'Hosted' on GitHub vs Observable Cloud? (Re: deprecation warning)

[dkrasne]

I'm a bit puzzled by the implications of the deprecation warning on Observable Framework. I have the data for my Framework site hosted on GitHub, but it's accessed at https://visualizing-intertextuality.observablehq.cloud/visualizing-intertextuality/, and if I click on 'deploy' when I'm logged in on Framework, it refreshes the data loader (although I normally do so with a GitHub action when I push to GitHub). What does the deprecation of Observable Cloud mean for me/my site, then, if anything? And if I am in fact affected by this, what do I need to do to host the site somewhere else, whether on GitHub Pages or my personal website? (Importantly: will the instructions for getting started with Framework, and the example deploy.yml script for GitHub, be modified to address this?)

Thanks in advance!

[mbostock]

Observable Framework is not deprecated; Observable Cloud is deprecated, which is Observable’s static site hosting service for Framework projects. You can continue to use Framework, but you’ll need to self-host or choose a third-party hosting provider such as Netlify or GitHub Pages. If you’re currently hosting your project on Observable Cloud (as in observablehq.cloud), then yes, you are using a deprecated service, and you should migrate to another service by deploying elsewhere.

We updated the documentation and added deprecation notices to the code back in April; see #1971 and #1972. What “example deploy.yml” are you referring to? The current Deploying guide describes using GitHub Actions and GitHub Pages.

[dkrasne]

Thank you!I did notice back in April that the cloud hosting was being deprecated, but I didn't realize back then that it applied to me (and I wouldn't have had time to deal with it back then, anyway!). :) I hadn't realized the Deploying guide was updated -- that's super helpful. (That's the example `deploy.yml` I was referring to, but the older version.) I don't know how I missed the link to the revised deploying guide in your informational post (which I actually did read!).... Anyway, thanks again.

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[mbostock]

Great, thank you! Let us know if you have any more questions.