[TriLUG] recommendations for on-line Linux VM

[Jos Purvis via TriLUG]

Seconding the suggestion for Hetzner: I'm using their small cloud instances to host various websites and tools and they've been terrific. Very set-it-and-forget-it when it comes to setup, and a decent array of choices for OS as well.

If you want something more than that, they also sell their older cloud-hosting servers as colo boxes, so you can get a relatively powerful server already in their datacenter for a fraction of cost with full console/root access to install whatever.

On Tue, Feb 11, 2025, at 16:22, Reid Thompson via TriLUG 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
>> >
>> > --
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>> > 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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