How to run external executables from an Appharbor application (HTML to PDF generation)?
I have a requirement to produce PDF's for one my .Net web applications currently hosted on Appharbor.

Traditionally, I would simply install latex on the machine, and create PDF's on the fly with pdflatex. This requirement is to display sections in HTML to end users, but also have a downloadable PDF - so it's slightly different. 

I have found several (free) external HTML to PDF converters which may be applicable in this instance. However, I haven't found any libraries allowing me to do this purely programatically.

What advice would you give if I plan to continue using Appharbor?

Should I set up a seperate EC2 (or similar) instance to run such an application from? Or is there a better alternative?
How to run external executables from an Appharbor application (HTML to PDF generation)?
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I have a requirement to produce PDF's for one my .Net web applications currently hosted on Appharbor.

Traditionally, I would simply install latex on the machine, and create PDF's on the fly with pdflatex. This requirement is to display sections in HTML to end users, but also have a downloadable PDF - so it's slightly different. 

I have found several (free) external HTML to PDF converters which may be applicable in this instance. However, I haven't found any libraries allowing me to do this purely programatically.

What advice would you give if I plan to continue using Appharbor?

Should I set up a seperate EC2 (or similar) instance to run such an application from? Or is there a better alternative?