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 40FB71396D0 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2017 22:05:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A32001FC06E; Thu, 17 Aug 2017 22:05:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E4A31FC059 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2017 22:05:33 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.41,389,1498518000"; d="scan'208";a="160011134" Received: from unknown (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([91.84.67.216]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 17 Aug 2017 23:05:44 +0100 Received: from [192.168.11.100] (unknown [192.168.11.100]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64690126AB for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2017 22:57:20 +0100 (BST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Online hosting recommendation - VMs? From: Stroller In-Reply-To: <877dc76f-82f0-dadc-2782-f15fc997bb1c@bonedaddy.net> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 23:05:31 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <4A83A8D9-C934-4EBA-85D0-D43E5F479744@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <877dc76f-82f0-dadc-2782-f15fc997bb1c@bonedaddy.net> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) X-Archives-Salt: 4a3b4462-d74e-42ce-9b8d-c3481a1843da X-Archives-Hash: dd133afdc17e49d3e76b9a0e88bd8ee4 > On 17 Aug 2017, at 12:40, Todd Goodman wrote: >=20 > 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.) >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. Many thanks, that's very helpful.=20 So AWS instances work like any other VM? I can ssh into them, install = packages on them and so on? 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? 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. ;) Stroller.