right now with no problem at 130K documents. We need to add a benchmark to the documentation: meilisearch/devrel#46

As for Raspberry Pie, I don't know. Let me know if you have the time to try it before me!

[daraul]

@cauerego did you mean "AOSP"? Or is there some termux alternative named "ASOP" that I've never heard of?

[evoxmusic]

Disclosure: I am the co-founder of Qovery

Hi, with Qovery you can deploy Meilisearch for free (forever free). I've recorded a video to show how to deploy Meilisearch in 60 seconds. How can we provide hosting for free? This is explained here.

Deploy Meilisearch with Qovery now

Happy coding!

[cauerego]

my last try to ask the exact same question from previous 2 messages:

i deployed my application already. https://meili-router-mskiq6rev1urvl3u-gtw.qovery.io

then what?

i can't find any way to add an index to it.

and i don't have an API key.

[PikolSIENG]

I have the same question as @cauerego. I deployed my app (meilisearch) on Qovery. Then, what is the next step and how to do ?

[curquiza]

Once meilisearch is deployed you can call via HTTP, see:

• the getting started: https://docs.meilisearch.com/learn/getting_started/quick_start.html
• the API References: https://docs.meilisearch.com/reference/api/#api-references

[ayamba-coder]

Disclosure: I am the co-founder of Qovery

Hi, with Qovery you can deploy Meilisearch for free (forever free). I've recorded a video to show how to deploy Meilisearch in 60 seconds. How can we provide hosting for free? This is explained here.

Deploy Meilisearch with Qovery now

Happy coding!

I tried using QOvery but i can't seem to see a place where i need to use Meilisearch as template.but in your tutorial videos it shows

[meliodev]

But still the platform (GCP or AWS) linked to Qovery still cost when running the instance. Right ?

[fharper]

You can create an index and add document by following the guide at https://docs.meilisearch.com/guides/introduction/quick_start_guide.html#add-documents

You don't need a key, but it can be good to create one so the instance is non-open to everyone. You can read about how to do that at https://docs.meilisearch.com/guides/advanced_guides/authentication.html

Also, we try to answer people as soon as possible, but we are a very small team and we receive a lot of those... I invite you to check the documentation at https://docs.meilisearch.com/ to get answer faster as the information is usually already there.

[evoxmusic]

Hi, since we released Qovery v2, we removed our template system. But deploying Meilisearch is still super easy and does not really require any template. You just need to provide a valid dockerfile (the official one is great). We have dozens of users running Meilisearch this way. Let me know if you have any questions

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On Mon, Aug 9, 2021, 9:05 AM ayamber-coder ***@***.***> wrote: Disclosure: I am the co-founder of Qovery Hi, with Qovery <https://www.qovery.com> you can deploy Meilisearch for free (forever free). I've recorded a video to show how to deploy Meilisearch in 60 seconds. How can we provide hosting for free? This is explained here <https://www.qovery.com/blog/qovery-is-free-for-open-source-projects>. Deploy Meilisearch with Qovery now <https://start.qovery.com> Happy coding! I tried using QOvery but i can't seem to see a place where i need to use Meilisearch as template.but in your tutorial videos it shows — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1162 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAJZVB5FAQBTP4KWFK44XMTT3544VANCNFSM4VRANBVQ> .

[ayamba-coder]

I am absolutely new to dockerfile or containers. How do i provide a dockerfile so that I can atlast have search instance running On Mon, Aug 9, 2021, 08:19 Romaric Philogène ***@***.***> wrote:

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Hi, since we released Qovery v2, we removed our template system. But deploying Meilisearch is still super easy and does not really require any template. You just need to provide a valid dockerfile (the official one is great). We have dozens of users running Meilisearch this way. Let me know if you have any questions On Mon, Aug 9, 2021, 9:05 AM ayamber-coder ***@***.***> wrote: > Disclosure: I am the co-founder of Qovery > > Hi, with Qovery <https://www.qovery.com> you can deploy Meilisearch for > free (forever free). I've recorded a video to show how to deploy > Meilisearch in 60 seconds. How can we provide hosting for free? This is > explained here > <https://www.qovery.com/blog/qovery-is-free-for-open-source-projects>. > > Deploy Meilisearch with Qovery now <https://start.qovery.com> > > Happy coding! > > I tried using QOvery but i can't seem to see a place where i need to use > Meilisearch as template.but in your tutorial videos it shows > > — > You are receiving this because you commented. > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > < #1162 (reply in thread) >, > or unsubscribe > < https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAJZVB5FAQBTP4KWFK44XMTT3544VANCNFSM4VRANBVQ > > . > — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1162 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/APP34GIYUIZ2SXYMRIUH4ZTT356RNANCNFSM4VRANBVQ> . Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1477376905?ct=notification-email&mt=8&pt=524675> or Android <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.android&utm_campaign=notification-email> .

