Taking quotes on building LC external for RethinkDB

[Tom Glod]

Hi Richard.... the software we build is all self-hosted, so our customers
are going to be running the db servers on their own LAN.  Definately when
we build cloud services for them they will be communicating via an extra
layer or two between the db and the world.

Thanks for weighing in....I'll post back here once I get the quote from LC.

On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 10:41 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Yeah, I started to skim the security notes at
> <https://www.rethinkdb.com/docs/security/>, but when I got to this:
>
>    The best way to secure a RethinkDB cluster is to run it
>    on a protected network that doesn’t allow access from the
>    outside world. However, this may not always be feasible.
>    For example, cloud deployments often require access from
>    wide area networks.
>
>    There are two main methods RethinkDB provides for securing
>    the cluster: TLS encryption for connections, and binding
>    the ports the server uses to specific IP addresses to limit
>    outside connections.
>
> ...at that point I had to remind myself of other things demanding my
> attention. :) So tempting as it is, setting up a secure cluster is not
> something I'll be exploring soon.
>
> Keep us posted. Interesting system....
>
> --
>  Richard Gaskin
>  Fourth World Systems
>
>
> Tom Glod wrote:
>
> to answer your question, the database cluster will be accepting connections
>> and queries from clients directly.
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Tom Glod <tom at makeshyft.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Richard .....  like Alex said, there is no Rest api for RethinkDB.  The
>>> folks at RethinkDB didn't want to expose the whole query language using a
>>> rest api, (if i recall correctly they said it is too powerful to do
>>> so)...so the driver only accepts queries via driver port and streams
>>> resulting json and updates back to client.
>>>
>>> My desktop client will connect to a local database which (will or can be
>>> part) of a distributed cluster.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 10:53 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
>>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I was thinking the same thing. This isn't a database function per se,
>>>> it's more like a sockets function.
>>>>
>>>> Bob S
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > On Aug 5, 2017, at 16:42 , Tom Glod via use-livecode <
>>>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > If you go to this page ..... the specs say that it all happens through
>>>> an
>>>> > tcp/ip  connection where you make a connection, serialize the query
>>>> and
>>>> > send it ....  the db driver port receives queries, and streams data
>>>> from
>>>> > the db via the TCP/IP back to "subscribed" client.
>>>> >
>>>> > So it doesn't really need to have anything to do with the current
>>>> > revdatabase functions....which the posts seem to be talking about.
>>>> I'm
>>>> not
>>>> > asking for a rewrite of db layer.
>>>>
>>>
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