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> On 17 Aug 2017, at 12:40, Todd Goodman <tsg@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> I use AWS instances extensively at work and they have been incredibly reliable and after initially learning the tools they're very convenient to manage (IMNHO of course.) |
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> I've used the AWS free tier EC2 to set up a Gentoo instance using a public AMI to base it on. It worked OK and I'm certain I could have figured out how to set it up from scratch too. |
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> The free tier is a micro instance which may or may not suit your purposes. It's probably fine for a mail server and low traffic web server. |
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Many thanks, that's very helpful. |
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So AWS instances work like any other VM? I can ssh into them, install packages on them and so on? |
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You mentioned the AWS free tier - if I use one of those, can I be sure that it won't exceed the usage limits without billing me? |
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Linode were mentioned by a couple of people in the previous thread, too. They seem like the logical choice, but if I can use AWS for free, that would be better. ;) |
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Stroller. |
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