From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1F8B0139694 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2017 03:33:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 08BA221C270; Tue, 28 Mar 2017 03:32:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gw1.antarean.org (gw1.antarean.org [194.145.200.214]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A879F21C22A for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2017 03:32:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gw1.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B1DA21C24 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2017 05:31:09 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at antarean.org Received: from gw1.antarean.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gw1.antarean.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id hSiimjWVrRMx for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2017 05:31:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from data.antarean.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gw1.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD46A21B83 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2017 05:31:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from lan016.nl.antarean.org (lan016.nl.antarean.org [10.20.13.116]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by data.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8563A4B for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2017 05:28:37 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 03:32:50 +0000 In-Reply-To: References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Online hosting recommendation - VMs? To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: "J. Roeleveld" Message-ID: <184CE39C-45DF-4EDD-A9AC-0C6268E5C194@antarean.org> X-Archives-Salt: 91eb5317-1431-44ed-9233-f1384b63661a X-Archives-Hash: 06fe03d20219b851ed31b086694cb191 On March 26, 2017 4:57:00 AM GMT+02:00, Stroller wrote: >Hello, > >In the next few weeks I need to move my email server (a very old Gentoo >installation) from the closet in my home, into the cloud so that I can >go travelling and access my mail from anywhere=2E > >I've never used VM's before, but my understanding is that they look >just like a normal machine to the users inside them, and there >shouldn't be any problem with me getting used to them=2E My current mail >server is an old 700mhz Pentium III (I think), so performance is >unimportant=2E I guess VM's have some kind of web or VNC console I can >log into for the initial install (and if I screw up remote access)? > >1=2E Are these suppositions right? >2=2E Any recommendations for cheap / reliable hosting providers, please? > >I expect to use Gentoo because I've hardly used any other distro for >years, and find others less intuitive=2E=20 > >Thanks, > >Stroller=2E Forgot the other question: Most use 'NoVNC' for the webinterface=2E Gives you direct console access through the web for installing and when SS= H doesn't work=2E Mine allows me to disable that part of the interface and any changes invol= ve a code send to my mobile=2E I would assume others can offer a similar le= vel of security=2E -- Joost --=20 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail=2E Please excuse my brevity=2E