[curquiza]

Hello @ayamba-coder!

If you need a docker image you can run in a container with a search instance, we already provide one :)

Just run:

docker run -p 7700:7700 getmeili/meilisearch:v0.20.0 ./meilisearch

You will get the following display:

888b     d888          d8b 888 d8b  .d8888b.                                    888
8888b   d8888          Y8P 888 Y8P d88P  Y88b                                   888
88888b.d88888              888     Y88b.                                        888
888Y88888P888  .d88b.  888 888 888  "Y888b.    .d88b.   8888b.  888d888 .d8888b 88888b.
888 Y888P 888 d8P  Y8b 888 888 888     "Y88b. d8P  Y8b     "88b 888P"  d88P"    888 "88b
888  Y8P  888 88888888 888 888 888       "888 88888888 .d888888 888    888      888  888
888   "   888 Y8b.     888 888 888 Y88b  d88P Y8b.     888  888 888    Y88b.    888  888
888       888  "Y8888  888 888 888  "Y8888P"   "Y8888  "Y888888 888     "Y8888P 888  888

Database path:		"./data.ms"
Server listening on:	"http://0.0.0.0:7700"
Environment:		"development"
Commit SHA:		"UNKNOWN"
Build date:		"2021-03-30T14:42:13.709046178+00:00"
Package version:	"0.20.0"
Sentry DSN:		"https://5ddfa22b95f241198be2271aaf028653@sentry.io/3060337"
Anonymous telemetry:	"Enabled"

A Master Key has been set. Requests to MeiliSearch won't be authorized unless you provide an authentication key.

Documentation:		https://docs.meilisearch.com
Source code:		https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch
Contact:		https://docs.meilisearch.com/learn/what_is_meilisearch/contact.html or bonjour@meilisearch.com

[2021-08-10T22:32:15Z INFO  actix_server::builder] Starting 6 workers
[2021-08-10T22:32:15Z INFO  actix_server::builder] Starting "actix-web-service-0.0.0.0:7700" service on 0.0.0.0:7700
[2021-08-10T22:32:15Z INFO  ureq::unit] sending request POST https://api.amplitude.com/httpapi

A MeiliSearch instance is now running at http://0.0.0.0:7700.

But maybe I did not understand well your need. In which context do you need a Dockerfile exactly?

[eskombro]

@ayamba-coder

A dockerfile is just a text file, conventionally named "Dockerfile" that you can often find at the root of many projects and it contains the instructions for Docker to build and configure a container (in which your search instance will run). MeiliSearch repository provides an official Dockerfile just here so you can copy the file itself or its content anytime you need it.

You need to provide a Docker image instead, you can normally just reference the official Docker Image by referencing it as getmeili/meilisearch as in @curquiza example. You can use a tag as in getmeili/meilisearch:v0.20.0 to reference a specific version of MeiliSearch.

The list of tags is available here: MeiliSearch tags

Hope it helps :)

[ayamba-coder]

Okay, i am running my application on a shared server, will all these your instructions also apply true on such system?. Thanks

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On Wed, Aug 11, 2021, 13:29 Samuel Jimenez ***@***.***> wrote: @ayamba-coder <https://github.com/ayamba-coder> A dockerfile is just a text file, conventionally named "Dockerfile" that you can often find at the root of many projects and it contains the instructions for Docker to build and configure a container. MeiliSearch repository provides an official Dockerfile just here <https://github.com/meilisearch/MeiliSearch/blob/main/Dockerfile> so you can copy the file itself or its content anytime you need it. You you need to provide a Docker image instead, you can normally just reference the official Docker Image <https://hub.docker.com/r/getmeili/meilisearch> by referencing it as gemili/meilisearch as in @curquiza <https://github.com/curquiza> example. You can use a tag as in getmeili/meilisearch:v0.20.0 to reference a specific version of MeiliSearch. Hope it helps :) — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1162 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/APP34GNXTUDNACWQYCHE2ZDT4JUMBANCNFSM4VRANBVQ> . Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1477376905?ct=notification-email&mt=8&pt=524675> or Android <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.android&utm_campaign=notification-email> .

[curquiza]

Hello @ayamba-coder

What do you mean by on a shared server?
If you mean the database (data.ms folder) is not on the same machine where MeiliSearch is running, it will not work unfortunatelly.

[meliodev]

Hello I deployed MeiliSearch through official DockerFile. But when I open it on Browser it's not working (address not found).

[CaroFG]

Hi @meliodev! Could you please give some more details? What are the exact steps you've taken to run MeiliSearch? Is this the dockerfile you are referring to?

[meliodev]

Thanks Carolina, I don't know what was the issue but someone from live chat support helped me fix it.

[CaroFG]

Great! Glad it's solved :)

[ARHAEEM]

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