Creation of docker containers on demand

[The-E]

On request, the backend shall start a container running the FSOpen standalone server. All necessary game data shall be linked into the container using volumes or whatever other mechanism fulfills the same basic requirement.

[niffiwan]

I have a few questions :)

Are you thinking of targeting a specific container provider? (like AWS)

Is it expected that an arbitrary number of people could setup (& pay for) an instance of CommNode infrastructure?

Would you consider using Kubernetes to orchestrate everything?

edit: Are you thinking of using a tool like Terraform or Pulumi to build/configure the underlying infrastructure?

[The-E]

In order:
No. I mean, the whole point of this container stuff is to be somewhat provider-agnostic; I'm going to defer that decision until after there's something runnable.

I don't know, really.

Yes. One of the reasons why I am interested in doing this is because I want to become more proficient and building and running cloud services; since we're using k8s at work, using it here makes sense to me

From what I heard, to build something like this you either use Terraform or something similar or reinvent it badly.
I do not want to reinvent things badly.