Using NodeJS and RavenDB in the cloud (appharbor)

Question

I have written an application in nodejs/ravendb using node-ravendb (https://github.com/mattdaly/node-ravendb).

Now I want to find good hosting for it and i realize that I don't have much to choose from.

The only cloud-based hosting service that i have found that works with both RavenDB and NodeJS is Appharbor.

But when i try to use it with node-ravendb I find that node-ravendb only uses username/password for authentication and Appharbor wants to use APIKEY instead.

Can I make node-ravendb use APIKEY or is there another way?

Is Appharbor really my only alternative? I am also wondering if using RavenDB with nodejs is a good idea since it does not seem like a common configuration. Can anyone comment on that?

Answer 1

This isn't supported out of the box AFAICT. You'd need to modify node-ravendb to use API key.

Another option, since you mentioned cloud providers: why not just run a virtual machine in Azure, and install and run anything you want? Then you don't have to futz with node-ravendb source code or API keys.