Running FreeBSD for my personal website: collocation, cloud, etc.

[Iqbal Aroussi]

Hi,

On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 7:16 PM, Kevin Kinsey <kdk at daleco.biz> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 06:22:47PM -0800, Chris Stankevitz wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've used linux for years but the BSD Now podcast has me fired up
> > about BSD.  I'm thinking of resurrecting my domain name web and mail
> > servers with FreeBSD.
> >
> > Can you recommend a place/procedure by which I can easily (and
> > cheaply) get up and running with a "publicly accessible" FreeBSD
> > machine connected to the internet on which I can run a web and mail
> > server?  Maybe I'll hookup a VPN for use when I am on a public
> > connection (e.g. starbucks).
> >
> > The server will be under essentially no load.
> >
> > The way I see it I have these options:
> >
> > 1. Buy and run machines from home and figure out a scheme to deal with
> > my dynamic ip address
> >
> > 2. Co-location (which I've never done but I think I understand the
> concept)
> >
> > 3. Cloud (which I don't understand)
>
> I have a VM at rootbsd.net for my own personal use and we recently
> started using them for @work as well.  For personal use I have their
> low-end package which does plenty for me, including hosting my vanity
> sites, one business site (non e-commerce), mail for a few domains,
> some DNS, etc.  Zero load for the most part, excellent support from
> RootBSD, and I think it's less than 20 bucks/month.
>
> My $.02,
>
> Kevin Kinsey
>
> > Thanks for your help,
> >
> > Chris
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Great hosting, cheaper and more RAM / disk space compared to competition
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Regards