On 19 July 2018 at 12:05, Stewart C. Russell via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On Thu, Jul 19, 2018, 11:01 David Ing isss--- via talk, <talk@gtalug.org <mailto:talk@gtalug.org>> wrote:
Karen,
In November 2016, I had changed shared hosting companies. My search is described at https://www.quora.com/Whats-a-good-Canadian-web-hosting-provider .
Can you summarize here, please? Quora blocks content unless you're a registered user.
A mostly thumbs-down from me for 1and1, even though I've used them for 15 years. They do have Linux shell access, but my complaint is more about their use of https certificates as a cash cow: you get one per account, linked to one domain. Further certificates cost money, and they actively block Let's Encrypt usage.
Stewart
(accidentally sent that last one off-list)
Blocking Let's Encrypt gets them on my shit-list from now until the end of time. NOT impressed. Karen, it's sounding like you have many, many choices. I'm going to add one more plus some details. Cloud machine providers are a dime a dozen these days ... Hmm, old and inaccurate expression. More correct to say $5/month at the bottom end. Old-style hosting providers are cheaper, but much less flexible. With DigitalOcean (which I use both at work and at home and have been very happy with) you can spin up a new virtual machine with the click of a button, and it's ready in about one minute. They currently offer Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, CentOS, and FreeBSD (they also have container distros - ie. for Docker and friends - but that's probably not useful to you). Once the machine is running, you can install any software you want - you have full administrative access on the machine, unlike normal hosting providers. If cost isn't a concern, I'd recommend a cloud infrastructure provider like D.O. over an old-style hosting provider for flexibility. And you don't have to go with D.O. - there are lots of companies in that space doing exactly the same kind of thing. But I'd start with Bob Jonkman's suggestion of sdf.org as first go, because "free" is a pretty good price. -- Giles https://www.gilesorr.com/ gilesorr@gmail.com