!!! OpenShift

Just in case CF gets too expensive, how feasible would the OpenShift platform be as second choice?

Requirements:
* runnable jars 
* ease of use for developers (with no infrastructure hassle)
* service registry (run your own eureka or so ?)
* pricing

!! Pricing

Looking at [https://www.openshift.com/pricing/index.html] it says that running a "Medium Production gear" of 1GB costs $0.05 / hour. 
For a year this is 24x365x0.05 = __ $ 438,- per year__

!! Runnable jar.

Searched around a bit, came to [http://www.tearsofaunicorn.com/articles/2013/11/24/deploying-dropwizard-to-openshift.html]....  TBC

It says you should use a DIY cartridge, which then says:
{{{
The Do-It-Yourself (DIY) application type is a blank slate for trying unsupported languages, frameworks, and middleware on OpenShift. 
See the community site for examples of bringing your favorite framework to OpenShift.
OpenShift maintained
Receives automatic security updates
}}} 

Start to create a DIY project and enter my (ssh) git url, but it says :
{{{
Source code repository could not be cloned: 'git@github.com:metskem/demoapp1.git'. 
Git clone using SSH requires the OpenShift server to authenticate to the repository. Please verify the repository is correct, and try a non-SSH URL such as HTTPS.
}}}
So trying the https version [https://github.com/metskem/demoapp1.git]

It takes about a minute, then my app is created. It again warns me:
{{{
Disclaimer: This is an experimental cartridge that provides a way to try unsupported languages, frameworks, and middleware on OpenShift.
}}}

It provides me an [Overview page|https://openshift.redhat.com/app/console/application/583f185e2d5271b8c6000069-diy] and instructions how to do code changes:
{{{
git clone ssh://583f185e2d5271b8c6000069@diy-computerhok.rhcloud.com/~/git/diy.git/
cd diy/
}}}

My app of course fails because it requires one envvar ( %%warning How do I provide envvars in advance? %% )

The overview page BTW says my app is started, but it is not (I also get a 503, from a RedHat Apache server of course).


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