Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 19:58:54 -0800 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running FreeBSD for my personal website: collocation, cloud, etc. Message-ID: <4BA0684A-1714-43AF-A319-D60B8D1E7013@lafn.org> In-Reply-To: <CAPi0pssHTPBFa-9CSs7PsYcMXD34NB8KMdJh9OGJnZ%2B=-JbYtA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPi0pssHTPBFa-9CSs7PsYcMXD34NB8KMdJh9OGJnZ%2B=-JbYtA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 27 December 2013, at 18:22, Chris Stankevitz = <chrisstankevitz@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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). >=20 > The server will be under essentially no load. >=20 > The way I see it I have these options: >=20 > 1. Buy and run machines from home and figure out a scheme to deal with > my dynamic ip address >=20 > 2. Co-location (which I've never done but I think I understand the = concept) >=20 > 3. Cloud (which I don't understand) You didn't identify your location or current ISP, but you might want to = investigate obtaining a static IP from them. Some providers have a very = reasonable cost for one static IP.
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