[TriLUG] recommendations for on-line Linux VM

[Reid Thompson via TriLUG]

Sorry forgot to hit reply all on last response

On Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 18:04 Reid Thompson <jreidthompson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ah, ok. Then maybe
>  https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/
>
> A vps/vCPU starting at $4.59?
>
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 16:50 Stephen Wiley <swiley at swiley.net> wrote:
>
>> I don't think that's actually a VM? Usually managed hosting means
>> something like a cpanel instance on a shared machine. Maybe I
>> misunderstood what Joseph was looking for.
>>
>> --Stephen
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 04:22:00PM -0500, Reid Thompson wrote:
>> > https://www.hetzner.com/webhosting/
>> >
>> > Cheapest $2 month postgresql or mysql. Etc
>> > https://www.hetzner.com/webhosting/level-1/
>> >
>> > On Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 15:34 Stephen Wiley via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org
>> >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > I have a Linode VM and used Digital ocean in college. They definitely
>> > > sell VMs (that's what "droplets" are on Ditigal ocean, it's just a KVM
>> > > instance. IIRC you upload your public ssh key via the web GUI when you
>> > > create the machine.)
>> > >
>> > > They're both great providers. I'm using Linode currently.
>> > >
>> > > You're right though, their website is surprisingly poorly designed. I
>> > > haven't visited it in years and remember shopping being much more
>> > > straightforward. The "shared CPU compute" is what you're looking for.
>> > > Here's the URL with that:
>> https://www.linode.com/pricing/#row--compute
>> > > The anchor may be wrong so double check the heading you're looking at.
>> > >
>> > > Both should be about the same price. The $5/month one on either will
>> be
>> > > plenty for what you want to do and at that price point you're
>> > > approaching the cost of a non-.com domain name.
>> > >
>> > > --Stephen
>> > >
>> > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 08:05:57PM +0000, Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG
>> > > wrote:
>> > > > I want a Linux machine on-line, that I can logon at the command
>> line,
>> > > like I
>> > > > do with my home machines, and pilot. I want it to run a lightly
>> used a
>> > > > website. I also want to be able to install and remove files at will
>> had
>> > > not
>> > > > have any blocked ports.
>> > > >
>> > > > I tried linode.com and digitalocean.com. Their webpages are all
>> > > marketting
>> > > > full of "products" and "solutions". They aren't offering VMs. Maybe
>> they
>> > > are
>> > > > but they're buried beneath marketting (digitalocean is offering
>> > > droplets),
>> > > > in which case I'm not their target.
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks Joe
>> > > >
>> > > > --
>> > > > Joseph Mack NA3T EME(B,D), FM05lw North Carolina
>> > > > Don't upgrade a working machine - it won't work any
>> > > > better - it could work worse; it may not work at all.
>> > > > Homepage http://www.austintek.com/ It's GNU/Linux!
>> > > >
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