[TriLUG] recommendations for on-line Linux VM

[Reid Thompson via TriLUG]

IONOS has been around for a long time also

https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps?__sendingdata=1&datacenterId=us%2Fmci&cart.action=add&cart.article=core-vps-datacenter-ewr&packageselection=costs&s=false#packages

On Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 19:21 Mauricio Tavares <raubvogel at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM Reid Thompson via TriLUG
> <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> >
> > https://www.hetzner.com/webhosting/
> >
> > Cheapest $2 month postgresql or mysql. Etc
> > https://www.hetzner.com/webhosting/level-1/
> >
>       Think about that is it is exposed to the outside, and you have
> no access to my.cnf, be it manually or through a web interface, to
> control who can reach it. Source: me with a wordpress site there
>
> > 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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