[ale] [EXTERNAL] Re: I'm looking for a good shared hosting web host

Mon Jul 3 10:23:00 EDT 2023

I second the recommendation of Vultr.  I like that I can upload my own ISO, and interactively install the OS myself, as opposed to using someone else's image.
Allen B.

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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [ale] I'm looking for a good shared hosting web host

Just brought up a new system on Vultr.  Took a little negotiation to get SMTP in/out enabled (they are extremely anti-spam), but they enabled it. $5/month for more than I need.
$ inxi -bz
System:
   Kernel: 5.15.0-76-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Console: pty pts/2
     Distro: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
Machine:
   Type: Microsoft System: Vultr product: VC2 v: pc-q35-7.2 serial: <superuser required>
   Mobo: N/A model: N/A serial: N/A BIOS: Vultr v: N/A date: N/A
CPU:
   Info: single core Intel Core (Broadwell no TSX IBRS) [N/A] speed (MHz): 2394
Graphics:
   Device-1: driver: bochs-drm v: N/A
   Display: server: No display server data found. Headless machine? tty: 90x27
     resolution: 1280x800
   Message: GL data unavailable in console. Try -G --display
Network:
   Device-1: Red Hat Virtio network driver: virtio-pci
Drives:
   Local Storage: total: 25 GiB used: 7.2 GiB (28.8%)
Info:
   Processes: 135 Uptime: 2d 1h 17m Memory: 957.4 MiB used: 414.8 MiB (43.3%)
   Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.13

They did have a few addons enabled that I had to specifically disable. I can do my own backups and don't need the $1/month addon. Getting pulled backups working was about 90 seconds of effort.
I've put a Nebula Mesh onto it so I can host most things at home. Have a little more work before migrating DNS over.

On 7/3/23 07:32, Chuck Payne via Ale wrote:
> Have you thought about using Linode, setup a server there. You get
> $60 credit to try them. I used it a lot, had a DNS server with them,
> and Nagios Server. They are not Amazon, which uses a D20 for trying
> to figure out your pricing. The rate they post is the rate you pay. I
> have also heard that Digital Ocean and Vultr are good as well. I hope
> that helps.
>
> You can do everything that you are wanting with them. It's your
> server.  Square Space is the only wed site I know of, that's not true
> there's Godaddy, but run from them, they are not the same company as
> they were 10 years ago.
>
> On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 7:21 AM Steve Litt via Ale <ale at ale.org
> <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> For many years Troubleshooters.Com has been hosted by the
> spectacular Futurequest in Orlando Florida. Sadly, because of
> hurricanes, the pandemic, inflation, and insanely skyrocketing rents
> in Orlando, they're going out of business within a few days, so I
> need a new web host.
>
> What I absolutely need:
>
> * Reliability * ssh access * At least 500 MB of space * Somewhere
> around 5 GB transfer per month * A reasonably effective way to get
> tech support * Ability to have Javascript in my web pages * A way to
> quickly redirect my whole site, such as .htaccess. I need this
> ability because I need to shut down before every hurricane. To see an
> example of what I'd redirect to, see
> http://troubleshooters.com/troubleshooters_during_ian.htm
> <http://troubleshooters.com/troubleshooters_during_ian.htm>
>
> What I'd also really like:
>
> * A non-distopian Terms of Service * Ability to run server side
> scripts (Perl etc) * Ability to serve https * Ability to serve
> multiple domain names with one contract * Good mailing list software
> that doesn't throttle too much
>
> I prioritize the preceding over price. Price is a secondary concern.
>
> I used Bluehost in the past, but found them not good enough, so I'm
> hoping for somebody better than Bluehost.
>
> If anyone knows of any good web hosts, please let me know.
>
> SteveT
>
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> http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/thrive.htm
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